It started with a long, drawn out howl. It was a piercing sound, cutting through some of the steel forged by the officers that dotted the walls.
Kaius drew his blade, feeling the roiling char...
2026-01-17 21:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBacklit by the setting sun, Kaius stared out at the Frontier from Deadacre’s wall. It was soaked in soft amber, shadows lengthening by the minute as night fast approached.
He cared little f...
2026-01-15 21:49:23 +0000 UTC View PostSlumping in his chair, Kaius pulled up his notifications. He might have been exhausted from hours of constant combat, and he still felt a little frazzled from his direct brush with death, but that ...
2026-01-14 21:43:47 +0000 UTC View PostSoaked to the bone in the blood of beasts, Kaius trudged down the stairs of Deadacre’s wall.
Arc’theros was leading the way, somehow even more drenched than the rest of the...
2026-01-13 21:29:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Soz for the short delay, had to go trawling through documents to find all of my formatting for notifications lol
A teeming black cloud surged across the sky, racing ...
Surrounded by the dying cries of beasts, Kaius’s pillars started to flare.
Every minute of their battle was more chaotic than the last. It was only by dint of their overwhelming stren...
2026-01-12 01:04:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe beasts were tireless. Rabid in their fury, they ignored the slaughter that fell on them, uncaring of the twisted and broken forms of their fellows that were left littering the frontier.
W...
2026-01-11 03:43:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt only took twenty minutes before the cracks started to show.
Kaius moved like a whirlwind, surrounded by a heaving carpet of fur, scale and carapace. His hand slipped from his hilt, t...
2026-01-09 00:22:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe second Kaius had rejoined the front line, he was looking for his next target.
Only a handful remained of the two dozen or so beasts that had been harassing the villagers. Two wolf-l...
2026-01-07 21:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Minor schedule update: gonna push chapters back by 1 hour to 10:30am NZT in service of trying to sleep more.
Also soz for the late chapter, some mates from aus are staying for a...
B1 and B2 covers fully done, woop woop! Just need to finalise my title for B3. I've been thinking about 'Crucible', since even with rewrites it will be a core defining feature of the book, but it a...
2026-01-05 21:47:46 +0000 UTC View PostAfternoon sun streamed into the siege tower that had been erected near the eastern gate. Even with the pleasant warmth and the view of the frontier, it was hard to enjoy the peace when Kaius felt l...
2026-01-05 20:40:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhat a year! My first rotation around the sun as a full time writer, and it was a pretty good one! A few bumps along the road, but I think a few teething pains are to be expected.
First, my ...
A/N: I return, rested, rejuvinated, and ready to scratch my forehead as I desperately try to write more concisely! In honour of my constant failure at that, have a chapter that's 50% longer...
2026-01-04 20:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 3/3, more notes on immediate holiday schedule at the end of the chap
The frontier seemed endless from atop Deadacre’s western wall. While the land surrounding the city...
2025-12-30 16:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 2/3
Ianmus gripped the letter in his hands, its edges crumpling.
It was a simple thing — rough-cut and crudely processed, with a tan tint that suggested it hadn...
2025-12-30 16:17:31 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 1/3 - I meant to post these like 12 hours ago. Games happened, then it was 4 am woops
Kaius sat at a restaurant table right at the edge of their outside seating...
2025-12-30 16:16:36 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 3/3. Also, having a head cold over christmas in meltworthy weather sucks
“I need you up there with me,” Rieker said.
Kaius blinked. Rotten roots, the ...
2025-12-24 03:49:10 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 2/3
Stepping back onto the streets of Deadacre, Kaius was returned to a smog of tension and fear.
Thankfully, the veteran runewrights he had been asked to assist ...
2025-12-24 03:47:30 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Posting three chapters for yesterday, today, and tomorrow. 1/3
Standing deep in the bowels of the governor’s manor, Kaius locked eyes with the grey-bearded runewright...
A/N: Second chapter of the day
The governor’s manor, it seemed, was far more than just what was visible above ground. While its foundations were built into a slight ris...
Kaius kept a brisk pace that was slower than he was used to. Every second step, his weight caused his prosthetic to slip into the soft loam of the governor’s garden.
“Are we close?” Kai...
2025-12-22 03:31:42 +0000 UTC View PostHave discovered that my current beta reader document of 90 chapters + comments hard crashes my laptop -- home pc supercomputer has allowed bad habits to pile up lmao. Gonna borrow my stepdads deskt...
2025-12-22 02:32:45 +0000 UTC View PostGotten a little caught up in holiday business so haven’t had a chance to hop on my laptop and edit a chapter today
Also Sydney is approximately the same temperature as the surfac...
2025-12-21 04:36:30 +0000 UTC View PostKaius sat in the governor’s private garden, resting his back against a large tree. Porkchop was with him, and the sun was shining bright, filtering through the green leaves above to bless him wit...
2025-12-18 20:35:43 +0000 UTC View PostSurrounded by Deadacre’s leadership, Kaius tried to consider how they could ready the city’s defenders for the coming battle.
The city Delve was the obvious option, but it had problems. T...
2025-12-18 00:54:38 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Bonus for the chapter I missed on the weekend
The governor's manor was an old thing, and centuries of history lurked in its high, vaulted beams. In some senses,...
2025-12-16 23:28:12 +0000 UTC View PostRo paced at the head of the meeting room, like the frenetic pace of her footfalls could browbeat the very world into submission.
What had happened to Bronwyn and his team, and what had Ro so ...
2025-12-16 20:37:05 +0000 UTC View PostDamp bricks formed a low arch as mould, fungus and unknown slime spread, feasting on the detritus present in the sewer. Pitch black, he could only see with his Darkvision, the tunnel rende...
2025-12-15 20:46:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe grasslands rushed past with an indistinct green smear. Every desperate pounding step was another stone's weight of exhaustion upon his back. His bones ached, his muscles burned. His lungs felt ...
2025-12-14 21:05:26 +0000 UTC View Post