Two days.
It took two more days to clear the swamp of Lumifrax, and honestly, it felt more like an extermination than a hunt. After the spirit realm, we'd made it halfway back to Riverbend when Valor had completely drained my mana. I collaps...
2025-08-27 16:01:49 +0000 UTC View PostHoly shit, you beautiful people. We're climbing the Main Rising Stars list like Red chasing a cheese wheel, and I'm honestly floored by the response.
First things first— we hit 5 reviews! The milestone tracker has been doi...
2025-08-27 13:13:57 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up to chemical warfare.
Red's gas could've violated the Geneva Convention. The glutton had discovered a wax-coated wheel of sharp cheese last night and demolished half of it—wax and all—before I caught him red-handed.
"This ...
2025-08-24 19:11:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe road to Riverbend was basically a war crime disguised as transportation. Every pothole felt like a personal attack, and the Trailbinder lurched through washouts like it was actively trying to kill us. Rain hammered the cart's roof while we bou...
2025-08-23 23:39:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe private courtyard was exactly what I needed after getting my ass handed to me all morning. Rain kissed the wide stone surface, broken by intricate animal statues that looked like they'd leap to life any second. A small river channeled the rain...
2025-08-18 16:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostHundreds of images surged through my dreams like a movie montage laced with energy drinks. Gandalf, gray-robed and resolute, stood against a flaming demon on a stone bridge. Spider-Man, arms trembling, stopped a speeding train filled with passenge...
2025-08-18 16:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostRain lashed down like nature's personal vendetta, soaking through my armor as we worked. We shoved wax satchels deep into crevices in the massive dam, carefully winding wick around each small igniter like we were defusing bombs instead of planting...
2025-08-18 15:50:03 +0000 UTC View PostCass inspected three curved swords like a surgeon choosing scalpels. They looked solid—well made, with leather-wrapped handles and brass crossguards—but they lacked the telltale orange gleam of Orichalcum.
I sat nearby on a wooden bench,...
2025-08-18 15:40:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhat Cass called rain felt like the sky declaring war on the earth.
Sheets of water crashed down in relentless waves, each drop hitting like liquid bullets. The forest canopy might as well have been tissue paper—the storm tore through ever...
2025-08-18 15:30:03 +0000 UTC View Post"I thought you told Cyrus you'd give him half of those brownie things?" Cass asked with a sly grin, eyeing the tray of brownies I'd pulled out as we walked.
The question hit like an accusation wrapped in chocolate-scented temptation.
"...
2025-08-17 23:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe Emerald Reaches sprawled across the ocean like scattered emeralds on black velvet—a collection of enormous tropical islands thousands of spans from the Greatwood. Distant enough to be safe from the forest's horrors, close enough to profit fr...
2025-08-17 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post"You guys really like telling stories," I said, filling the silence as we left the Tower.
"Stories keep people alive," Cass corrected, her tone sharper than I expected. "Knowing Hunters are out there kicking monster ass is the only thing sta...
2025-08-17 16:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostArk was massive—there was no other way to describe it.
After Erik showed me dozens of nightmare creatures that made my head spin, he zoomed the table out, revealing an ocean stretching endlessly in every direction. When I asked about La-Ro...
2025-08-17 16:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAn Introduction to Runebinding and the Advancement of Runes
By GMx. A. Xerxes Graves, Revised and Annotated by Mx. G. Delpicius (14th Ed., Sylvarus Press)
Runebinding, herein referenced as the Art, stands ...
2025-08-17 16:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe world exploded into kaleidoscope madness barely thirty seconds after the pill hit my stomach.
My mana pathways blazed turquoise—then died completely. The Bravery rune vanished like someone had ripped it from my soul. Even thinking abou...
2025-08-10 16:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe courtyard stretched before me, achingly familiar yet impossible to place—like trying to remember a song you'd only heard in passing. My mom, Jasmine, stood across from me with that broad grin I knew by heart, wearing her usual faded t-shirt ...
2025-08-10 16:10:01 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral days passed as I settled into a routine that left every muscle in my body screaming. Each morning, Cass and I would meet at dawn—the air still sharp with night's chill—and run for hours through the winding city streets. On the first da...
2025-08-10 16:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostI nearly did shit my pants.
Two cruise-ship-sized vessels sat moored just off the coast like floating fortresses.
The vast ocean sparkled under clear skies, gentle waves rolling against the breakwalls in endless rhythm. As I stared tow...
2025-08-10 12:02:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
Got some exciting news to share with you all today. I've just launched a Bonus Tracker over on Royal Road, and I'm pretty damn excited about it.
Here's the deal: this tracker is going to ...
2025-08-08 14:43:48 +0000 UTC View Post"What do you mean, they're all booked out?" Cassie demanded, her voice carrying an edge. "It's the day after a fucking monster attack!"
"I'm sorry, Lady Cassandra." The small Albinus Vildar behind the counter had gentle eyes that didn't quit...
2025-08-06 16:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyes shot open, and I sucked in a sharp breath that felt like I'd been dunked in ice water. Ferris jerked backward, his alien features shifting into an expression that looked like surprise. Cassie looked up from a thick book with a bemused smil...
2025-08-06 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostA few years ago, my brother Danny took my parents and me to Cancun for Christmas. I remembered standing in the shadow of Chichen Itza, the last wisps of morning mist lifting around us, with nothing but ancient stone and silence pressing in from ev...
2025-08-04 01:47:28 +0000 UTC View PostI collapsed into a heap the moment we entered the cool air of the tower—or rather; the Citadel perched on top of it, as Felix had explained while I'd arduously hauled myself up those endless stairs. Meanwhile, Cassie and Felix had casually munch...
2025-08-04 01:45:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe streets around Doreen's had transformed into organized chaos. Hunters and civilians worked side by side in a rhythm, loading carts with dead Carapax that formed glistening, chitin-covered trails stretching all the way to the harbor. The consta...
2025-08-04 01:45:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe instant I stepped into the common room, the noise hit me like a physical wall. Everyone was pounding tables, walls, chairs—whatever surface they could find—in a thunderous rhythm that seemed to shake the entire building down to its foundat...
2025-08-04 01:44:59 +0000 UTC View Post"…only here for less than a day," a familiar male voice drifted from somewhere to my left.
A soft, persistent buzzing tugged at the edges of consciousness, but a heavy numbness—almost pleasant in its completeness—kept my eyelids sealed...
2025-08-04 01:38:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe sharp voice cut through my spiral like a blade. The tone carried irritation, but underneath it was genuine concern. I looked up to see the tall, Viking-looking guy—Cassie's brother Erik—standing at the far end of the hallway. He was wearin...
2025-08-04 01:38:21 +0000 UTC View PostI groaned, sitting up in complete darkness, blinking hard to shake off the fog clouding my mind. My eyelids felt like they'd been glued shut, and my head throbbed with that familiar dull ache that came from sleeping too hard too fast. The kind of ...
2025-08-04 01:37:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe door to Doreen's swung open inward, revealing a chaotic but undeniably homey tavern that looked like someone had raided a dozen thrift shops and called it interior design. Mismatched chairs and couches clustered around a stone fireplace like o...
2025-08-04 01:36:31 +0000 UTC View PostAs we descended, I suddenly whipped around to look back at the building we'd emerged from, expecting to see that impossible tower stretching into the sky.
Instead, I found myself staring at an imposing but entirely normal building—a centra...
2025-08-04 01:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post