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Crimsoncrest: Chapters 36-37

Oh wow, Patreon took away the scroll bar. This is lovely for long posts. -_- They wanted to get everything on one page, but they accomplished this by hiding various features in sub-menus, including tags and the parts they like to change randomly.

Anyway, we are barreling straight toward the...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 34-35

I don't talk about it very often, but I have some news regarding my Discord server. We've recently added a new channel, splitting up discussion between conversations about the current chapters/plot and soulhome theorizing (peop...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 32-33

Sorry that this week's chapters are shorter than average, but you'll see why. If anyone doesn't like this idea as much as I do, know that the chapter after this is the longest in the entire series, this time for thematic reasons.

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Chapter 32

Instead of meeting ...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 30-31

Politics time! One of my big things in progression fantasy (I even wrote an essay about it years ago) is that I think it's most satisfying when advancement doesn't mean fighting enemies with higher levels, but seeing the characters shift their fundamental position in the world. In these chapters,...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 28-29

Time for some unexpected twists this week, and I don't mean anyone suddenly being revealed to be a Fleshmasker. Though it's quite evident that my sense for what makes characters interesting over a long series is at odds with the genre at large, I hope people will enjoy some of the developments th...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 26-27

I was worried I'd foreshadowed the direction of this book too strongly, but I've seen a lot of discussion expecting very different directions. As I've said in past books, one of my goals with the series is to make the progression feel like more than the same thing with higher numbers/ranks. As th...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 24-25

Chapter 24

Sometimes Nauda struggled to believe that so much had happened while she was oblivious. Part of it might be that Siata had been untouched, the city around her as peaceful as always. Another part might have been that she had always fought alongside the others so i...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 22-23

Back into the thick of things this chapter, further entangling the plot threads of this book.

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Chapter 22

Fiyu was immensely impressed with Relative Guchiro, during her limited opportunities to observe him. He fought well and even synergized with Friend Theo, w...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 20-21

I've been chuckling over some of the discussions this book, waiting for this chapter. Anyway, some stuff happens. ^-^

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Chapter 20

When the battle started, Theo had every intention of attacking Jazin first, since he judged the lead Stronghold was the greatest th...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 18-19

Writing an intentionally expansive setting is a tricky balancing act. Focus too much and entire worlds will go unexplored, but move across too many and each one will feel shallow. I've tried to do some of each, and these chapters you'll see the story become a notch more inter-world as it progress...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 16-17

Hello, everyone! I have been traveling a bit, but I am back now. I'm glad that people have been enjoying Crimsoncrest. ^-^

One popular way to construct stories is to have archetypical characters whose relationships remain relatively static, but I'm trying to do the opposite with TWC. Over t...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 14-15

Chapter 14

Nauda honestly wasn't sure what to think about everything Theo had done between the convocation of souls and the current day. At the last moment on Deuxan, she had been convinced that he was willing to ascend to Stronghold regardless of the consequences. After th...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 12-13

Chapter 12

Another day, another Asplundat city. The endless boxes had become wearying to Fiyu and she had the sense they were even more discomforting to Friend Nauda, who longed for more colors. But this was the path Ally Homez took them on, so Fiyu continued without compla...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 10-11

Chapter 10

After so long fighting against the Asplundat Movement, Fiyu had almost begun to think of them as enemies, so it was very strange to be traveling within their territory. Even stranger to be ordered to relax and enjoy herself. If Friend Nauda didn't seem so committ...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 8-9

Chapter 8

For the first time in her life, Fiyu discussed the path of their journey with a relative, and it wasn't the achievement of adulthood that she had hoped. She helped decide with her companions, of course, but they were her peers and it simply wasn't the same. Now th...

Crimsoncrest: Chapters 6-7

It's April, so we're returning to the normal schedule. FYI, I will be doing some traveling. I have prescheduled all the upcoming chapters, so you should receive them as normal, but if anything goes wrong it may take me longer to fix it, and that's why I might be slower with responses.

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Crimsoncrest: Chapter 5

As a reminder, this is the last of my break month chapters. Starting next week, I'll return to the normal posting schedule, which I hope to maintain through the whole of Crimsoncrest.

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Working within his basement, Theo almost didn't care where his body was. Technically he could still...

Crimsoncrest: Chapter 4

Across the Nine Worlds, relatively few creatures could stand up to an Authority-tier soulcrafter. They were extraordinary sublime beasts, truly rare entities that were desired more than feared, not this bloated ghostworm. And so, as the Authorities of the Darkwheel Traders lifted into the air to ...

Crimsoncrest: Chapter 3

Okay, here's the plan: I will take it easy posting chapters in March, but only March. As soon as we hit April, back to the normal chapter schedule. I don't know if I'll always do this between books, but I think this will work for me in terms of getting other work done, this time.

Speaking o...

Crimsoncrest: Chapter 2

Everyone was very kind last week. ^-^ Often between books I've taken a break, or if I had time/energy, put out a series of informational posts like the soulcrafting tutorials or Nine Worlds anatomy (2025-03-08 18:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Crimsoncrest: Chapter 1

Hey, everyone. We just did the book launch last week and I am tapped, both in terms of energy and emotion. But I don't see any particular reason to delay, so let's start with at least one chapter of Crimsoncrest. We will eventually return to the standard weekly schedule.

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