Bastion Commander Lyra Sinclair rubbed her forehead as she looked at the various reports scattered across her desk. In the best of cases, the city of Wastehaven was a tumultuous place, but the past week had been chaotic even by those standards. 2023-06-22 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
“You did?” Aylin asked. “Huh. Can I ask how it works?”
Sable hummed as she considered whether she wanted to share the details. Honestly, she was still chewing over them herself.
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[Halfdragon Form] - Transform into a hu...
2023-06-20 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time Sable made it back to her hoard, she was nine-tenths dead—and her HP agreed with her on that fact. It was more of a controlled crash-landing to set down onto the small island in the middle of Lake Plateglass, and after dragging herse...
2023-06-18 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt was nothing like her previous times using [Dominate], and maybe Sable should have expected that. Her entire consciousness ignited, and the black-essence avatar fell to the ground, shrieking—putting on a display of exactly how Sable felt, even...
2023-06-17 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSable’s thoughts raced as she ran through her options. Thankfully, she was full on both health and mana from her recuperation over the past days.
But could she fight this thing? Not only did it radiate a profound wrongness 2023-06-15 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The tension in the air was palpable as the two parties eyed each other. Sable saw no reason to delay, so through Aylin, she opened the dialogue for Verindale’s surrender. She had no great hopes on how it would go, but she would still try.
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2023-06-13 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThere were two key Rustspike cities Sable needed to secure in preparation for the encroaching Nightshade and Stonegrin forces: Verindale and Aurumreach.
Both were cities close enough to be key invasion targets by their opponents, and also la...
2023-06-11 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLook, it wasn’t Nexr’s fault the city of Gadenrock had been condemned to consumption by primordial deity.
Sure, he’d pushed far beyond the agreed upon plan, and most certainly had already decided to betray Chieftain Gore and the rest o...
2023-06-10 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSable had known she might need to involve herself directly during this mission. Still, as she flew back to Skatikk with her passengers in tow, she chewed over the events of the last minute.
She’d been ready to fight enemy classed, even to ...
2023-06-08 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostVex, at least, seemed to have been ready for something of the sorts. As a ranger, an agility-based class, he was well equipped to dodge an unexpected attack. Ducking down and letting the impromptu weapon sear past where his skull had a second ago ...
2023-06-06 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTo Aylin’s delight, Lady Sable didn’t forbid her from aiding in the prison break. She’d half expected it, seeing how reticent her mistress was from sending her into potentially lethal situations. That she’d been let into the tier two dunge...
2023-06-04 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAylin watched the subsequent fights with as much fascination as the first. Maybe she couldn’t make full sense of them, but they were a wonder regardless. Shadows of her future, assuming she didn’t screw up and get kicked out of Lady Sable’s ...
2023-06-03 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Labyrinth of Lost Echoes looked more like a traditional dungeon than The Dark Cellar. Aylin could tell that just from the entrance. Each step down the weathered stone brick stairwell had the air growing heavy and stale. Intricate carvings ador...
2023-06-01 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSable hadn’t expected the war council to end with her receiving a rescue mission, but she supposed she didn’t mind.
Offering to save a group of missing people wasn’t the best from the perspective of earning a tyrannical reputation, but...
2023-05-30 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“We all know why we’re here,” Chieftain Kirak said. “But before we start, we of course pay respect to the Great Tyrant.”
The old goblin stood and bowed. In a surprisingly coordinated display, even disconcerting to an extent, a coll...
2023-05-28 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEarlier, Sable had denied Aylin from entering a dungeon. As a woman fresh to her class, and clearly somewhat reckless, she hadn’t wanted the risk. But with Granite there to back her up, and Aylin having had some practice, Sable knew she needed t...
2023-05-27 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostContinuing her prodigious pace—much, much faster than Aylin had suggested regular people could—Sable gained one more level before her hunts for the day ended. Surely her progression would slow at some point, but for now, she blazed forward. 2023-05-25 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
During the flight back to the Fang Hollows, something unexpected happened.
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Notoriety: Progressed from OBSCURE to RISING.
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Sable’s first reaction was, of course, excitement—another boost to her experience gain hel...
2023-05-23 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSable observed the gray-and-orange scaled wyrm. She’d managed to not hurt it too badly before crushing its mind, but her [Dominate] skill required some roughing up, so neither had the creature gotten off scot-free.
[Mistress,] Ign...
2023-05-21 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCutting out mineral hearts from orecruncher corpses wasn’t the most pleasant of tasks. Their bodies at least yielded to her sharp claws without difficulty. Lugging the objects back was a short, unbothersome trip. The hearts were much smaller tha...
2023-05-20 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLugging what might be a literal ton of treasure across dozens or hundreds of miles was a bit unpleasant. The weight wasn’t so cumbersome she couldn’t handle it, but the imbalance of the load made carrying it awkward, and picking up speed diffi...
2023-05-18 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSable finished the day up with some hunting, then returned to her hoard for a long night’s rest. Like usual, [Recuperate] did wonders for her health and mana. Not as much as she’d prefer, since her hoard was still so meager, but enough to put ...
2023-05-16 15:58:16 +0000 UTC View Post***
Note: In an effort to increase the Patreon chapter backlog, I'll be trying to post bonus chapters each Sunday. Iron rank (5$ tier) will get a bonus unlock every other Sunday, so it stays around half the chapter count of Silver tier.
<... 2023-05-14 19:19:28 +0000 UTC View PostSable woke feeling much better.
After languidly stretching her limbs out, and a big yawn, she checked in on her health. As expected, where she had fallen to less than one-third, she was now comfortably hovering near the two-third po...
2023-05-13 18:14:23 +0000 UTC View PostSable rested on her haunches, panting and exhausted, as she considered her newest skill—and basked in her triumph over her enemy. It was satisfying enough having taken the enormous creature down from a visceral standpoint, but punctuated by a le...
2023-05-13 18:10:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing Sable did, stirring to consciousness underneath a rising sun, was check her mana.
[ HP: 27,419 / 27,419 ]
[ MP: 1,459 / 1901 ]
Not fully recovered.
At the same time, what she’d regained was a massive impro...
2023-05-13 18:05:09 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no better way to learn than by doing. And with such an abundance of targets, Sable got plenty of opportunity for 'doing’.
Too much, really. Mana preservation became a priority. Doubly so because she couldn’t afford to run out. ...
2023-05-13 17:58:32 +0000 UTC View PostShe set down on the outskirts of the quarry. Her brief overview had indicated that the smallest of the orecrunchers—the ‘lessers’, as seemed to be the recurring naming trend for monsters—hovered closest to the natural entrance to the enorm...
2023-05-13 17:50:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe hours dragged on, and Sable developed a bare understanding of how to cast spells.
As it turned out, in a similar manner to swinging a sword around, earning basic capabilities wasn’t hard. In a sword’s case, all you had to do...
2023-05-13 17:42:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out shaping the raw, primordial essence of magic wasn’t the simplest task. No walk in the park.
Even getting started took more effort than Sable expected. Unlike her first fumbling attempts in the snowy peaks, freshly reborn, she...
2023-05-13 17:37:32 +0000 UTC View Post