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116. Sanctum XLI (First Draft)

The scent of blood and mildew hung heavy in the air. I held a small spark of violet flame in my hand, keeping it covered, trying to manage the light, so it only illuminated our immediate surroundings. My heart had been racing just min...

2021-11-11 05:22:46 +0000 UTC View Post

115. Sanctum XXXX (First Draft)

The smoke pooled on the ceiling of the chamber. I swung the door wide, but there was so much of it that barely mattered. For a fleeting moment, I was back in Whitefall, in the middle of the carnage, watching as my home burned down to nothing. A p...
2021-11-06 02:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post

114. Sanctum XXXIX (First Draft)

There was no hostility between us. From what Infaris had said, this was meant to be Thoth’s final vision. The one that she failed. I watched through her eyes as she responded to this older, more seasoned version of myself. Cairn nodded, asked s...
2021-11-04 04:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post

113. Sanctum XXXIIX (First Draft)

The chamber was hexagonal. Its floor comprised a thin glass-like surface, and beyond its transparency was endless darkness below. I recognized it immediately as the void that I had returned to, so many times. The walls were painted in...

2021-11-03 04:44:21 +0000 UTC View Post

112. Sanctum XXXVII (First Draft)

The next trial was one of strength. Undead beastmen, furred, standing on horses feet and armed with axes came at us in droves. Individually, they weren’t particularly strong. But the insidiousness of the trial became clear. The physical require...
2021-11-03 04:43:01 +0000 UTC View Post

111. Sanctum XXXVI (First Draft)

I stood across from Xarmos, watching his sword hand out of the corner of my eye.

“The trials of Infaris are known for this. Pulling in individuals from different points in history, allowing them to collide. It’s the only thing that mak...

2021-10-30 02:12:24 +0000 UTC View Post

110. Sanctum XXXV (First Draft)

They were indeed serpents. Massive, fiery beasts with scales of glass and eyes of diamond. They were far more active than one would expect of their lazier, surface-dwelling counterparts. As they moved in their erratic, palsied way, their black sh...
2021-10-29 01:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post

109. Sanctum XXXIV (First Draft)

Startled and shaking from the close call, it took a long time for my mind to correctly interpret what my eyes were seeing. The infernal before me wasn’t a younger version of Ralakos. He’d looked identical at first glance, but as I took him in ...

2021-10-20 08:28:04 +0000 UTC View Post

108. Sanctum XXXIII (First Draft)

Between the ingredients I’d brought into the sanctum, the Savannah’s Emerald and the more recent acquisition of the Bounty Caps, I had everything I needed to brew four potions of expansion, and a potential solution for a long-running problem....
2021-10-19 01:49:35 +0000 UTC View Post

107. Sanctum XXXII (First Draft)

The theory was more of a hunch. I hadn’t shared it, partially because there was some part of me that suspected it was far too paranoid, partially because I wanted desperately to be wrong.

It stemmed from the sanctum’s reputation. Rumor...

2021-10-19 01:48:00 +0000 UTC View Post

106. Sanctum XXXI (First Draft)

“It felt like it took months to get down that mountain,” Jorra complained. But his words didn’t hold the same bite as before, feeling more as if they were directed at the sanctum itself than any of us. “Also, we’re undergrou...

2021-10-15 21:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post

105. Sanctum XXX (First Draft)

Hi. It’s been a while. Short version, I was nearly homeless for a bit, and managed to grab a place in a different state. Everything has settled now. Monarch has a publishing deal in the works, and I’m committed to the s...

2021-09-12 17:44:43 +0000 UTC View Post

104. Sanctum XXIX (First Draft)

There was no grotesque shifting and splitting of limbs as there had been with the other abominations, nor did cowl hold any of the strange, disquieting animal quality of the infernal’s transformation. But his eyes grew a deep red, h...

2021-07-01 22:50:03 +0000 UTC View Post

Interlude: Sera

She was Sera of House Gil. First of her name. The lioness of lightning. The tainted scion. Admittedly, the last moniker had brought her no small measure of grief. But the whispers had given her strength. The rumors and muttering common amongst bo...
2021-07-01 22:47:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Double-Blind CH4

Chapter 4.

As I stared at the reward, I knew the system had me. If it was anything other than cold hard cash, I might have ignored it. But that didn’t change the fact that there were several elements that were causing for concern.

...

2021-06-23 22:10:04 +0000 UTC View Post

103. Sanctum XXVIII (First Draft)

103. Sanctum XXVIII

You hate him because he resonates. A magician who lacks in sheer power, and resorts to tactics and manipulation of those weaker than him to achieve his goals. Children. Because he represents the logical conclusion o...

