3. Hull - Grudge
Chapter 3
Grudge
“When I saw the smoke, I had to come back,” Harker said. “It wasn’t even a question.” She sourly eyed the pack of summon...
2025-05-10 21:59:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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2. Basil - A Dark Path
Chapter 2
A Dark Path
My steps were leaden and my face drawn as I followed the lich through the once bright home of the Sun King. The hal...
2025-05-10 21:58:46 +0000 UTC View Post1. Hull - The Fight for the Lows
Chapter 1
The Fight for the Lows
“You stay here and double yourself like there’s a fire under your ass,” I told Yveda. “Whatever comes ...
2025-05-10 21:57:51 +0000 UTC View PostB3: 0. Xemris - Breaking Down
NOTE: Aaaaaand we're back! Thank you all who stuck with me through this lengthy hiatus -- you're the real deal, all of you. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your patience and support. Now we've got a straight shot through book 3. Welcome back! Tell your friends!!
Prologue
Bre...
2025-05-10 21:56:03 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 10. Basil - Today's the Day
Chapter 10
Today’s the Day
Basil, Duelist-Scholar
Living Soul
Uncommon
Perfect card memory
By the time I joined my family for an early breakfast I had slept perhaps an hour in total, a few snatc...
2025-03-08 18:21:16 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 9. Hull - Rock and a Card Place
Chapter 9
Rock and a Card Place
Hull, Street Urchin
Living Soul
Unknown Rarity
Unknown Abilities
My running feet took me back toward the Merchant District, where I could see a smear of greasy smoke ...
2025-03-08 18:19:16 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 8. Hull - Jokes Should Be Funny
Chapter 8
Jokes Should Be Funny
Hull, Street Urchin
Living Soul
Unknown Rarity
Unknown Abilities
My feet started sizzling the second I crossed the threshold. I bit down on my tongue and threw myself...
2025-03-08 18:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 7. Hull - A Bad Idea
Chapter 7
A Bad Idea
Hull, Street Urchin
Living Soul
Unknown Rarity
Unknown Abilities
Life on the streets had not made me good at complex planning. My usual way of solving a problem was to hit it an...
2025-03-08 18:14:05 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 6. Basil - Cards by Candlelight
Chapter 6
Cards by Candlelight
Basil, Duelist-Scholar
Living Soul
Uncommon
Perfect card memory
After collecting my wayward Headsman – who had ended up in the pantry of all places – I spent the r...
2025-03-08 18:11:52 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 5. Hull - Precious
Chapter 5
Precious
Hull, Street Urchin
Living Soul
Unknown Rarity
Unknown Abilities
Skop kept a tight hand on my elbow all the way to Hook Street. His grip was hard and he wasn’t shy about using i...
2025-03-08 18:07:52 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 4. Basil - Reacquaintance
Chapter 4
Reacquaintance
Basil, Duelist-Scholar
Living Soul
Uncommon
Perfect card memory
I sprinted so quickly anyone could have been forgiven for thinking I’d challenged Randel to a race, never m...
2025-03-08 18:02:46 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 3. Basil - Fighting the Future
Chapter 3
Fighting the Future
Basil, Duelist-Scholar
Living Soul
Uncommon
Perfect card memory
“If you can’t beat me, you have no hope in the Rising Stars Tournament, Basil. It’s a fact, boy, s...
2025-03-08 17:55:38 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 2. Hull - Big Man
Chapter 2
Big Man
Hull, Street Urchin
Living Soul
Unknown Rarity
Unknown Abilities
It wasn’t until I was sprinting toward them that I caught a good glimpse of their faces, and on any other day wha...
2025-03-08 17:54:07 +0000 UTC View PostB1 Edits: 1. Hull - A Lost Soul
Note: Okay, friends, I'm dropping some of my edited chapters from book 1! I hope you enjoy this new, polished version.
You'll notice immediately that my beautiful, beautiful card images are gone. I hate this as much as you do. The unfortunate truth -- and anybody who has picked up the physical version of Demon Card Enforcer knows it already -- is that Amazon doesn't pl...
2025-03-08 17:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate - Feb 19, 2025
Hello, my fellow card junkies! I wanted to check in with everyone and let you know where things stand. I've been hard at work editing book 1, and I'm blown away by both the amount and quality of constructive feedback I've received from comments on here, on Royal Road, and from our Discord community. I've been taking it all to heart and am making the edited version of the book the best it can po...
2025-02-19 21:06:56 +0000 UTC View PostAnnouncement, Dec 7
Hey friends and card fiends,
Here we are at the end of book 2. Thanks for sticking with me all this time! I wanted to throw out a couple of announcements in the wake of the book's ending.
I went straight from book 1 into book 2, and boy, do my bones feel it. I started posting Source & Soul 13 months ago, and I haven't missed a Tuesday or Saturday since, if I recall correctly. I...
2024-12-08 00:14:55 +0000 UTC View Post60. Kobold Whisperer - Remember
Chapter 60
Remember
The young woman blinked, scanning the room around herself with a furrowed brow. She stood in an entry hall of what...
2024-12-07 23:55:54 +0000 UTC View Post59. Basil - Closing Doors
Chapter 59
Closing Doors
It didn’t take long for me to discover that the lich’s deck was designed to slowly grind me into submissi...
2024-12-04 04:20:36 +0000 UTC View Post58. Hull - Who You Really Are
Chapter 58
Who You Really Are
I stared at the charred husk of my father where it lay, pathetic and powerless in the crater made when t...
2024-11-30 23:39:46 +0000 UTC View Post57. Basil - Impossible Odds
Chapter 57
Impossible Odds
The massive, Twins-made coliseum disintegrated as our King fell, the chairs and low walls turning back into...
2024-11-27 03:54:15 +0000 UTC View Post56. Hull - Apotheosis
Chapter 56
Apotheosis
Dear old Dad hung there in the sky looking like some god of judgment. Gone was the feckless, self-centered royal I...
2024-11-24 02:37:39 +0000 UTC View Post55. Basil - Upstream
Chapter 55
Upstream
I ran through the streets of Treledyne, feeling as if it was a place foreign to me. A smoky haze permeated the air, ...
2024-11-20 03:19:55 +0000 UTC View Post54. Hull - The Thick of It
Chapter 54
The Thick of It
I surged through the chaos in a haze that was somehow both focused and almost free of thought. I was sweati...
2024-11-17 01:07:52 +0000 UTC View Post53. Basil - Foolish or Wise
Chapter 53
Foolish or Wise
The place Azure took me to looked like a regular counting house with a painted sign of st...
2024-11-13 02:03:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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52. Hull - Defender on the Wall
Chapter 52
Defender on the Wall
“I won’t do it,” the demon said.
“You will,” I told him, keeping my voice level.
...
2024-11-10 00:21:54 +0000 UTC View Post51. Basil - Retreat
Chapter 51
Retreat
Walking the streets of Treledyne again I had thought would give me immeasurable relief, but it turn...
2024-11-06 02:05:04 +0000 UTC View Post50. Hull - Brothers
Chapter 50
Brothers
We were in deep shit, and I knew it. I ignored the fact and swung my Vampiric Blade through anot...
2024-11-03 03:05:34 +0000 UTC View Post49. Basil - Brothers
Chapter 49
Brothers
Riding on the back of Gale’s Mythic Griffin as it shot through the sky was like nothing I had exp...
2024-10-30 02:14:44 +0000 UTC View Post48. Juriss - Tricks
Chapter 48
Tricks
The shallow depression of earth was hot and damp beneath the salvaged tent cloth, made only moreso b...
2024-10-27 03:56:48 +0000 UTC View Post