Author’s note: The Steward’s personal journal was largely overlooked as a document of historical significance, owing mainly to the text predominantly being occupied with concerns about his younger sister. However, upon examination in the University of Cordova archives, where it was discov...
2025-10-06 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a leisurely journey of some three weeks from Corto to Cordova, starting in the highlands of the north and following the river Tebro southwest through the plains and valleys. The Smith, the Steward, and the Aspirant Knight stopped in small lodging villages and larger towns, taking in the si...
2025-10-03 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostGregory was full of regret.
As a Leader, it was perfectly normal to have to make decisions with incomplete information.
Making the long journey to the capital to get training for Delphi. Taking a gamble on a Class he’d never seen before. Trusting an old, old friend from way back whe...
2025-10-02 18:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the Aspirant Knight who broke the silence.
“Well then, what else do you want?”
“Huh?”
“Is that the only thing you want in life? To return home?” The Knight had a serious expression on his face. “Setting aside the matter of the Elixir, none of us know where y...
2025-10-01 18:18:52 +0000 UTC View PostSam interjected, “Like I said, I didn’t recommend Sarah because she’s a Scout. I recommended her because she’s a Brawler. That she wants Scout training is, frankly, her own business.” He folded his arms and gave Gregory his own stern glare.
Gregory dropped out of the star...
2025-09-30 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSmith Class Skill [Cementation] has been acquired.
Smith Class Skill [Quenching] has been acquired.
“Alright James, now this box. Wedge it in tightly, if you would. The contents are fragile.”
James lifted the box, squatting down and bracing ...
2025-09-29 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostJames, now a retainer to the Aspirant Knight, was led by that same Knight’s only other retainer, the Steward, to a room in the barracks used by the Knight’s Order. It was smaller, with a only a bed, no desk or chair, but James was provided with another two sets of clothes, and some shoes.
... 2025-09-26 18:13:50 +0000 UTC View PostThey came to a stop in front of the table where Sarah and Sam were sitting, and Sam stood up, closely followed by Sarah.
“Gregory, everyone, this is Sarah. She’s a Brawler-Scout combo, and she’s been helping me out with sparring practice for the better part of a year.”
Sarah s...
2025-09-25 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Magistrate and the Knight Commander jerked back. The Steward retreated. Both the guards standing behind where James was seated, to their credit, leapt into action. They had blades to James’ throat before he finished processing what the Head Priest had said.
Suero cursed in his mind fo...
2025-09-24 18:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post[Brawler] Class chosen. 1/2 Classes chosen. Please select a Class.
In the world of her soul, Sarah found several interesting new options. Wind Mage, for one. But the Class itself was nearly as clueless as she was about what Wind Mages could do. What the Class did know was t...
2025-09-23 18:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostEditor’s note: The apparent source for the underlying motivations of the Aspirant Knight, Suero Paulo Cortez de Figueroa de la Iberteria, was determined to be a forgery some time after Andrew of Longthorn’s passing. Today it is unclear if that determination itself is correct, as later pur...
2025-09-22 19:20:10 +0000 UTC View PostAt first, James had thought he was dead and in heaven. A bed? Good food? No monsters?
What else could it be?
He would have liked to just enjoy it, to just lay back on the bed and sleep and wake and continue to let life carry him by passively.
No. No. He had been...
2025-09-19 18:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the outside, the Royal Castle walls of tall, dark grey stone were imposing, topped with crenelations and patrolling guards and knights at all times.
On the inside was a well-maintained, beautiful garden. Countless flowers bloomed and paths crisscrossed hither and thither, with gazebos ...
2025-09-18 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAnd so the Smith was taken from his home,
and heated in the flames of the camp of slaves,
and pounded and forged in the depths of the Dungeon,
quenched in healing waters of Elixir,
and taken into the service of the Aspirant Knight, 2025-09-17 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everybody!
First, thanks so much to everyone for reading!
I have some stuff to say about Book 2 and my progress on Book 3 of The Legend. Feel free to skip it if you're just here for The Legend :)
I've heard what people have been saying about Book 2 (and most o...
