Since the next few chapters would unfold with such ferocious, whiplash-inducing escalation that it could leave an unprepared reader clutching their phone in disbelief, I’ve made the decision—out of sheer humanitarian concern, mind you—to cre...
2024-12-30 15:32:48 +0000 UTC View PostA.N.: The Chapter is complete now. Sorry, it took so long. This week's writer's block was robust. Chapter 20 and Interlude will be posted in the next five minutes.
"Fear is the mind-killer. It is the little-death...
2024-12-30 01:29:55 +0000 UTC View Post"The forms of treachery are always triangular, three-sided affairs that move through innocence toward the strongest point."
―Muad'Dib
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The room smelled of blood and sweat a...
2024-12-27 22:16:12 +0000 UTC View Post"The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it."
―Muad'Dib
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The descent to Dragonstone was, in Aemond’s estimation, an exercise in the futility of theatri...
2024-12-24 21:29:35 +0000 UTC View PostIt occurred to me just now, quite suddenly and with no small amount of incredulity, that I’ve somehow written over 100,000 words since the last time I checked in here. I don’t know how I managed it, and I’m fairly certain I didn’t actually...
2024-12-23 21:19:49 +0000 UTC View PostRicos, 5th Moon, 6th Day, 1624 Symfora Telos
The alehouse was dimly lit, its rafters heavy with smoke from the hearth and the thick haze of pipeweed. The murmur of conversa...
2024-12-23 20:34:37 +0000 UTC View PostFaywyn, 5th Moon, 1st Day, 1624 Symfora Telos
The keep stirred with an energy that Princess Iris had not felt since Levi’s return from his battle with the Lion. The air b...
2024-12-23 20:30:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe conquest of a bastioned keep is an intricate dance of strategy, patience, and calculated ferocity. These fortifications, with their angled walls and protruding bastions, are designed to deflect both projec...
2024-12-23 20:28:03 +0000 UTC View PostRasselane - Tequila, 4th Moon, 20th Day, 1624 Symfora Telos
The brig slid into the bustling port of Rasselane under a sky heavy with pale clouds, its sails furled and its...
2024-12-23 20:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostFaywyn 4th Moon, 27th Day, 1624 Symfora Telos
The sun had not yet crested the distant hills, though the pale grey of dawn had begun its slow, inevitable creep acr...
2024-12-23 20:23:16 +0000 UTC View PostFaywyn, 4th Moon, 25th Day, 1624 Symfora Telos
The Grand Hall of Faywyn Keep was dimly lit, the morning’s light filtering through narrow, high-set win...
2024-12-23 20:19:19 +0000 UTC View PostApril 14th
James is a strange kid, but in the good way, you know? Quiet as a mouse most days, but his eyes—they don’t miss a thing. Been three months since he...
2024-12-23 20:17:53 +0000 UTC View PostWirborough, 4th Moon, 16th Day, 1624 Symfora Telos
The alehouse was dim, its low, sagging rafters barely visible through the haze of smoke. The air was thick with the min...
2024-12-23 20:16:24 +0000 UTC View Post…The Algrian Mountain Hound is a medium-sized, strong, and agile hunting dog with a slightly elongated body and a sturdy, elegant build. Its head is well-proportioned, with a broad, slightly domed ...
2024-12-23 20:14:01 +0000 UTC View Post"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon."
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—Napoleon Bonaparte
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Faywyn, 4th Moon, 16th Day, 1624 Symfora Telos 2024-12-23 20:12:20 +0000 UTC View Post
"Men march to war at the whims of lords, but it is not lords who fill the graves. The farmer with his plough, the mason with his chisel—these are the ones who die, their dreams trampled beneath the boots of am...
2024-12-23 20:10:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sanguine Arts rewritten for readers who find the writing style I use for the Golden Wyrm more enjoyable.
2024-12-23 20:09:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe world around Fugaku swirled briefly in the disorienting blur of Kamui’s warped dimension, the tangible weight of reality taking a moment longer than usual to reassert itself. Itachi stood beside him, unfazed by t...
2024-12-23 20:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe air smelled of smoke, of scorched earth and old blood. Fugaku stood unmoving in the wreckage, his Sharingan burning in his skull, reflecting the assembled forms of the six Paths. His mind was focused, calm...
2024-12-23 20:02:42 +0000 UTC View PostFugaku Uchiha’s gaze remained fixed, unwavering, as the dust and smoke of battle hung heavy in the air. His fingers were relaxed by his side, ready to weave the next sequence of seals, his Sharingan flic...
2024-12-23 20:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe night lay heavy over the Uchiha District. It was a silence like the weight of death itself, pressing down. Fugaku stood at the threshold, hands folded at his back, eyes fixed on the dark horizo...
2024-12-23 19:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostDanzo stood before an old, familiar mirror, his hands brushing over the weathered surface of his armour. The cold metal was as familiar to him as his own skin. The room was dim, lit only by a singl...
2024-12-23 19:57:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe road to Konoha was eerily quiet, save for the soft crunch of leaves underfoot and the distant murmur of wind weaving through the trees. Jiraiya’s gaze lingered on the familiar silhouette o...
2024-12-23 19:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe room was silent, save for the soft scratching of Danzo Shimura’s pen against paper. The reports before him painted a grim picture: Probes here, skirmishes there—small incursions that revealed u...
2024-12-23 19:53:38 +0000 UTC View Post"Power resides where men believe it resides. It's a trick, a shadow on the wall, and a very small man can cast a very large shadow."
―Varys
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The morning sun, though barely r...
2024-12-23 19:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post"The gods have yet to make a man who lacks the patience for absolute power."
―Otto Hightower
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The rain fell steadily against the windows of Otto Hightower’s chambers, a pe...
2024-12-23 19:48:23 +0000 UTC View PostRhaenyra visits Rhaenys and returns to Dragonstone after failing to win her support
Aemond arrives at Oldtown to get Dearon
Aemond arrive...
2024-12-03 13:23:33 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the delay. Was having a bit of writer's block, so I took two days off to reread OBD in preparation for the next chapters. Chapter Fifteen of The Golden Wyrm would be up in a few hours once I succeed in wrestling down the prose to my sa...
2024-12-03 10:15:33 +0000 UTC View Post"The house that puts family first will always defeat the house that puts the whims and wishes of its sons and daughters first."
―Tywin Lannister
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The sun rose red and swoll...
2024-12-03 10:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post"Any man who must say, 'I am the king,' is no true king."
―Tywin Lannister
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Aemond's return to King’s Landing was unannounced, a mere ripple against the backdrop of daily...
2024-12-03 10:01:39 +0000 UTC View Post