“Take a seat, Lord Zesh,” Master Orin said with a sly smile.
Lucan glared at him as he lowered himself onto the chair across from his opponents. “If the good master of the Emporium will acquaint me with the ladies?”
“Of course, of course.” Master Orin chuckled softly, then...
2025-12-10 20:35:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe three ruffians turned towards them with apparent confusion, and the boy, terror on his face, looked at them with some hope.
“Be on your way, strangers,” one of the men said, eying them threateningly. “You don’t want to get in the way of the Green Scars.”
Lucan res...
2025-12-04 18:15:38 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 22
Lucan tilted his head, giving Cedric a meaningful look before amending the freeblade’s address of him, “Lucan.”
Cedric frowned, but then, looking around and at Lucan’s apparel, he seemed to understand the cause for such a demand. It made little sens...
2025-11-28 23:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 21
“Now we have the chamber to ourselves,” Orin said. “Are you prepared to speak?”
Lucan smiled. “You would not happen to have a map, would you?”
Orin guffawed, his barks deep and rich. He tapped his temple with a thin finger. “Young one, I...
2025-11-22 18:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 20
They did little else that day, considering that the sky decided to recommence its fervent welcome after they put their belongings inside their room. After eating their supper in the common room, they retired to get a good night’s sleep.
Tomis insisted on ...
2025-11-18 23:48:49 +0000 UTC View PostThey got back on the road with little fervor, considering how much trouble they’d found so far. From there on, their expectations weren’t bright, but surprisingly, they camped the night and marched in the morning without being molested.
By the afternoon, Lucan realized that they ...
2025-11-12 22:51:43 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 18
Hands on his knees, Lucan gasped for air, his men beside him, both faring no better, after the long uphill rush. They glanced behind them furtively, even if they knew the mud-dwelling monsters were unlikely to climb the grassy hill after them. The creatures weren...
2025-11-07 00:46:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
I am happy to announce that the 2nd book of The Elder Lands is out. It has been a long journey with this one. It took around 1 and a half years to finish, and it's almost 700 pages.
A lot of you here have been through this journey with me, with its ups and downs, and f...
2025-11-01 13:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 17
Lucan and Lord Ravencroft met, hidden by night and branch. The lord gripped Lucan’s arm firmly after he dismounted and met him with a grin. “You look hale, Lord Zesh. It seems marriage has done you well.”
Lucan smiled. “You are as courteous as you a...
2025-10-28 15:57:56 +0000 UTC View PostLucan woke up in a tangle of limbs, his and Lilian’s. He was under a heavy quilt, but it was not the only source of warmth. The softness that touched him was bliss before warmth. He wrapped his arm around Lilian and drew her closer, caressing her gently. She moved and mumbled something b...
2025-10-21 21:14:24 +0000 UTC View PostLucan stood on the dais in the keep’s hall, his father looming behind him. The hall was full, crowded with a score of guests, yet it was quieter than a grave. Barely a whisper echoed out of those in attendance as they waited.
Most of those in the hall were nobles. Considering its m...
2025-10-13 22:43:15 +0000 UTC View PostMaster Saltner seemed frozen in time, his eyes wide and staring at him, then they finally moved, shifting around with the man’s thoughts. “This…how? Some of my peers may be able to cross from the Union into the lands north of your Alliance, then veer south, hoping to avoid conflict a...
2025-10-05 19:40:59 +0000 UTC View PostLucan woke up as though he hadn’t slept at all. He wasn’t tired, but rather, he felt as though he’d gone from slumber to wakefulness without that fog that impeded one’s mind before they reached proper awareness. He supposed that his mind was alert, perhaps expectant. Many things we...
2025-09-25 20:19:13 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 12
“I agree.”
Master Saltner leaned into his chair, seemingly taken aback by Lucan’s response. It only took him a moment to recover, however, quickly putting on a wide smile. “Stupendous! Then may we begin planning this joyous affair?”
It was T...
2025-09-18 00:07:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey, everyone.
This is another potential cover for Book 2. What do you think overall? And if you like it, which shade do you feel fits the most?
NOTE: There seems to be a problem where only paid members are able to comment even though the post is public. I'm trying to ...
