Shael didn’t say anything until we exited the building. He didn’t stay silent for long, though. “What was all that about?” he demanded once we were on the street again.
“That was me making sure Loken or his envoy didn’t lay any spells on you.”
“Why would they do…...
Eight hours later, I was at the rebirth well. Waiting.
I didn’t search the village. I didn’t explore the valley beyond. I didn’t do anything except sit and stew. Over what I had to do next. What I needed to do next.
And Wolf forgive me, what I couldn’t do next.
Around...
For an unaccountable time, I stared unseeing at Shael.
Saya dead? Impossible.
“That can’t be right,” I said inanely.
The bard cackled bitterly. “Ah, I wish it were so, friend, but it’s true.” He made a shooing gesture with his hands. “So run along and find...
Except for a hulking and bearded mereman, the tower’s basement was empty. But that was not to say I did not have cause for renewed surprise. In place of a single nether portal, I found ten—all shimmering and all active.
“Damn,” Terence remarked, echoing my own sentiments.
...
You have entered sector 65,231 of the Forever Kingdom, an open sector forming part of the region known as Korg. This sector is under the control of the Silach.
The following restrictions apply to this sector: only silachens may purchase new buildings in the safe zon...
2024-08-14 04:59:53 +0000 UTC View PostYou have entered sector 18,240 of the Forever Kingdom.
The nether toxicity at your current location is at tier 4.
Safyre has cast purifying dome. Duration: 30 minutes.
You have entered a purifying field. All ...
2024-08-12 13:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostYou have upgraded Ghost’s draining bite ability to improved draining bite. The second tier of this ability allows your familiar to leech 30% of the damage she inflicts from a single bite attack, restoring her own health in the process. You and Ghost have 59 of 65 Magic ability slots rem...
2024-08-09 16:51:37 +0000 UTC View Post
The DE (German) version of Audiobook 2 of the Grand Game is out on preorder. It will release on 16 August 2024. You can find the audiobook in the audible store here.
2024-08-08 13:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post72 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
I rose early the next morning, a habit that had become deeply ingrained in me since my first year-long visit to the tundra. Untangling myself from the pile of furs I’d buried myself beneath, I let my awareness expand.
<... 2024-08-07 17:34:43 +0000 UTC View Post73 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
“So, how do we run the stygians out of the sector?” Teresa asked.
For a moment, I didn’t say anything. It had been only a few hours since House Forerunners—or was that the Forerunners faction? I ...
2024-08-05 15:30:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all,
I've begun the process (somewhat laborious though it may be) of updating the lore sections of my website TomLitRPG.com. Beware: for those who aren't caught up on the story, there ARE some spoilers.
Hi all,
Book 7 is finished, and a whole month early at that, lol. Well, not really :) But certainly, in comparison to other books in the series, I have finished it much earlier than the amazon pre-order date.
I actually planned to finish Book 7 by the end of May, then aimed for June...
Player Profile: Michael
Level: 236. Rank: 23. Species: Human. Lives Remaining: 4.
Ghost’s Lives Remaining: 4.
True Marks: Powerful Initiate.
True Marks (hidden): Worthy Adversary, Wol...
2024-08-01 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post73 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
The next day, everyone gathered in the den again. It was time for some hard decisions.
I surveyed the faces around me. On my right were the dire wolf elders and Ghost. Farthest left from me were the twins. Both wore smug looks of satis...
2024-08-01 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostYour nether absorption has increased to level 203.
Six hours later, I was still following the river. The hydras had not deviated course even once, which I took to be an encouraging sign. They were obviously heading somewhere, and it was a good bet that that somewhe...
2024-07-30 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe set out for the nether portal less than an hour later, Adriel and Safyre having already seen to the necessary arrangements. Our party was larger than I expected and included Adriel, Safyre, myself, and a team of arctic wolves.
I eyed the sled piled high with supplies sitting next t...
2024-07-29 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post74 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
Blood awakening completed.
Congratulations, Michael! You have awakened the greater memory: blood puppet and have gained the ability: enslave.
Enslave (champion variant) is a to...
2024-07-26 07:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post79 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
You have lost 10 x rank 4 nether protection crystals, the seeking eye of sylvana, the spectacles of ward seeing, a mirror shield, Asmod’s Suit, a champion’s belt, icefang, and healer’s friend.
Anriq set off...
2024-07-24 07:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostOn the heels of Adriel’s agreement, a surprising Game message unfurled in my mind.
The Adjudicator has allocated you a new task: Found a new House! Your determination to bind disparate players, Powers, and bloodlines into a single united whole has not gone unnoticed. While it is a...
2024-07-22 07:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Now, that everyone is caught up,” I said, after I’d explained the contents of the letter and its implication, “Adriel has something that she wants to share.”
I turned to the lich. Her eyes were closed and her face smooth. If I didn’t know better, I would’ve said she was sleep...
2024-07-19 07:17:45 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no point in attempting to craft a Pact that stopped the others from betraying me or the House, so I didn’t try.
Any Pact could be broken, after all.
Safyre was living proof of that. And while the consequences for breaking a Pact were dire—which, again, Safyre could attes...
2024-07-18 06:35:05 +0000 UTC View Post80 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
Tyelin has delivered a promissory note for 200,000 gold to your representative, Nicola, thereby fulfilling his Power’s Pact obligations. Your Pact with Blythe is closed!
My reunion with the rest of the wolves was as ...
2024-07-17 06:11:52 +0000 UTC View PostNote from Tom: Hi all,
As some of you are no doubt aware, there was a massive influx of comments on the previous chapter (the old chapter 486). I'll admit the number of comments and the tone of some of the responses surprised me.
And while I may not agree with every com...
On closer inspection, it was obvious why the oblong building differed from the rest of the structures in the den. It had been constructed for human habitation and, no doubt, had been internally subdivided as well.
There was even a chimney, I noted as I drew closer, watching the cheerful plu...
2024-07-12 04:43:42 +0000 UTC View PostAs we drew closer to the new den—much expanded from the original two dozen igloos I’d constructed—we found a welcome party waiting.
Duggar. Aira. Leta. Sulan.
The dire wolf elders.
But of the rest of the pack, there was no sign. Nor for that matter was there any sign of th...
2024-07-10 05:28:36 +0000 UTC View PostPassage completed!
You have entered sector 107 of the Endless Dungeon. This sector is level 3 of 5 of the Guardian Tower, which consists of 5 unclaimable sectors and 6 one-way portals.
A maximum of 6 players may be in the Guardian ...
2024-07-08 04:47:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe couldn’t head directly to the tundra, of course.
With the sector being in a dungeon, we had to use the nether-infested sector as a stepping stone. A few minor preparations were necessary but completing them took only a matter of moments.
Ghost has unmanifested. 2024-07-06 11:33:30 +0000 UTC View Post
As a writer, I often find myself being pulled in two different directions.
The first—and the one readers definitely want me to go in—is to stay disciplined and finish my current story. The second—the lure of the unknown and adventure (if only of the in-your-head variation)—is to sta...
2024-07-05 14:06:07 +0000 UTC View PostAetherstone bracelet deactivated. Remaining stored locations: 1. Charged and unetched gems: 3. Uncharged gems: 1.
I stepped out from the selfsame portal I had a few days ago, only this time my passage was a shorter one.
My entry back into the real was not as uneventfu...
2024-07-05 05:38:51 +0000 UTC View Post