The king sat on the stone bench in his favorite garden spot, rubbing his chin in thought while he mentally reviewed his kingdom.
His plan to dismantle the Tower of Fate was proceeding well, especially after the Queen and his harem had gotten their hands on the project. He’d known it would...
2024-09-20 22:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostLady Vera Salvatore-Verena knew she should have been used to this type of pressure. She’d been to innumerable noble events, ceremonies like this included. However, none of that vast experience seemed to help her at the moment.
She wasn’t unaware of what the source of her anxiety was, sh...
2024-09-18 22:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostArchmage Mathers settled into his chair with a sigh of relief. Having spent the day traveling all over Hennings, suffering through meeting after meeting, it was nice to be able to sit down and enjoy some heavens-blessed silence. Despite having gotten around most of the paperwork his newfound posi...
2024-09-16 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter coordinating with the household staff to get the troops situated in the guardhouse, Knight Angleton found himself standing on the balcony of his new room, thinking about how he ended up here.
Looking out over the well-maintained grounds, he saw combat rings for melee training, variabl...
2024-09-13 22:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostWhile sitting at a desk in the newly reopened Walker Estate, Vera paused what she was doing the moment she felt Nick’s ping. Mentally checking the time, she barely managed to keep the smile off her face at the fact that he was arriving on schedule and without issue.
Opening the connection...
2024-09-11 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhile waiting in the teleport room for the delegation from Hennings to arrive, City-Lord Cosgrave finally had enough time to get her thoughts in order. It had been a hectic past few hours, but she’d managed to get everything handled… mostly. With barely any more warning than ‘Dwarves Are Co...
2024-09-09 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHovering in the air while seated cross-legged and at peace, the king’s mind rapidly addressed the numerous pings waiting patiently for his attention.
Suddenly, he got an alert from one of the divisions he’d ordered to spy on Lord Walker’s budding following in Hennings. Immediately rea...
2024-09-06 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhile everyone was taking their seats, Mage-adept Hana Sovros glanced at the new decorations adorning the walls of their secret meeting place.
‘Really? We have our own sigils now?’ she thought to herself in amusement.
What had once been a small, out-of-the-way, conference room had...
2024-09-04 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the little lord’s impromptu declaration of intent, he vanished like a father having smelled shit in his child’s nappy, leaving her to clean up the mess. And what a mess it was.
The followers of House Walker who were present when Lord Walker addressed the common room had needed to ...
2024-09-02 22:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostHad it been anyone else demanding his presence, they would feel honored that it took him less than five minutes to arrive. But for Nero, apparently, that five minutes was more than enough for his insecurities to overwhelm him, sending him into a panic-filled tantrum.
From the moment he’d ...
2024-08-30 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter having a rather interesting discussion with Academian Quincy concerning Nero’s background and its likely effect on his personality, Nick retired to his room to check in with Vera. Leaning back into his chair, he reached out to Dorchester through his communication orb and waited pati...
2024-08-28 22:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn the common room of House Walker’s tent, Cathleen Averett stood at the head of the table, her steady gaze sweeping across the assembled warriors seated before her. Behind her hung House Walker’s colors, the symbol of their lord watching over the proceedings as if he were there, grinning dow...
2024-08-26 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAcademian Quincy stood off to the side, carefully observing as Lord Verena struggled to teach Lord Walker magic. While both student and teacher were enthusiastic and engaged in the process, it didn’t seem to make their progress any easier.
Rubbing his chin in thought, Academian Quin...
2024-08-23 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAmbassador Ironwick stood directly in front of the teleportation room receiving area with a pronounced frown on his face. He hadn’t so much as twitched since he’d arrived. If it weren’t for the slow, grumbling sound of his breath, which inexplicably carried throughout the room, he could eas...
2024-08-21 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostHey you beautiful people. How's your month going? Feel free to reply to the screen or post a comment as a response...
I'm either happy, sad, or other... but regardless, I'm sure tomorrow is another day.
Anyways, it's that time again for a situation report on the saga of Nero Walker ...
