I was woken up by Patience just a short while after dawn. We’d decided to let Millicent get some extra rest, so my watch was second to last. While most of my dreams were lost to me the moment I w...
2022-07-26 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAt first I thought there was something in my eye, or I was so tired I was imagining it, but as I looked I eventually realized that what I was seeing was very real. There was a dot on the moon. One ...
2022-07-21 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, after a pot of coffee and a breakfast of dried meat and biscuits, I made my way to Jasper to check in with Murphy and see if he’d found anything from my list. I didn’t have any sc...
2022-07-21 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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As I walked out of the tent and headed back toward the room where I’d kept my things I passed by a number of the Khan’s wives, servants, and surprisingly his daughter. Atlan was much as I remem...
2022-07-20 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWe walked with Tib at the front leading the way, and me in the back marking any area we’d turned with chalk. After about a half hour, Tib began turning a corner, but hesitated, holding up his han...
2022-07-20 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe tent-flap to my room opened, and I looked up from my water to see Leroy, the King of the Rens, standing there. He looked different from the last time I’d seen him. His hair was unkempt, his a...
2022-07-19 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“I don’t know that your wings could support everyone’s weight Zev,” said Millicent. “Not to mention our gear.”
Zev shook his head. “I can make it work. Give me some time.” He ...
2022-07-19 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI worked the list of names I got from the slaves methodically, one at a time. I hit the nearest settlement first. It was a small town of less than twenty called Osed, named for what remained on an ...
2022-07-14 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostZevrack barked something in his native tongue at the Snow Burrowers and they dispersed, tending to their wounded and looting the corpses of the trolls, even chopping off hunks of meat from them and...
2022-07-14 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe troll that Zevrack had struck was, surprisingly, not dead. It swung its working arm around wildly, downing a nearby tree, and nearly killing one of the kobolds that was attempting to finish it ...
2022-07-12 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI peered through my scope at the approaching caravan. I counted a dozen men, and more than two dozen slaves. The majority of the slaves were Deadmen, but there were five or six humans, and at least...
2022-07-12 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the decision was made it all came down to planning. We decided quickly that a return to Itlan before heading toward the dragon was pointless. We were all already in our best arms and armor sin...
2022-07-07 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostI stood still for a few moments, feeling my ribs slowly knit themselves back together, and using a large amount of willpower to keep myself from going back to Pete’s corpse for another bite. The ...
2022-07-07 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post“She cursed you?” asked Millicent.
Rancor nodded. “Yes. She cursed all of us who attacked her. She had a unique and painful method of doing so for each of us.”
“But she didn...
2022-07-05 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostI headed straight for Nix and requested she send out Undertakers to collect Delilah, Percy, and Jean. I expected an argument, but all she asked for was a quick explanation of why, and then she comp...
2022-07-05 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I arrived at Nico’s there were still some lights on. Her’s was one of the few houses that hadn’t been painted or decorated in any way, which ironically made it much more noticeable. I we...
2022-06-30 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI was surprised not to have any dreams that night. With what had happened the last time there’d been a system change I had expected to have a meeting with Ren after each one. Instead all I awoke ...
2022-06-30 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI fell in line behind Rhea and she started walking me toward the Mausoleum in a similar direction to the one I’d already been heading. Unlike the other Undertakers I’d seen since I’d arrived ...
2022-06-28 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe road was quiet in the late evening as we walked, and none of us did much speaking either, though Tristus did make the occasional complaint about something he’d been forced to leave in his apa...
2022-06-28 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMaking our way back to the city without the carriage was hard, particularly after all the energy we’d spent avoiding guards and adventurers in Dominus’ estate. Luckily, we didn’t need to worr...
2022-06-23 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe first thing to do was to head back to the Mausoleum and see if I could find the woman that Lydia had been seeing. I walked straight in that direction, drawing my usual stares, though the street...
2022-06-23 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostDominus fell backward and rolled until he hit the wall, leaving a trail of blood behind him as he went. He looked around stunned, and clutched at his clearly broken nose. The other adventurers that...
2022-06-21 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostSolomon stood up. “A murder!?”
The woman nodded.
“There hasn’t been a murder since Pott’s earliest days. The people here would never hurt their fellow deadmen!”
Kit le...
2022-06-21 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostNico and I ordered the same thing. A hunk of radded out meat, with a pile of different vegetables on the side. I tucked in, washing it down with two glasses of deadman strength hooch, and I found t...
2022-06-16 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI took the letter and broke the seal with my dagger. As I started to read, Millicent, Tristus, and Patience returned to the room.
Good day Cor,
I am Dominus Curio, I’m sure you’ve h...
2022-06-16 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI lowered my arm and made my way across the arena to Zevrack. A life priestess reached us at the same time and started looking him over.
“Will he be okay?” I asked.
She nodded. “J...
2022-06-14 13:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning we officially crossed into the deadzone that made up the Cut. I shut off my geiger counter, and enjoyed the soft warmth as the radiation of it suffused my entire body. There was so...
2022-06-14 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhile I waited on the next round to begin I pulled up my notifications
Congratulations! You’ve resolved an encounter with three humans (Lvl 7-9) non-lethally! You gained
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2022-06-09 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostNico placed a hand on the rope she kept at her waist. “It’s my job to bring you back to Pott’s, not let you galavant around pretending to be a hero.”
I shook my head. “I’m not bei...
2022-06-09 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post