I was finally able the goal of finishing the book within the year! I'd like to take this time to thank all of my patreons on here for all of your support, it is greatly appreciated :). I wish you a...
2022-12-30 10:18:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46 - A New Companion
“She blesses the poor by letting them lose their favored beast, only to then aid them in finding it again.”
- Attributed to Ca...
2022-12-30 08:58:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Initial Sketch of Cillis, the blacksmith from the Soot Stained Pig.
2022-12-28 03:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45 - Beaurocracy
Bibsis, Rainspeakers, or Callers are only found in one sacred pond that grows into a great lake with the coming of the rains in the Grieving Lands. T...
2022-12-27 06:19:31 +0000 UTC View PostJust a quick merry Christmas to all my patrons new and old. Your help has been greatly appreciated in helping me make a fantasy world for others to enjoy and helping me become a better writer!
<... 2022-12-24 12:33:12 +0000 UTC View PostSeas rose, and continents cracked under the energies that ravaged the world. The sky itself burned in places that scoured the very ...
2022-12-23 11:44:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe High Elves in their hubris think themselves at the pinnacle of all things cultural, yet when was the last time their bards composed a new song...
2022-12-20 01:04:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe short-lived races too were ravaged by the horrors of the great beyond, their delicate psyches overwhelmed by the total fear of the en...
2022-12-16 15:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Final Ansan artwork. Will be added to Chapter 8. Enjoy!
2022-12-16 13:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostEvery strike must be filled with the deadly intent of damaging your opponent. Your attacks your defense, your defense your attack. You ...
2022-12-12 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40 - A Measure of Vengeance
Elven mages felt the horror of the void for the first time as it touched their minds. Many of their number went mad and unleashed the...
Chapter 39 - Sign of the Soot Stained Pig
It is better to walk the path alone than in the company of the foolish.
- Quassian Aphorism
In the end, ...
Chapter 38 - Practice Makes Perfect
Research into the necromantic arts, sped up by the twins need and necessity, had opened dark channels into another plane of existence...
Here is the latest draft of the Ansan artwork, enjoy!
2022-11-30 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37 - Return to Ansan
The sword is a truly noble weapon for the traveler. A good blade is perfectly balanced for both offense and defense and is the symbol ...
Chapter 36 - Rules of the Road
With casualties mounting on both sides, the Republic began to lose its appetite for war. Even with necromancy filling the holes in the arm...
Chapter 35 - All the Bases
“A true master of the sword need never use his sword at all.”
- The Living Sword by Fen Vaigorus Kaldari Swordmaster circa 520 AC
Chapter 34 - Blind Faith
The Guild in the frontier regions is nothing more than a collection of opportunistic bandits, thieves, and failed mercenaries. They deem themsel...
Here is an initial sketch of the vista of Ansan.
2022-11-16 15:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33 - Interruption
Too much of any one thing can lead one down the path of the many-coloured myriad loss.
- Well-known Qisnian aphorism
Som...
Chapter 32 - Priorities
With the birth of the Bone-Dragon, the Dragons were horrified and unwilling to play any further part in the campaign. With the loss of one of their n...
Chapter 31 - Blessings & Curses
Slowly, like a grave flower blossoming the dark energies flowed into the great lizard’s cadaver sloughing now rotting flesh from th...
Chapter 30 - The Power to Choose
A lucky ballista bolt shot from atop one of the border forts was able to fell one of the lesser dragons from the sky, piercing it throug...
Here is the complete version of 'On the Cataclysm' (by an unknown Quassian Scholar circa 103 AC). This was originally going to be presented in the form of a prologue at the begining of 'The G...
2022-11-01 17:12:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29 - Divine Grace
Though a small nation, it was a nation of free thinkers where great strides had been made in the fields of magic. Even so, their mages, who wer...
Finished versions of Grieving Lands chapters are being uploaded to Royal Road every day this week, come check them out!
Thank you to all supporting me on Patreon. An exclusive early ve...
Chapter 28 - Loss
“There is always sun above the darkest of storm clouds.”
- The motto of the Avian Guard.
“Only one thing could be r...
Chapter 27 - A Bid for True Freedom
So incensed by the refusal of what he thought was a reasonable offer of amnesty the High King of the Elves begged once more with the D...
2022-10-11 06:18:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Enjoy this new artwork of the MC's party camping in the forest.
2022-10-07 21:34:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26 - The Darkest Hour
Most of the creatures found in the deep places of the earth are best left undisturbed. Most of those underground denizens are pale and blind...
2022-10-07 21:27:09 +0000 UTC View Post