Child of Aidon

SND [1] Hatched

The inferno raged all around the man in a deadly dance of destruction. There amongst the hellscape was a reflection of chaos, his senses nearly overwhelmed by the haunting wailes of a kingdom’s final death throes. Flames so tall they licked the heavens, scorching tongues reverberated with the c...

Book One 2nd Edition

While we go through Book 2, I am also working on the full novelization of Book 1. Think of it as a second draft or second edition. The new draft will start now and begin from the beginning. There will be changes to the story, new chapters, new characters, scenes, and dialogue. Some changes will b...

WM [29] Broken Jaw

Joha ended up having to relay everything that Bjorn had told them to the council. Tanisha was too upset to deal with their foolishness. She and Bjorn walked out of the council’s meeting room and sat in the lobby. Tanisha’s mood finally transitioned from white hot rage, to slightly less hot an...

WM [28] Snake In The Grass

Bjorn had to run as fast as he could around the forest fire that was raging on from his Plague Fire breath. He could put the fire out but it was all or nothing. The white flames that coursed with aetheric energy was the reason that the monsters were flooding the druid camp. It just so happened th...

WM [27] If We’re Lucky, They’ll Kill Each Other

Bjorn continued to follow the parameter of the druid’s barrier. The parameter was marked with trees and bushes, and now that he was amongst them, he could make out the faintest hint of magic. From the outside of the barrier, everything inside was just more dark forest. From the inside, looking ...

WM [26] Deranged Howlings

“Bjorn Duck-duck-duck!” Failsafe yelled. 

Bjorn dove to the ground as arrows flew through where he had been a moment before. The arrows tore through trees and detonated anything they hit on impact. It wasn’t from an explosive but the sheer force behind each arrow. Bjorn wasn’t ...

WM [25] He didn’t get far

There was a cold breeze in the air in the town. The guards were on full patrol now that skinwalker was confirmed to have infiltrated the settlement. Monster hunters were being called in from the Jackrabbits’ camp to bolster the patrols. From atop the roof of the building, guards down were muted...

WM [24] Fire Was Still Fire

Bjorn looked up at the sky, or at least what he could see between the dense canopy. It looked like it was about time to return to the city. There was the last of his hunt’s hands to collect; he found and killed thirteen of the crawling stalkers, which was more than enough to finally return home...

WM [23] Abomination

The skinwalker was confused, never before had its prey been able to fight back before it was able to subdue them. Hunting was as much a game to it as it was a means to feed itself. Yet now it was hurt more than it had ever been and its food and more importantly new skin was the cause. It was furi...

WM [22] Wendigo Nightmare

There was only a few more hours of sun as Tanisha submerged the sixth blue steel ingot into the basin. So far, she had not successfully infused any of the ingots and her continuous failures were weighing on her. The problem came from her control of the ambient mana after she placed an ingot in th...

WM [21] Bad Vibes

There was an nearly electric excitement in the air as Tanisha opened the storage crate containing the items she would need to perform the cold infusion. First, and also the largest tool, was the infusion basin and its stand. The item would have cost her a small fortune as it is usually purchased ...

WM [20] Werewolves

The forest was alive with various birdsongs. Not much had happened so far on Bjorn’s solo hunting trip. The hydra had a brand new carrying harness which he very much liked. It had some metal plates which offered limited protection to his belly which was by far his most vulnerable area, as the s...

WM [19] Here to Sell

Isin’s life shattered around him as he saw his mothers body collapse to the ground. White flames engulfed what remained of the woman, the aetheric heat reducing her to ash in mere moments. Bazaath didn’t look at Isin even though he called out his name. Instead the Angel turned to face the oth...

WM [18] Return To Your Lodging

The bar was closed, but people came in and went on official business since it was also the administration building. Ashley was in the middle of updating the monster hunting contract board which had grown sparse over the past few weeks. The scarcity of good contracts was the reason so many people ...

WM [17] A Forest Jaunt

It was about mid day before Bjorn noticed an unusual smell in the air. It smelled like mana but also wrong, he didn’t have the words to describe the feeling other than a wound in the mana of the world. The iron tang of blood soon followed and he could tell they were coming up on something. Bjor...

