One look at the lumbering human was all Ektari needed to know he had no chance in a fight. In the best of times, Kobolds weren’t particularly well known for their bravery, and as a ranger, Ektari was even less inclined than most to engage in physical confrontation. Sure, if he could have assure...
2023-05-22 17:26:50 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I've been pushing pretty hard this week to get the second Mistrunner finished up, and though I'm very happy with how things are shaping up (still about three more chapters to go!), I have to admit that it's exhausting. It probably wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't keeping up with Death: Ge...
2023-05-21 17:21:56 +0000 UTC View PostI thought things would get better when I took over. I cared more about the tribe than Jeremiah ever did, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference. He was willing to abandon everyone, all for the sake of one little girl. And I’ve given them everything. Why can’t they see... 2023-05-21 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
It all comes down to power. Sometimes, the means of that power is money. Other times, it’s about fear. Or threats. Gunther built his empire on knowledge. He knows who’s been targeting us, and I just have to figure out how to make him tell me.
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2023-05-20 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Zeke chose his skill, he had to resist the urge to go directly outside and test it out. As was the case with his other skills, making the choice had come with some rudimentary information on how to use it – otherwise, it would have taken weeks to figure out the mechanics – and he had to...
2023-05-19 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBefore Zeke explored his skills, he decided to head back to the tower. After all, skill selection usually took a while, and he didn’t think doing so out in the open, where any monster could attack him, was a smart choice. Besides, he was covered in what was left of the abyssal maw after the ear...
2023-05-18 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSometimes, I wonder if I did the right thing. Jeremiah was running the Specters into the ground. I knew it. He knew it. Everyone did. Hundreds of thousands of credits gone, just for one little girl. I couldn’t let him do it. Someone had to remember that there were thousands... 2023-05-17 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Zeke pushed with all his might, but his efforts were to no avail. Not only were those tendrils just as strong – or maybe stronger – than him at the most basic level, but he’d been caught in an awkward position where he couldn’t gain any leverage. In the back of his mind, he knew that was ...
2023-05-16 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostZeke dashed through the cavern, pushing his speed to the limit as he pursued his quarry. Even so, the stubborn, little bastard remained just out of his reach. With a grunt, Zeke redoubled his efforts, but in this case, it was to no avail. As much as he wished he could exceed his limiters via shee...
2023-05-15 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThis week was a really fun week filled with editing, approving edits, and more editing! So, yay? Anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that I absolutely abhor the editing process. The first edit usually isn't bad. The second is marginally worse. But by the time ...
2023-05-14 17:09:57 +0000 UTC View PostMoney. Power. I wonder what any of it even means when I’m surrounded by so much hate.
Nora Lancaster
The next day, Patrick and I continued our trek through the wilderness. Thankfully, we weren’t assaulted by any new thre...
2023-05-14 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I was young, I blamed my parents for putting me in such a horrible situation where I had no choice but to do horrible things in service of my own freedom. As I grew older, it was Jeremiah keeping me down. Now, I look around and see nothing but ineptitude preventing me fr... 2023-05-13 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Talia followed on Baruk’s heels, her eyes agog at the city of Darukar. Even from a distance, it had seemed magnificent, but her awe had overwhelmed her the closer she came to the majestic city of the dead. Up close, she could see that the black stone that comprised most of the buildings was awa...
2023-05-12 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPudge adjusted his pack and looked around at the crowd of beastkin that had come to see him off. He was grateful for the turnout, even if he didn’t quite understand it. After all, he’d only been a visitor in the town for a couple of months, but in that time, the residents had accepted him as ...
2023-05-11 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSomeone is behind it all. I can feel it in my bones. I don’t know who, and I don’t know how, but someone is trying to push Nova City into chaos. And it’s working, at least in the lower districts. Algiers is on the verge of collapse. The Garden is a warzone. And it’s e... 2023-05-10 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
If Zeke hadn’t known better, he would have sworn he was outside. Against all logic, the familiar shape of the sun hung high in an idyllic sky, its rays warm and the light comforting. A few fluffy white clouds drifted across the blue expanse, looking like nothing so much as the real sky.
