Torsten Hewson

v7c25

The sight of Pale Moon Lake City on the horizon filled the Lord Magistrate’s gut with complicated emotions. It churned unpleasantly in time with the gentle rocking of the carriage he sat within.<...

BOC Art: Chunky in the River

Our favourite man taking a nice walk.

Art by Nakomo.

v7c24: Wandering a Giant

“Your benevolence surpasses all others, Master Jin; we can only express our deepest gratitude,” Delan said, bowing deeply to me. We were standing at the gates to the sect, and everyone was line...

Artwork: Disciple of the Ghost Hunter

Tigu in a temple of Zhong Kui.

Art by Nakomo!

Artwork: Meiling and Xiulan Race Queens

Tsuu has blessed us with the new SSR editions of Mei and Xiulan.

v7c23: Old Terrors

A great Empress sat within her fortress. She was surrounded by a legion of her soldiers; from the fresh faced newbrood to the grizzled veterans to the massive, armored forms of her Immortals.

v7c22: Cycles of Peace

Happy New Year everybody! I'm back!

First thing: Chapter 21 has been edited to completely change the opening, and add the Lord Magistrate to the chapter. His presence was missed.

Now,...

Volume 6 Insert Images

Happy New Year everybody!

Its that time again, everyone! its time to vote on which insert images will be included in the Official Volume 6, which will cover all the events of Volume 4: Th...

Merry Christmas from Casualfarmer and Tsuu!

Merry Christmas! Xianghua and Yin by Tsuu. As she calls them, the Eyebrow Duo, lol

v7c21: Echos of the Gong

The beginning of this chapter has been edited, due to lack of Lord Mgistrate. New chapter later tonight!
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Xan Boshi, the Lord Magistrate of Ir...

v7c20: Till the Land

She who had been granted the title “Bane of the Black Lances” sat in repose atop the mobile hive that conveyed the Emperor on his travels. They were on the move again, following the little lord...

Nakomo Art: Merry Solstice

Its not quite the Solstice, but have some Nakomo art

v5c29: The Wicked Blade Special

There was a flash of movement, and the Puppet Worm's head jerked back suddenly as something impacted...

v7c19: Fearless Steps

Unborked now, sorry everyone, idk what happened!

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“How did it feel, forging the Spirit Metal? I felt the Qi, but directly handling it?” Tigu demanded of Handsome Man...

v7c18: Song of the Forge

After a brief rest, we were invited back to meet with the Tie family. We were guided to the main hall of the sect. The table was a giant marble slab instead of metal, the Sect’s symbol charged in...

BOC art: Winter Tigers and the General

The first three are by Navae, the last one is by https://x.com/Ticopop_

v7c17: Iron Chefs

The food here in the Ironfields was interesting—like the humans who lived here, basically everything had developed a way to handle the heavy metals in their diet, leaving the meat much less conta...

v7c16: A Man has Three Masks

Our carriage trundled up the road toward the Hermetic Iron Sect. The bee behind Washy’s ear had relayed to Bane of the Black Lances that our message had been received, so we set off again. We had...

BOC art: Spring Blossoms

Mei and Jin having a moment.

Art by Nakomo!

v7c15: Master of Iron

Tie Delan, Sectmaster of the Hermetic Iron Sect, hammered upon the red hot metal on his anvil. He held it still with his bare hand so that he could feel the heat; and each driving blow from his ham...

BOC art: Onsen, Boys side

The Boys too!

Art By https://x.com/nakomo017

BOC art: Su Suyan and Ty An

Foxy Meido, and the Lady Mechanic of Hong Yaowu, Yao Che's assistant, and Bowu's girlfriend.

Art by Tsuu.

v7c14: Rusting Iron

Sheng Yanjing, Auditor General of the Azure Hills, was still wondering if this was some strange dream. Had he slipped and hit his head on that fateful night when he had gone to confront the Lord Ma...

BOC VOL 5 Is now out!

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v7c13: First Step, to the First Stop

Okay, I have two minor screw ups to correct/clarify. Firstly, I made some changes to chapter 6; Instead of coming immediately with the party, Biyu and Yun Ren still have some stuff to do before the...

BOC art: Manga Meiling

I also forgot to post this one earlier!

From v5c46: Reap the Harvest

Chixia screamed again as she was dragged deep below the earth. She hit hard ground and turned—only to ...