TO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 35 (RAW)
Chapter 35 - The Realm of the Four Gods.
“Man is not what he thinks he is, he is what he hides.”
- André Malraux
The librarian peered...
2025-05-01 03:14:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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Book 5: Chapter 50 - Trial of the Goddess (RAW)
“Will brings a thousand methods; reluctance breeds a thousand pretexts. Heaven esteems neither complaints nor ease—only the diligent work of intent.”
- Master Zhao Wushen o...
2025-04-29 14:58:58 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 34 (RAW)
Chapter 34 - I have a dream
We must build national unity, build all revolutionary forces, into one powerful wave to sweep away our main enemy, political imperiali...
2025-04-28 03:58:52 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 49 - The Fall of Man (RAW)
It is perseverance through the darkest of times that truly marks the souls of the greatest of men. As the tide rises, carrying with it every ship in the harbor, so too does a man's commitment t...
2025-04-26 13:03:14 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 33 (RAW)
Chapter 33 - A Call to Adventurer
Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
- T.S. Eliot.
If Seraphina wa...
2025-04-24 15:13:20 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 32 (RAW)
Chapter 32 - Undergarments
Mined in scant handfuls from the deep tunnels beneath the Dwarven Hold of Bronzegate, the midnight‑black ore yields pure Adamantium only ...
2025-04-24 07:08:51 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 48 - The Taste of Victory (RAW)
"The Nex—Neural Interface Exosuits—derive their name from the neural core that translates human thought into mechanical motion, seamlessly binding intention to cybernetic strength. Humanity...
2025-04-23 12:54:10 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 47 - Against the Odds (RAW)
Mined in scant handfuls from the deep tunnels beneath the Dwarven Hold of Bronzegate, the midnight‑black ore yields pure Adamantium only after punishing labor and ruinous expense. Though less...
2025-04-21 09:40:29 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 31 (RAW)
Chapter 31 - A Wizard’s Staff
“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.”
– C.S. L...
2025-04-19 12:05:06 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 46 - The Path to Peace (RAW)
Wusaif son of Jorim, holds one virgate of arable, waste in part by fire, yet tilled with four ploughs. There are six life-contracted servants and two full freemen, with one Beast-kin servile. T...
2025-04-17 14:04:41 +0000 UTC View PostAd for Royal Road
Was thinking of using this as an AD for RR.
2025-04-16 13:40:59 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 30 (RAW)
Chapter 30 - Masks
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead.
- Pearl Bailey.
Seraphina felt Hughes’s hesitation...
2025-04-16 13:37:42 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 45 - Appointments
“When the heart stirs with questions, Heaven opens a gate; when the heart lies idle, even the widest road is barred.”
- Master Zhao Wushen of the Bloody Tower.
2025-04-15 14:13:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Seraphina & Kicker
Seraphina and her father's warhorse. Based on Akira movie poster
2025-04-15 02:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 44 - Drama (RAW)
When we are in the womb, we cannot see, nor can we cry out for our mother. And yet, we are there—real, present, very much alive. So it is with the Divine. We do not see them, but we feel thei...
2025-04-14 09:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 29 (RAW)
Chapter 29 - The Ball
Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
- Martha Graham.
The sea of silk and satin parted as Seraphina advanced on Hughe...
2025-04-12 06:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 43 - Upheaval (RAW)
"Change arrives unbidden, indifferent to our readiness. What truly matters is the grace and courage with which we meet the world it leaves behind."
- Unknown.
I sat ac...
2025-04-09 13:17:58 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 42 - Echoes of the Past (RAW)
In the days of long ago, a young scholar boasted of his mastery of every classic text. He walked through the marketplace, nose in the air, answering every question before it was asked. One day,...
2025-04-08 14:49:12 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 28 (RAW)
Chapter 28 - Entrance
“Never be the first to arrive at a part or the last to go home and never, never be both.”
- David Brown.
Hughes perche...
2025-04-07 10:42:16 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 27 (RAW)
Chapter 27 - Partners
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 through the heart....
2025-04-07 04:12:15 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 41 - Supply & Demand (RAW)
Chapter 41 - Supply & Demand
“A true friend helps carry our sorrow on their back.”
- A Quassian aphorism.
Unlike our earlier negotiation...
2025-04-05 13:01:16 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 26 (RAW)
Chapter 26 - Demonstrations
Pitching is the art of instilling fear.
- Sandy Koufax.
The trick to great fashion lies in daring to be different—...
2025-04-03 14:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 40 - New Negotiations (RAW)
Who can truly fathom the Trials of the Goddess? They take countless forms, each more harrowing than the last. Some survivors speak of illusions drawn from epic histories, where they fight along...
2025-04-02 14:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 25 (RAW)
Chapter 25 - Gossip
If we all said to people’s faces what we say behind one another’s backs, society would be impossible.
- Honoré de Balzac.
... 2025-04-01 06:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 39 - Distant Horizons (RAW)
All life is part of nature’s grand tapestry.
- Unknown.
I woke up feeling surprisingly refreshed, ready to face another day and whatever challenges it might b...
2025-03-31 09:11:13 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 24 (RAW)
Chapter 24 - Nothingness
I want to make difficult people somehow relatable.
- Rebecca Hall.
An expectant hush fell over the training hall as Mag...
2025-03-29 15:37:32 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 38 - Hesitation (RAW)
The desert tribes are not a monolith but rather a tapestry of diverse peoples, locked in near-constant conflict both among themselves and with outsiders. Small slights can fester over generatio...
2025-03-27 06:33:31 +0000 UTC View PostTO&FQ: Book 2 - Chapter 23 (RAW)
Chapter 23 - Crystal Clarity
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There...
2025-03-25 09:35:02 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 37 - A Reason to Protect (RAW)
“Consider that the words you hear are but a single person’s understanding, not the fullness of truth. Likewise, what your eyes behold is merely one facet of the truth, not the ultimate real...
2025-03-24 09:24:44 +0000 UTC View PostBook 5: Chapter 36 - Holy Warriors (RAW)
“The masters of old once observed that the journey of self-discovery is not found in idle reflection alone, but in the footsteps taken across countless roads. One must venture beyond the fami...
2025-03-20 12:59:48 +0000 UTC View Post