T...
2023-05-09 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostZeke fell forward, his torso draped across the enormous golem’s wound. His skin glowed with golden power, highlighted by the black veins that had come with his transformation into a cambion. The statue was almost completely inert, but for a few flickering wisps of the king’s soul remaining wi...
2023-05-08 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I drove through the Garden today, it felt so empty. I feel so alone. No friends. No family. Just a bunch of people who’ve latched onto me like leeches. All they care about is whether or not I can help them with their own goals. None of them care about me. Not as ... 2023-05-07 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
So - that's another week in the books, and I have to say that I was really, really pleased with my output for the past few days. I got a ton done, and I think there are some really cool chapters in there. So, I'm pretty happy with how things are shaping up.
Remember - wit...
2023-05-07 09:11:39 +0000 UTC View PostI hate people. They’re all so ambitious, as if each of them thinks they can do what I do. I’m of half a mind to let them, just so I can watch as everything burns down around them.
Nora Lancaster
My nano-bladed sword swep...
2023-05-06 13:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostSuddenly, the battlefield disappeared, replaced by the ruined square with which he was already familiar. Here and there, he saw evidence of the ancient battle – cracked paving stones, shattered walls of the surrounding buildings, and a few scattered and forgotten bones, primarily. However, Zeke...
2023-05-05 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostZeke was driven to the ground by the force of the attack, and it was just in time, too, because he narrowly avoided another sweeping strike from a sword-wielding dwarf. The weapon itself was at least as tall as its bearer, with a wide blade coated in black flames. Without hesitation, Zeke ignored...
2023-05-04 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn an effort to placate the Coyotes, I killed Wash today. Executed him in front of half the tribe. It was so easy; the man wasn’t exactly friendly, so nobody was willing to speak up for him. Not against me, at least. I just hope it’s enough to show Roberto that Wash’s a... 2023-05-03 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Zeke crept through the ruins, mentally and physically exhausted. Once, the place had been crawling with more than a hundred bronze golems. But over the past three weeks, he’d culled their numbers to only a dozen or so. It had been a grueling march toward his goals, and after having his body des...
2023-05-02 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMiles beneath a majestic mountain, there was a city in ruins, and amongst those crumbling buildings walked a powerful golem made of bronze. Depicting a noble warrior, the moving statue had a proud visage, broad shoulders, and an unstoppable gait. Each heavy step rattled the city’s foundations a...
2023-05-01 13:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week in the books, and I'm extremely happy with how everything's going. I'm feeling much better, so I got a lot more done this week than I did last, which is a relief. I don't really have deadlines, per se, but I do try to keep a tight schedule. Not being able to stay on...
2023-04-30 13:39:09 +0000 UTC View PostHe knows something. I could see it in his smug, little face. But nobody messes with Gunther and comes out the better for it. If they manage to live through it at all. He’s reasonable, though. I just need to figure out what he wants and make a deal for the information I need... 2023-04-30 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Loyalty means nothing to these people. I’ve given them everything they could ever want, and yet, they still dare to disagree. I will have to make some examples.
Nora Lancaster
I stared down at Heather’s mutated corpse, w...
2023-04-29 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNimbly picking her way through the dense forest, Talia followed Adriel. Even after spending weeks traveling through the strange landscape, she was still awestruck by her surroundings. Most of the trees were covered in stark white bark, with leaves the color of blood. And their red sap followed su...
2023-04-28 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostZeke pushed away from the drained golem with an exhausted exhale, and the once-living statue fell to the ground with an enormous clatter that echoed throughout the cavern. Zeke dropped to one knee, his shoulders drooping in exhaustion. As he hung his head, his sweat soaked hair formed a curtain a...
2023-04-27 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post