Hello, everyone! It’s been a week. By now, you know something’s happened and yes, it has to do with the trip to my dad’s. What did though? Well…
I’m getting a job!
Yeah. It’s my choice if you’re wondering (though my parents think it is a great one). Let’s face facts, I’m not a student anymore and at 22, I can no long...
2017-08-27 02:45:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Reynard ended up commissioning five rooms at 2 gold sovereigns each, an unimaginable sum. Valerian hadn't thought that he'd be earning such a bulk sum for his first commission. He ended up giving his new client a discount to bring the price down to 100 sovereigns. Thus, Valerian was hard at work for the next few day...
2017-08-27 02:42:48 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Major's Atakoma's class was done, the cadets left for their barracks with heads laden with thoughts and questions. Forging their own paths? What did that even mean? Many of them had merely gone according to the instructions of their methods and teachers to get to where they were today. Now they were to break away? For those who...
2017-08-16 02:26:44 +0000 UTC View Post
"Welcome!" Major Atakoma said dispassionately as the door into the lecture room shut.
He appeared completely ignorant of the tension in the room or the fact that two of the teams were separated by as much distance as they could put between them. It was like he couldn't see the glares they shot each other or the fact ...
2017-08-16 00:24:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Valerian's qi began pulsing like mad and in response, his body began to change. His hair became feathery bristles, spikes grew from multiple joints and huge translucent golden wings burst from his back. Before Gigne could express his shock at the unexpected form, Valerian was already on the move, his [Rending T...
2017-08-16 00:22:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Gigne landed on the platform, taking the place Fallenwood was vacating. Straightening his knees after landing, the gold armoured two-metre tall elite swaggered over so that only a few yards separated them. Valerian watched him warily. The dark skinned, bushy haired tellurian was the removed, cocky sort. He rarely spoke...
2017-08-16 00:16:25 +0000 UTC View Post
It looked logical and simple, didn't it? Valerian had kicked Fallenwood and his friends off his squad. Now, Fallenwood had seized this chance to challenge him. Mayhaps for revenge or to assuage his honour. Too bad the entire thing was scripted. Valerian found himself annoyed beyond measure that Clearcrest would reso...
2017-08-16 00:14:02 +0000 UTC View Post
The training field allotted for use by Platoon Nine was no simple thing. It had a large paved yard for formation drills, a range with many targets set up for target practice and several raised platforms for duels and combat practice. The range was unique in that every target was either man or beast shaped whilst each f...
2017-08-16 00:10:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It was exactly seven in the morning. Rembrandt closed the tome he was browsing and stood up. Walking out from behind his desk, he scanned the seats in the lecture room he was to take and noted that all fifty-three cadets were present. He nodded in satisfaction. However, this was only their first lesson, first in Strapping's even. H...
2017-08-16 00:05:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Strapping's orientation was interesting. Besides being shown around the centre, learning which places they had access to and which places they shouldn't even think of visiting, there was a lot of studying of rules and regulations. Strappings was run like a military installation and they were actually lucky that they had someone to educa...
2017-08-16 00:02:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Valerian had worked through most of the night and he was finally proud of what he had. The was the best arrangement he could come with for the effects he wanted. Also, he designed it to be impressive. His grandfather always said that there were two things that invoked wonder in people; mystery and awe. Simple was good for oneself but ne...
2017-08-15 23:57:37 +0000 UTC View Post
“Every cadet should try to get on a team of his choosing, with the leader he wishes!” the Chief Instructor advised the assembled cadets.
“If you are selected by a leader for a squad you do not want, you may refuse to join. However, remember that is the cadets who do not get assigned teams that will be sent to the reserves”, h...
2017-08-15 23:54:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Valerian woke up early the next morning. With nary a word, he took out a faintly humanoid object from his spatial ring. His eyes seemed to look through its cloth covering. With a smile, Valerian pulled the sheet off, unveiling his cloudsteel armour. Quickly, he drew an array and had it descend on his armour, cleaning and polishing it from hea...
2017-08-15 23:52:47 +0000 UTC View Post
"Stop!" yelled someone. "What do you think you are doing?"
Valerian ignored the voice. Having caught their attention, Valerian's finger sped up, etching five more glyphs into the air in the next second. With a flick of his fingers, they flew into the array at his feet, melding into a glyph configuration there before fading away softly...
2017-08-15 23:44:14 +0000 UTC View Post
It took a while before things settled down. Even then, people kept shooting glances over at Valerian or as they now him as; the dual force possessor. It was hard not to. He was still standing in the middle of the field with four different orbs of essence floating around him. Most had never even heard of a dual force possessor and now, here was on...
