Darkness gripped Yua. Five days after General Dedrick's arrival on the island, it had finally stopped raining. However, the clouds still remained and cut off all contact between the people on the earth and the stars in the sky. Without light from above, it was hard to see even one’s own hand, l...
2020-11-21 16:26:07 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral days after he had made his decision on Rapra Castle's balcony, Dedrick arrived near Yua Island together with a new batch of ships. Because of the complex terrain and low visibility around the island's north, a large fleet couldn’t move through the area safely, which was why their enemie...
2020-11-21 16:25:29 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral days had passed between the first time they had spotted the wall on Yua Island and the landing on the beach. During that time, their enemies hadn't been idle and continued their building project. If anything, they had even sped up their construction, considering how much had changed in su...
2020-11-21 16:24:53 +0000 UTC View PostAt sea, the most important factor that decides victory is information. To some extent, this may also be true on land, but Atau wasn't an expert in that regard. At the very least, an army was less restricted in the direction it could move. Even if it were caught out, retreat was often possible for...
2020-11-21 16:22:39 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a meeting with the newly crowned queen of the Green Island, the captains of the Green Fleet came together in a Rasacopa mansion. Ostensibly, they were here to drink and be merry, but everyone knew what they had really come for: to talk about Queen Sumaci's offer and coordinate their respons...
2020-11-21 16:21:48 +0000 UTC View PostA sharp cry woke the drinker from his shallow, bumpy sleep. As usual, the first thing he noticed in the morning was a buzzing and ringing in his ears. With a groan, he tried to rise, but only managed to push his cheeks away with his forehead, his eyes still pressed together.
These days, the...
2020-11-21 16:20:14 +0000 UTC View PostBy now, Corco was well-acquainted with the sea route between Saniya and Rasacopa. Although he had traveled back and forth several times over the past few years, the scenery hadn't changed much in between trips. Still, he enjoyed standing above deck more than spending his time in the cabins down b...
2020-11-21 16:18:56 +0000 UTC View PostYes, it's that time again. Time to catch up on all the things I failed to do before. Honestly, keeping to a set schedule has been pretty tough these months, as is blatantly obvious from my long absences. Things just keep getting in the way, both in and outside of my control. At this point, I'm ho...
2020-08-01 12:41:07 +0000 UTC View Post Through the gaps in the Palanquin's curtain, Llamka observed the nervous crowds of Rasacopa. When they were carried past, all the people in the streets stopped in their tracks and stared at them with paralyzed faces.
“They look scared,” Pukia next to her remarked in her usual...
2020-07-31 23:33:16 +0000 UTC View PostHermit's Notes: Similar to that earlier series of chapters... Again, too long for two, so I'm bundling them together like this.
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Meanwhile, as Corco spent the night with maps and plans, others were having their own kind of fun, in their own ways. <...
2020-07-31 23:30:08 +0000 UTC View Post Just as the last sunlight left the king's study in Rapra Castle, a single oil lamp was ignited to extend the day for a while longer.
After successive visits to the shipyard and the medical research center, Corco had finally managed to get home to his castle by the tim...
2020-07-31 23:21:00 +0000 UTC View Post“In fact, the workers here were able to extract the artemisinin almost as soon as this physician returned from Arguna,” Itzali explained while they walked over to a corner of the room that seemed especially busy. This place was filled with crates of a long, green stalk, which Corco assu...
2020-07-31 23:20:10 +0000 UTC View PostOnce their inspection at the military shipyard was done, Corco and Fadelio split up. While the advisor went back to the castle to pen down the new privateering laws they had just come up with, the king was still avoiding his home, and with it all the piled up work. Instead, he walked a shor...
2020-07-31 23:18:18 +0000 UTC View PostOut in the distance, the high walls of Rapra Castle stretched over the horizon and greeted the return of its fleet. As soon as he saw the familiar roof of the beacon room that capped the castle, Corco's stern face finally eased. All the tension and pressure pressure left his body and mind a...
2020-07-31 20:56:57 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again, the mood in the Grand Hall had changed a lot since the previous session. Before, an entire half of the room had been reserved for Tayali and his allies, all huddled together and ready to bombard Sumaci with nonsense complaints every time she tried to push for any changes. Now ho...
