This is a RE-RELEASE (again) of chapter 2. There is an entirely new segment added to the end where Sir Knight goes to the dungeon. If you read the previous version, I suggest reading this one's end half again =)
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Reborn as the Black Knight is now live on Royalroad and Scribblehub! As such, expect bonus chapters to come to Patreon, now that Final Core is about over! =)
2023-03-26 08:21:33 +0000 UTC View PostWhat does one do, when one encounters a problem in life that isn’t so easy to solve? What is a person to do, when the things that they want to do directly collide with the things that they don’t want to do? How does one decide which of these choices is to be weighted more heavily in the hiera...
2023-03-22 11:55:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe world transforms before our very eyes as the seasons pass in a never-ending cycle of change. The air grows colder, the leaves turn gold and fall to the ground, and the earth is blanketed in white. Spring arrives, and the world awakens once again, reborn in a wash of green and the... 2023-03-16 19:57:07 +0000 UTC View Post
In the somber embrace of twilight's gentle caress, a solitary figure labors in the dimly-lit workshop; a delicate, lithe creature with iridescent wings, who plies her ethereal trade with fervor and finesse. Behold, the enigmatic Mirabelle, a fairy shoemaker whose nimble fingers and nimble mind ar...
2023-03-15 11:02:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt was fun while it lasted, wasn’t it?
I thought so.
For a while, it was really scary. There were so many moments when I thought we’d die, so many moments when I thought that this was it. This is the end. 2023-03-14 17:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post
What even is the world as a whole?
Is it just a giant collection of chaotic lifeforms, running around at random intervals of time, each doing their best as individual beings to survive and thrive, sometimes banding together as groups and societies, and sometimes not doing so? Is it just a m...
2023-03-11 19:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe churning of war is such a normal facet of life for some, that the grinding of sinew and bones is to the ears of one as common and mundane as the pulverizing of wheat for the miller and baking flour for the baker.
While we are not at war in this im... 2023-03-11 19:03:53 +0000 UTC View Post
New cover artwork for a fan favorite story, Respawn Condition!
2023-03-11 09:09:57 +0000 UTC View Post
New cover artwork for volume 2 of Final Core =)
2023-03-11 09:09:11 +0000 UTC View Post
New artwork for Mirabelle is up!
2023-03-11 09:08:35 +0000 UTC View PostI wanted to change, I really did.
I set such big goals and worked my butt off.
I went outside, I exercised, I practiced talking and speaking, whether to people alone or in groups, I earned money, I made friends, and I ... 2023-03-05 18:40:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Love is such a dangerous thing, isn’t it?
The binding of two or more souls together, the merging of the spiritual essence — what unforeseen consequences could this emotion have down the line for us?
Not just in lif... 2023-03-04 21:54:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Death laughs at us.
Just look at this mess. Open your goddamned window and look at it. Look at the shambling wrecks that call themselves people, dragging their living carcasses down the streets. Look at the dead houses and the dead cities we’ve made... 2023-03-04 18:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post
The ‘seal’, when referring to a metaphysical concept, is the locking mechanism that separates the physical from the spiritual. It is held to be commonly reasonable that every living entity has a seal of some sort present within itself, acting as a filtering mechanism to let in a ... 2023-03-04 16:58:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Mirabelle stands there in the shoemaker’s workshop, staring at the stinky boot, her nose clenched shut and her wings buzzing behind her to signal her body’s great discomfort at this situation.
As a shoemaker, the shoemaker didn’t just make new shoes and boots, he also fixed older ones...
2023-03-04 12:42:51 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t think you understand the scale of what is happening here.
My life, your life, the lives of everyone you know and everyone they knew — they're all just a glimmer of candlelight in an ocean of flames. The heroes of grand and old ages, the... 2023-03-03 19:14:27 +0000 UTC View Post
What is the purpose of faith, exactly?
Did it help me when the world shook beneath my feet, the great quake tearing apart the house that I have lived in, that my father had lived in, that his father had lived in, and turning it to rubble? 2023-03-02 19:04:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Mirabelle, the truly malevolent fairy, stares up toward the stars that fill the night sky, wondering if they’re looking down at her in much the same way as she is. However, she has her doubts about it.
The celestial bodies are all important in their own way, although the human-people migh...
2023-03-01 07:14:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello! Just a quick headsup since I know I am behind on FC. Expect a chapter dump to come before the end of this week to get us up to speed =)
2023-02-28 21:12:24 +0000 UTC View Post‘What are you so afraid of?’
“Hi, I’m Mirabelle,” echoes the voice, blunting itself on the wooden walls of the interior of the tree trunk, the words being swallowed by the many heaps of soft, colorful fabrics.
Mirabelle stands there, leaned over, her palms pressed against th...
2023-02-22 19:53:55 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the delay on FC chapters. FC is in it's final arc of 10-15 chapters and I want them to sit perfect. In the meantime, here's a story I've been working on some more!
If you read this first version uploaded here before. Chapters 1 + 2 have been internally combined into one long chapt...
2023-02-20 19:06:12 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is life, really?
Days come and days go, each of them offering a new opportunity to experience such odd sensations that are granted by life. There are good feelings and there are bad feelings, both of which come and go just as fast as the other, fading to leave on back at the baseline o...
2023-02-17 19:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTransporting sensitive magical alchemical ingredients across long distances is a challenging and risky task that requires careful planning and execution. Alchemical ingredients are substances that have been imbued with magical properties through various processes, such as extraction,... 2023-02-16 15:05:18 +0000 UTC View Post
"I don't know what to do," Thorne said, gesturing towards his fields of corn and wheat that lay before him. "The sun hasn't come up for days, and without it, the crops are dying."
"It's the same for me," Rowan said, his eyes fixed on the sky that was ... 2023-02-14 10:52:29 +0000 UTC View Post
~ Gisopi Minari’s, The Cobbler’s Art, Chapter Fourteen - The Cut
Now that we have spoken of the individual pieces a boot is made of, let us look at another differentiation. That is the "cut" of a boot, which refers to the heigh... 2023-02-12 20:26:34 +0000 UTC View Post
In the dark places of the world, where creatures of the night roam free and terrorize the innocent, there exist the most curious beings known as ‘kobolds’. Kobolds live in the cold, underground regions of the world and are renowned for their fluffy ‘scarves’ of hair, which ar... 2023-02-09 20:57:44 +0000 UTC View Post
*She presses her face against the window from the outside, speaking*
“Stop! Stop. Just… just take a second and stop… okay? — Don’t you feel it anymore?”
*There is no fog on the window, where her breath hits... 2023-02-07 20:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The world was made to be at peace.
The serenity of the world on a calm spring’s day is proof of this, as gentle winds press through the glades — evergreen — and carry with them the last kisses of winter’s chill and the first hopes of summer’... 2023-02-05 17:34:04 +0000 UTC View Post
It was another long and tiring day on the watch. My body aches from the weight of my armor and the weariness of my spirit. The sun had not yet risen when I began my rounds, and it had already set by the time I returned to my quarters. The day passed in a blur of monotony and endless ... 2023-02-03 16:47:16 +0000 UTC View Post