Yalun’s chambers are heating again.
With the morning sun quickly rising in the eastern sky, light reflects off the glass pillars of the Agglomerate and directs it toward the centre. The intense concentration of heat boils the air until it would be cooler to sit in magma within the Agni mo...
2024-04-08 02:15:51 +0000 UTC View PostI rush after my elders before I lose track of them. With everything made of glass, it’s not really something that will happen, but I don’t want to take any chances.
Never would I have ever hoped that any from my tribe actually survived. Now that I know two of my elders have, I’m not a...
2024-04-05 05:42:06 +0000 UTC View PostMy welcome to the Agglomerate has been better than anything I could hope for. The doubts of the past few days on how my taboo might have morphed the other áed’s perspective of me seems to have been unfounded, if Yalun’s attitude is anything to go by.
I know that not all would likely re...
2024-04-03 04:15:11 +0000 UTC View PostLeal hardly expected much from what was essentially the capital of the áed, but she was very glad to have been proven wrong.
No wonder a culture that revolved around a nomadic lifestyle chose to settle. Who wouldn’t with such an incredible place available? Each massive pillar of glass ro...
2024-04-01 03:43:59 +0000 UTC View Post“What? How do you know?” The whole reason I stopped her from Kindling was to stop her finding out about my energy. I wouldn’t have bothered if I hadn’t found out having such a high capacity was considered taboo amongst my elders.
“You just told me.”
I can only stare at her...
2024-03-29 23:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Guests?” The orange-fire bird that left immediately after spotting us has returned. Their question is simple and stiff, but she flies by our side until Elder Yalun answers her.
“Yep,” the grand elder by my side says, only for the new áed to nod and fly ahead again. She’s likely ...
2024-03-26 23:42:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe sandstorm had veered far enough west by morning that we can continue onward without deviating from our line. It might sound strange that we’d miss a city by making a slight detour, but when dealing with such immense distances as is apparent in the wasteland, even a degree off target could b...
2024-03-24 22:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe next few days I spent telling Leal — and Grímr, for the parts he didn’t already know — everything I’ve done, this time not avoiding the details of hardship that I’d originally not wanted her to know. From being used to power Henosis’ weapon, to the struggles I faced after being d...
2024-03-21 22:37:51 +0000 UTC View Post“You have met Teine?” Elder Tanwyn spins on his feet at the mention of his lost tribesman.
I would love to bring good news, but what happened to her and those with her was anything but great. I nod, but my solemn expression makes clear I have no words to look forward to.
“I see....
2024-03-19 22:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostWith my companions’ ever-present thirst sated, we fly toward the moon. Should we follow long enough, it will supposedly lead us to the Agglomerate. Well, that or the Titan Alps to the north, but I expect to find a tribe to guide us once we’re that close.
If not for how infrequent meetin...
2024-03-17 22:33:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe inscription at the end of the hall glows with enough heat to surpass even invisible flames. Only the distance, and my own flames hold off the heat from reaching my friends. A sheen of condensation forms across each of the metallic walls, which slide down and adds to the stream that bubbles an...
2024-03-14 23:10:31 +0000 UTC View Post!!! THIS IS THE OUTDATED FIRST VERSION OF THIS CHAPTER !!!
This is the second chap of my WIP. Both this and the first chapter are the first drafts, and I intend to go back to rewrite and edit sections after a while. Right now, I'm not overly certain about the snake's voice, but I'll ...
2024-03-13 12:32:19 +0000 UTC View PostFour geysers blast water from the equal distances on the slanted square top of the cubic structure. A mist carries off from the watery pillars, but most of the liquid crashes back into the hard surface and gushing along until it flows over the side in a massive waterfall that falls within an obsc...
2024-03-12 23:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostLeal benefit a great deal from the enhancement provided by the chthonics. While not comparable to many other creatures I’ve consumed or given to my team, the trio of major chthonics and their numerous smaller counterparts apply an immense improvement to someone that has relied mostly on natural...
2024-03-10 23:13:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe looming figures of the chthonic giants are daunting. Three growling monsters hold themselves upright with the claws of their hands, their legs dangling limp on the earth as they stare me down. Their proportions are like the other chthonics, yet enhanced. Shoulders and arms are larger, stronge...
