Morgan walked through the central stair hall and into the library. Tiladia followed behind, her lights flaring brightly as her misty form swirled around them. Morgan walked over to one of the large study tables in the library and began to unload the items from the ring that he’d taken from the ...
2022-01-19 14:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Morgan a few moments to come back to his senses and grasp what had happened. The endowment of the fighting style seemed to have given him a vision of someone using the style. Was it the founder of the style? Or was it just a random person in the history of the universe that had mastered i...
2022-01-18 20:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan made his way out of the ancient vault in the early light of the dawn. As he climbed the steps out of the foundation of the crumbling tower, he marveled at the clean, crisp air and the way motes of pollen and dust danced in the rays of the sun peeking through the canopy. Everything was so f...
2022-01-17 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs Morgan descended the ancient steps, he started to get the feeling that the structure he was entering was the basement of a square tower. The steps, covered in broken deadwood and moss, were rather treacherous, but he had his Lightstone to reveal pitfalls, and his nimble footing was more than u...
2022-01-14 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHI Patrons! In this chapter, Morgan does a little reflection about attribute points. Please let me know if it doesn't make sense!
-Plum Parrot
Ykleedra moved out of the room with surprising adroitness. She held her two wounded legs up and used the other four to move ...
2022-01-13 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons - Thank you for the support! I am loath to ask any more of you, but I was hoping that if you're enjoying the story and feel like it's worth recommending, maybe you'd give me a review or rating over on RR. I know some of you already have, but I wouldn't mind growing the audience e...
2022-01-12 15:09:15 +0000 UTC View PostBronwyn stood behind the stone outcropping that shielded the entrance to the cave, watching Morgan. He’d insisted that he was good at sneaking and that he’d check things out and come back for her. Currently, he was gliding along the side of the rocky knoll, crouched low and keeping to the sha...
2022-01-11 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBronwyn and Morgan were outside the wall and making their way to the trail that led to the Yeksa camp. They’d said their brief goodbyes to Olivia and slipped away before anyone else could bring forward a cause for delay. Bronwyn was glad; she wanted to get this over with as little fanfare as po...
2022-01-10 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHi, Patrons! This week I'll be posting some bonus chapters with a POV that helps the plot move along. I am giving you all 5 ahead of RR. These are in addition to regular chapters. If you're wondering, they are intended to be read around the time that you read M16 or B9.
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2022-01-09 23:37:22 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan spent the rest of the morning making more progress in the atrium. He cut away excess branches, vines, and sprawling undergrowth in an ever-widening pattern out from the central benches. Just before he was ready to quit for the day, he uncovered the little stream that flowed through the roo...
2022-01-07 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“How do you, uh, wanna start this?” Bronwyn set her backpack down on the ground and shook her arms out, hopping from foot to foot.
“Hah! Have you never had a duel to the death before, Human Blodwyn?” Bloodfang crossed his sword over his chest and gave her a deep mocking bow. “It...
2022-01-06 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons - Thank you for your continued support. Because I have some new patrons, I just want to reiterate that these chapters are due one final revision pass before getting posted to RR. Some small details might change, and some typos will surely get fixed.
“Morgan! I’m ...
2022-01-05 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan climbed the hill to the monolithic Colony Stone, ignoring the many sidelong looks he got from the people he walked by. By now, most people know who he was, so he didn’t get confronted by anyone, but he knew he looked a sight: halfway between six and seven feet, heavy bronze-colored armor...
2022-01-04 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThank you, Patrons! Happy New Year!
In the daylight, Morgan’s tower was quite a sight to behold. It was like a dark gray finger pointing up out of the purple grass. It had lost the bronze-colored runes that had swum in the polyhedron, and Morgan wondered if they had been respon...
2022-01-03 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostBronwyn settled into a small stone building after spending the last hour clearing the ruins of threats and getting an idea of where the Urghat tracks led. The sun was starting to get low in the sky, and she decided it would be best to wait until the morning before following the tracks to wherever...
