Let me curse! Let me curse!
Let me lay my curse
Let me hex their lives
Let me wish their death
Let me vent my hate!
They must suffer. Yes, suffer!
They must feel despair
They must dread each step
They must fear and quake
They must reap their grain
They have taken from me
All I have. All I’ve given
They’ve...
2016-12-25 00:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I cry foul
Tonight I seek redress
Retribution. Revenge.
Not justice, that hollow thing
That exists as myriad interpretations
And holds no true satisfaction
What court? What Jury?
I none to choose for me
I require no judge
Who dare claim to best?
Who dares decide another’s fate?
Only two p...
2016-12-25 00:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostHeaven knows, oh heaven knows
How hard I’ve tried
How far I’ve gone
In my struggle, in my battle
To do good, to do right
To stay on the path of righteousness
To make my maker proud.
It is difficult, very difficult
This fight against the current
It is easy, very easy
To let myself be led by wave and tide
It is tempti...
2016-12-25 00:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostI’m in hell
I suffer and scream
A soundless scream
Of pain and frustration
Of sorrow and despair
For I am in hell
A miserable place
A terrible place
A horrible place
A place deserving all of them
All the bad “bles”
And I’m in it
Hell is not what you think
There’s no fire...
2016-12-25 00:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSeason’s Greetings Everyone!
This is a special announcement.
First off, Heavenward on Golden Wings will end tomorrow. That’s right, tomorrow. I will upload the remaining chapters together and we will finally draw the first book of the series: Hatchling to a close. Wow! This will be a first for me. My first complete full length novel and I’m glad to have done so...
2016-12-24 05:05:38 +0000 UTC View PostTirenael Reed surveyed the fighting platform, delighting in the chaos that had been unleashed. Below, a mighty behemoth raged. Fifteen metres tall and built sturdier than a marble obelisk, the armoured spectre tore through everything in its path, guided by nothing but dark fury. However, it wasn’t quite… there.
T...
2016-11-19 00:02:57 +0000 UTC View PostHello and good evening to you all,
I am back! Sorry for the wait. Even more sorry for disappointing you. I imagine that some of you might even be a bit angry (the abysmal rating I received in my absence and the near 90 place drop in the overall rankings on royal road made that pretty clear). I understand many have even begun to think I had abandoned the series. I'm afraid that is not happeni...
2016-11-18 22:23:51 +0000 UTC View PostI am really sorry guys. Initially, I planned to take the week off so I could focus on my interim exams. Given the number (4) I had last week I knew that there was no way I could write and study at the same time. Not if I wanted to do either to any appreciable degree. So I made my announcement and did so but now I am hear to ask for an extension on my leave.
Not for too long. Just one extra day. ...
2016-10-23 16:57:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello, I would like to beg your indulgence. Midterms are beginning and I would not be able to post any chapters next week. I had hoped to be able to complete Book One before they begun but unfortunately things aren’t going as planned. Just one more week and we’d have been done. If I could, I’d push through but I’m worried that I haven’t been studying enough as is. I hope you understand.<...
2016-10-14 23:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostI lost. I lost so shamefully.
Those were the words that kept echoing in Valerian’s head. He was still in shock. When the referee called the match, he meekly went home, ignoring all of the platitudes that were offered him by his family and well-wishers. He just walked into his room and sat on his bed, unable to come to gr...
2016-10-12 23:34:04 +0000 UTC View PostIgnoring the reactions of the crowd, the Viscount begun to speak again. “What you see before you is a sign of new growth. Thus far, the changes have been varied and without set form, making it clear that this is just the beginning and that there’s more to come.
“Despite our efforts, none of us have been able to pred...
2016-10-09 23:28:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe finals were to begin. The Zebre was nearing its end. Every category had completed its group stages and now all that was left was to discover the true winners. The best combatants and their respective rankings. The day before the runner ups from the various groups had met for a final clash to determine the fifth seats. A...
2016-10-07 23:36:28 +0000 UTC View PostThe judges of the Zebre were a queer sort. They were all ancient. None was below three hundred and seventy years old. True, very few had beards but you don’t really need a beard to be old and the other one’s overly long moustache pretty much doubled as one.
They were all powerful cultivators. The weakest was a...
2016-10-05 23:26:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe wind swirled without warning causing everyone to look up. They didn’t have to look far. The commotion was happening only fifty metres above the fighting platform. The more essence sensitive had a slight edge over their contemporaries. They could sense the ridiculous amounts of arcane energy that was directing the events...
2016-10-02 21:40:10 +0000 UTC View PostA few thousand years ago there were no DriftClouds. At the very least, their line had not been established yet. However, a young mercenary would make a discovery in the forgotten ruins of an ancient cultivators’ sect and in doing so, open the doors to becoming one of the major powers in the region.
What he discovered w...
