Adalinda was facing a small group people who seemed to have emerged from the darkness of the holes I spotted earlier. They did not seem threatening—in fact, they seemed more scared of the celestial standing before them.
When they saw Soren and I approach, the woman in front of the group g...
2023-11-22 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) please enjoy another chapter of Empyrean's Flight. We are nearing the end of the book, so let me know how you think it will end!
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Screaming, I ignored the punishment of fire and released a surge of light through my hands into the fire golem’s cracks. Th...
2023-11-21 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTwo minutes? I thought to myself, panicked. That was not a lot of time to figure this out.
“Any thoughts?” Adalinda asked.
I put my hand on my forehead. Alon, Soren and I used to love asking each other riddles as children. I knew how they worked, how they existed...
2023-11-17 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) Please enjoy another chapter of Empyrean's Flight.
I played around a bit with the idea of how this dungeon works, keen to hear any feedback. Thanks for reading!
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“I suppose that suits us,” Soren said, the first time he spoke since we faced Arinna....
2023-11-16 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWe wasted no time in walking down the corridor from the main entrance hall. The indigo shades from the gems seemed to grow more concentrated the deeper we travelled into the dungeon. With no doors or entrances to speak of as we walked, we could only follow the corridor to whatever we would walk i...
2023-11-15 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :)
We are officially entering the last third of Empyrean, and I'm quite excited to share Elana's journey through the dungeon with you. Keen to hear your thoughts!
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Transfer through portal commencing…
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Amelia, here! :) A new chapter of Empyrean is ready for reading. Any and all feedback is welcome.
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As we walked toward the Devil’s base, we found that Eoman was right. With Cantos’ demise, no one cared much for my presence, and we were mostly left alone when we ...
2023-11-07 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi all,
Sorry for the delayed message but I won't be posting early Grand Game chapters until Jan 2024. In the meantime, Amelia will continue Elana's story.
Cheers,
Tom
2023-11-07 03:55:26 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :)
It's been a little bit, but please enjoy a new chapter of Empyrean's Flight. As always, any and all feedback is welcome.
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“What do you know?” I asked simply, holding back any emotion as best as I could. I had to give Soren a chance to explai...
2023-11-06 07:35:25 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :)
Hi everyone. Just a couple of things to note in this chapter: The resistance has an official name now. I have gone back to change it in previous chapters, but just in case you are confused about what 'The Insurgence' is, that's what they are referring to....
2023-10-25 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) Please enjoy a new chapter of Empyrean's Flight. This one was a bit tough to write, but I hope you like it. As usual, any and all feedback welcome :)
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Taking a life is not as simple as stories and the journeys of heroes make it out to be. To imagine tha...
2023-10-24 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) Enjoy a new chapter of Empyrean's Flight. As usual, any and all feedback is welcome.
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Her long black hair just barely gave way to her face, which had been scarred from what I could only assume were many previous battles. But, most notably, she had a sligh...
2023-10-23 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) Please enjoy another chapter of Empyrean's Flight.
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“Elana…”
“What is it?” I asked Adalinda, who I noted had been unusually quiet.
“You did not have to be so harsh with your brother,” she said plainly.<...
2023-10-18 14:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) Please enjoy a new chapter of Empyrean's Flight.
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“Where is he?” I asked a little breathlessly.
“In a Racoon safehouse,” Urfak explained. “He is safe.”
“Was there any word about my brother?”
The dwarf shook his head slowl...
2023-10-16 14:50:54 +0000 UTC View Post“How long until they wake up?” Elron asked.
I shrugged. “Any second now.” Right on queue, a Game alert opened in my mind.
Your enchantment has lapsed. Your targets are no longer asleep.
The two soldiers at the door moaned while the one sitting down jerke...
2023-10-16 06:33:27 +0000 UTC View PostGamil’s shop hadn’t changed in the intervening weeks. The same could not be said for the rest of the city, though.
Squads of soldiers patrolled the streets, and what few civilians moved about, did so quickly and furtively. I drew the attention of more than one passing patrol, but my uni...
2023-10-16 06:32:11 +0000 UTC View PostI approached the city walls openly.
There was no need to hide. The guards on the wall were the marshal’s men, and for all intents and purposes my allies, yet... the faces my sharp-eyed gaze picked out from the distance were uniformly grim and un...
2023-10-16 06:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) Please enjoy a new chapter of Empyrean's Flight.
Just a note from my side: if you see a change in Elana's demeanor, this is intentional. After everything that has happened, she is going through a lot, and I felt it would be wrong to ignore the kind of emotional trauma she...
Amelia, here! :) please enjoy a new chapter of Empyrean's Flight.
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Getting back to the new city was uneventful. We made our way to the sewers in the night, which meant that dim streetlights helped us find our way to the grate, but I had to use light’s fury to s...
2023-10-10 16:00:38 +0000 UTC View PostThis is definitely not like my binding with Gnat.
This was my first thought. By comparison, that had felt like a cheap parlor trick—and likely had been, one crafted by Erebus to fool the lowly newbies he’d trapped in his web.
The next thing that struck me after reviewing ...
2023-10-08 12:48:23 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) Here is a new chapter of Empyrean's Flight. As always, any and all feedback is welcome.
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I shouted at the axeman, but he lay still.
Ignoring my cries, the elf cleaned his daggers and started walking away calmly. I started shooting arrows toward him,...
2023-10-06 16:49:16 +0000 UTC View PostLevel: 201. Rank: 20. Current Health: 100%.
Stamina: 100%. Mana: 100%. Psi: 100%.
Species: Human. Lives Remaining: 4.
Species (Ghost): Stygian Pyre Wolf. ...
2023-10-04 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt took only a handful of seconds to reduce the second elite to the same state as the first.
You have crippled your target!
A level 210 basilisk has been permanently blinded and can no longer cast petrifying gaze.
My work done, I somersaulted of...
2023-10-04 08:11:24 +0000 UTC View PostI set off early the next morning, traveling northwest along the mountaintop plateau. The journey passed without incident, and by late afternoon when I broke for lunch, I was half-way to New Haven.
My rest the previous night had gone undisturbed. ...
2023-10-03 13:55:15 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) Please enjoy another chapter of Empyrean's Flight.
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The half-orc had returned from the last time we killed him, and he was out for blood. He pulled his axe from the face of his latest foe and turned directly toward me, extending his finger.
“...
2023-10-02 14:17:13 +0000 UTC View Post*** Note, I changed Draven's final statement in the last chapter to say, 'five days' ***
“Five days,” I muttered.
“Can you wait that long?” Adriel asked quietly.
I shrugged. “It seems I have no choice but to.”
“Where is he going anyway?...
2023-09-29 05:35:03 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) new chapter of Empyrean's Flight, any and all feedback is welcome.
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As Adalinda and I walked out, the sun caught my eye and blinded me a little. I had been walking in the dark for a while now, and it would take some time to get used to the ...
2023-09-28 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAmelia, here! :) here is a new chapter of Empyrean's Flight
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I found myself on an isolated battlefield. Looking around, the haunted figures of Devils I had killed before were fighting each other. They had a haze of purple around them, and they paid no atten...
2023-09-27 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
I know this is probably not relevant to most of you, but the German version of Book 3 of the Grand Game releases in a few days time on 01 October.
If you're curious, you can find it here:
2023-09-27 07:42:50 +0000 UTC View PostGhost was right.
Draven was heading our way and from the scowl covering his face, unhappy was an understatement. “What now?” I muttered.
Adriel turned to look. “Perhaps it has nothing to do with us,” she said but didn’t look convinced herself.
Folding my arms,...
2023-09-27 07:33:58 +0000 UTC View Post