FINAL CORE - Chapter 39
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If you read chapter 27 here on Patreon when it came out, please read the last segment of it on Royalroad/SH, as I added a whole new section with Beulah that wasn't there before! =)
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“I need to talk to you,” says Sockel.
Hineni, holding a ladle full of pancake batter, turns his head towards her. “What’s up, Sockel?” he asks. “I’m making breakfast.”
“Exactly,” says the elf. “That’s the problem,” she says, laying down ...
2022-06-27 18:54:34 +0000 UTC View PostSunflower - Chapter 37
I am a moonflower.
Burch steps to the side, avoiding a hole.
Is this not a most curious thing for me to be?
Has anyone ever heard of such a silly thing as a moonflower?
— I think not.
With my petals spread out ...
2022-06-26 19:21:18 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 92
Hineni wobbles the new ladder, checking if its sturdy.
“I don’t know about this,” says Rhine.
“It’s fine,” replies Hineni. “Made it myself, after all.”
Rhine nods. “Sure, but you’re… you know, not a carpenter.”
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Zabinayah of One-Thousand Rapiers - Chapter 1
I didn't manage to make a Weaponsmith today. Apologies. Instead, you can have this first chapter of a super edgy story that I honestly have no explanation for. It was supposed to be a short story with 10 chapters, but I only ever made 1 and a half.
Weaponsmith will...
2022-06-25 19:43:58 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 38
Day of the bite:
My fever takes me as I lay here on my bedroll, spread out over the stone floor of the dungeon.
It has been a day since I was bitten by the creature. I killed it. But my body is too hurt to walk with. I am drained. I am ... 2022-06-24 19:10:01 +0000 UTC View Post
FINAL CORE - Chapter 37
With roots that dig towards the heart of the world, the stoic giant, known as the world-tree, sits. Its boughs rise up so high as to scratch the clouds above. Its roots reach from the western shore of the continent, all the way to the eastern one.
And all around its massive bas...
2022-06-23 19:17:01 +0000 UTC View PostPoll - FINAL CORE
Lots of new abilities to choose from this time! We have 4 points to use, so please vote for up to 4 things that you like! =)
- [Holy] -
Ascension – The landscape encompassing the dungeon’s territorial radius separates itself from the sinful world, cau...
2022-06-23 15:46:39 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 91
“Boy, do you think this is some kind of game?” asks Hineni, leaning over the table.
Rhine leans in towards him, narrowing his eyes. “It’s over for you, old man.” He looks down at the game-board, pushing his piece forward to corner Hineni’s.
Hineni nar...
2022-06-22 18:36:53 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 36
The lore of the world tells us of many great men and women who have wandered through the days of our past.
Great champions and craftsmen and spirits of many kinds and forms, taking many shapes and using many methods. These people have achieved things of incredible note in our w...
2022-06-21 19:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 90
“So? What do you think?” asks Sockel.
Hineni looks at her and then looks around the corridor behind the kitchen; the one that connects to the library.
“About what?” asks Hineni. Sockel had told him to meet her here.
The elf nods, pleased....
2022-06-21 16:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 89
Hineni stands down in the ice-cellar, looking around himself at the assortment of things that has begun to collect down here. Meats for the kitchen that Obscura has hunted hang strung from strong hooks. Crates full of tubers and perishable vegetables sit stacked in orderly collections. Between al...
2022-06-20 08:44:57 +0000 UTC View PostSunflower - Chapter 36
Gentle.
My friend, Burch, lowers herself down to the ground with a slow, gentle demeanor that is far different from the brash recklessness of her younger days.
It seems that in her years, she has practiced well the nature of the things I have taught her.
Weaponsmith - Chapter 88
Hineni takes a step back, holding her hands in his and she follows his movements. Soft moonlight shines in through the vaporous midnight air as they sway in a well practiced dance. He holds his gaze low, looking at her and she returns the same to him, as they move through the open room together b...
2022-06-18 18:43:51 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 35
What has never been understood is the connection between the dungeons and the gods.
We know, from our scriptures and the teachings of our faith, that the gods reside in the heavens, far above our world. Yet dungeons are the antithesis of this fact. Dungeons dig down deep to whe...
2022-06-17 19:28:14 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 34
“I’m so tired.