2024-03-07 20:55:22 +0000 UTC View Post!!! THIS IS THE FIRST VERSION OF KoJ. A LOT HAS BEEN CHANGED. PLEASE REFER TO THE NEW VERSION OF CHAPTER 1 2024-03-07 05:02:30 +0000 UTC View Post
“So, can you smell any?” I ask as we fly low over the desert.
“No,” Grímr says. “There’s nothing in the sand.”
As much as I’d hoped to treat him to a buffet of metal, I had to rely entirely on his nose to find a deposit. Without my elder’s knowledge, we are left s...
Usually, if a tribesman felled a colossal-worm, the tribe would throw a feast with the flesh of the beast. The largest portions going to the strongest members of the tribe, the biggest of those going to the one who killed the beast. The skin of the worm would be repurposed into leather for either...
2024-03-03 22:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve been at this for hours now and I think it’s about time I give up. Elder Angarika’s halberd wasn’t hard to find, and has a pretty similar function to the relic spear. It’s Elder Cyrus’ scimitar that is nowhere to be found. I don’t know if it fell further into the earth than the ...
2024-02-29 23:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostFlying is so convenient.
I’ve had this thought many times since I first formed my own wings. Without flight, it would be almost impossible to travel anywhere within a reasonable length of time.
Well, unless your name is Tore and can jump kilometres in the blink of an eye...
2024-02-28 04:07:09 +0000 UTC View PostAre you surprised? I'm trying to pick up my writing pace at the moment so that I can start posting a side story while keeping the same schedule for Solvei's story. I'll try to get another two chapters up this week so I can finally push patreon to 15 chaps ahead of RR.
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2024-02-27 03:54:20 +0000 UTC View PostHow much of the world do I truly know?
It seems that the longer I live, the more there is I don’t understand. What did Kalma mean when she claimed the world will end? What is the barrier that holds it back? And exactly what are the Anatla?
These aren’t the only questions I f...
2024-02-26 04:51:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis is the redone Leal pov chapter. It's about triple the length but the middle section is roughly the same as the first version. I'm hoping this fixes the issue of chap 133 feeling sudden by giving more of Leal's perspective.
Nothing plotwise has changed, so you won't have missed an...
2024-02-22 09:31:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Just wanted to do a similar thing as what i did for the Henosis invasion.
Light blue is Joiak. Pink is Zadok. Dark blue is New Vetus. Purple is Vanguard. Red is Henosis. Orange is Theocracy. Green is Pact Nations.
While Vanguard is a part of the pact nations, i kept them seperate.
2024-02-18 00:05:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe east of the pact nations cannot support the influx of population in the long term. If not for particular clauses in the pact between nations, many people would have starved or gone without shelter. Well, more than what already has. Each city east of the Mercenary Order Headquarters now suppor...
2024-02-16 06:25:11 +0000 UTC View PostRemus and Grímr try to turn me down, saying I should have Kalma’s energy for myself, but I won’t have it. Bunny and Jav agree readily, but these two remain resistant, so I grab them with hands formed by physical flame and hold them to the ground while I begin the ritual. Of course, they coul...
2024-02-13 23:05:28 +0000 UTC View PostKalma is dead.
There’s no denying it. Her body lays headless and limp on the sloped amber ground. My flames crawl over her, and I don’t feel any response. The natural heat of her body slowly leaves her.
I try to eat her, but even dead, my hottest flames cannot burn her flesh...
2024-02-12 01:18:51 +0000 UTC View PostWithout a second delay, Tore leaps into the air. The pressure slams through me at his sudden movement, and it’s only due to the ethereal flame latching onto the hide of his upper shoulders that I stay with him.
Allowing my body to become this intangible has some strange effects. My ...
2024-02-09 05:46:48 +0000 UTC View PostI’d love to say I’ve thought this through, but the truth is my plan isn’t so much a plan as it is an idea. An idea that might be impossible to attempt while Kalma and Tore knock each other across the land.
There’s no point in chasing them; I’ll never keep up. So I settle ...
2024-02-07 03:06:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe wave of decaying air slams into Tore. His raised arms take the brunt of the blow, but his body is still encompassed by Kalma’s all consuming power.
Even as the blast continues on to destroy much of the land behind him, Tore stands tall, hardly affected by the decay effect which ended ...
2024-02-04 23:49:10 +0000 UTC View Post