A/N: Big thanks to everyone who suggested a prompt and/or voted! This one turned out long--longer than any single chapter of the the main story, actually (~4600 words). I'm fairly happy with it, and I hope you enjoy it! I certainly enjoyed writing it! I'll post this one publicly eventual... 2022-07-30 01:17:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Perspective: Salvador
I spent my time on the ship back to Inolza in quiet thought. I couldn’t get what happened that night in Port Princely out of my head. I’d taken my payment from the Korzon Island mission from Lorelei and left the other two for a ship bound for home....
2022-07-27 04:29:33 +0000 UTC View PostPerspective: Lorelei
The ship under me was as still as the ocean on this windless day. Markus and I were on route back to Ordia from Liseu. We’d left Navanaea in a rush after our encounter with the demon and Yothariel. This ship was even less comfortable than the Swordfis...
2022-07-23 03:58:20 +0000 UTC View PostWe didn’t stay in the room for long. Whatever was in the pile that had emitted the magic and aura was gone. In its place was simply another indistinct stain on a ruined floor.
The presence was gone. Ironically, we decided to leave the once-cursed place. Fatigue was certainly a factor. Sey...
2022-07-20 06:42:50 +0000 UTC View PostGhosts of stone walls rose and fell out of the fog that surrounded us. The weathered, broken shapes sat forlorn between twisted trees. In the fading evening light, the valley had been beautiful. In the dim predawn light, it was haunting.
I hadn’t noticed the other ruins through the trees ...
2022-07-16 05:48:51 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Thank you to everyone who suggested ideas and/or voted! I hope you enjoy this side story! The events of this chapter are non-canon. Chronologically, they would take place between Chapters 24 and 25.
We were three days out from Baetnal and ...
2022-07-15 07:42:38 +0000 UTC View PostHi Patrons!
Apologies to anyone who already voted. I was made aware I'd forgotten a suggestion, and I cannot edit a poll once it goes live.
Please vote and let me know what side story you want to see for July! The poll will be up for most of a week.
Lastly, the June side story w...
2022-07-14 18:25:00 +0000 UTC View PostWe followed the cave deeper and deeper into the mountain. Hammer had called the place a tunnel, but it looked natural enough to me. I guess I wouldn’t have any idea what a Formid tunnel would look like. Maybe something else made this one?
We passed a few small offshoots. Some were dead-en...
2022-07-13 04:34:40 +0000 UTC View PostPerspective: Zarenna
“Greetings,” the hammer-wielder spoke in Navvish.
Their voice was clear, but shrill and monotone. They spoke something after, with a click and hiss that I did not understand.
“Hello,” I replied simply, then looked to my partner who s...
2022-07-09 03:28:11 +0000 UTC View PostA perspective we haven't seen! What are Aretan and Nelys up to anyway?
Perspective: Aretan
After the death of Third Prince Malich at the hands of Zarenna, Baetnal had looked for all the world to be a nest of angry termites. When Nelys and I had left ...
2022-07-06 06:12:01 +0000 UTC View PostSuggestions for July are closed! Poll will go up tomorrow.
I have the topic that won the June poll in mind and am working to frame out and write the side story for that month. However, given that my Patreon didn't start until mid-June, I estimate delivery ...
2022-07-03 20:17:40 +0000 UTC View PostLilly measured me for clothes when we arrived back at her home. I asked how any new clothing could possibly be ready by the time Seyari and I left in the morning. She seemed to pout at the fact I was leaving.
She said that nothing would be fitted for me, but they probably had some stuff big...
2022-07-02 04:45:10 +0000 UTC View PostHi all!
Thank you so much for the support! I hadn't imagined the level of engagement and support I'd get when I started posting.
This post is simply for the end of month cumulative PDF of the story. There are a few small grammar tweaks from what is posted on here already as individual...
2022-06-30 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I returned to the living room, Lilly and Seyari had shifted their gazes away from each other, but made their discomfort obvious. Lilly’s armor shined a brighter blue in the sunlight, contrasting with her pink skin. Silver haired Seyari, meanwhile, was literally glowing (slightly). Thankful...
2022-06-29 06:37:39 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I'm not super happy with the chapter title for this one. If you have any ideas, feel free to suggest them!
I found myself enjoying another calm morning in the household of the Sovereign of Lust. I had to keep reminding myself who lived here. Lilly was certainly not en...
