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Book 4: Chapter 48 - Correct Responses (RAW)

Hold dreams in your heart as if time is boundless, for the future is shaped by those who dare to imagine. Yet, live each day with the urgency of finality, as if tomorrow is uncertain, fo...

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Final Fantasy-esque Art

Put this up on RR for the kicks and giggles. Hope you like it

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Chapter 39b - Memories of the Valley

Inserting this chapter between 39 & 40 to flesh out the fighter in chapter 40. Thought it would make things darker.

Chapter 39b - Memories of the Valley

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Book 4: Chapter 47 - Power Plays (RAW)

The advice of the ancestor spirits is like the wind. Abstract, yet they shape the mountains. Their wisdom may seem to be clouded, but their purpose is always clear.

- The ...

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Book 4: Chapter 46 - The Seeds of the Rift (RAW)


Adaptation is important, whether an idea or a course of action.

- The Canticles of War 5th Edition revised by Gennaro 


The problem with my m...

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Larynda [Grown]

Full equipment Silver-Ranked Larynda.

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Book 4: Chapter 45 - Speedbumps (RAW)

Under the stone that is of old of the Hal-Hassaria, before the years were counted, there is secret. Yes, it is hidden. The ancient ones of it this: "In the deep black, where no light goe...

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Book 4: Chapter 44 - Reunion (RAW)

Chapter 44 - Reunion

Even when the path ahead appears clear, seek guidance twice to ensure certainty. For even the most familiar road can hide unseen obstacles, and a sec...

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Book 4: Chapter 43 - Cheating & Cheaters (RAW)

Under the shadowed canopy of the jungles to the north of Al-Lazar, the Thornfruit dangles like a jewel amid the twisted and thick vegetation. Its spiny red skin bristles with hair-like b...

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Book 4: Chapter 42 - The Coming Storm (RAW)

The blind man who falls into the river blames the river for being there, yet forgets it was his own steps that brought him there.

- The Book of Wise Tellings from the Land...

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Book 4: Chapter 41 - The Death of Time (RAW)

In the southern reaches of the Selais Duchy, within the kingdom of Aranthia, there lies a hidden treasure not of gold or jewels, but of bone-white clay. This rare, delicate clay, harvest...

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Book 4: Chapter 40 - Legacy of the Manticore

Should be back on regular schedule!

Better to seek wisdom at the feet of elders than to learn obedience under the rod. For the gentle guidance of the wise is like a nourishi...

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Books 1-3 Preliminary Editing Done!

Finally, all 3 books on RR have been edited to incorporate the latest changes! Going back to writing fresh chapters and working [slowly] through the knock-on effects in the plot in Book 4!

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Editing! September Update

Taking onboard some, but not all, of the editor's suggestions. Structurally, she has a point so I am inserting some much-needed goals. As to the overall character of MC, I feel there will be little...

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Notes from my Editor + My response

  • Starting with this one, because this is a big one. There is a problem: an absence of a clear, overarching, tangible goal the protagonist is working towards, and one he...

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Book 4: Chapter 39 - Feet of Stone (RAW)

A good trader deals not in product and services alone, but in sincerity.

- The Path of the Merchant by Gelgor Badawi.


The ground rumbled as the very ...

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Book 4: Chapter 38 - The Folly of Youth (RAW)

True knowledge is like an ever-growing tree; no single pair of hands can encircle its vastness.

- A Quassian Aphorism.


Frustration, that unwanted fri...

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Book 4: Chapter 37 - Imagination and Knowledge (RAW)

In the heart of a noble man, even the purest intentions may be led astray, for he may be deceived to commit wrongs, believing them righteous in the service of a higher cause.

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Book 4: Chapter 36 - The First Belief (RAW)

One should be careful with one’s words for the birds hear those words spoken in the day, and Wise Ones hear the words spoken at night.

- A proverb of Al-Lazar.

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Book 4: Chapter 35 - Death Match (RAW)

Longing is a beautiful flower that can bloom in the madness of resentment.

- Unknown.


Always have I found that hope, could bloom wildly in the most unlikely...

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Larynda Teenager Character Sheet Finished.

Finally had this one done. Now, for the rest of the gang!

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Book 4: Chapter 34 - Growing Dread (RAW)

The Lumashitu is a large, six-limbed creature that roams the jungles to the northeast of the Whispering Wastes. To this day, the feral goblin tribes still revere the creature as a sacred...

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Larynda Progress - Character Sheet

Making progress, now need to get the eyes fixed and sort out the robes!

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Book 4: Chapter 33 - Groundwork (RAW)

By sun, by moon, by stars above, the Great River’s flow whispers to us, the silent passage of time.

- Unknown.


I saw a man bedecked in the finery t...

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More work done on 15/16 year old Larynda.

Making progress!

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Book 4: Chapter 32 - Old Friends (RAW)

Footwork is the root from which all movement grows, the foundation upon which victory is built. A blade may strike swift as lightning, but without the balance of earth beneath, it becomes like ...

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Super Rough Larynda Sketch.

Initial sketch for adult version of Larynda. Going to make her slimmer and more girlish.

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Alternative Elwin

Less cartoony version of Elwin. What do you think?

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Book 4: Chapter 31 - The Festival of the Undrawn (RAW)

Every meeting of import in this life comes with it the shadow of a bitter farewell.

- Attributed to the playwright Vlan di Panoli.


Vasileios Bakirtzi...

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Book 4: Chapter 30 - Damned if You Do (RAW)

In the dense and shadowy forests of the Grieving Lands, particularly abundant in the Sainba Forests and the King’s Forest of Aranthia, the insectoid Happy Feet can be found.

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