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Grand Game 459: Trojan Horse

81 Days Left to Broker Peace in Sector 12,560

The ambush went off without a hitch. Well, from our perspective it did, but from the Riders vantage point it must have seemed poorly executed.

Yara and Mong began by killing the mage, Elly. Then, in what was either a plann...

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Grand Game 458: A Spy’s Worth

Before setting myself to wait for the envoy, I renewed my disguise.

You have cast mimic, transforming your visage into that of Jasiah, a level 152 human duelist and concealing your Powerful Initiate Mark. Duration: 10 hours.

As expected, the experience was wholly diff...

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Grand Game 457: Working within One’s Limits

I began with Constitution. 

Since I had only a single Constitution ability and limited slots available, it was the easiest attribute to attend to. Picking up the tier four load controller ability tome, I began to read.

You have upgraded your load controller ability to gre...

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Grand Game 456: A Deal Well Struck

No sooner had Nicola agreed than I pulled out a slip of paper from my pocket.

“What’s that?” he asked, eyeing the parchment.

Smoothing open the paper, I laid it out on the table. “My shopping list.”

Leaning forward, the merchant studied what I had written.

Ab...

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Grand Game 455: The Under-Dweller

“He’s alone,” Ghost said, confirming what I myself had sensed. Nodding minutely, I drew to a stop beside my visitor’s wagon. 

“Are you him?” Nicola growled.

“What?” I asked with a frown.

“Are you the one Tyelin sent me for?”

“Ah, ye...

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Grand Game 6 Audiobook delayed

Hi all,

Unfortunately, due to some unforeseen delays on the narrator's end, the audiobook for Scion's Duty has been pushed back. New ETA: End May 2024.

Apologies, I know many are waiting keenly for it.

Tom

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Grand Game 454: A Favor for a Favor

Tyelin’s lips twitched. “Ah. Your price. I was wondering when we would get around to that.” He paused. “One thousand gold.”

I laughed. “One thousand gold? For delivering a sector? Don’t be ridiculous.”

“But you won’t be delivering us the sector,” Tyelin declared....

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Grand Game 453: A Parley Amongst the Reeds

“You told Yara that you can help us bring down the Riders,” Tyelin said, beginning without preamble once I’d seated myself opposite him. 

I inclined my head. “I did.”

“Tell me how,” he demanded bluntly.

“Malikor has deployed a significant portion of his forc...

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Grand Game 452: Venturing into the Unfamiliar

82 Days Left to Broker Peace in Sector 12,560

You have successfully stored the nature unchained spell in the ring, mage’s surprise. 

Your Dexterity has increased to rank 94. Other modifiers: +24 from items.

You have slept f...

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Grand Game 451: Dealing with the Familiar

No more Blades emerged from their hidden base in the hills. 

Perhaps there were no more inside to do so, or perhaps those inside were unaware of the deaths of their fellows. I didn’t know, but nor did I make the mistake of approaching the base again.

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Grand Game 450: Making a Point

My lips quirked upward in amusement as I listened to Yara’s frantic orders. They told me much about the Blades’ capabilities and confirmed many of my own guesses as to their skills. They also made another thing clear: I was not going to finish off my foes as quickly as I wanted to.

And ...

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Grand Game 449: A Clash of Blades

Ghost reached me well ahead of the pursuing Blades. Skidding to a halt beside me, she flopped down on her belly and let her tongue hang out, panting heavily. 

“Now?” she asked.

“Not yet,” I replied, watching the players through my mindsight. Na...

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Grand Game 448: A Meeting of Blades

“Who’s Blythe?” I asked lightly, ignoring Cine’s glare.

For a drawn-out moment no one answered. I couldn’t tell if that was because my question had caught them off-guard or if they had been struck speechless by my audacity.

Ye, right.

“Blythe is our lord and...

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Grand Game 447: Stepping in It

Ghost has taken the form of a level 212 stygian pyre wolf.

