Ollie stopped in midair for a moment when the rift closed, hanging there in surprise. Three of the chitin armored horned men wearing lizardmen as backpacks were fighting the soldiers and militia, a...
2025-11-30 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMichael slammed his divine fist into the nearest of the horned men, his barrier-covered fist smashing into his kidney and causing him to collapse as divine fire began to spread across his body. Ano...
2025-11-29 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThey were mounted and riding toward Hillbloom within minutes. Blake still had soap in her hair and Ollie was yawning having been woken up from a dead sleep to ride, but in spite of that they were a...
2025-11-27 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostLance led them through the gates of Hillsedge, and as they entered they were welcomed with smiles and cheers by all of those that saw them. They had been away for nearly a week and in that time had...
2025-11-25 14:23:30 +0000 UTC View PostPyotr dodged the blade by an inch, his own sword whipping forward across the Burndan knight’s throat. He twirled around him and smacked down a spear that was about to strike a Cantalian soldier b...
2025-11-23 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostMichael had grown used to the sights, smells, and sounds of infirmaries by this point. They smelled either sickly and of rot, or unnaturally clean. They all had the same basic layout of beds in a r...
2025-11-22 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-11-21 20:49:47 +0000 UTC View PostWith the rift sealed and the invaders dealt with the retinue took only a few moments to recover before they got back on the road to Lataxia. With the number of rifts that were opening it seemed ine...
2025-11-20 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSpears and fireballs flew toward them at the same time. Had they not been on the lookout for an ambush, they wouldn’t have been ready for it. Michael blocked one spear with his shield and another...
2025-11-18 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostOnce everyone was informed of the finer details of their mission by the knight-captain, they all began to gather supplies and equipment. Michael found the knights of Hume’s official blacksmith in...
2025-11-16 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMichael, Ollie, and Lance had a few drinks and exchanged more stories about what had happened since they’d been separated. Lance let slip that he was infatuated with the Lady Delia, which Ollie i...
2025-11-15 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostOnce Carmen was placated, she went and began to write a list of what patients she hadn’t been able to heal and had been instead focusing on treating and reducing their pain before tearing it up.&...
2025-11-13 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThey began to make their way toward the infirmary. Michael and Ollie drew a fair amount of stares. Michael in his now patchwork armor, and Ollie in his garb that made him look like he was meant to ...
2025-11-11 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Who is it that interrupts the ceremony?” asked the Knight Captain, his voice booming even more than it had when he’d been leading Lance through his oath.
Laird saluted and looked down....
2025-11-09 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMichael, Ollie, and Knights Laird and Blake spent the next several weeks going from village to village on the path toward the Knight Captain who was based in the central town of Greathollow. The pa...
2025-11-08 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMichael dodged backward as the silver winged creature threw another dive-propelled javelin at him. It was female, that was the only conclusion he could make given its state of undress, and roughly ...
2025-11-06 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMarcus looked down the barrel of his rifle to make sure that it was still straight. There was a very slight bend to it that he’d need to compensate for. When had that happened? When he’d blocke...
2025-11-04 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe beetle was a solid chitinous creature about the size of a football that looked like a roach with much sharper mandibles. It spread its wings and prepared itself to launch toward them.
Oll...
2025-11-02 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a few more conversations, waking up Ollie, and explaining more about the gods to those curious Laird, Hu, Ollie and Michael were at the gates heading out of the village and towards Creekbend....
2025-11-01 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostWith the last two rifts closed they made their way back to the village. It was late afternoon when they started walking, and they were a good distance away, but the militia was eager to be home and...
2025-10-30 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostThey camped that night several miles from the next rift. Michael felt that the last two were very close to one another. Definitely within one mile, but perhaps even closer than that. He was startin...
2025-10-28 12:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a cheer as the rift closed and Michael found himself jostled a bit by the group.
“Making short work of two rifts with no casualties or even lingering injuries. I’d say we’re o...
2025-10-26 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWith the rift sealed Michael began going from person to person, making sure they were alright and healing them if they weren't. Clyde was okay, as he’d been healed in the middle of the fight, but...
2025-10-25 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMichael gave a heavily condensed account of his travels so far with the occasional aside by Ollie and as they spoke they noticed more and more of the village militia members walking a bit quicker s...
2025-10-23 12:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t much longer before the rest of the village was awake. The guards on the walls and roofs were shifted, with several of those taking over being those that had been injured just the previo...
2025-10-21 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMichael awoke before the sunrise and crept quietly out of the infirmary. There were guards up on the makeshift walls, doing a better job of staying awake than many of the professional soldiers he...
2025-10-19 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the gate Michael was able to see what looked like fifteen or sixteen men and women. Four were on horseback and with them was a cart being drawn by a mule. Two of the men on horseback were clea...
2025-10-18 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe armed villagers looked at one another, confused by Ollie and Michael’s conversation.
“We’ll serve, that’s why we came here,” said Michael.
They lowered their weapons and e...
2025-10-16 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMichael and Ollie took some time to recover from the fight. They ate some of their remaining trail rations as well as some fish Ollie had managed to yank out of a river with magic. Michael didn’t...
2025-10-14 12:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostMichael and Ollie continued travelling south along the lake of beasts. They had a few close calls with rift creatures, and an unpleasant experience with goblins, but overall it was a peaceful trip ...
2025-10-12 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post