WM [16] Why Does Everyone Know?

Alfred led Tanisha and Bjorn through the camp, the man walking with a jovial pep to his step. It was far livelier now as people were preparing for hunts. A large group of monster hunters gathered at the gate for a joint raid.

“What’s going on over there?” Tanisha asked.

Alfred s...

WM [15] Good Time To Be Alive

Tanisha led the way inside the building. Eyes of a dozen people followed her and Bjorn as she took in the atmosphere. It looked more like a bar than a headquarters for Jackrabbits, as she had been told. She quickly looked around for Alfred, but someone stepped out in front of her.

“Anythi...

WM [14] Help When Needed

There was a small monster-hunting group in the town. They would clear monsters in the area and sell the carcasses. Monsters were uniquely different from normal animals, even magic beasts. Monsters were not natural; they came from the corrupted lands, places of such high ambient magic that the lan...

WM [13] Knives Are Not Wands

“How about this? I will do a bundle just for you,” Tanisha said with an award-winning smile. “Since you need the draught of strength too. I will do it all for two and a half silver. You won’t get that deal anywhere else.”

“Two and a quarter,” a night-hand wendigo man said.

WM [12] A Hunting Excursion

The journey had been slow as the past few days were spent traveling the countryside. There were a few small villages they had to pass through, but most of the journey was spent on the road. Bjorn decided, since he could always sense where Tanisha was at all times, he would go hunting during the d...

WM [11] The Coming of The Greater Wendigo

Thorfinn didn’t attend the going away party for the demons. He was busy cataloging the events of the battle with his magic. There was a limit to how far back in time he could see before the past became fuzzy for lack of a better word. He was running himself magically ragged, trying to make sure...

WM [10] Final Days

Things around the palace were hectic for those in charge as the new administration had to reorganize how the city and domain would be run. Tanisha wasn’t a part of any of those meetings or decisions, but the maids and servants loved to gossip. The Tujewli Family would split, and the heir and hi...

WM [9] Confrontation

True teleportation magic was a complex and highly specialized type of darkness magic. Sure, Blink and Flash Step were pretty standard for mages and material users, but those were personal short-range effects that usually moved them no more than a few yards at a time. They were extremely limited i...

WM [8] Don’t Live In The Past

Tanisha and Joha’s requests was oddly simple from Bjorn’s perspective. Tanisha requested gold, a new wagon and horses, alchemy supplies and equipment, and a new polearm to replace the one she had lost. On the other hand, Joha wanted only one thing: for them to send a letter to his homeland fo...

WM [7] A Real Future To Fight For

Ever since Tyr found out that both of his little sisters had survived the raid, he seemed to have had a massive weight lifted off his shoulders. He had a spark in his eye that had been missing since the attack. He didn’t have long with his sisters before the First Princess took the group to a m...

WM [6] Reunion

The Fort Palace was a massive single structure in the middle of Lavi. The wall around the Fort Palace was the most magically and materially impressive of the defensive structures. Bjorn was sure he would not be able to melt through those defenses as he had done with the gatehouse to the inner cit...

WM [5] One Exception

The Isi were finally safe by the order of the First Princess. Tyr and all the members of the Isi survivors were taken into protective custody. They were kept out of the central city and lodged in one of the many inns in a demilune town. The proprietors were shocked that what, to them, were VIPs o...

WM [4] All Hail

The group broke free of the alley as Viggo’s roar echoed throughout the outer city. More people were on this street than the last, so the swerving intensified. Thorfinn squeezed between other vehicles and drove on the sidewalk, with near misses every few seconds.

The feeling of whatever m...

WM [3] Man of The People

There was an explosion of motion as the people once again prepared to move. Children were loaded into Tanisha’s wagon. The wooden merchant’s wagon had seen better days; the escape from the inner city had left it blackened from spells. Owen’s horses pulled the wagon, and until Thorfinn showe...

WM [2] We Do Not Bow

The room was momentarily silent as everyone processed that they were being tracked even faster. Tanisha knew an adequate tracker could find them, but if they had that kind of person, why would Loki use his constructs to such an extremes? They knew that dozens of the constructs secretly marched ar...