2021-06-23 22:01:51 +0000 UTC View Post

102. Sanctum XXVII (First Draft)

102. Sanctum XXVII
Frigid air rushed by my ears as I fell into the newly created chasm. I pinwheeled in the air, rotating in vain, trying to visually locate the cowled magician. There was a red glow as I pushed mana through the inscription...
2021-06-23 01:53:21 +0000 UTC View Post

Double-Blind CH3

Chapter 3
There was a slight distortion that left my hand like a tiny heatwave. Nothing happened. SWAT guy smiled and pulled the trigger. There was an ear shattering crack and the gun exploded. A flare ejected out the side closest to SWAT ...
2021-06-18 17:38:48 +0000 UTC View Post

101. Sanctum XXVI (First Draft)

101. Sanctum XXVI
The number of questions I had left for Morthus bordered on the hundreds. But I was tired of leaving blood in my wake. The longer I stayed, the bigger risk I ran of repeating prior events. The cowled magic...
2021-06-18 17:32:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Double-Blind CH1+2

AN: This is a new project. During hiatus, I was blocked and started writing something a little less intensive than Monarch for fun. I've never written a LITRPG and thought I'd try my hand at it. Basic description: What if a LITRPG took place in th...
2021-06-18 00:49:45 +0000 UTC View Post

100. Sanctum XXV (First Draft)

I felt that familiar tear within my mind again. I held on to the wooden railing of Morthus’s sick bed as the world reeled.
Despite knowing how far Thoth was beyond me, it was hard to accept. I had known that our fight would be...
2021-06-17 23:58:50 +0000 UTC View Post

99. Sanctum XXIV (First Draft)

I thought that I was over it. That I’d taken all the baggage of my past life and learned to channel it, use it productively.
But as I watched Thaddeus, sitting there smugly amongst the others, I realized that wasn't true. I could never f...
2021-05-29 22:35:41 +0000 UTC View Post

98. Sanctum XXIII (First Draft)

It was an old legend that came to mind, as the infernal guards walked me down the never-ending hall. A story my mother had told me a different version of on more than one occasion. As far as I knew, it had no bearing in reality. Just another human...
2021-05-21 18:56:17 +0000 UTC View Post

97. Sanctum XXII (First Draft)

Veldani’s alchemical set up dwarfed any I’d ever worked with. It made Casikas’s setup look almost childish in comparison. Countless beakers, alembics, and clear tubing scattered the workspace, which was as sprawling as it was organized. Nor...
2021-05-17 23:14:02 +0000 UTC View Post

96. Sanctum XXI (First Draft)

Bacchus looked different. It was hard to tell from if lines around his eyes were from growth general exhaustion. I’d seen him once after bringing him back to the enclave, then he’d entered the sanctum ahead of me. He carried himself differentl...
2021-05-14 20:53:01 +0000 UTC View Post

95. Sanctum XX (First Draft)

The shadow of unresolved differences hung over the group like a shroud, exacerbating existing issues that contributed to the mounting tension. We had pushed hard into the sanctum and hadn’t stopped for more than a few hours each night to rest, ...
2021-04-26 22:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post

94. Sanctum XIX (First Draft)

It was too close, by a magnitude of numbers that I did not dare to calculate. Instead, images flashed in my mind, underlining the harrowingly thin line between survival and destruction.
Catching the electric orb with my gauntlet was repeat...
2021-04-23 22:47:04 +0000 UTC View Post

93. Sanctum XVIII (First Draft)

It’s strange how differently circumstances play out given the smallest changes. With every iteration, I could see the lesson more clearly. It was impossible to completely control the way a battlefield played out. There were too many variables. ...
2021-04-16 16:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Pick Your Side Story (Poll)

Hi all,
First, I just want to say thanks for sticking with me so far. The last few months have blown by. I've been wanting to do more Patreon exclusive content for a while, but enclave was, in a lot of ways, a constant blackhole that require...
2021-04-15 06:50:24 +0000 UTC View Post

92. Sanctum XVII (First Draft)

As I stepped away from Maya, a familiar numbness set in. Everything felt faraway, distant, as if it didn’t matter. None of it mattered. I shook my head to clear the malaise, and when that didn’t work, slapped myself. Now wasn’t the time to ...
2021-04-15 03:59:50 +0000 UTC View Post

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The smoke pooled on the ceiling of the chamber. I swung the door wide, but there was so much of it that barely mattered. For a fleeting moment, I was back in Whitefall, in the middle of the carnage, watching as my home burned down to nothing. A p... 2021-11-06 02:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post

There was no hostility between us. From what Infaris had said, this was meant to be Thoth’s final vision. The one that she failed. I watched through her eyes as she responded to this older, more seasoned version of myself. Cairn nodded, asked s... 2021-11-04 04:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post

The next trial was one of strength. Undead beastmen, furred, standing on horses feet and armed with axes came at us in droves. Individually, they weren’t particularly strong. But the insidiousness of the trial became clear. The physical require... 2021-11-03 04:43:01 +0000 UTC View Post

I stood across from Xarmos, watching his sword hand out of the corner of my eye.

