3.35 Innovation
Alright, so that third post didn't really work out last week, but I have an extra long one for you today!
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“What does that mean?” Torvald asked. Bernt had found him and...
2025-02-03 15:43:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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3.34 Gobford
“You need to go in there and talk to them,” Olias told Torvald, huffing as he marched next to his grandnephew and pointed ahead to the carriage. It was obvious to Bernt that the old man didn’...
2025-01-31 22:38:07 +0000 UTC View PostSick Notice and Publishing Update
Hi all, I'm down with a fever again so posts may be a bit irregular this week. Today's post is unfortunately not going to be on time. I should still be able to get all three done, though.
In ...
2025-01-30 13:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post3.33 Eyes in the Night
As the news spread that the demons were out there, the mood in the camp grew tense. Captain Emata, who had somehow put herself in charge, assigned guard duties to every combat-capable person availa...
2025-01-28 15:32:06 +0000 UTC View Post3.32 Escalation
Jori pulled the bone stopper from the small demon skin vessel and focused on its contents, slowly drawing the soul from it. Her control had improved, but it was still hard to move souls or soul fra...
2025-01-25 12:53:16 +0000 UTC View Post3.31 Reinforcements
Bernt sat in the inn’s common room, tapping his foot nervously. With the addition of Torvald's great uncle, they were fifteen people in all, though Torvald himself wasn't here. He was currently b...
2025-01-23 16:16:23 +0000 UTC View Post3.30 The Price of Failure
When the City Guard came to knock on their door in the morning before sunrise, Bernt feared the worst. Uriah’s bed was still undisturbed, his small pack leaning against it exactly as he’d left ...
2025-01-21 15:48:38 +0000 UTC View Post3.29 Whisperer
The guild was a beautiful structure that dated back to imperial times, with high ceilings, carved marble columns and a general sense of gravitas that Halfbridge lacked. Unfortunately, the place had...
2025-01-18 16:23:30 +0000 UTC View Post3.28 Emancipation
“Well, thank the gods that’s over.” Ed said with feeling, turning away from the corpse. He’d started to feel like he’d be stuck in this hellhole forever, sitting in a cave with nobody but...
2025-01-16 14:54:59 +0000 UTC View Post3.27 A True Death
Bernt’s banefire spell clipped the hag’s flank as she tried to dodge. She shrieked in pain and again the sound didn’t reach Bernt’s ears. Someone was protecting them from the creature’s w...
2025-01-14 12:06:04 +0000 UTC View Post3.26 Guerilla Demons
“You can’t be serious.” Uriah said, glaring at Bernt. “You’re talking to a demon in the hells, and you’re surprised we got ambushed?”
“Hey, watch it!” Elyn reprimanded him. ...
2025-01-12 18:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post3.25 Honesty
Hi all, this one took a whole lot of editing back and forth, to the point where it's kind of blurring together in my head now. So I'd like to ask you guys to point out if you notice any unnatur...
2025-01-09 17:53:22 +0000 UTC View Post3.24 Demons in the Night
Hi all, I wanted to add a notice here to let you know that there's some additional content on the RR version of the END of 2025-01-07 17:40:06 +0000 UTC View Post
3.23 The Cripple
By the time noon rolled around, the novelty of traveling forth into the unknown had worn off. There were fields, copses of trees, more fields, villages in the distance, and even more fields. This r...
2025-01-05 16:12:13 +0000 UTC View Post3.22 Expedition
At the paladin’s insistence, Bernt and Torvald accompanied the two gnomes back to their house, both to keep Linnie from trying to pursue the ogre and to try to explain things to the locals. Judgi...
2025-01-02 22:05:50 +0000 UTC View Post3.21 Pied Piper
Another one hot off the presses. I caught another (or maybe the same again) strain of toddler sickness, but the chapter's done! And with that, we resume Patreon billing and the regular posting ...
2024-12-31 16:09:36 +0000 UTC View Post3.20 Side Quest
Bernt went to find the Fergefield Mages’ Guild while the others went ahead to the bakery. The receptionist raised an eyebrow at Bernt’s scrawled note, but she agreed to submit it to the scryers...
2024-12-26 12:23:23 +0000 UTC View Post3.19 A Call to Adventure
Hi all, it's late, but at least one post got done this week. Not sure if I'll get you guys another one before Christmas, but if not, you'll get a post later next week.
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Uria...
2024-12-20 12:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post‘Ware the Toddler Plague
Hey all, sorry there’s no update today, whole family’s down with the sickness.
2024-12-17 19:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post3.18 Expedition
Hi all, so the ink isn't dry on this one yet, I literally just finished drafting it. Buuut, I didn't want to put you guys on hold again while I edit, so you're getting the beta version. Feel fr...
2024-12-13 18:22:53 +0000 UTC View Post2nd update delayed to Friday
Hi all, I'm going to be on the road tomorrow, so your second post this week is going to drop a day late on Friday the 13th. Cheers!
2024-12-11 18:46:49 +0000 UTC View Post3.17 Legitimator
Bernt stripped off his clothes in the chilly changing area, noting with some embarrassment that he smelled a bit under one arm. He’d meant to get up earlier today and bathe before coming, but he...
2024-12-10 13:36:56 +0000 UTC View Post3.16 Portal to Nowhere
In the end, it wasn’t quite as simple as Bernt had predicted. Hallan had a strong grasp of runes and warding and it took the librarian only a moment to point out several obvious problems that nee...
2024-12-05 15:07:43 +0000 UTC View Post3.15 Hypothesis
Hi all, Happy December. I didn't manage to get this all properly edited before posting, so please let me know if all the magical theory is too unclear. I'm also going to be suspending patreon b...
2024-12-03 16:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post3.14 Demon Hunting
“Alright.” The pimply young solicitor said, pen scratching on paper as he took down Bernt’s report. “So, the shade had a three-dimensional shape in the darkness? It was standing up?”
<... 2024-11-30 16:28:02 +0000 UTC View Post3.13 Priorities
“Tell me what you’ve worked out about the Temples, so far,” Iriala demanded, stabbing her fork into some greens. She’d summoned Bernt to her office for lunch – the second time she’d don...
2024-11-28 14:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post3.12 Give Me Your Tired
Bernt pulled an icy hand from his sleeves to wave to Palina as he entered the tunnel down to the Undercity, dodging oncoming traffic to skirt around a group of weary-looking people who were slowly ...
2024-11-26 13:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post3.11 Studying
Bernt’s knees ached as he triple-checked the chalk markings on the stone behind his desk. It was already late in the evening, but there was no way he’d go home to sleep before he tested this. T...
2024-11-23 17:35:10 +0000 UTC View Post3.10 Run, Hide, or Fight
Bernt squared his shoulders and knocked on Iriala’s office door, doing his best to appear calm and confident. He didn’t need to be nervous—the archmage had asked for him specifically, and she...
2024-11-21 16:07:11 +0000 UTC View Post3.9 Taking Risks
“Really? You’ll do it?” Torvald said, clearly excited.
“I’ll accept if the count appoints me.” Bernt hedged. “You said yourself that you can’t just choose me.”...
2024-11-19 13:46:13 +0000 UTC View Post