A great sense of relief floods through me as the notifications continue to rain down. In the end, my overwhelming gravitic magic, empowered by my Altar, was able to be the difference maker, just like I hoped it would.
Honestly, th...
2023-05-05 11:32:12 +0000 UTC View PostHonestly, even I’m impressed by the spell I’ve created. The Gravity Well is as dense and packed full of mana as I can make it, emptying out what was left in my gravity mana gland, as well as whatever I could gather and push through ...
2023-05-04 08:57:30 +0000 UTC View PostAgainst the jostling crowd, Tyron stood firm as he gazed upward, a pocket of stillness amidst the flowing current of people. He ignored them, and they ignored him, which was often the way of it in Kenmor, he’d come to learn.
Tow...
2023-05-03 10:42:55 +0000 UTC View PostI don’t even need to look to know where we’ve landed. Before sight returns to my eyes, I heave a sigh of relief.
Through my Vestibule, a torrent of energy floods in. The Nave hums with power and soon enough, the Altar begins t...
2023-05-02 12:37:05 +0000 UTC View PostHunkered down in my little bunker, I can’t see much, or even sense much, with the surroundings filled with ash, so it’s no surprise that Torrifex’s fireball takes me by surprise.
A brief flash of powerful fire mana, followed...
2023-05-02 08:55:13 +0000 UTC View PostSomonax’s face is twisted into a permanent grin, her needle-pointed teeth as long as a man’s arm flashing in the red light. From her back, the thousand wires spring, each connected to one of a thousand blades.
I’ve used almo...
2023-04-29 05:45:17 +0000 UTC View PostAs it turns out, Al is not doing all that great. The amount of fire mana the eyeball can bring to bear is absurd, and the concentrated beams he produces would punch a hole in just about any monster I’ve ever seen.
But S...
2023-04-28 11:20:46 +0000 UTC View PostHere endeth the prelude!
“Are you sure about this, Lukas? Don’t you think Willhem’s favoured apprentice should be looking somewhere a little more… upmarket?”
Victor’s voice dripped with derision and he look...
2023-04-28 11:06:51 +0000 UTC View PostI skitter out of the way just before the ball of roiling flames detonates in a furious roar, scorching me on the back-zone rather badly. Despite sensing it coming, and despite using my empowered dash to basically teleport a hundred metr...
2023-04-27 08:46:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe little chap got his first cast off last week and has resumed his normal learning activities over the last few days.
Still one cast to go, coming off next week!
We are slowly getting back to normal routine around here... :D
2023-04-27 07:28:34 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the black hole finally flickers and fades away, I release my death-grip on the rock with a sigh of relief.
The basin as it had been is pretty much gone. What remains is a twisted, blasted landscape, ripped and torn apart by t...
2023-04-27 07:26:10 +0000 UTC View PostJust to be clear, this status won't be part of the book. I figured you'd all either die of anticipation or murder me if I made you wait until the first status of book three.
So here is a glimpse of what Tyron's statu...
2023-04-25 10:31:38 +0000 UTC View PostWillhem stuttered awake, his dream overlapping reality for a dizzying moment until the pounding anvil resolved itself into a knocking on his door. A quick glance at his shutters revealed a distinct lack of light flowing through the crac...
2023-04-24 07:40:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s not easy to create and conceal something like a gravity bomb. The raw mana I pour into the damn thing, and its generally unstructured form, don’t exactly lead to a stable, easily hidden spell.
The gravity bomb has always ...
2023-04-24 07:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostIn the centre of the basin stand the three biggest, ugliest, most vicious looking demons I’ve ever clapped my thousands of lenses on. Torrifex looks much as I remember him. A brutal, gigantic monster who towers over the rest of us, ev...
2023-04-21 07:46:21 +0000 UTC View PostAfter further hours of roaming back and forth, trying to get a sniff of our prey whilst fending on the endless tide of demons, we finally get another hint.
It’s Al who manages to catch a glimpse, and he lets us know with his usu...
2023-04-20 10:44:25 +0000 UTC View PostHours passed and still, the young Necromancer sat, unbelieving, as he stared at the rapidly cooling corpses of his parents. It didn’t seem real. It couldn’t be real.
Magnin and Beory Steelarm were invincible, immovable presences...
2023-04-19 05:37:48 +0000 UTC View PostRip and tear. Rip and tear. Rip and tear.
Holy moly, I’m getting sick of all this ripping and tearing!
The stupid demons are endless! I’d go so far as to say that the demons start coming and they don’t stop coming! It...
2023-04-17 10:11:46 +0000 UTC View PostResource distribution amongst the young in the Colony is far more generous than one might expect from ants. Of course, grubs are given high priority for food, ensuring they grow into their full potential in the proper time. Hatchlin...
2023-04-17 00:53:25 +0000 UTC View PostAll in all, there is much we can learn from the Colony’s approach to training and teaching their members. I’m aware that many dismiss the studies and examination of the ant’s methods as inapplicable to any other, non-monstrous...
2023-04-16 00:28:07 +0000 UTC View PostPostgraduate, or postgrantuate, education was another concept the Colony adopted in a manner very differently to most other societies. While it is normal for their to be scholarly communities, such as the Tower, who accept only the ...
2023-04-14 08:50:09 +0000 UTC View PostGiven the nature of the ants as a social insect, one with a particular obsession toward the care and rearing of their young, it may be understandable, even expected, that they would focus so intently on education. However, the depth...
2023-04-13 09:06:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe ants of the Colony didn’t invent universal education on Pangera, but they were, perhaps, the first to pursue it with such rigour. The citizens of the Silver City, for example, are entitled to learning until they turn ten. For the Colony,...
2023-04-12 07:18:21 +0000 UTC View PostNeed to catch up on Chrysalis this week! If all goes well, should be 7 posts minimum.
Look, I don’t know what they expect me to say. You’d think I’d get better at this, since I’ve left messages for a few of the o...
2023-04-10 06:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostNot a new chapter!
I just wanted to put my thoughts down and remind people that there is no BoD this week! You got double the BoD content in that last post, don't forget!
Next week I will post the epilogue and then we go on to bo...
2023-04-10 06:09:11 +0000 UTC View PostQuick author note. There won't be any BoD next week, but this is four chapters worth of words, so it's fair!
Was very difficult to write this. Hope you enjoy!
B2C55 - The Edge 2023-04-07 08:08:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah, to be back on the road again, my good friends by my side, such a wonderful feeling. I’ve got the breeze blowing through my antennae, a wide open plain before me, and fresh, crisp air in my lungs.
Except the breeze is in fact...
2023-04-05 10:13:00 +0000 UTC View PostGranin paced up and down in his chambers, mind buzzing. He’d thought that after centuries of living, nothing would surprise him anymore, yet here he was. Something glinted in the corner of his eye, and he caught himself in the mirror....
2023-04-05 05:48:25 +0000 UTC View PostLittle treat for you all!
edit: Quick update on the lad for those who've been messaging me. He's doing very well! Still at home, still with both arms in casts, obviously, but he has less pain and more mobility in his...
2023-04-05 02:30:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Obviously the title is a placeholder. Whaddaya think?
2023-04-04 03:04:16 +0000 UTC View Post