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90. Sanctum XV (First Draft)
My breath was ragged, desperate. There was no way to avoid the engagement—as Maya had stated, the best we could hope for was choosing an ideal field of battle. The last thing we wanted was to en... 2021-04-10 00:54:32 +0000 UTC View Post
89. Sanctum XIV (First Draft)
It was halfway through the year of my self-imposed exile from Maya’s household that Kilvius finally broke the standstill. His tenacity surprised me. I’d assumed that once Nethtari told him the... 2021-04-06 01:37:23 +0000 UTC View Post
88. Sanctum XIII (First Draft)
The arrow like projectile curved upward a split-second before it hit me. It was like taking an uppercut to the sternum. It lifted me off my feet and toppled me, sand biting into my elbow where I f... 2021-04-03 03:11:39 +0000 UTC View Post
87. Sanctum XII (First Draft)
Elder Saladius picked up a handful of the marbles idly, mouth firm, expression far away. I noted the painful looking calluses at the balls of his feet, the general roughness of his face. What had ... 2021-03-31 16:48:08 +0000 UTC View Post
86. Sanctum XI (First Draft)
My mind went back to when I’d asked Bellarex about it on a particularly slow day. Jorra hadn’t been able to make it, so we’d settled for simple sparring instead. She had, per usual, given me... 2021-03-26 14:34:28 +0000 UTC View Post
85. Sanctum X (First Draft)
“There are people following us.” I trailed Elder Saladius around the low-ceiling, poorly constructed room that made up his kitchen.
“Color me shocked. Shocked and amazed,” Salad...
2021-03-24 15:39:55 +0000 UTC View Post84. Sanctum IX (First draft)
I stood quietly, drawing my sword from its sheath. My head pounded from the hangover, and I cursed myself for the previous night’s foolishness. Across from us, Bell was rousing Jorra. He was mut... 2021-03-22 23:12:45 +0000 UTC View Post
83. Sanctum VIII (First Draft)
Moving within the bounds of the sanctum didn’t feel like any other traveling I had done. Traversing the Everwood was fraught with tension at first, but that tension was eventually diffused, over... 2021-03-17 19:51:01 +0000 UTC View Post
82. Sanctum VII (First Draft)
Despite the scales, the creature looked more rat than lizard. It leapt at me, striking out with a wooden spear that stabbed multiple times in a split-second. The upside, was that was all it really... 2021-03-15 22:19:41 +0000 UTC View Post
81. Sanctum VI (First Draft)
81. Sanctum VI
I limped back to camp. Jorra had wanted to quietly sneak back in with Bell, gather our things, and leave without me showing my face, but this felt important somehow. They nee...
2021-03-12 16:32:38 +0000 UTC View Post80. Sanctum V (First Draft)
The barracks themselves were highly spartan. Hundreds of cots covered in a thin, off-white sheets and simple beige blankets lined either side, extending out in a massively long row. They separated... 2021-03-10 22:18:49 +0000 UTC View Post
79. Sanctum IV (First Draft)
“To me,” I said, loud enough that both Bell and Jorra could hear it. There was a flare of fear. But it was just that, a temporary uprising of emotion that was brutally crushed under layer afte... 2021-03-08 22:08:24 +0000 UTC View Post
78. Sanctum III (First Draft)
I committed their faces to memory. You never knew who was going to be important. A lesson that was not so much learned as it was etched, permanently emblazoned onto my mind in bold, underlined pri... 2021-03-06 00:54:11 +0000 UTC View Post
77. Sanctum II (First Draft)
“I did.” After that, I was at a loss for words.
We parted, and Maya stepped back. She had changed much in the year away. Her dark hair had grown out to shoulder-length and was allowed to ...
2021-03-03 21:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post76. Sanctum I (First Draft)
I dashed through the overgrown ruins, stale air rushing past my ears. A black-clawed hand swiped at my head and I ducked. If I’d been any slower it would have clotheslined me. Red eyes leered fr... 2021-03-01 21:23:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Enclave Post Mortem and Thoughts Going Forward
Well. That was a trip.
First of all, if you stuck around, thank you for letting me tell a thriller/whodunnit in the middle of what has been mostly a progression fantasy story. It was a ...
2021-03-01 21:22:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnclave - Interlude (Thoth) (First Draft)
“True enough,” Cairn said.
Thoth stared into the pool of red, through the stars that were not stars, and slammed her hand through it, shattering the image. The madness coursed ...
2021-02-27 22:26:29 +0000 UTC View Post74. Enclave XLIV (First Draft)
I stalked through the halls of the castle towards my destination. Hands balled into fists. The images of the slaughter of Inharion village still hung crisp and vivid in my mind, and once the shock... 2021-02-22 18:37:20 +0000 UTC View Post
73. Enclave XLIII (First Draft)
The slaughter was quick and efficient. The cavern was overcome with a thick red mist that shrouded the screams and shrieks of the dying. I cringed, every time a guard was struck down. They were th... 2021-02-20 18:16:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Schedule Hiccups
Hi folks,
In case you missed the author note on the RR chapters, just wanted to let you all know where I've been. I live in Texas and have had recurring power issues over the last few d...
2021-02-19 20:22:44 +0000 UTC View Post72. Enclave XLII (Second Draft)
I sat back on the throne and watched the proceedings. The begging and crying gave me no satisfaction. Not even the secret, twisted kind that the heroes of stories feel when they watch ruin settle u...
2021-02-19 20:05:24 +0000 UTC View Post71. Enclave XLI (First Draft)
It was a simple party. A small get together in Ralakos’s almost comically oversized hall. But there was wine, and music, and friends, and that was all I needed. Ralakos had scrounged up a local ... 2021-02-16 23:57:38 +0000 UTC View Post
70. Enclave XL
It was such a simple solution. Basic. The sort of simplicity my mother would appreciate and my father would grudgingly praise. It was elegant. Creative. The sort of idea that ripples into eternity... 2021-02-13 18:18:27 +0000 UTC View Post
69. Enclave XXXIX (First Draft)
My father’s voice was uncharacteristically unsteady. “This does not have to come to bloodshed, Thane Granmire. Your folk are up against heavy infantry and calvary.”
The dwarf, clad in s...
2021-02-13 00:42:02 +0000 UTC View Post68. Enclave XXXVIII (First Draft)
I stopped at a bench near the chasm lift that led down to the Sanctum. In this world, this time, it had been a little more than two weeks. But it felt like eons. Far longer than the months I’d s... 2021-02-12 03:13:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Email Notifications (Poll)
Hi folks,
I’ve been getting some conflicting feedback on the topic of email notifications, so hopefully we can solve this with a poll.
A few weeks ago I got some feedback asking me to...
2021-02-11 23:04:30 +0000 UTC View Post