They were indeed serpents. Massive, fiery beasts with scales of glass and eyes of diamond. They were far more active than one would expect of their lazier, surface-dwelling counterparts. As they moved in their erratic, palsied way, their black sh... 2021-10-29 01:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Between the ingredients I’d brought into the sanctum, the Savannah’s Emerald and the more recent acquisition of the Bounty Caps, I had everything I needed to brew four potions of expansion, and a potential solution for a long-running problem.... 2021-10-19 01:49:35 +0000 UTC View Post

The theory was more of a hunch. I hadn’t shared it, partially because there was some part of me that suspected it was far too paranoid, partially because I wanted desperately to be wrong.

She was Sera of House Gil. First of her name. The lioness of lightning. The tainted scion. Admittedly, the last moniker had brought her no small measure of grief. But the whispers had given her strength. The rumors and muttering common amongst bo... 2021-07-01 22:47:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 4.

103. Sanctum XXVIII

102. Sanctum XXVII

Chapter 3

101. Sanctum XXVI

I thought that I was over it. That I’d taken all the baggage of my past life and learned to channel it, use it productively.

Veldani’s alchemical set up dwarfed any I’d ever worked with. It made Casikas’s setup look almost childish in comparison. Countless beakers, alembics, and clear tubing scattered the workspace, which was as sprawling as it was organized. Nor... 2021-05-17 23:14:02 +0000 UTC View Post

The shadow of unresolved differences hung over the group like a shroud, exacerbating existing issues that contributed to the mounting tension. We had pushed hard into the sanctum and hadn’t stopped for more than a few hours each night to rest, ... 2021-04-26 22:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post

It was too close, by a magnitude of numbers that I did not dare to calculate. Instead, images flashed in my mind, underlining the harrowingly thin line between survival and destruction.

It’s strange how differently circumstances play out given the smallest changes. With every iteration, I could see the lesson more clearly. It was impossible to completely control the way a battlefield played out. There were too many variables. ... 2021-04-16 16:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post

As I stepped away from Maya, a familiar numbness set in. Everything felt faraway, distant, as if it didn’t matter. None of it mattered. I shook my head to clear the malaise, and when that didn’t work, slapped myself. Now wasn’t the time to ... 2021-04-15 03:59:50 +0000 UTC View Post

The smoke pooled on the ceiling of the chamber. I swung the door wide, but there was so much of it that barely mattered. For a fleeting moment, I was back in Whitefall, in the middle of the carnage, watching as my home burned down to nothing. A p...
2021-11-06 02:42:22 +0000 UTC View Post

There was no hostility between us. From what Infaris had said, this was meant to be Thoth’s final vision. The one that she failed. I watched through her eyes as she responded to this older, more seasoned version of myself. Cairn nodded, asked s...
2021-11-04 04:21:50 +0000 UTC View Post

The next trial was one of strength. Undead beastmen, furred, standing on horses feet and armed with axes came at us in droves. Individually, they weren’t particularly strong. But the insidiousness of the trial became clear. The physical require...
2021-11-03 04:43:01 +0000 UTC View Post

They were indeed serpents. Massive, fiery beasts with scales of glass and eyes of diamond. They were far more active than one would expect of their lazier, surface-dwelling counterparts. As they moved in their erratic, palsied way, their black sh...
2021-10-29 01:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post

Between the ingredients I’d brought into the sanctum, the Savannah’s Emerald and the more recent acquisition of the Bounty Caps, I had everything I needed to brew four potions of expansion, and a potential solution for a long-running problem....
2021-10-19 01:49:35 +0000 UTC View Post

She was Sera of House Gil. First of her name. The lioness of lightning. The tainted scion. Admittedly, the last moniker had brought her no small measure of grief. But the whispers had given her strength. The rumors and muttering common amongst bo...
2021-07-01 22:47:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Veldani’s alchemical set up dwarfed any I’d ever worked with. It made Casikas’s setup look almost childish in comparison. Countless beakers, alembics, and clear tubing scattered the workspace, which was as sprawling as it was organized. Nor...
2021-05-17 23:14:02 +0000 UTC View Post

The shadow of unresolved differences hung over the group like a shroud, exacerbating existing issues that contributed to the mounting tension. We had pushed hard into the sanctum and hadn’t stopped for more than a few hours each night to rest, ...
2021-04-26 22:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post

It’s strange how differently circumstances play out given the smallest changes. With every iteration, I could see the lesson more clearly. It was impossible to completely control the way a battlefield played out. There were too many variables. ...
2021-04-16 16:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post

As I stepped away from Maya, a familiar numbness set in. Everything felt faraway, distant, as if it didn’t matter. None of it mattered. I shook my head to clear the malaise, and when that didn’t work, slapped myself. Now wasn’t the time to ...
2021-04-15 03:59:50 +0000 UTC View Post