126: Drake Stew
Hari left shortly after that to head back outside. I didn’t know what to say. I knew I didn’t want to stay in the capital, and I couldn’t even imagine what I’d do with a title.
This w...
2025-12-01 21:35:33 +0000 UTC View Post
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125: Choices
It wasn’t long before Liane and Jen walked through the door. I noticed immediately they had been hunting, as they were both carrying several rabbits.
Hari followed them into the dome.
124: Preparations
I shook my head. I was rapidly learning that if it was something Liane was excited about; it was likely something I should think twice about doing.
However, I was very curious how drake stew ...
2025-11-28 18:55:44 +0000 UTC View Post123: Fields
Looking back at Dunhearth behind me, I couldn’t help but reflect on how much had changed in such a short amount of time. I had been worried about whether I’d make it back to see my friends—no...
2025-11-25 18:57:43 +0000 UTC View Post122: Blessing
Looking around, I saw the crowd of people had grown significantly, and not wanting anyone else to try rushing the inn, I went back inside and closed the door. Lily was still present.
But now ...
2025-11-24 07:10:26 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude: Liam
Liam stood in the throne room, kneeling in front of the King as he received his orders.
“I have an important mission,” the King began. “You are to retrieve a boy. His name is Trevor, an...
2025-11-23 14:04:17 +0000 UTC View Post121: Alira
Larry approached the door, opening it just a little.
“Sorry, we’re closed this evening for a private event; you’ll need to come back tomorrow,” Larry said.
“Yes, I’m sorry t...
2025-11-21 19:11:54 +0000 UTC View Post120: Dinner
Entering the familiar inn, I noticed Larry had already emptied the place out, as the only people currently here were from my own group. The only exception was Janette, who was currently in conversa...
2025-11-20 19:43:38 +0000 UTC View Post119: Gathering
It didn’t take us long to reach the stairs to the temple. It was a strange feeling returning here, and I still had mixed emotions regarding Elder Peter. What did he know of the situation the sold...
2025-11-18 19:02:54 +0000 UTC View Post118: Dunhearth
I was sitting in front of the wagon next to Darren, who had been guiding it the whole way here, and as Dunhearth came into view, I couldn’t help but notice something was off. There were far too m...
2025-11-17 15:45:05 +0000 UTC View Post117: Soup
I pulled out all the rolls when Crisplet alerted me they were done, storing them all away and mentally bringing up the buffs of each as I went.
The first was the healing roll, which had minor...
2025-11-16 06:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post116: Runes
I spent the next thirty minutes or so crushing the reed in the barrel. In the end, my arms nearly gave out, and my stamina was getting low, so I decided to stop.
It wasn’t much longer befor...
2025-11-14 19:15:55 +0000 UTC View Post115: Foraging
Pulling up the status, I was surprised to see that Crisplet was not that far away from me in experience.
Bonded Companion:
Crisplet (Ashborne Elemental)...
2025-11-13 13:34:33 +0000 UTC View Post114: Jacket
When everyone had finished eating their pie and were sitting around the hearth in the longhouse, Hari got our attention with a cough.
“This is as good a time as any to discuss our plans. It...
2025-11-11 19:41:43 +0000 UTC View Post113: Lessons
Heading outside, I was mindful that I would need to make the reed juice by myself. Both the regular juice and the alcoholic one had a cooking aspect to it, and getting help from Liane would ruin th...
2025-11-09 19:14:32 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude Lily
Lily was not happy about the whole situation — she nearly lost her human.
She was prepared to kill everyone in that city if he had died, but the shadow lady he trusted had helped him and as...
2025-11-09 09:19:32 +0000 UTC View Post112: Pie and Chilli
The recipe was fairly simple. I would first crush the sugar-reed into juice; then it was a matter of simply adding yeast and water — this would create a wash.
The most difficult part was se...
2025-11-07 17:54:10 +0000 UTC View Post111: Guards
The next two days passed with slow progress. I could move a little, but I didn’t have full control of my movement. The pain felt like it had not gotten better at all; I was so worried that last n...
2025-11-06 11:29:26 +0000 UTC View Post110: Mana
As I lay on the ground, my eyes closed, I reached out towards the fireplace, trying to feel anything there. The lack of anything had me worried, but as I concentrated I felt something. It was diffi...
2025-11-04 12:08:05 +0000 UTC View Post109: Recovery
The first thing I felt was pain. I couldn’t move, but my body was in agony. It felt like everywhere was burning from the inside.
At the same time, I couldn’t move, this felt eerily famili...
2025-11-02 20:26:34 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude: Liane (Read 108 first btw)
Liane had been stalking the idiot who had tried to muscle Trev. He didn’t know she saw it, but she saw everything, and no one would be making a fool of her team like that.
She didn’t real...
2025-11-01 15:21:54 +0000 UTC View Post108: Excess
Entering the hall, I saw Hari watching as both Darren and George were going through the steps to build muscle memory. Hari caught sight of me straight away but made sure the two of them kept swingi...
2025-11-01 14:35:40 +0000 UTC View Post107: Plans
“Trevor!”
A voice called out from a distance away.
“Trevor, wake up,” it called again. As I groggily raised my head, I didn’t see anyone in the room—just Crisplet in the bra...
2025-10-31 05:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post106: Rest
The meal was delicious, and it hit all the right spots—especially with how tired I was feeling. I barely noticed all the buffs associated with it, even realising I had also earned experience in M...
2025-10-29 22:12:01 +0000 UTC View Post105: Butchery
Heading into the kitchen, I took stock of the carcasses I had and how I was best going to butcher them in order to complete eleven more today.
The first thing I did was pull out one of the ba...
2025-10-28 15:13:38 +0000 UTC View Post104: Essentials
Entering the dining hall, my eyes locked onto Milo. I would be needing him before he ran off, so after I placed all the food on the dining table, I quickly made my way over to him.
“Excuse ...
2025-10-26 13:24:20 +0000 UTC View Post103: Feast
I waited in the dining room, pulling out my books on runes and continuing to study the cold rune I had been working on. It was then I was reminded that I should really work on the Sugar Reed juice ...
2025-10-24 18:18:23 +0000 UTC View Post102: Chilli Crab
As we started to make our way up the stairs towards the third floor, Patrick slowed down a little to talk in a hushed tone.
“I appreciate your not escalating the situation further down ther...
2025-10-22 18:52:22 +0000 UTC View PostQuick update post for 22nd Oct
We have a discord now!
Under settings if you select more, you can link your Patreon to Discord and it will automatically invite you and give you roles, this will give you access to all the P...
2025-10-22 04:36:38 +0000 UTC View Post101: Tempura
As I walked through the market, I was in awe of everything around me. There were so many stores with amazing fruits and vegetables. It was a buzz of activity, and the air was heavy with the smell o...
2025-10-21 17:08:56 +0000 UTC View Post