2017-08-15 23:38:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Alenwaa opened his eyes tentatively, staring through his eyelashes at the array that surrounded him. Unable to help himself, he poked one of the glyphs. Affected by the essence he laced his finger with, it wobbled. He immediately snatched his finger back as if stung. He stared at it intensely for a few seconds but it did not seem like he had d...
2017-08-15 23:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Well folks, the day is here
Our age now says one year
Let’s beat our chests and boast
Let’s raise mugs and cheer
‘Cause HoGW is one year!
We’re calling all to us dear,
We’re making noise for all to hear
We’re popping champagne
Pouring out wine and beer
‘Cause HoGW is ...
2017-07-13 18:09:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Despair. Numbness. Exhaustion. That's all they felt. Today was the end of the eighth day. Everywhere people were helping each other stumble towards the longhouses. Others just lay on the ground, chests heaving and soaked in sweat but unable to move. They'd just run the endurance course. Actually, they had never stopped.
Contrary to t...
2017-07-04 21:54:20 +0000 UTC View Post
The light of morning struck the pave stones as one by one the applicants trickled into the large assembly field. Unlike the days before, however, they came dressed for battle and armed to the teeth. Many came early, fully prepared for the trails ahead. Slowly, they took their accustomed places, choosing to stay in groups mostly made up o...
2017-07-04 21:48:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Did the title catch your eye? It should. HoGW will be one year old on the 13th of July! Of course, that's cause for celebration. I think I mentioned that I had something in the works in some of the comments. This is it. sinisterSonnet and I have been hard at work getting everything ready in time for the big day. Hence the silence. Honestly, i...
2017-07-04 21:42:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Strappings or what he had seen of it so far was not what Valerian expected. Their journey had brought them to a cluster of large hills and to a valley mouth obstructed by a massive gate. The scenery was beautiful but they were barely given any time to take in their surroundings before they were literally marched off by t...
2017-06-15 15:37:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note:
This is something new. Well, not really. It is the first time you're seeing one, though. Basically, I'm giving you a glimpse of what to expect from the published version. Each "Part" has an introduction, a snippet that encapsulates one of the primary themes of what is to come. It can be a poem, a short scene, a letter, a journal entry, etc. This...
2017-06-13 03:59:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Valerian stood still, allowing Avery to fasten the pieces of his armour. He watched as the manservant fussed about but said nothing. He understood why the man was acting this way. Strapping’s didn’t allow or make accommodation for servants of recruits. Today, master and valet would part ways. That hit Valerian harder than he would have like...
2017-06-12 23:55:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Valan Steelborn's ability to keep a party going was not as great as say his organisational skills or his writing and it paled greatly when held up to his predilection for deductive logic and his gift at dialectics. Even so, he thought it a little insulting that the party broke right when he arrived. He tried to get everyone to stay but app...
2017-06-04 19:12:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note: HoGW resumes!
HoGW resumes! Guess who's done with his undergraduate degree? It's just waiting for the results and graduation from here on out. Thanks so much for being so supportive and understanding when I needed to take time off.
Things are going to change a bit around here. To start with, weekly releases are going up to three maybe four...
2017-06-02 03:35:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Honoured ancestor, this child greets you
And comes to you with news aplenty
My name is Aganbar, titled “Earth Scourge”
Apprentice to the great Toa, foremost sage of Arzom.
Ancestor, your child has attained feats
And gone further than any other in the history of our line
A lot of this is ...
2017-04-17 03:38:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The room was dim but that was only because many of the candles had long since been extinguished. Normally, in such a situation, you'd get up and light more or even make use of the crystal lamp installed in the ceiling. The occupant of the room did no such thing. In fact, he did not seem to care, after all, with his eyesight the darkened room mi...
2017-04-16 22:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post
"I'm sorry", Valerian said, thinking he had not been clear enough. "I meant to ask, what is it made from? What does it do?"
The smith sighed but said nothing. Luckily, Jonas took this as a cue to explain.
"The mercurial orb is an ancient menhirionn creation meant to act as an arcanist's focus, weapon and protection all at onc...
2017-04-14 12:17:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note: This was to be released yesterday in accordance with the announcement I made on the twitter page. Unfortunately, I came home after mass to discover that we had no internet. I can do nothing but apologise. The last few weeks haven't been easy on me and I'd hoped to get everything back on track as well as make it up to you guys with this Easter Special but it...
2017-04-14 11:54:33 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note:
I had intended to release two chapters today on account of shutting myself in my bunker on April Fools (It's not a real holiday, there I said it). Sadly, I have a test tomorrow and need to prepare. We'll have the double release on Saturday instead.
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