Three hours later, I was wandering the plains again, with Ghost ranging ahead of me. We’d not discovered our target yet, but I was optimistic. The familiar had found a scent trail.

“It’s gone again,...

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Grand Game 446: Circling Around

The Devil command group did not linger long after that. 

Mounting their hellbats, they flew swiftly back to the fort, no doubt to put their plans into effect.

Staying where I was, I ruminated over what I’d learned. The Riders’ conversation had certainly been enlightening. I n...

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Grand Game 445: The Mystery Guest

The plants could not eat me, of course. 

Not unless they had more to work with than devouring pollen. Lowering my head, I turned my face away from the sea of descending seeds and waited for my void armor to do its work.

You have sustained life damage. 

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Grand Game 444: Snaring Foxes

Amantein has died.

You and Ghost have reached level 212!

Your sneaking has reached rank 21, and your chi rank 18.

You are hidden.

A few seconds later, ebonheart was back in my sheath, and I was crawling aw...

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Grand Game 443: Wolf on the Run

I didn’t fall to my death, of course. Midway to the ground my spell finished, and I released it without ado.

You have cast windborne.

Borne upon a cushion of air, I landed softly, but I wasted no time in setting off, dashing further north. I didn’t look back. I di...

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Grand Game 442: What Lurks Inside

83 Days Left to Broker Peace in Sector 12,560

The night passed without incident, and I awoke somewhat groggily with the dawn. Rolling upright, I glanced to my left and saw, Ghost was also sitting up.

Something had disturbed us both.

“Aiyeeeeee!”

The pyre wol...

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Grand Game 441: The Eastern Marches

The Eastern Marches consisted of thirteen sectors. Sector 75,172 was the northernmost and, without a steady stream of players exiting Draven’s Reach, was likely the most sparsely populated, too. This was largely why neither Adriel nor I had thought relocating to another sector in the region a g...

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Grand Game 440: Venturing Out

Note from Tom: I've realized that the week after a book release is possibly one of the worst times to write. There are just too many admin tasks to attend to and things left undone or forgotten as a result of trying to push a book out.

Anyway, enough excuses. I've resumed writing and w...

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Grand Game 439: In the Kingdom Again

Note from Tom (13 March 2024): The chapter has been updated to remove some inconsistencies regarding the safe zone and use of the atherstone bracelet.

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84 Days Left to Broker Peace in Sector 1...

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Book 7 News and all about Sectors...

Hi all,

[UPDATE 04 March 2024]: Reworked and updated.

Just to let everyone know, posting of book 7 chapters will begin on Monday, 4th March. In the meantime, please see some of the drawings / sketches I've put together in preparation for the next book...

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Scion's Duty Print Editions are out today.

Hi all,

The hardcover edition and paperback edition of Grand Game 6 have been released today, so if you're keen to leave an early review, you can do so here: View Post

Scion's Duty release post on Reddit

Hi all,

I've posted about the upcoming release of Grand Game Book 6 on Reddit. For those who use the platform, please share your thoughts here: 

h...

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Michael's Character Sheet as at End of Book 5

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Michael's Evolution as at the End of Book 6

Drawing updated to remove dbl "sire wolf"

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Grand Game 6 Changelog

Hi all,

Below are some of the bigger changes I've made while going through GG6 again -- these are the mostly ones required for Game / System consistency and/or story consistency.

1. No mention of sealing a Pact - when binding Ghost as a familiar. Now refers only to a familiar bond. ...

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Michael at the End of Book 6

Note from Tom: We've finally reached the end of Book 6! Phew, this one has ended up taking much longer than I expected, but that was largely due to the unforeseen issues with Empyrean 2.
Anyway, between now and release day (1 March), I will be busy cleaning up book 6, dealing with inconsis...

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Grand Game 438: On the Clock

My grin faded. One hour? Really?

Nyra gasped. “Michael, did you see—?”

I nodded grimly. “I did.” I didn’t understand the message’s reference to a ‘final chamber,’ but I was sure Adriel and Farren would enlighten me.

Lifting my gaze, I saw the others ha...

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