A/N: Double release today - 2 of 2
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“This should be the place,” Ali said, glancing at Malika who stood beside her in the slowly dimming twilight. It was a run-down house in a poor section of Myrin’s Keep, not more than five minutes’ walk from Eliyen’s home.
“Yes, at least according to the Elves we spoke to,” Malika agreed.
It ...
2025-06-10 14:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Double release today - 1 of 2
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“These next two bosses will be harder,” Ali said, eyeing Vivian as they made their way through the uncomfortably hot excavated caverns of the Emberforge Mines, now with her own domain flowing through all its tunnels and passages. “And the final one probably will require fire resistance gear and potions. ...
2025-06-10 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a rather bizarre experience fighting her own boss, but the raid group had been counting on her providing an acolyte and a rogue. For quite some time, she had assumed that if she, as the dungeon, observed the fight, experience would be drastically reduced. However, that did not happen when the adventurers faced Naia’s monsters, and as far as she could tell, Naia had a p...
2025-06-09 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAli flew through the cloying underground jungle, struggling to hide more than a little embarrassment as she surveyed the messy expanse of her unmaintained domain. She had never fully claimed this area at the bottom of the ruins of Dal’mohra with its wildly chaotic mana and spawning pools; always too busy to devote the time to putting things in order. But now, as she headed fo...
2025-06-08 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I felt that breaking this scene into two normal length chapters would have ruined it, so you get a long chapter today. Enjoy! ---------
A/N: I felt that breaking this scene into two normal length chapters would have ruined it, so you get a long chapter today. Enjoy!
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Ali left an elated Weldin humming to himself as he arranged the pil...
2025-06-07 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAli stepped through the teleportation circle, appearing in Naia’s upper cavern in the center of the ring of Trolls she’d sent ahead. She had woken up excited to explore her new runic tattoo skill, but Ryn had delivered a message that Naia wanted to see her about something urgent. It didn’t take too long before a plop behind her signaled that Naia had arrived – Ali still...
2025-06-05 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“So how does it work?” Ali asked, attempting to lean across the cluttered book-laden table to peer at the delicate runes tattooed upon Rezan Jin’s weathered back. Eventually, she tossed decorum to the winds and levitated herself up and over the tabletop to get a closer look. It wasn’t exactly proper library etiquette, but then neither was stripping half naked to show of...
2025-06-04 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMalika glanced up from the volume of the Nine Paths she was studying to find Ali floating nearby, looking at her as if trying to decide if she should interrupt or not.
“What’s up, Ali?” she asked, smiling.
“I was wondering if I could get you to teach me some calligraphy?” Ali asked.
“Why do you want to learn that?” Malika asked. It was a skill she ...
2025-06-03 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAliandra The torrent of information and combat mastery knowledge pounding into her mind subsided as the battle drew to a close. It was a sho
The torrent of information and combat mastery knowledge pounding into her mind subsided as the battle drew to a close. It was a shock just how powerfully her domain tithe had reacted to what was just a sparring match, but Ali had ins...
2025-06-02 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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2025-06-02 13:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostTraining is the way of Ahn Khen.
- Kamari Ren, Elder of the Ahn Khen, legendary master and inheritor of the Ninefold Way: Fists of Coherent Integrity.
Mato stepped out back behind the main guild building and took in the sight of Havok’s church of Azryet. It was hardly more impressive than the first time he had seen it, but at least it now had proper s...
2025-06-01 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostRezan allowed the magic of the circle to teleport his body away. The bright sunlight and the surroundings of Kezda vanished, replaced by the quiet dimness of ancient stone and the heavy pressure of dense mana.
Aliandra’s domain. The dungeon. The quality of the domain was incomparable to that of the dungeon that had granted Sabri her class not too long ago, and...
2025-05-31 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMalika touched down lightly on the stone shelf overlooking the waterfall north of Kezda and bowed to the weather-beaten old man sitting in meditation, ignoring the light dusting of snow that was gently falling onto his bare shoulders and head.
She held her bow patiently, waiting for him to acknowledge her, calming her mind with familiar breathing exercises.
“You cam...
2025-05-29 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“I’ll crush them all,” Kieran declared, fury making his voice low and quiet as he glowered at the rubble blasted out into the street.
“You will do nothing of the sort, Kieran,” Jax said, his hard eyes piercing and uncaring as he picked his way through the debris of the partially demolished apartment and crouched down to examine the crushed and badly burnt rem...
2025-05-28 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAli stared at the pool of blood on the moss beside the shrine for a long time before she finally collected herself and deconstructed it. It had taken some time for them to get Lydia to the Temple of Lunaré and organize the proper elixirs from Eliyen, but she had finally returned to the shrine after helping to ensure that Calen’s mom was in safe hands and would be receiving t...
2025-05-27 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 2 of 2 today.
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Calen was deep in the middle of a strategy debate with today’s discussion group which consisted of Aiden, Teagan, Belmar, and Brena, when the door slammed open.
He turned to find a gasping, breathless Mieriel standing there, holding herself up by the door handle.