2022-06-25 18:32:22 +0000 UTC View PostVote for the June side story! No idea will be overly lewd (despite what the last one might suggest).
Note that this side story won't release until at the latest mid-July. The first two ideas would be uploaded on RR & SH with a two-week delay, while the third would stay Patreon-exclusive...
2022-06-25 01:54:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning, we shared a breakfast of fruit with our hosts. I wore my dress again, wrinkles be damned. I liked the way my claws clacked on the cool sandstone floors, but still dreamed of shoes to complete the look.
“Isidore?” I asked between bites. “What happens to the souls that...
2022-06-22 06:23:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Why should we trust you?” Seyari asked before Isidore had even started to speak.
The middle-aged Ordian man kept a level gaze back at Seyari. “Trust me to do what, exactly? Or do you mean whether you should trust my information?”
“Both,” Seyari and I answered at the same ...
2022-06-19 16:57:47 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Hi everyone! So, this chapter was originally part of the previous one, but that chapter ended up too far above my max chapter word count after revision (~4000 soft limit), so it was split off. Thematically, it would work very well merged with the next chapter, but that one is, by it... 2022-06-18 08:43:24 +0000 UTC View Post
“Izzy! We have company!” Lilly shouted into a room on one side of the modest hall we were standing in.
“Is it the Sovereign?” A masculine voice sounded back from the room.
The doorway was just wide enough I could see a cozy sitting room, but not the owner of the voice.
...
2022-06-15 15:09:11 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate: Suggestions for the June story are closed!
"But Maxine? We're already two weeks into June."
Yeah, I know I'll leave suggestions up for a week (ish--we're just getting started so it may be a bit longer), the poll for a few days, and try ...
2022-06-14 02:56:23 +0000 UTC View PostWith Mereneth flying overhead, Seyari and I continued our march through sand, sand, and more sand. Neither of us particularly trusted our demonic guide, so we still rationed food for dinner.
We stopped well after the sun had set. In a surprising show of politeness, Mereneth sat far away fro...
2022-06-14 02:37:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the day’s walk was fortunately uneventful. Sadly, this meant it was also crushingly boring. Both of us focused on making good time, so there was little conversation. I could also tell we were both still tired.
I didn’t use magic to make another slab, so we slept under the st...
2022-06-14 02:36:11 +0000 UTC View PostPerspective: Zarenna
I kept my eyes on Seyari’s back for a moment more before turning to face her. I couldn’t imagine the pain of cutting off your own limbs. Or the opinion you’d need to have of yourself to consider the act justifiable. We looked into each other’s e...
2022-06-14 02:35:13 +0000 UTC View PostPerspective: Seyari
“Traitor!” I shouted at the surprised man behind his ornate desk.
My sword, alight with holy fire, pointed at his neck. Around my feet were the smoking remains of the door to Baron Haverly’s study. The small room was stuffed full of books org...
2022-06-14 02:33:51 +0000 UTC View PostPerspective: Seyari
The road had narrowed to the point where the wagons could hardly traverse it long before we entered the town’s secluded valley. The small village we were staying in was idyllic in the way only a small hunting town deep in the mountains could be. We’d...
2022-06-14 02:32:41 +0000 UTC View PostPerspective: Seyari
Neither of us moved or spoke for a long time. I wanted to continue, but I didn’t want to give up the comfort of the moment.
In the end, it was Zarenna who broke the silence. “You don’t have to go any further tonight if you don’t want to.”...
2022-06-14 02:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostPerspective: Seyari
I started to speak, and felt the walls I’d built around myself crumble away. Slowly at first, then gaining rapidly in intensity, the memories I’d held locked away for so long came alive again in the desert moonlight.
We’d have a long night ah...
2022-06-14 02:30:21 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I've updated this chapter with expanded introspection that I think was missing initially. I'll note this change at month end when the new story-to-date PDF is released rather than ping everyone now. The PDF on this post has been updated as well.
Soon, the rocky landsc...
2022-06-14 02:29:14 +0000 UTC View PostPerspective: Zarenna
I wanted to stay longer. I really, really wanted to give Nelys the time they needed. But I couldn’t. I had to find Seyari and we had to get out of here.
I could feel fatigue from the magic I’d used, but not enough to really hinder me....
2022-06-14 02:28:11 +0000 UTC View Post