[Severed Divinity] Chapters 43-46
Chapter 43. Next Steps
Isen was surprised to have his own room.
The “hotel”—which Isen learned was like an inn with more amenities—was even larger than Isen had...
2024-04-09 03:05:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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[Severed Divinity] Chapters 39-42
[ I've been really bad at posting. Appreciate all of you. Doing my best. 🙏 I am aware you are all here for Menocht and...
2024-04-08 03:48:39 +0000 UTC View Post[Severed Divinity] 38. New Suspicions
Isen was the only one to find survivors, but two of the guards arrived at the gate with a cart full of grain. When Allezin addressed them, he didn’t mention who had found the survivors, nor did h...
2024-03-23 20:20:43 +0000 UTC View Post[Severed Divinity] 37. Ominous Shadow
What Isen had told Talis about there being people only he could find was aspirational more than anything concrete. Isen didn’t sense much opportunity at all in the destroyed town and had no reaso...
2024-03-23 03:09:15 +0000 UTC View Post[Severed Divinity] 36. Blood and Cinders
Over the coming days, Isen mostly busied himself with cultivation and learning Eldrassin from Talis and Druinala, and occasionally even Lumina. For now, they focused on teaching him the language or...
2024-03-20 04:07:13 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 35. Exodus
[ I think I will start changing the fiction title in future posts going forward, so 'Severed Divinity' instead of 'The Twining'. ]
They left an hour after dawn.
Allezin was evacuating t...
2024-03-19 01:32:49 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 34. Unsolicited Advice
[ Double chapter release as an apology for infrequent updates. I'll try to get a Menocht out soon. <3 ]
Shevenar had never been a huge town, though of its original ten thousand or so inhab...
2024-03-18 03:09:30 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 33. Enigma
[ Sorry for the lack of updates, been busy and sick. RIP. Trying my best. Thanks to everyone for your patience. Hope my stories deserve it! ]
When they returned to the rear gates of the city,...
2024-03-17 20:36:14 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 32. The Returned Queen
Isen stared numbly at the destruction, not speaking. He dropped from the tier three man’s neck, standing on the wall. “What happened to your spear?”
The warrior shifted, looking down at...
2024-03-04 06:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 367. Black Rock Avatar
Watching Ian at work was at once a bit terrifying and engrossing, especially since Maria could see vital energy after becoming a lich. Even if she couldn’t manipulate it herself, she could see ho...
2024-02-24 08:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 31. The Tier Threes
[ haven't had much time to write, lots of other deadlines, but I can shed some of my backlog so people have at least something to read today. <3 ]
Against his rational jud...
2024-02-20 06:45:38 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 30. A City Aflame
In the moment of its demise, the pearlescent serpent glared into the eyes of a young girl possessed by a dead queen. The half elf girl was barely dressed, a bloody bed sheet wrapped around her wais...
2024-02-18 00:41:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 366. One Week
Ian stepped out of the Cuna for the first time one week later. The inland air was dry, but pleasantly so, and a soft breeze played with his hair. Cold weather usually came early to the northern par...
2024-02-10 01:31:28 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 29. The Rear Gate
He didn’t think through the implications of the question—he just knew it was a powerful opportunity, one that might shift the balance of the invasion.
He mentally acquiesced, and the fire...
2024-02-09 09:06:12 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 28. Their Best Hope
Evacuate… as in, go outside, into the danger? Isen thought, though he knew the guard was dead serious.
Isen has assumed the opportunity he sensed from the caravan was limi...
2024-02-06 05:24:10 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 27. Drayavin
Legacy’s words were resonant, insistent.
Pyre of Lumina Eldrassin’s Severed Divinity. A kindling spark overstepped and was devoured by a blistering inferno. Disembodied, she watch...
2024-02-05 01:40:00 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 26. One Does Not Simply Sell Tier Three Items
“Isen?” Druinala said, interrupting his thoughts. She pointed to the counter where a man Isen thought must be a half elf stood, his hands spread on the wooden counter.
The shopkeeper was ...
2024-02-03 04:34:54 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 25. Shevenar
One of the merchant wagons had a small partition dedicated for cleanliness—specifically, a small tub that went up to Isen’s knees and a pail of water. A block of soap and a sponge lay on a ston...
2024-01-31 05:47:49 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 24. Talis
The guard’s grasp on the common language was much better than the scout’s, nearing native fluency. After Isen introduced himself, the man gestured for Isen to follow him ahead of the procession...
2024-01-28 21:36:32 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 23. The Caravan
Isen leapt up and formed a ball of energy in his left hand, holding off from bearing the dagger. He still didn’t see the adversary, but that didn’t mean anything. There were many places a perso...
2024-01-27 20:40:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 365. His First Teacher
Ian and Euryphel stood within the rib cage of the bone wyrm. Euryphel’s elementalism kept the wind still in the chamber, ensuring that their hair and clothes remained unruffled.
“Much eas...
2024-01-27 07:01:42 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 22. The Settlement
After coming upon a small river, Isen had followed it upstream to a rockier ground that steadily sloped up into an imposing chain of mountains covered in a mix of evergreen firs and the same trees ...
2024-01-25 07:49:13 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 21. Through the Forest
Isen knew he wasn’t on the Twining. Where he’d emerged was a dense forest, the first he’d ever seen. It was so different from the scrub and brush. The polished sapphire of the sky stretched e...
2024-01-22 01:58:13 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 20. The Spire’s End
[ ty for the love morcant & lilith :3 double chap for you! ]
Isen shuddered and curled in on himself. He felt so cold. The depths weren’t warm, but his tempered body could withstand the...
2024-01-21 04:15:36 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 19. An Endless Climb
Isen stood back on the roof of the dark fortress, his gaze fixed on the column of dark stone that jutted far up into the lightless murk. It was unlike any structure he had ever seen, like someone h...
2024-01-21 01:27:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 364. Unidentified Object
“You’re not worried about Maria at all, even now?” Euryphel asked, his hands clasped behind his back. Before Ian’s return, even that much would have caused him pain. Now... He was more cert...
2024-01-20 07:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 18. Legacy’s Burden
When the walls converged, Isen wasn’t crushed. Instead, he felt something filling him from the inside, seeping into his core and racing through his meridians, then saturating his flesh. He was po...
2024-01-19 21:01:21 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 17. The Sentinel
[ Currently leaning towards Severed Divinity as the title... but still very open to suggestions. ]
Isen awoke in a room filled with brilliant light. He was stunned to realize he could see at ...
2024-01-15 02:00:47 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 16. The Statue
The shadowy danger still lurked outside of the statue, but the opportunity Isen sensed was undiminished. He mulled over the words of the mural: You are a light in the darkness. Dramatic bu...
2024-01-11 02:40:29 +0000 UTC View Post[The Twining] 15. The Mural
Hey guys, you might recall that The Twining is just a working title. Two others I was brainstorming are "Severed Divinity" and "Remnants of Ascension". This is an example of a cover with one of the...
2024-01-06 20:07:53 +0000 UTC View Post