2020-07-31 20:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post Spread out across the table were all the treasures of the Green Island's woods and waters. All kinds of nuts and fruits as well as unusual meats sat within bowls of exotic wood. Next to them sat dried kelp, pickled lotus and lightly seasoned fish of all colors and sizes.
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The kings of Rasacopa had always loved to consider their Green Island a unified kingdom, and themselves the absolute rulers of all of its lands. However, only a short walk beyond the city limits would dispel that illusion. Out here, one horizon into the inner island from Rasacopa's western ...
2020-07-31 20:48:35 +0000 UTC View PostThese chapters sorta ended up too long for just two chapters, but I don't know how to break them into three... so I'll just post them as a package. Enjoy.
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Once again, the members of the Green Court had come together in the Grand Hall to bicker and argue over who was in charg...
2020-07-31 20:46:36 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the war had already begun on the Mullu Atoll, the mood in the Green Court was still one of tense anticipation. However, not even that could be felt in the fresh breeze that blew through the palace gardens. In the summer garden in particular, the wind softly swayed the poplar trees and...
2020-07-31 20:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostOne by one, Ivo watched his men climb up the rope ladder onto the Homeward's maindeck. Even the unconscious man he had carried with him since had been pulled up in a rope harness. At last, as the final rescuee left in the water, Ivo climbed up himself. His legs gave in from exhaustion and d...
2020-07-31 19:57:25 +0000 UTC View Post Heavy weighs the crown. Only now that he wore one was Ivo aware that this phrase was more than hot air from the privileged and powerful.
Back in Saniya, Ivo had felt that the life of a king was surely grand. Yet when he lived it himself, it didn't seem all too fun. When Admiral A...
2020-07-31 19:55:05 +0000 UTC View Post As the Verduic war began in earnest, Phuyu looked on in shock. In the distance, the cannon fire still continued, but apart from him, no one on the Medalan flagship seemed concerned.
“Laqhis, we have confirmation of their numbers.”
Right after the start of the battl...
2020-07-31 19:52:46 +0000 UTC View PostToday, the waves of the Verduic Sea were rough. To protect himself from their influence, Phuyu had hidden below deck. Otherwise, he would have been singled out for his sea sickness again, like he always was at sea. It was a great point of shame for him, who was one of the Verdant Folk. &nbs...
2020-07-31 19:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post In a bright and open room within the Green Court, Tayali sat and stared out of the large, open window, onto the distant sea. He really wasn't made for the land. Instead, he would much rather be out there on the green waves, and live a life of freedom and adventure.
However, someo...
2020-07-31 19:45:17 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the court session had been dissolved, Corco and Sumaci had a long discussion in private. In the end, they realized that they had to adjust their plans, by a lot. With the local warriors riled up against all foreigners, and the next moves of their enemies still unknown, they were in a ...
2020-07-31 19:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostWithin the Green Court's Grand Hall, Corco sat in a quiet corner to the side, as he observed the mess of an argument that was happening in the room. Much of the bad mood came from the warriors, because Sumaci had done something outrageous in their eyes. When she entered to discuss Rasacopa'...
2020-07-31 17:22:44 +0000 UTC View PostBack in the Lady of Green's private quarters, mother and daughter sat together for the first time in over a year. Between them, the lady's servant had placed a full pot of tea, before she and Sumaci's maids had excused themselves to give the family some space for their reunion. As soon as t...
2020-07-31 17:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostOnce they were done with introductions, Corco, Sumaci, and Lady Sisa took their seats atop the elevation at the head of the room. As the host of today's event, the lady sat in the middle, with Corco on the right and Sumaci on the left. They were flanked by Saniya's warriors who acted as gua...
2020-07-31 17:14:44 +0000 UTC View Post While the two fleets were having a standoff outside of Rascaopa's harbor, Tayali sat deep in thought within the Grand Hall of the Green Court. He watched the backs of Corco's messengers, who left after they had announced the arrival of the King of the South and his new queen.
High above the green waves of the Verduic Sea, two flags were swinging next to each other atop the same mast. One depicted the silver triquetra on purple, the new flag of the Kingdom of Southern Medala. The second was the sigil of the Green Island of the Verdant Isles, a simple white banner that ...
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