Chapter 187: Conflict Resolution
“Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.”
Ronald Reagan
After our midnight conversation with the Mayor, we kn...
2023-06-09 22:05:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 186: Reflection
"In the sacred solitude of self-reflection, the Lodestar illuminates our path to wisdom. It guides us to embrace the power of progression and embark upon a transformative journey where we awake...
2023-06-01 06:31:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19.1: Fishing for Experience
(Yes, you read the correct chapter number. This is a revision/addition due to a realisation explained at the bottom of the chapter)
“Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing...
Chapter 185: Bringing Riches to the Surface
“Men really need sea monsters in their personal oceans. An ocean without its unnamed monsters would be like a completely dreamless sleep.”
John Steinbeck
Accom...
2023-05-23 17:11:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 184: Dreaming of Dragons (Version 2)
“If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons.”
Ilona Andrews
Now that the politics had been dealt with, I could focus on my most recent acquisition, the egg....
2023-05-21 01:22:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 184: Dreaming of Dragons
“If the sky could dream, it would dream of dragons.”
Ilona Andrews
To be rewritten
2023-05-14 16:57:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 183 continued: The complexities of politics.
"The game of high lord politics is a labyrinth of shifting alliances, hidden agendas, and competing powers. It is a world where words can be weapons and silence can be deadly. Those who navigat...
2023-05-08 11:29:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 183: Never rains, but it pours
“Life has many ways of testing a person’s will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.”
Paulo Coelho
Our distant loca...
2023-05-07 23:44:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 182: Unexpected Gifts
“Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.”
Boris Pasternak
The letter we held in hand was written and followed our guidelines. Ramil mentioned the fa...
2023-05-06 12:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 181: Reparations
“Reparations can make up for stolen wages, but not stolen dignity and stolen lives.”
Abhijit Naskar
“Merda!” One of them muttered.
It summed up the situa...
2023-04-27 15:22:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 180: Night Manoeuvres
“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.”
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2023-04-22 10:02:15 +0000 UTC View PostSlight delay
Quick apology for not getting a chapter out this weekend. We are now officially moved into our new place, but I am sitting on boxes as I write this. (A lot of unpacking still to be done)
... 2023-04-16 23:21:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 179: A lack of reflection
“Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences and failing to achieve anything useful.”
Margaret J. Wheatley
After a day's wo...
2023-04-11 23:25:28 +0000 UTC View PostApril update
Good morning, afternoon or evening,
Sadly, there is no post tonight; despite my taking a week off, there is still work to be done, still in the process of moving house, packing, unpacki...
2023-04-08 00:06:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 178: A Legend, not an idiot!
“Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from and where you want to end up.”
Pat Summitt
“There, but for the grace of god, go I,”...
2023-04-07 01:11:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 177: Man of Action
“Men of action are favoured by the goddess of luck.”
George S Clason
As I placed my hand in hers, we drew the god's attention, but it was too late.
S...
2023-04-05 23:47:46 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 176: Feeding Frenzy
“From heresy, frenzy, and jealousy, good Lord, deliver me.”
Ludovico Ariosto
‘That could have gone better,’ I thought as I returned to consciousness. I could t...
2023-04-05 00:48:54 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 175: Jaws of Victory
“Humanity must perforce prey upon itself, like monsters of the deep.”
Lemony Snicket
I held my breath comfortably as I swam deeper. I would need enough depth to pa...
2023-04-03 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 174 Power of perception
“There are things known, and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.”
Jim Morrison
The lesson Namir had knocked into me the hardest w...
2023-04-03 00:47:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 173: Never give up
“Never give up, and good luck will find you.”
Never Ending Story
“Other than an act of god, I can think of nothing. Even if such a boon were possible, a boost in...
2023-04-02 21:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostI do read comments even though I don't always repond.
Twelve hours to think of a way out and make suggestions. At times like these, I wish there were more than one option. Or more than one version of reality to read them all.
2023-04-01 22:31:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 172: Sail on the horizon
“You got the makings of greatness in you, but you got to take the helm and chart your own course!”
Long John Silver, Treasure Island
Our ship skipped across the wa...
2023-04-01 22:23:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 171 Jack O’ sea (Continued - Part 2)
(So, new house, yay! A new leak in the living room ceiling while putting together Ikea furniture, boo! Life has been somewhat stressful recently. It could have been smoother moving house. Sorry for...
2023-03-27 22:40:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 171: Jack o’ the sea (part 1 - edited)
“Every seaman is not only a navigator but also a merchant and also a soldier too.”
William Pett
Lessons were never really over with the bishop, who seemed determin...
2023-03-18 03:02:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 170: Sweet tooth
“Everybody’s got their poison, and mine is sugar.”
Derrick Rose
Sometime on the island . . .
“Ha, hah!” I cackled as I conjured the dr...
2023-03-12 17:58:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Apology and huge thank you,
Apology and huge thank you,
Thank you for all of your support over the last 18 months. Your support has allowed me to buy:
Maps for the story
Book Covers for the story
A lap...
2023-03-10 22:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 169: Truth will out
“And though I came to forget or regret all I have ever done, yet would I remember that once I saw the dragons aloft on the wind at sunset above the Western isles; and I would be content.” 2023-03-10 22:55:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 168: Ripples
“Consequences were a strange beast, sometimes obvious, sometimes hidden, more often than not different to those expected.”
Mitchell Hogan
A couple of month...
2023-03-06 03:19:49 +0000 UTC View Post