"Sure, it's the first time we did it all in a few days," Greldo grunted in agreement. "But its for a good cause!"
Besides, he thought, looking at his left hand, now filled with three...
2025-05-25 18:30:31 +0000 UTC View Post"Good," Ambraz said as he smiled at his first Progeny.
She didn't start swamping him with questions or seem annoying or entitled, as he knew some Progeny felt right at the start.
Sh...
2025-05-24 18:39:53 +0000 UTC View PostHe'd been with his friend for decades now, no more apart than short stints. The idea that Greldo would be out alone somehow bothered him. Not that he would really be alone. Dahlia had immediately s...
2025-05-23 17:50:25 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin stood beside Daubutim with his arms crossed as they watched Jolnir and Sira examine one of the infected guards: a young woman with short dark hair and a small, jagged scar on her chin.
...
2025-05-18 18:45:13 +0000 UTC View Post"So, do you understand?" Irwin asked, standing beside Jolnir.
"I do," the healer said, his eyes darting to the giant smithy building as they had for the last five minutes. "Sira…"
"Do...
2025-05-17 12:56:44 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin brought his hammer down on the final card, and a few moments later, the yellow border flickered and turned before settling into a verdant green.
"And that's six," Ambraz grunted. "Not b...
2025-05-16 16:38:38 +0000 UTC View PostImages of the horrors of the plague, the thing they still hadn't managed to find a cure for, played through Irwin's mind.
Did these attackers have something to do with it?
Why...
2025-05-11 19:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostIf we get this thing back, we need to have Mikarl take a look, he thought, the image of the man with his slowly healing hands flickering through his mind.
He landed on the deck so ha...
2025-05-10 20:06:09 +0000 UTC View PostAmbraz roared as he slammed into the barrier around the ship, feeling it weaken.
"Break," he growled as he flung himself back, then at the ship's barrier again.
The beings on the ship d...
2025-05-09 17:43:12 +0000 UTC View PostBasil gazed at the pink-haired woman, trying to determine if she was lying. It didn't look like it. He'd been in plenty of battles, and the combination of weary surrender in her eyes and the fact t...
2025-05-04 19:11:54 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin hummed happily as he felt the final part of the card come together. Because of Ambraz's warnings, he'd worried initially, afraid it would be something horribly difficult.
It hadn't been...
2025-05-03 19:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post"So you all agree with Irwin's logic?" Lord Bron asked.
Irwin looked around the room, and he saw the four other smiths, Trimdir, Dahlia, Montain, and Esther, deep in thought. The non-smiths t...
2025-05-02 18:02:28 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin looked at the two Yuurindi, one he'd known for almost as long as he could remember. He could see and sense that Rindiri was out of sorts. Her square pupils were constantly dilating as she loo...
2025-04-27 18:16:16 +0000 UTC View PostRindiri walked through the small town, smiling at the things she saw.
A dozen of her people stood on the edge of the town, discussing the proper alignment of their three homes so they would f...
2025-04-26 18:47:03 +0000 UTC View PostGreldo stretched himself, looking around the small bedroom. A contented sigh came from his lips.
"So… any idea whose bedroom this is?" he asked as he looked at the woman lying against him.&...
2025-04-25 16:19:37 +0000 UTC View PostScariander hummed as he felt the presence of the ancient one's offspring pass over him. One of the calves was prodding him in his side to get his attention, sending a barrage of questions in the fo...
2025-04-20 20:26:42 +0000 UTC View PostTrimdir ran.
He couldn't remember the last time he had, and he could fully understand the startled cries as he raced into Basil's keep.
"He won't be leaving or anything," Cl...
2025-04-19 18:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostDaubutim shot up from his seated position, his natural calm shattered as he stared in wide-eyed disbelief at Lisbeth. It lasted for only a moment before he let out a calm sigh.
"So… he is b...
2025-04-18 16:29:20 +0000 UTC View PostAnnoying bastards, Greldo thought as he moved along the length of the portal gallery branch, searching for a place with less of the Oculithar. Some areas had far fewer of them, but there w...
2025-04-13 18:37:15 +0000 UTC View Post"Sixteen…" Pelin grunted as he struck the metal before him.
The resonance he felt with his cards was still far from perfect, but he knew he was going to beat the record and retake the numb...
Pelin stood at the window of his small room, staring out over the town at the only ship still hovering in the air, high above. It was the ship of the plague, as most people had begun to call it: th...
2025-04-11 16:55:26 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin felt the horrid headache fade away as his soulscape recovered. It was a slow process, and half a day after he'd begun his journey on the back of the Chaos Whale, the pain was still enough to ...
2025-04-06 18:15:53 +0000 UTC View PostGreldo gnashed his teeth as he paced the deck of the Nocturna. He kept glancing at Irwin, propped with his back against the mast, right where he'd put him. Eyes closed, and breathing calmly, his fr...
2025-04-05 20:13:39 +0000 UTC View PostPellin stared at the gigantic smith and captain, wondering if he was sure about what he'd just asked.
He wasn't the only one, it seemed.
"Uh… Captain? Are you sure you want us to use ...
2025-04-04 17:36:58 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor note: The first bit of this chapter was the old final bit from chapter 404. But because that was closing in on 7000 words I had to move it out after the edits. It has also changed, but still...
2025-03-30 19:54:38 +0000 UTC View PostSo, it took way longer than I'd expected, but I'm actually pretty happy I went back to these chapters. So, a quick explanation
I have moved a small bit from chapter 399 into what is now chap...
Irwin took a step back, staring excitedly at the card that slowly crystallized on Ambraz's back. The quartz border shimmered before setting, and he knew it was a success.
"It worked," h...
2025-03-29 21:58:34 +0000 UTC View PostScintilla looked at her daughter, not sure if she scolded her or not. Then she looked up at the Chaos Whales, and she knew it wouldn't matter if she did. They had listened to her daughter's call an...
2025-03-29 21:53:28 +0000 UTC View Post"Heatmom!"
Scintilla groaned as she rolled over, almost wanting to push some sand in her ears. Couldn't they just let her sleep for-
"Mom, heatmom! You have to see what Mia and Flux did...
2025-03-29 21:51:32 +0000 UTC View PostIrwin had only a faint idea of the shocks their departure had caused, and he had his own trouble to take care of.
He glared at the young boy, filthy and with matted hair, staring back at him ...
2025-03-29 21:48:46 +0000 UTC View Post