47. Basil - Elven Dirge
Chapter 47
Elven Dirge
We heard them before we saw them, a sharp, trilling bird call, which perked the pointed ears of...
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46. Hull - Night Work
Chapter 46
NIght Work
The Orc’s head came right off under the force of my Vampiric Blade, making only the faintest wh...
2024-10-20 01:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post45. Basil - Engagement
Chapter 45
Engagement
The late afternoon was cool with a bone-seeping dampness that made me shiver. I knew the reaction...
2024-10-16 03:49:11 +0000 UTC View Post44. Hull - This Is War
Chapter 44
This Is War
We crept through the woods in a spread-out wedge, the elf advisor Qi’shen taking point, Gale ...
2024-10-13 03:31:16 +0000 UTC View Post43. Basil - Parting Deals
Chapter 43
Parting Deals
My head was pounding as the group of us left the meeting room, General Edaine staying behind t...
2024-10-09 01:38:02 +0000 UTC View Post42. Hull - Consequences
Chapter 42
Consequences
“The force is three times as large as any the Orcs have ever brought against us, and it appea...
2024-10-05 18:55:47 +0000 UTC View Post41. Hull - Mother Dearest
Chapter 41
Mother Dearest
Mother hadn’t looked up at me yet; she was caught in the rapture of her card theft. There ...
2024-10-02 04:50:30 +0000 UTC View Post40. Basil - Escape
Chapter 40
Escape
The stairwell down was a long one, and well before I reached the bottom, the sounds I had heard earl...
2024-09-29 02:02:23 +0000 UTC View Post39. Hull - Taking Advantage
Chapter 39
Taking Advantage
Afi had said she wanted some air. I’d been around Basil and Esmi long enough to know tha...
2024-09-25 02:24:54 +0000 UTC View Post38. Basil - Wagging Tongues
Chapter 38
Wagging Tongues
Esmi managed Duke Norcobus beautifully. After we joined the pair of older nobility and gree...
2024-09-21 22:53:13 +0000 UTC View Post37. Hull - Among Friends
Chapter 37
Among Friends
“...I honestly don’t know what came over me,” Esmi was confessing. “I try very hard t...
2024-09-18 00:24:51 +0000 UTC View Post36. Basil - A Family Affair
Chapter 36
A Family Affair
“I do believe that went as badly as it possibly could have.”
Ossun had only just ...
2024-09-14 20:04:06 +0000 UTC View Post35. Hull - Down to the Nub
Chapter 35
Down to the Nub
Afi and I stared at the dwarf, our mouths hanging open. “What the hell?” I laughed. Eve...
2024-09-11 05:49:34 +0000 UTC View Post34. Basil - Challenges
Chapter 34
Challenges
The blade slid across my cheek, but like before, all I felt was the barest of pressure. At the e...
2024-09-08 02:11:13 +0000 UTC View Post33. Basil - Proper Planning
Chapter 33
Proper Planning
“You never asked to use Esmet.”
Esmi and I were walking arm-in-arm though the hal...
2024-09-04 02:46:47 +0000 UTC View Post32. Hull - An Embarrassment of Riches
Chapter 32
An Embarrassment of Riches
I tugged at the stiff black brocade vest that was doing its best to smother me a...
2024-09-01 00:54:27 +0000 UTC View Post31. Basil - What is Within
Chapter 31
What is Within
A knock sounded on my door.
I was sitting cross-legged, looking up at the small ...
2024-08-28 02:09:34 +0000 UTC View Post30. Hull - Skills and Souls
Chapter 30
Skills and Souls
I gathered up my cards and slid them back into my Mind Home as everyone swarmed the new Ai...
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28. Hull - Juggling Shards
Chapter 28
Juggling Shards
“...but Merunda said she’d wait for me next time, and she was the last holdout on Crows...
2024-08-17 23:41:07 +0000 UTC View Post27. Basil - An Audience
Chapter 27
An Audience
“The king will see you now.”
I stood up from the plush armchair I had been waiting in...
2024-08-13 20:19:31 +0000 UTC View Post26. Hull - The Gods' Game
Chapter 26
The Gods’ Game
I had my Hammer hefted and ready to bash the stupid right off Gerad’s face when suddenly ...
2024-08-11 02:31:59 +0000 UTC View Post25. Basil - We Take Those
Chapter 25
We Take Those
“You remember the plan?”
Hull looked at me like I was asking after pointless reassu...
2024-08-07 01:51:09 +0000 UTC View Post24. Hull - The Full 20
Chapter 24
The Full 20
We all filed into the Advisor’s Hall, the paladins chattering together, the elves following j...
2024-08-04 02:08:44 +0000 UTC View Post23. Basil - Old Promises
Chapter 23
Old Promises
The metal street that the smiths were on was a wide one, which I was grateful for, as it gave ...
2024-07-31 03:04:05 +0000 UTC View Post22. Hull - Breakdowns
Chapter 22
Breakdowns
I was halfway through the forest on my way to the Lows, picking my path carefully on a moonless ...
2024-07-28 00:27:47 +0000 UTC View Post21. Basil - The Grind
Chapter 21
The Grind
The next few weeks of War Camp went by faster than should have been possible, the training with ca...
2024-07-24 02:50:23 +0000 UTC View Post20. Juriss - Interlude
Chapter 20
Interlude
Juriss bowled backward through a fern so large that one of those frail stone-dwellers could have u...
2024-07-20 17:17:13 +0000 UTC View Post19. Hull - The Cost of a Card
Chapter 19
The Cost of a Card
Basil gripped me hard by the elbow as the attackers pelted toward us. “Strike first,...
2024-07-17 02:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post18. Hull - Welcome to the Lows
Chapter 18
Welcome to the Lows
I dithered and skulked around the fortification’s drainage grate for a good ten minut...
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