“Calen… Lydia… Silent Assassin, back in town. S...
2025-05-26 14:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 1 of 2 today.
These next two chapters turned out shorter than I usually like to post, but they work well together and I liked my chapter titles, so I decided to post them as a set instead of combining them into a single chapter.
Enjoy! :)
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“Aah, here it is, Hilda,” Lydia said, gesturing toward the newly renovated store in the market d...
2025-05-26 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHer body startled, jerking her awake at the strange, heavy thumping noise and the shuddering vibrations that shook the stone wall at her back. Heart pounding against her ribs, Coria sprang up into a ready crouch, her bow instantly summoned to her hand as her eyes scanned her surroundings. Nothing stirred and nothing broke the claustrophobic darkness of the ancient stone except a s...
2025-05-25 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCalen slumped to the floor as the magnitude of what he had just survived bore down on him with a weight that made his heart wrench and stutter. While there had been monsters in his sights, in the thick of things, he had been able to ignore it all and maintain a clear focus and purpose. Still, as soon as Ali’s teleportation conduit to Ciradyl had collapsed and the last of the ban...
2025-05-24 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: One of our patreon discord members discovered a bug in my Domain Mastery formula. Long story short, an extra '1-x' in my formula meant that Ali's boss costs increased as Domain Mastery got better - which is not ideal. The only impact is that the reservation costs I've spelled out whenever she makes a boss are now lower - and the difference grows as she gets stronger, but no actual plot cha...
2025-05-22 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostDefinition: Proc (noun/verb, adventurer jargon)
An ability, enchantment, or effect that has a chance to trigger from an event. For example, a sword that has an enchantment that gives it a 10% chance to do extra fire damage on hit is said to ‘proc’ fire damage. The enchantment that creates this effect is also described as a proc.
- Excerpt from The Adventurer’s G...
Those who thirst for power, beware, lest it burn you up like dragon’s fire.
- Artur Dragonsworn [The Rule of Law], Human King of Dal’mohra
The Ciradyl receiving room and the teleportation locus etched into the polished wooden floor were exactly as Ali remembered them; gorgeously crafted runes glowing with the subtle flows of circulating mana. El...
2025-05-20 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Come in.”
Calen entered the small, spartanly furnished office to find the Night Elf priestess of Lunaré sitting at the desk, working her way through a stack of paperwork with a worn quill pen. While the desk and chair were of simple craftsmanship, and the only other furniture was a low bookshelf, the mural painted on the wall behind her had been done with loving care a...
2025-05-19 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“Hi, Morwynne,” Ali called out after the entry chime faded. Her friends and her witch doctor and shaman entered behind her.
There was a muffled thump from the back, and splinters of glass and clouds of smoke billowed up from under a table. The soot-stained face of the Gnomish alchemist appeared, announced by a long and inventive sequence of dwarven profanity.
Ali pushed open the door to Thuli’s smithy and recoiled as the bedlam from within washed over her body in palpable waves of noise so loud she couldn’t even hear the entrance chime. “Whoa,” she said, hesitating on the threshold. She glanced worriedly at her companion, meeting his eye before taking a brave step forward into the antechamber.
“Seems like a spot of...
2025-05-17 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostName: Malika Yu
Race: Human
Titles: Street Rat, [Rift Warden], Savior of Aman Rak
Active Buffs: Infinite Perception, Perfect Body, Soul Armor, Enlightened Evasion, Well-fed, Warpaint, Lirasian Sage (23)
Class: Eyes of the Soul – level 100
- Martial Artist – level 49
Requires: Unarmed.
You are...
“What do you guys think?” Malika asked, mulling over the decision options.
“Damage, tank, or magic?” Calen said, offering a concise summary.
“Weapon, shield, or unarmed,” Ali offered.
“Actually, it says ‘shields’. Plural,” Calen said, quirking his eyebrow in puzzlement.
“Oh, huh... how odd is that?” Ali said.
“Two keystones,...
2025-05-15 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMato was grinning from ear to ear as he paced back and forth, discussing half a dozen ideas at once with Calen and Malika. His hands gesticulated excitedly, and it made Ali’s heart warm to see her friend so happy with the evolution of his class.
“That’s brilliant!” Mato exclaimed, slapping Malika on the back of her shoulder with enough force that Ali was sure she ...
2025-05-14 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostName: Lirasian Sage
Race: Wisp, Tree Spirit
Class: Lirasian Sage – level 23
- Passive Flight – level 23
You can fly.
Movement, Intelligence
- Lirasian Sage Aura – level 23
Mana: All allies in range gain +23% [skill] to maximum health. Range: 38.87 feet. Reser...
“What about these?” Mato asked, eyeing the two options as he tried to wrestle his delight down to the ‘let’s be cautious’ level. Both were class paths, which, according both to Ali and that grumpy old troll, were supposed to be rare. He instinctively preferred Elemental Shapeshifter because the description referenced both Azryet and Lira and all the paths he had taken so ...
2025-05-13 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post