“What are the lizards playing at?” Morrelia growled.
Commander Chryon chuckled humourlessly as she watched the activity in the port city with unblinking eyes.
“Trying to slither back into our good graces, I don’t dou...
2024-01-25 05:41:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Tyron several weeks before he managed to fall into a steady equilibrium. Working on the enchantments necessary to keep his store running, teaching Flynn, reestablishing contacts with his suppliers and generally ensuring every as...
2024-01-24 06:44:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe last chapter took place in the past, and I probably should have indicated that in some way. My bad. Recillia is the noble charged with overseeing the Magisters, and we've met her several times...
2024-01-23 03:28:54 +0000 UTC View PostCommerce is the lifeblood of Pangera, so the Conglomerates would have us believe. Perhaps it’s even true, but arguing with those scaled merchants and their smug sense of certainty makes me refuse to entertain the idea in public. I...
2024-01-22 00:40:08 +0000 UTC View PostAh, the sea. Lake. Sea-Lake. I hate it. Once again I find myself aboard a large tub, surrounded by ships, basically trapped and unable to shift myself, lest the boat tip over. It’s unpleasant, obviously, and it feels a bit vulnerable....
2024-01-21 23:25:17 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the word comes down that we are planning to ship out, the Colony doesn’t muck around. In short order, all ten thousand ants evacuate the nest and the carvers tear it down, flattening out the soil and leaving everything just as we...
2024-01-20 10:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostSorry this one is late and a bit short. Feeling sick this week, again. Good lord. I will likely have to push for three bod next week to catch you all up....
2024-01-19 08:03:36 +0000 UTC View PostNot being able to see the woman who stole your heart was, to be blunt, the plops. Now, it wouldn’t have done Isaac’s reputation any good if he’d been seen to be pining, a man had to maintain a certain level of respect amongst his ...
2024-01-17 03:18:40 +0000 UTC View PostGreat. Just great. I finally get Morrelia to come out here, and she’s berserking. I’m hardly likely to get a decent conversation out of her at this point. So does this mean I’m going to have to fight, make it look convincing, whil...
2024-01-16 05:31:39 +0000 UTC View Post[Hey, what’s happening? How’s your day been?]
No response.
[Look, I don’t want to accuse anyone of being rude, manners are important on both sides of an interaction, but do you have any idea how hard it is to push a mind bridge t...
2024-01-15 03:42:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe Legion unload their ships, pack their supplies, and move onto the mountain. Apparently they have some barracks or something, they certainly brought quite a few troops. A full Legion, which is five thousand soldiers, plus non-combat ...
2024-01-13 04:28:00 +0000 UTC View PostFor whatever reason, the Legion doesn’t look happy to see me, but hey, it’s Morrelia! I haven’t clapped my thousands of lenses of her in ages! I’m tempted to reach out with a mind bridge and say hello, but I get the feeling such...
2024-01-13 00:58:28 +0000 UTC View Post“You want… how many?”
Filetta raised her brows, looking mildly shocked, though he never knew if any show of emotion was genuine with her.
“Speaking honestly…”
“I wouldn’t recommend it,” she flashed hi...
2024-01-12 00:26:07 +0000 UTC View PostTyron woke in great pain.
“Holy shit,” he groaned. “I think I’m going to be sick.”
His stomach burned with acid, his head pounded, and every inch of his skin felt as if it had been scraped raw. What had happene...
2024-01-10 04:21:30 +0000 UTC View PostMorrelia drew a deep breath, letting the spray rising from the lake wash over her. Stood at the bow, she had a perfect view of Freehill as it drew ever nearer. Home of the fearsome blademasters and legendary sword schools of the Folk wh...
2024-01-08 00:15:31 +0000 UTC View PostIt only takes a couple of minutes before I’m swept into what can only be described as a tornado of well-intended coddling.
[We’ll get you back to your nest immediately,] Eran assures me.
[We managed to get all of your pe...
2024-01-07 23:20:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello Chrysalis people! We are back! Whoo!
Took way longer than expected to get back into Anthony's head.
[Ha ha! Is this really all the fabled warriors...
2024-01-05 08:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostAAAaaaaaaaand we're back! Holy moly!
Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break, great Christmas, joyful new year and all that good stuff! We got some BoD today and Chrysalis tomorrow. I'm travelling saturday but ho...
2024-01-04 07:30:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe issue with accepting help from ‘patrons’, was that they expected something back from him in turn. The Abyss had offered Tyron an incredible wealth of knowledge, secrets that would push his magick beyond his current capabilities,...
2023-12-18 01:44:40 +0000 UTC View PostThis was added to the end of the previous chapter:
You have received the Sub-Class: Death Mage.
Just as there is energy and power in life, the same exists within Death. You have taken steps along this path...
2023-12-15 08:05:40 +0000 UTC View PostYoooooo.
Really sorry for the late notice on this, but I do need to announce I will be taking two weeks off starting on the 20th of December.
Yes, I should have mentioned it sooner. I sin...
2023-12-13 04:48:49 +0000 UTC View PostSo… I learned something. It’s possible to shape sword-light into horns. Also… it hurts. I dodge to the side, quick as a flash, and I swear the light curves, following me before it slams into my side with the forc...
2023-12-12 10:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe famed sword schools of the Folk are as numerous as the leaves on a tree, each a unique and beautiful part of the overall picture.
Some focus on hard hitting, heavy blows that crumple armour and shatter bones even ...
2023-12-12 05:11:49 +0000 UTC View PostDespite most of the peoples of Pangera using their own form of currency - even the bruan’chii used something they called a ‘soul chip’ to trade amongst themselves - there was one universal unit of wealth that was good for business...
2023-12-12 02:19:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Folk are, to some extent, an insular people. They hold a firm belief in relying on one's own strength to accomplish a goal, and as such, don’t like solving their problems through the power of coin. If they are lacking a partic...
2023-12-11 03:11:20 +0000 UTC View Post[Are you telling me her real name isn’t Fluffles?] I demand.
[Of course not,] Grey scowls. [What kind of a name is Fluffles?]
[That’s the name she gave me!]
[I believe I told you before, we do not give out...
2023-12-09 23:50:57 +0000 UTC View PostIt wouldn’t do to disappear into the cellar for an extended period immediately after he arrived, so Tyron forced himself to postpone. Instead, he got to work ensuring the store was well stocked and supplied.
Which meant he had t...
2023-12-09 08:23:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe journey through the rift was as brutal as Tyron recalled. Freezing cold temperatures, a seemingly permanent hail of ice and snow, along with the endless roaming packs of kin, savaging the remnants of their fallen world.
It was...
2023-12-07 10:12:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Eyyyyyy it's that time again, book announcement time! Whoo!
To all those who've supported bod up to this point, thanks very much! I'm really grateful there are others out there who wanted a nice, gritty Necromancer story and have come along ...
2023-12-07 01:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostIt doesn’t take that long for my new guards to arrive, although Barker and his apprentice… Fluffles… also stick around.
I mean… FLUFFLES? It’s offensive to mention she has a rabbit nose, but that’s a totally fine name ...
2023-12-05 08:05:05 +0000 UTC View Post