I’ve been here for too many years. I’ve seen too many young faces vanish into the clawing dark.
— It’s always the young ones. The old people, the ones who made it to maturity, they never die. There’s a cut-off period. I think that if ...
2022-06-16 19:12:42 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 87
Soft rain falls from the sky, striking against the roofs of the hundreds of houses around them with supple, percussive strikes. The air is damp and refreshing and the gray sky, mixed in with the falling water, removes any remaining vapors of lingering, spring heat.
He’s still u...
2022-06-16 11:43:16 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 86
Hineni stands outside on the city plaza with his hands in his pockets as he stares up towards the gargantuan construction before the three of them.
The dungeon-gate.
It’s an ornate, towering, stonework creation that seems to have been impossibly hewn out of a s...
2022-06-15 19:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 33
When I was lowered into the water by my father’s hands, I was just a boy.
The water was so calm and so serene. I wasn’t expecting it to happen. We were just walking like we would have on any other day. He grabbed me by the collar and just pushed me down beneath the surface ...
2022-06-14 19:24:45 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 85
“So what’s with all of the skulls?” asks Rhine, looking at the frozen skull that Sockel has placed beneath a glass bowl from the kitchen for now, since they don’t really have anything better to secure it with until the vault is done.
“What’s the matter twerp?” asks ...
2022-06-13 16:12:24 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 84
Hineni wanders through the stone corridor, leading towards the forge. It is dark and everyone is asleep. The air is cool and crisp and it carries with it a smell of freshness that wasn’t present during the hours prior. The house is light-less and he stands there, staring up towards the yellow e...
2022-06-12 18:39:04 +0000 UTC View PostMirabelle's Boots - Chapter 13
I only managed to finish half of today's Weaponsmith chapter, so here's a Mirabelle to tide you over until tomorrow morning!
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Mirabelle holds onto the edge of the hole of the tree, staring out a...
2022-06-11 18:52:23 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 32
Let’s assume that you are alone on a very small island and that you have to fight a swarm of ants.
They’re unusually aggressive beasts and are very intent on crawling up your legs and nibbling on the tasty fruit that you hold in your hands. Running away isn’t an option, a...
2022-06-10 19:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 31
I feel its breath blowing past myself, as I stand alone in the darkness, my feet planted firmly and strong.
It whispers into my ears.
My sword is drawn and I look over my shoulder, but I see nothing there in the full shadow all around me. I hear scampering, as ra...
2022-06-09 19:02:33 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 83
Hineni flips through the pages of the book that Seltsam had found for him on his request. Pages flutter as he quickly swipes through them one after the other with his fingers, damp with sweat. With each turn, a new distortion of an image is revealed, depictions of monsters and ghouls and animals ...
2022-06-09 17:22:24 +0000 UTC View PostConcept Art - FINAL CORE - Isaiah 2
Here is a new concept piece of Isaiah! This one was done by GreenNGreen#8633! =)
What do you think? Which one do you like more? =o
2022-06-09 07:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostMirabelle's Boots - Chapter 12
Weaponsmith delayed till tomorrow. Apologies!
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— The thing that is different.
Mirabelle sits on the branch of her tree, staring down at the world around herself. It’s the middle of the nigh...
2022-06-08 18:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 30
Officer Walundra: “Huh? What do you mean their trackers went dark?”
He pokes the crystal on the table, trying to get it to light back up.
Senior Scryer, Rank A, Blick: “They’re dark, sir.”
Officer Walundra stares at the table for a moment...
2022-06-07 19:18:17 +0000 UTC View PostFINAL CORE - Chapter 29
Teamwork is the most important thing inside of a dungeon.
You might be some powerful hotshot, who thinks you can just grind it out alone with enough piss and vinegar. But what will your plan be when the dungeon fields an encounter that requires cooperation to complete?
... 2022-06-06 18:35:22 +0000 UTC View PostWeaponsmith - Chapter 82
Hineni stands in the forge, leaning back and watching Rhine work.
Fire crackles noisily in the room, the air letting out a quiet, constant roar as heat presses out of the furnace next to them.
Rhine rubs his face free of sweat, exhaling for a moment before return...
2022-06-06 16:52:39 +0000 UTC View Post