Lord Mason Quincy hurriedly made his way through the halls of the massive teleportation hall in Hennings. Aside from some hidden military and royal astra-platforms, this was the one location where all the inter-city teleportations happened. As Hennings was the capital of the kingdom, it was under...
2024-05-15 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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I goofed around with Canva a bit and made some more book covers. I was going for the whole 'embrace the cliche'. Let me know what you all think.
1 - Nero reading a book and smirking.
2024-05-15 03:07:09 +0000 UTC
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Mike leaned back against the earthen wall, taking a moment to try and regain his mental equilibrium. Sliding down the wall, he took a seat and closed his eyes. The overwhelming stench of dirt and blood was enough to make him want to avoid breathing through his nose. He wasn’t sure if it was due...
2024-05-14 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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When Victoria Blackwood became aware of Lord Walker’s recent change in status, she’d gone out of her way to ensure that she was one of the nobles invited to the reception for the Royal Academy’s Evaluation Team. Luckily, despite House Blackwood’s recent loss of reputation, she had been ab...
2024-05-13 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Director Weatherby was sitting in his office, thoroughly displeased with what he was hearing.
Leaning back in his high-backed chair, he drummed his fingers on his desk and glared at the man standing on the other side of his desk. He could see the man’s team standing behind him, all of the...
2024-05-10 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Mage-adept Newbanks stood off to the side of the astra-platform, watching the Dorchester council of leadership say goodbye to the majority of the evaluation team. Only three members were being left behind in Dorchester, primarily because someone had to stay and maintain the monitoring link with L...
2024-05-09 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Vera looked at her reflection, unhappy with the accusation she could see in the mirror-woman’s eyes.
Looking past her shoulder, she could see Nick easing himself into their bed with a sigh. ‘Poor man really isn’t cut out for life outside of the lab,’ she t...
2024-05-08 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Arch-mage Jennings was sitting at his desk, his shoulders slumped in defeat. In front of him were printouts of correspondence he had to deal with concerning his life-time of connections. All of which were being called upon to aid in the Tower of Magic’s efforts to publicize and demystify the sc...
2024-05-07 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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While the commanders at the table debated whether the assault force was sufficiently prepared for the push into the mountain, the general looked over the most recent casualty numbers coming in from the battle currently going on outside the walls. It wasn’t nearly as bad as it could have been. W...
2024-05-06 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Although this was not their first meeting, it was their first attempt at emulating the secret societies they’d all heard about.
The five of them sat around the small table in the dimly lit room, a singular essence spell providing the only source of ligh...
2024-05-03 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Mike hid behind his shield as the dirt, mud, and blood exploded in front of him, killing the group of kobalds that had been assaulting his position. The lull in combat allowed him to get better look at what was going on around him.
To his left and right he saw other members of ...
2024-05-02 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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General Branson watched as Lord Walker and his group left the reception, not liking the fact that Rose was going along with them.
Turning around, he looked at Sergeant Wesker and adopted an air of command, ordering the man, “You’re to head back to Gate 15 command and report...
2024-05-01 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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General Branson sat down at the table with Sergeant Wesker and Rose Vikander. He could see that they were both waiting to hear what he had to say. Between them, there seemed to be an unspoken agreement that any orders they were previously operating under were now no long valid. It was one thing t...
2024-04-30 22:30:02 +0000 UTC
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Vera rushed through the halls of the keep, her mind racing to come up with plots and plans along with their expected counters. She refused to let her feelings about Nero being a potential unique distract her from preparing for what she would soon be facing. It had been a long time since she’d p...
2024-04-29 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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I had this thought earlier today when I saw a magazine, figured I'd play with the idea. You all think it's worth using as a book cover? Or is it even worth a chuckle to anyone other than me?
If there isn't a poll option for ya, feel free to leave a comment.
