Brewed from rare and exotic ingredients such as Beron’s Dream and Amber Lily, the potion of Greater Healing is a legendary alchemic, its reputation well known throughout the explored l...
2024-08-28 09:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostI have traveled the length and breadth of all the known lands. I have come to learn that the art of the deal is not selling merely products or services, it is the art of selling that whi...
2024-08-26 14:57:39 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun stands alone in the sky, so too must the best stand alone among the many.
- Gilgamesh of Uruk.
A murmur swept through the court of Salahaem, quickly silenced as I ...
2024-08-24 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“There are three things that a beautiful woman should never be made to suffer. A violent glare, a violent word, and finally a fist raised in violence.”
- Attributed to...
2024-08-22 13:21:20 +0000 UTC View PostA holy man who sins by eating outside the tenets of the faith is better than a robber who follows them completely.
- The Human Question, by Gideon de Salavia 378 A.C....
2024-08-21 15:07:03 +0000 UTC View PostWow! halfway done with Book 4 which begins the start of a new story arc! [We meet another of the characters from the quotes at the start of each chapter!]
Did not believe I would make it this...
2024-08-20 13:24:33 +0000 UTC View PostWhen adults die we lose their accumulated wisdom of the past, but when children die we lose our hope for the future.
- An Al-Lazarian Adage.
Vincenzi...
2024-08-20 13:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostEvil cannot be vanquished by sword or stratagem until it is first purged from the soul. And a soul, bound in chains, can never be clean nor pure. True goodness, the kind that reshapes wo...
2024-08-18 01:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe work in the deepest of shadows to protect the innocents who walk in the sunlit lands.
- Motto of the Blades of the Goddess.
A dream slithered and crept i...
2024-08-14 09:14:45 +0000 UTC View PostHope the heat isn't getting to all of you!
It took me a while but we are getting to the tournament arc according to my plot diagram. A few things had to shift as I fleshed out bits and pieces...
2024-08-12 08:03:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Did not like the overall style, helmet visor had too many gaps. Armor/weapons were generally too clean. foreshortening is off and it feels like something from darkest dungeons! What do you think? I...
2024-08-12 01:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostIn the city of the Dust, Al-Lazar, there exists a mesmerizing tradition born from the opulence of the Flower Quarter known as the Dance of the Seven Veils. It is a performance that embodies bot...
2024-08-12 01:13:14 +0000 UTC View PostIn the sun-baked city of Al-Lazar, where the Dust-scented winds from the fields mingle with the sea air, the cooks of the city practice salt cooking. The people there have perfected the ...
2024-08-10 05:22:35 +0000 UTC View PostHard work and diligence are the parents of good fortune.
- A Quassian Aphorism.
We walked among them, unstopped, barely drawing a glance from the people here. I walk...
2024-08-08 06:32:26 +0000 UTC View PostBorn of the Divine’s blasphemy, ever craving dominance over others, devoid of patience for the lowly, and scorning of strangers; like an eagle soaring high, casting its gaze upon all b...
2024-08-07 03:56:26 +0000 UTC View PostOk, guys, this is perhaps the grimmest and darkest chapter I have written yet! Please comment if you think it is TOO much.
Goblins are humanoid creatures and distant cousins of the...
2024-08-05 15:28:19 +0000 UTC View PostWe gather for pleasure and blossoms adorn our hair in celebration. Ah, but fortune has not returned and I sit anxious, exposed. Alone I sit, nurturing an old and stagnant routine born of the lo...
2024-08-04 11:47:32 +0000 UTC View PostThose who walk the path of Mana must often seek to refine their minds if they wish to advance. Theories abound as to why this is so, yet the most compelling comes from Master Lionels, the Qisni...
2024-08-03 13:15:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I think this might make a good cover. Included is the reference photo for the general pose
2024-08-03 11:50:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Failed concept art for Gilgamesh. Did not like the pose on the legs.. and did not like how he is holding the sword.
2024-08-02 10:01:44 +0000 UTC View PostA dream is like a letter from our unconscious minds, a missive delivered in the stillness of night, penned in the cryptic language of symbols and emotions. Each night, as we drift into slumber,...
2024-08-02 01:52:20 +0000 UTC View PostOur short lives are composed of countless moments that seem insignificant when compared to the greater whole. Then, comes a day, a test, a trial, a singular instance that defines the future aft...
2024-07-29 14:41:24 +0000 UTC View PostAh, the Sim Edin, the great desert better known as the Whispering Wastes. It is said that the people of the deep desert of Sim Edin, the Nas Al-Rimal, worship no gods. That is false. For centur...
2024-07-28 10:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe mountain tribes have saying that everyone has but one bowl within them. To fill it with something new, an equal portion must be emptied. That, or the vessel must be grown and cultiva...
2024-07-27 06:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo one of the hottest months of the year is about to end! Even with my AC on it is still really hot and the price of electricity is really stupid!
Anyways, back on topic! Just finished edits...
2024-07-26 09:52:32 +0000 UTC View Post*Sorry this took so long to do!
Glossary & Dramatis Personae
Abas Yar - An old man and Beastmaster of the Ravens. Gilgamesh cure...
2024-07-26 08:28:02 +0000 UTC View PostA promise is only as strong as the will of the person making it.
- A Quassian aphorism.
I touched the handle of the dark wood of the door, the moment...
2024-07-25 04:56:59 +0000 UTC View Post