2025-09-17 16:54:50 +0000 UTC View PostSarah breathed a sigh of relief at the same time as Mr. Tenns.
Clark, the Treasurer’s assistant, stood and turned to Beth, avoiding meeting Sarah’s gaze. “Beth, if you could just leave me a note whenever Brawler Sarah makes a payment, I’d appreciate it.”
And then he, too, le...
2025-09-16 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe stone golem was pushed back a step and then some, sliding along the hard-packed dirt. Not because of the [Reflect] enchantment, but because James had already been swinging his hammer, and instinctively poured as much mana as he could into the [Heavy Blow] enc...
2025-09-15 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt only took James as long as the descent down the stairs to decide on almost all the details of his next set of armor. There was only one question: would he have the strength to wear it?
Hunger had sapped much of his strength. His Light Tower Shield was a struggle to lift, let alone wield ...
2025-09-12 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostJohnathan was a thin man in his fifties, his hair almost entirely grey with age but still full and styled fashionably. He wore simple, but finely crafted clothing that perfectly displayed his professionalism without any possibility of overshadowing his own boss, who was a member of the nobility.<...
2025-09-11 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJames miserably trudged through the floor.
He’d had to choose between being hungry or nauseous, and he had chosen to eat.
Once he’d eaten, he’d changed into his Water Armor and put on his Water Amulet—the one that boosted water enchantments.
In his right, numb, damaged h...
2025-09-10 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Sarah had been focused on training, Helen had also been searching for James in her own way.
It only took her the first week to become established at their inn and get their household finances budgeted. Once she had more free time, she made friends with everyone between their inn and t...
2025-09-09 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe Smith and Enchanter woke, donned his Dark Armor, and in his hands he held a length of chain festooned with twenty heating strips. Careful not to actually touch the strips themselves, he carried them up the stairs and then set them down. The rest of his heating strips he left back at his forge...
2025-09-08 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe pool at the far end of the arena started roiling. On reflex, he ducked behind his Light Tower Shield and poured as much mana as he could into the [Reflect] enchantment before he jammed his helmet back on his head. Peeking around the side, he saw large, white tentacles shoot f...
2025-09-05 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAnd that was it. Sarah had completed all the Scout training offered by the Adventurer’s Guild. Her tab for training expenses had grown, but she was making consistent money helping out on Sparring Saturdays and assisting individual adventurers who wanted to practice their skills on someone witho...
2025-09-05 06:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe boss room remained dark. But James still had a decent number of glow strips. Exploration revealed a wide open expanse of dirt ringed on the very edges by tall trees, and beyond them, featureless stone walls. The ceiling was a complete mystery, too high above for his light to reach.
Afte...
2025-09-03 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSarah discovered that she had magical potential. She had that magical energy, mana, which was what fueled the use of magic and magical items. The trainer took interest in her again, and taught her the two ways of disarming magical traps. The first, preferred approach was to apply mana to...
2025-09-02 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostNot a damn thing on this floor was edible!
There was the round little fire spirits, somewhat larger than apples, that would wink in and out of existence until they appeared right next to him, never near his shield, and explode. Those rattled him around in his armor something terrible, and t...
2025-09-01 18:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostA bright red-white glow overwhelmed everything else down the passage in the boss room. He stepped forward slowly, approaching the end of the passage, ready to turn and flee in an instant if the boss moved. The closer he got, the more things came into focus.
The room seemed to have reddish-b...
2025-08-29 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThat night, after dinner, Sarah lay down in bed.
[Brawler] Class chosen. 1/2 Classes chosen. Please select a Class.
And she relented.
Her eyes opened in the world of her soul. She was wearing the same training clothes she had been all day; and as before, she was...
2025-08-28 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJames stepped over the threshold of the doorway, and was abruptly plunged into darkness.
He rocked backward, and his vision returned, and he took a moment to regain his balance.
Arbitrary magical nonsense!
Swearing, silently, to himself, he poked his head throu...
2025-08-27 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post