2024-04-26 23:14:47 +0000 UTC
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With her arms folded under her more than modest bust, City-Lord Cosgrave stood off to the side of the room, ignoring the over-active nobles trying and failing to arrange themselves according to their rank. The room wasn’t large enough for their aides to be allowed in, so the nobles were forced ...
2024-04-26 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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The past few days felt like the ending to a long and drawn out nightmare for Sergeant Wesker. But, now, by the grace of whatever deities happened to be paying attention to him at the moment, he was finally going to be able to leave this cursed team and return to his regularly scheduled life.
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2024-04-25 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Arch-mage Jennings mentally flicked through the various research papers and historical accounts that caught his eye in the local archives. Their contents were infinitely more interesting to him than having to listen to the useless prattle going on in the council of mages’ hall of magic. They’...
2024-04-24 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Mage Adept Newbanks stood near the back of the mage tower’s central control room, monitoring the disciplined chaos with a practiced eye. Her domineering presence ensured that the thirty mage team currently managing the tower’s scrying control system would do their job to the best of their abi...
2024-04-23 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Mike scratched the skin surrounding the link currently fused to his temple. The damned thing itched terribly, and served as a constant reminder of what he’d gotten himself into.
Since joining the 39th Search and Clear team as a ‘rehabilitative recruit’, Mike had finally g...
2024-04-22 15:51:47 +0000 UTC
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Lord Sarah Bennings has been the Director of Dorchester’s Central Tower of Law for almost 65 years. Yet, for her that was only a recent development. As a 356 year old woman, she’s been through many phases of her life, and this was only the most recent.
After coming from the...
2024-04-19 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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General Branson sat comfortably in his chair at the war room’s conference room table, ignoring all the bustling soldiers attending to their duties in the background. With his brow furrowed in concentration, his hands folded in his lap, he carefully studied the holographic screens in front of hi...
2024-04-18 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Specialist Howard rubbed his chin in thought while he replied, “Yeah, I managed to get a pretty good look at their tunnel. It didn’t look good.”
Nick looked over at the man and asked, “You were able to regulate your perception field well enough to see through the essenc...
2024-04-17 22:30:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello there friends,
I'm glad to see people enjoying the story and looking forward to see what Nero will do to further incite confusion and misunderstanding among the locals of Dorchester. But that's not what we're here to talk about today.
No, today is about this month's situation u...
2024-04-17 15:46:38 +0000 UTC
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After quickly locating the captain using his perception field, Nick took off like a shot. Not knowing how long he had, he recklessly ducked under the firing arc of one of the archers as he headed toward the front of the formation.
Seeing the Captain on the front lines, he hesit...
2024-04-16 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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General Branson strode into the conference room with a grim look on his face. The situation was rapidly becoming more than they could handle. ‘How are they already prepared with invasion rifts? How long have they been planning this?’ he wondered.
Taking his pl...
2024-04-15 22:30:00 +0000 UTC
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Nick jogged forward, moving with the team to join the rest of the elites. He kept one eye on the kobalds, hoping they stayed preoccupied with the portal. The entire field full of immobile enemies reminded him of some of the open-air lectures he’d attended, hundreds of students just waiting for ...
2024-04-12 22:30:00 +0000 UTC
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“It’s a summoning! They’re opening a planar connection just past the tree-line!” screamed Specialist Howard.
Captain Angelton could feel the essence in the ether shifting. The battlefield suddenly felt like it was holding its breath. The charging horde of kobalds halted...
2024-04-11 22:30:03 +0000 UTC
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While Nero and the elites were fighting for their lives in Dorchester, the council of mages was embroiled in a heated debate in the Tower of Magic’s council hall in Hennings.
Archmage Mathers rubbed his temples with his palms, his eyes were closed tightly in pain. The argumen...
2024-04-10 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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Captain Angelton ran a critical eye over his troops preparations. He knew most of these men and women were hunters, having spent years honing their skills to primarily kill monsters and beasts. Their only experience fighting in a battle of any significant size would be if they were actually facin...
2024-04-09 22:30:01 +0000 UTC
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