2016-10-01 00:24:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe next couple of days were very quiet and awkward in the magistrate’s household. Valerian tried not to pay it too much attention. He was still a contestant in the Zebre and there was only one more match before the finals - his. He had no time for other matters.
For the best chance of getting into the next stage, he ...
2016-09-30 00:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post“I never thought you would disappoint me as much as you have right now, Valerian”, his grandfather told him. “Did you honestly think I would never find out?”
Valerian just looked at him refusing to reply. Richard and the others had already disappeared into the night. None wanted to face the angry, claiming to be disap...
2016-09-29 00:40:17 +0000 UTC View PostBlake came spinning at a surprised Valerian. However, Valerian did not remain stunned for long. Collecting himself, he raised his mace as if about to cast a spell but at the last second he leapt to the side instead. Tornado Blake turned and followed causing a smile to appear on Valerian’s face.
He raised his mace again and t...
2016-09-25 21:11:19 +0000 UTC View PostIn a special, roofless viewers' box in the Steelborn Arena.
William Steelborn, Viscount of Cragsveil, turned to his brother. “So that is Valan’s boy!” “Not what I expected.”
James glanced away from the fighting platform to look at his brother. “I know. Much more interesting”.
Together...
2016-09-23 19:58:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe Steelborn Arena. Roland’s Bowl. The Home of Champions. The lure of the city. It had many titles, all of them true epithets to its greatness. Commissioned by the former viscount, Roland Steelborn, it was perhaps the grandest structure in the entire city. The most renowned of its kind in two counties. Not surprising,...
2016-09-21 20:00:38 +0000 UTC View PostCragsveil was charged with energy. The entire viscounty was filled with a certain joy and spirit. The Zebre had come. The Zebre is a festival held once a year over a two week period in pretty much every town or city of the plains folk. In the eye of most, it is one of the most important festivals, second only to the harvest festiva...
2016-09-14 19:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Veldt were one of the old noble clans of the dales. In fact, they held a barony in Cragsveil. However they had never been satisfied with that and thus they conspired for the viscounty. It took years of planning but they finally succeeded in making the previous peer look unsuitable for his position.
Luckily the viscou...
2016-09-14 19:19:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised HoGW is back. After some discussion, we have come to the conclusion that we can keep up the current schedule and volume. You'll still get three chapter a week and still on the stated days. However, the Tuesday release will happen around 10 am GMT instead 4 pm. If you wish same for the other days let me know in the comments section.
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2016-09-12 21:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostImportant Notice:
For the last two months I have been delivering to you three chapters a week on a regular schedule. One I have strictly adhered to and with the exception of “The Missing sinisterSonnet Episode”, one I have never missed. Nonetheless, today, I’m here to tell that I will be taking the week off.
I am sorry but there will be no uploads this week. The reas...
2016-09-05 00:48:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe names inscribed here belong to those whose greatness and generosity know no bounds.
Those who shower us with benediction.
Those whose valiant efforts support us and our work.
Whose endeavours encourage us.
Whose labours keep our eyes, our pens and our fingers from faltering.
They are our Defenders, Heroes, Champions, Patrons.
<... 2016-09-01 17:54:54 +0000 UTC View PostHenry Steelborn was a guard. The kind that stood in front of gates and walls to act as extra security. One might think that it was a lowly occupation for someone bearing the Steelborn name but even Steelborns need guards and his responsibility was many times greater than the average one. He watched over the inner area of the clan c...
2016-09-01 17:46:47 +0000 UTC View PostHURRAY! Glad tidings everyone! Today I am honoured to announce that we have Patrons. Allow me to introduce Dave and Stone Rose "Le Chef". They have been immortalised in The Hall of Heroes but I'd like all of you to join me in thanking them again.
“This ... this ... this is unbelievable!” Valan managed to articulate.
... 2016-08-31 20:20:08 +0000 UTC View PostMarcus was up before the sun. In fact, he hadn't slept. Today was too important for sleep. He was too excited. The only other time he'd been this excited was when he was to have his prospects tested at the Graybar temple. That was a let-down. Then again, they hadn't expected anything much.
This was different. There was no dread congealing in the pit of his belly and no nervousness cloying u...
Valerian woke up submerged in fluid. His eyes were large and greatly adapted to the depth and he breathed easily despite being underwater. But wait ... he was moving. It took a while before he realised he wasn't the one moving. Well, he was and he wasn't.
He wasn't in control of his body. He was just a passenger. ...
2016-08-28 18:09:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe tellurian practitioner tier is the first and the most basic one in the earthly cultivation path. It is the foundation on which everything else is built. Until a person has completed it he or she isn't qualified to call him or herself a tellurian practitioner. Hence the title true practitioner. Till then he or she is still a m...
2016-08-27 17:46:27 +0000 UTC View Post