2021-12-31 16:12:17 +0000 UTC View PostPlease let me know how you feel about the following ideas:
2021-12-30 16:47:59 +0000 UTC View PostI just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for showing me your support. I do feel grateful, but in another way, I feel stressed. So far, I'm not having trouble keeping up the pace, but, on RR, I don't worry because I'm just giving a story out for free. Here, I worry - you kind people are ...
2021-12-30 16:45:13 +0000 UTC View PostBronwyn jogged out the northern gate heading out toward the plains. Before she left, she’d used the UI on the Colony Stone to give Olivia permissions to purchase and place structures. She hadn’t wanted them to be unable to keep working on the settlement while she was gone. Surprisingly, very ...
2021-12-30 15:42:49 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan whirled around, his spear in a guard position, and took a step back. Hovering in the air before him was what he could only describe as a bundle of oscillating silvery lights and mist. The voice tinkled forth from the lights, and they seemed to flare in time with the words, “Don’t be al...
2021-12-29 15:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan looked over the area that Olivia had led him to - the grass was unblemished, no tents having been in the area, and it had a very gentle downward slope leading to the northern wall of the settlement about two hundred yards away. Because of the grade and the distance, the wall seemed less im...
2021-12-28 16:16:42 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the wild, shifting colors began to settle, Morgan could see a vastly different scene in front of him. He was standing on a low hillock, covered in short, feathery purple grass. People were milling around not far from him, talking, laughing, sitting on blankets in the sunlight, and eating. It...
2021-12-27 14:26:41 +0000 UTC View PostBronwyn walked to the edge of the camp, near the western wall. Her tent was still situated there, apart from any other tents. She cradled Olivia in her arms as she walked; she was still unconscious but breathing more normally. Bronwyn pulled open the tent flap and laid Olivia down on her pile of ...
2021-12-24 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean? How can there be more? There were so many…” A short fit of coughing cut off Olivia’s voice.
“We need to get out of this smoke; let’s push up and find Emmet,” Bronwyn said as she put an arm around Olivia and half carried her down the hall past the smoldering ...
2021-12-23 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan pushed his dread of parting with Issa aside and said, “Hey, what about your class choices?”
“I looked briefly, and I have a lot of options! Most of them are Improved!” Issa was beaming. “I’m not going to choose a class yet, though, since we’re at the end of the Crucible...
2021-12-22 15:46:08 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan opened his eyes and was immediately disoriented, and as he looked around at the white marble walls lining the circular room, he was stricken with a strong sense of deja vu. He’d been here before. Memories rushed back to him, and he began to understand what was happening. Morgan had taken...
2021-12-21 15:18:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe pristine, white marble steps led up a relatively short flight of stairs into another marble chamber that was, again, lit with a soft white glow emanating from an orb that hovered near the ceiling. Morgan noted that the room was circular and about twenty paces across. In the center of the room...
2021-12-20 13:54:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn the early light of the rising moons, with just a sliver of the sun’s light brightening the eastern horizon, Bronwyn and Olivia waited near the western archway leading to the forest where the Yeksa cave was hidden. Olivia shivered slightly, her breath steaming in the shadows at the base of th...
2021-12-17 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan continued working on his pathways for the next several days. After waking from that first rest, he was at a loss for how long he had slept. He could only judge the time by how hungry or thirsty he was, and since he’d come to this world, his normal reference for that was skewed; now that ...
2021-12-16 13:19:38 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan couldn’t help feeling like he’d been cheated. Takamennion hadn’t answered hardly any questions, and now he was saying he was out of time. Still, he spoke up, “I’ll take the Energy challenge. What is it?”
Takamennion studied him and then looked at Issa, and then he said, ...
2021-12-15 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMorgan had a reason for feeling some confidence facing the bearlike creature. Even though it was a lot larger than he and had a wicked-looking battleaxe to boot, Morgan looked at the creature’s size and the axe and couldn’t imagine it being able to swing it very effectively in the marble corr...
2021-12-14 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post