As Michael gave his warning Ollie retrieved his hat and jacket and raised his staff, starting to move magicka through his channels as he did so.
“What kind of ‘something’?” he asked.<...
2025-10-11 12:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Michael found himself floating in blackness again as his vision ended and was expecting to be pulled into another, but instead a number of smaller scenes began to play all around him, the darkness ...
2025-10-09 12:00:17 +0000 UTC
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Michael expected to wake up as the vision ended, but instead he found himself pulled into yet another one, his mind barely having time to finish processing what he had learned from the previous one...
2025-10-07 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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After they spent some time digging through the remainder of the dirt piles to find a surprisingly hefty amount of gold, Michael could feel that he was ready to receive another vision. He washed in ...
2025-10-05 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
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The dawn came a few hours later. The wind coming off the lake was cool. It was something like mid-fall at this point, though the seasons had never been as coherent as Michael was used to on Earth. ...
2025-10-04 12:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Sylas checked again on each of the runes he’d carved into the stone. After he was certain that they were all in order, he moved to the nearby table and grabbed a vial of mercury. He took the vial...
2025-10-02 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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They kept moving West and the hills and plains they’d been travelling on rapidly became wild forest. As they made their way deeper into it, and the sunny day gradually became shaded by the ...
2025-09-30 12:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Michael was walking along the main road in a kind of laid back daze when the border between Swandia and Broan came into view. There were small guard stations on either side of the wide road stoppin...
2025-09-28 12:00:13 +0000 UTC
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Michael watched as the fireball Ollie threw smashed into the center of the lizardfolk. When it exploded, there was a brief flash of light, and they evaporated. Michael healed his eyes to clear the ...
2025-09-27 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
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After he finished proselytizing to the men that had tried to rob him he made his way to the Human Stable. He stepped inside to find that while it was busier than it had been in the past, i...
2025-09-25 12:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Feeling refreshed after a night with a bed to sleep in and a warm meal, Ollie and Michael got back on the road south. They didn’t see the mercs they’d encountered the previous night again, whic...
2025-09-23 12:00:13 +0000 UTC
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The rain was heavier than Michael had expected and he adjusted the water-proof tarp he’d bought to better cover himself. The road had been relatively safe, so he wasn’t wearing his full armor, ...
2025-09-21 12:00:08 +0000 UTC
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King Castor spun his crown of black iron on his forefinger as he listened to his generals and advisors speak. There had been a time when he’d had to pretend at propriety back when there was still...
2025-09-20 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Michael decided to find Lys first. He had the sketch of her and Trina by Davi he wanted to give them before he went anywhere. He also felt like he owed her a conversation given how much time they...
2025-09-18 12:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Michael jerked awake. He was breathing heavily and dripping with sweat as he looked around. The others were still asleep and their fire had burnt out, but the sun was starting to rise. Michael wasn...
2025-09-16 12:00:33 +0000 UTC
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Michael awoke in the middle of the night. He wasn’t sure of how long he’d been asleep, but at some point when he and the others had been staring into the fire, he must’ve drifted off. He sat ...
2025-09-14 12:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Sergeant Aldon pulled a man back onto his feet as he started barking orders to the others.
“Get up, we need to press the advantage! The healer wasn’t the only priority target! The daze of...
2025-09-13 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Finn and Tai came to the same conclusion as Michael and yelled out to the rest of the group.
“Find solid ground! Archers watch the trees! Mages get something fucking BIG ready!” yelled Ta...
2025-09-11 12:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Once Michael was done with his healing rounds he went back to his tent to collapse for a little while. He fell asleep partially armored and if it hadn’t been for his recovery he would’ve been i...
2025-09-09 12:00:12 +0000 UTC
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Michael quickly divined the group of remaining soldiers and knights in front of them. It became very obvious at a glance why they were radia
Michael quickly divined the group of remaining sol...
2025-09-07 12:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Michael stood at the front of the Gemini column with Tai to his right, and Pyotr to his left. He bit the inside of his cheek and began to heal it to make the most of Fort Healer and Wo...
2025-09-06 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The examinations were surprisingly simple. Michael had gotten used to invasive check-ups when he’d been dying on Earth, so it was all easy f
The examinations were surprisingly simple. Micha...
2025-09-04 12:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Davi stepped up to the mercenary commander Jeb. His size and musculature made him nearly the commander’s size despite being physically younger than him. Still, he had to look up slightly fo...
2025-09-02 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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A soldier was directed to take Michael to the infirmary. The soldier was young, around Michael’s physical age, with dark hair and tan skin.
“How’ve things been at this front?” asked M...
2025-08-31 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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The first leg of their journey back up through Swandia was a simple one. Gemini had several wagons and donkeys for travelling long distances and the roads were all safe for a group of armed mercena...
2025-08-30 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Michael spent the next few days training, practicing with his new blessing, and spending time with both his fellow former Stent soldiers, and those he’d grown close to in Gemini. He also took the...
2025-08-28 12:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Trina managed a surprisingly cunning feint that nearly got around Michael’s shield, but he sidestepped and batted it aside. She was quick and light, but he was used to fighting in fullplate and o...
2025-08-26 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Michael smashed away three branches tipped in thorns that swung at him like morningstars as he pushed forward to the pulsing green rift. The second he cut those away, they were replaced by vines th...
2025-08-24 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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They came back to Greytip just in time to see him devouring a fish roughly the size of his own head whole as it wriggled and fought against him. He threw his neck back a few times making the fish s...
2025-08-23 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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As they walked along the island toward the small house in the distance, Michael looked at the nearby trees. One of them on the edge of the others that surrounded the shrouded home in front of them ...
2025-08-21 12:00:16 +0000 UTC
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