2025-09-15 15:09:55 +0000 UTC View PostLucan rode at the head of a small procession beside Lord Ravencroft, Sir Wolfe, and Sir Upton. Their horses trotted in a tight pack a dozen paces ahead of their combined retinues.
With a measured voice, Lucan began, “It will be, perhaps, a month from now.”
“Discretion can...
2025-09-12 22:59:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe custom of casting seals was an old one, almost ancient. It originated from a time when the legitimacy of royalty was but a suggestion, only elevated by support from the many minor nobles of the old empire. Those who had decided to seat their leaders on freshly forged thrones. In its na...
2025-09-05 18:40:52 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 9
Lucan, along with his betrothed, drifted away from Lord Thornvale. His eyes looked through the hall and found Lord Drummond in a different corner, speaking to Lord Ravencroft. Lucan made to head towards the man, who was throwing glances his way, but he felt a pull...
2025-08-30 23:20:27 +0000 UTC View PostWith a sigh of relief, Lucan left the company of Lord Ravencroft and his two neighboring knights. The echo of a dozen murmurs populated the hall as he led Lilian to the other side, acknowledging bows and dips of the head left and right, most of them from men he did not recognize, likely ai...
2025-08-24 07:14:18 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 7
Lucan moved on from Lord Cassius, his eyes roaming the hall, seeking his next quarry. Lilian, still attached to him, walked beside him, her eyes following his.
His gaze landed on Sir Caeryin, who was standing with Lord Thornvale. Lucan wished he could approa...
2025-08-18 16:52:34 +0000 UTC View PostLucan ascended the stairs until he was on Lord Arden’s level, dipping his head respectfully to the old noble. Ren was already standing on one side of his grandfather with their steward and Sir Sarin behind him, so Lucan stood on the other side. He then turned gingerly to face the assembl...
2025-08-11 21:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostLucan and Lilian sat upon a long table laden with food. They both pretended to poke at what was on their plates, feeling the anxiousness permeating the air of Lord Arden’s hall. Lucan was glad to have the support of Sirs Wolfe and Upton, who sat on either side of them. He’d brought the...
2025-08-05 20:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostLucan walked out of the keep to the sound of grunts and the clash of metal echoing off the palisade. He glanced to the side and saw ten men in dirty tunics sitting on the ground with their knees held close to them. He felt that nearly all their faces were familiar to him, perhaps inhabitan...
2025-07-31 16:50:27 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 3
The sun was bearing down on him when he reached the Needles. Lucan had ridden through the small distance between the estates, accompanied only by Ryder, the rest of his men keeping to their duties and patrols, which had turned arduous as of late. Every man was nee...
2025-07-25 20:13:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Sirs,” Lucan said, eying the three knights seated around his food-laden long table. “My thanks for your timely arrival.”
The knights nodded, their faces severe, and Lucan didn’t blame them. These were uncertain times, and they promised to be bloody times soon too. Everyone...
2025-07-19 19:37:19 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 1
Lucan leaned on the writing table, his eyes on the map but his mind elsewhere. Thomas and Cordell were standing around the table with him, while his father had taken the lord’s seat. Lucan had guided him to it out of respect, even if the former lord hadn...
2025-07-15 21:27:38 +0000 UTC View PostEPILOGUE Aldous ran the horsehide strop along the length of the blade, his hand slow and measured. Once, twice, thrice, and then along the o
EPILOGUE
Aldous ran the horsehide strop along the length of the blade, his hand slow and measured. Once, twice, thrice, and the...
2025-07-11 03:27:43 +0000 UTC View PostCHAPTER 77
LONG LIVE THE KING
Lucan stood on the sands of the training yard, watching Heath get disarmed by Aldous one more time. Still, he waited patiently until they were fully through with their training, particularly because he wante...
2025-07-08 19:20:45 +0000 UTC View PostLucan opened the door to his father’s chamber once the latter gave him leave to enter. After shutting the door behind him, he saw the large, empty bed on one side of the chamber and the small desk and chair upon which his father sat on the other. “Father.”
“You’ve co...
2025-07-02 17:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostLucan woke up to an empty keep, at least for the most part. He did come upon one of the bailey’s inhabitants who was rendering service, but
Lucan woke up to an empty keep, at least for the most part. He did come upon one of the bailey’s inhabitants who was rendering service, but
...
2025-06-29 17:42:27 +0000 UTC View Post