For the next twenty four hours all mandibles were placed into work teams and we worked like only insects can to prepare ourselves for the inevitable retribution that would come. As of this moment, ...
2021-12-29 10:31:30 +0000 UTC View Post3400 words. Sorry it's late!
"Wake up you lazy sacks of bones. Time to get moving."
Rogil emphasised his words with a few targeted shoves with the side of hi...
2021-12-28 07:10:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I've commissioned quite a few images from talented artist Socs who you can find on the discord. This uncoloured sketch of Invidia was so good I had to share it!
Look how happy he i...
2021-12-27 10:15:21 +0000 UTC View Post[These filthy termites have been busy…] I complain.
[I'll say,] Sarah agrees, [they've dug all through this area. I'm not sure ten thousand of us is going to be enough.]
[It'll have t...
2021-12-27 05:17:38 +0000 UTC View PostMeant to post this yesterday but got sidetracked. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! Catch you all next week!
The battle frenzy of the Colony was an ephemera...
2021-12-24 05:10:32 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas and all that folks! Hope everyone is getting a break and some rest!
No quarter. No mercy. No hesitation. No remorse.
There can b...
2021-12-22 06:30:31 +0000 UTC View PostSuffer not the termite to live.
[No, we don't need to get settled or any such thing. We c...
2021-12-20 04:27:47 +0000 UTC View PostTyron started awake and found the indistinct outline of Aryll standing over him.
"Come on rodent, you're on watch."
He blinked a few times as his thought slowly caught up with the situa...
2021-12-20 02:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe first stratum is filled with beasts of all kinds. Vicious growls and the sounds of battle ring constantly here, in this, the weakest area of the Dungeon.
The second is filled...
2021-12-18 03:53:58 +0000 UTC View PostThere are no precise records of how old the Mother Tree may actually be. Without being present to see her spawn within the Dungeon it wouldn't be possible to know this information. Along with t...
2021-12-15 04:44:21 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the council meeting ends it's almost as if I feel a gear shift within the Colony. By the time I make it back to Orpule the change has already occurred and ants who I thought couldn't possibly ...
2021-12-14 05:09:33 +0000 UTC View PostEditing done for Volume 1 yooooooooo. Still a long way from release since they need to do their own edit and get a bunch of things ready on their end, but it's such a relief to have it out ...
2021-12-13 10:15:07 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe post the right chapter this time...
Rogil bellowed, his war cry little more than a guttural roar that rattled the leaves overhead as he brought his greatsword down in a...
2021-12-13 03:26:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe word 'termites' rattles around in my head like an out of control, rage inducing pinball. If I had a lip it would be curled! If I could hiss, I would hiss! Which is weird, since I don't really h...
2021-12-10 07:35:41 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the lack of Chrysalis updates so far this week. The publisher has asked that I hand over the manuscript as soon as I can and I've put everything else on hold until I manage to pump the th...
2021-12-08 09:34:32 +0000 UTC View PostBit more world building. Necromancy soon(ish), I promise!
"Tell me you aren't serious, Dove."
"You think I'd joke about this? By the sweet melons of Selene I wish it wa...
2021-12-06 10:11:32 +0000 UTC View PostI watch the kaarmodo force turn and walk away with decidedly mixed feelings. Obviously, them leaving is a good thing and should be celebrated. We didn't have to kill any of them, they didn't manage...
2021-12-03 10:51:38 +0000 UTC View PostTwo chaps to catch us up for the week! I enjoyed writing this and fleshing out the kaarmodo a little bit. Fun fact, I actually lived in Indonesia for a while as a kid and I've always loved ...
2021-12-01 03:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostRassan'tep looked out over the assembled masses of insect monsters and tasted the air with his tongue. Across the bond he could feel the minds of his attendants stir with trepidation. They had not ...
2021-12-01 01:47:39 +0000 UTC View PostDay late, sorry about that. Enjoy! ^^
Cilla turned out to be a talking and likeable companion as the time whiled away. The two continued to chat as those around them cast the...
2021-11-30 04:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostRassan'tep opened his eyes slowly. The warmth on his scales spread in waves through and penetrated deep into his muscles which nearly drove him back into rest, but the patient, still mind of his at...
2021-11-28 12:31:25 +0000 UTC View Post"Are you sure that you aren't responsible, Eldest?"
"What are you talking about, Sloan? I've been the soul of caution out here. All of this can be blamed on the plant. How are we sup...
2021-11-27 11:17:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a whole Tolly chapter. I didn't intend it to be when I started, but it just kept on going.
I have been in many a dangerous or difficult scenario my dear r...
2021-11-24 23:45:24 +0000 UTC View Post"There's something really strange about those things," Brilliant said.
"No kidding?" I reply sarcastically, "I would never have thought that on my own, watching this damn garden of terror exp...
2021-11-24 10:55:51 +0000 UTC View Post"Did you hear about the Necromancer on the run?"
Tyron's ear jerked and he nearly dropped his cutlery when he heard that. He tried to act calm and pass it off with a cough, but he doubted he'...
2021-11-21 22:50:30 +0000 UTC View PostDid anyone ever fight an ancient and live to tell the tale? As with all things that occurred during the Rending, it can be very difficult to find reputable sources. Though the Legion had not ye...
2021-11-21 12:09:17 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how much he did, there was always more to do, Beyn lamented as faced down a desk full of paper work. Whoever had managed to start creating paper in Renewal was both a blessing and a curse...
2021-11-18 07:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostGoing to start tagging Chrysalis from now on.
She never knew when they might come for her. She would fall asleep in her bed, in the orphanage, alongside the other child...
2021-11-17 22:20:43 +0000 UTC View PostOur mission is more than holy. We are not a religious order, dedicated to the pursuit of an unknown god. Our rituals are not held in service of empty sophistry, symbolism or in deference to ima...
2021-11-16 11:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostCatching up with some characters we may or may not have missed. A few more things revealed...
Silence reigned around the table in the Renner household and Elsbeth ...
2021-11-14 22:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post