2024-08-19 23:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostCaptain Angleton skillfully filled out the paperwork for his dismissal from the army, artfully stating his reasons and intentions to join Lord Walker’s growing house.
Meanwhile, he stood in front of his troops, giving them what could most likely be the final speech he would give as captai...
2024-08-19 22:32:42 +0000 UTC View PostIf it weren’t for her years of practice hiding her emotions, Mage-adept Newbanks would have been wringing her hands in anxiousness. All her available moves have been played. Now, all she could do was wait and see if it would be enough.
Glancing around the Hall of Leadership, she took stoc...
2024-08-16 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostA little more than four hours of sleep should have been enough for Nick to recover from all the recent excitement he’d found himself embroiled in. However, instead of feeling refreshed, he found himself struggling to get out of bed.
From the moment he’d opened his eyes, memories o...
2024-08-14 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostJerry Cordswith was a nobody. He knew that. Everybody knew that.
While some people were destined for greatness, he knew he was bound to be a disappointment. Granted, he’s had some successes, but in the grand scheme of things, his lifetime of mediocre accomplishments hadn’t lived up to t...
2024-08-12 22:29:54 +0000 UTC View PostThoroughly unhappy with how many fires he was being forced to put out, Jennings clenched his teeth in anger and narrowed his eyes at what he was seeing.
His attention was being split between a conversation being routed through the local mage tower to Hennings’ mage council, his observatio...
2024-08-09 22:23:46 +0000 UTC View PostGeneral Branson felt the tension he’d been carrying in his shoulders finally relax as he listened to the council reacting to his news just as he’d hoped they would.
He’d called the emergency meeting they were having the moment he heard about the conclusion of the surface battle agains...
2024-08-07 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostCommander Dahl’s frown was so pronounced that it looked like he was squinting. As a result, everyone in the command tent was on edge.
Aides, captains, and support mages were moving around the room in a hurry, each one doing their best to get a handle on the situation. Their limited experi...
2024-08-05 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter watching Lord Walker charge the kobald lines and subsequently run right past them, Academian Quincy found himself thoroughly confused. Judging by the waves of disbelief echoing across the connection he shared with the other evaluators, he wasn’t the only one who was having trouble underst...
2024-08-02 22:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostHovering above the battlefield, the evaluators followed Lord Walker as he made his way through the troops. They watched as he occasionally used his clever interpretation of an ‘earthen wall’ spell to raise himself up so he could adjust his course.
“Why doesn’t he just do a quick...
2024-07-31 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostCathleen was moving up and down the lines, maintaining a distance between 10 and 15 paces from the fighting. Her well-trained perception field allowed her to keep track of the battle and update her orders as needed. And while part of her would have preferred to be crossing spears with her enemy, ...
2024-07-29 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostAcademian Quincy and the other evaluators had been on many missions where they were forced to do nothing but observe. As members of the Royal Academy, their central purpose was the collection, protection, and verification of all Oglivarchian knowledge. And while none of them were all that ‘dedi...
2024-07-26 22:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostFeeling that someone was approaching, Ambassador Ironwick cracked one eye open to see who stones to barge into his room and interrupt his sleep.
Instead of seeing the unnecessarily large room he’d been assigned, he saw broken tables and chairs, numerous passed-out dwarves, and even a few ...
2024-07-24 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostI'm sure you've all been eagerly awaiting this month's situation report. I know I have. So, sit back, grab a cookie or two, and enjoy.
This month has found me getting a new pair of glasses so I will hopefully stop suffering from the dumbest diagnosis since restless leg syndrome... eye str...
2024-07-22 23:07:00 +0000 UTC View PostGeneral Branson struggled to stop himself from rubbing his temples to alleviate his headache. Now, more than ever, he needed to project an image of control and indomitability. With how young many of the commanders were, few had been around long enough to be intimidated by his feats of strength in...
2024-07-22 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis type of fighting wasn’t within Rose’s skillset. Walking in formation and hiding behind shields while confronting the enemy directly was practically the direct opposite of her preferred method of combat. Suffice it to say, she was not a soldier.
Attacking from concealment, striking ...
2024-07-19 22:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post