Child of Aidon

SND [1] Hatched

The inferno raged all around the man in a deadly dance of destruction. There amongst the hellscape was a reflection of chaos, his senses nearly overwhelmed by the haunting wailes of a kingdom’s final death throes. Flames so tall they licked the heavens, scorching tongues reverberated with the cacophony only war could bring. A thousand screams, a thousand lives lost and a thousand more.

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Book One 2nd Edition

While we go through Book 2, I am also working on the full novelization of Book 1. Think of it as a second draft or second edition. The new draft will start now and begin from the beginning. There will be changes to the story, new chapters, new characters, scenes, and dialogue. Some changes will be very significant, while others will be small.

This was always going to be the case with the ...

WM [29] Broken Jaw

Joha ended up having to relay everything that Bjorn had told them to the council. Tanisha was too upset to deal with their foolishness. She and Bjorn walked out of the council’s meeting room and sat in the lobby. Tanisha’s mood finally transitioned from white hot rage, to slightly less hot anger, to lukewarm semering outrage over the course of her waiting in the lobby.

She sat on the...

WM [28] Snake In The Grass

Bjorn had to run as fast as he could around the forest fire that was raging on from his Plague Fire breath. He could put the fire out but it was all or nothing. The white flames that coursed with aetheric energy was the reason that the monsters were flooding the druid camp. It just so happened that the camp was in the direct path to the flames. He didn’t know how long he had run for before he...

WM [27] If We’re Lucky, They’ll Kill Each Other

Bjorn continued to follow the parameter of the druid’s barrier. The parameter was marked with trees and bushes, and now that he was amongst them, he could make out the faintest hint of magic. From the outside of the barrier, everything inside was just more dark forest. From the inside, looking out, one could see the forest beyond as it was. Once he was a good enough distance from the point he...

WM [26] Deranged Howlings

“Bjorn Duck-duck-duck!” Failsafe yelled. 

Bjorn dove to the ground as arrows flew through where he had been a moment before. The arrows tore through trees and detonated anything they hit on impact. It wasn’t from an explosive but the sheer force behind each arrow. Bjorn wasn’t still for long as he had to keep moving. He couldn’t run; his body was full of wounds and burns, a...

WM [25] He didn’t get far

There was a cold breeze in the air in the town. The guards were on full patrol now that skinwalker was confirmed to have infiltrated the settlement. Monster hunters were being called in from the Jackrabbits’ camp to bolster the patrols. From atop the roof of the building, guards down were muted. Tanisha felt the terror and fear Bjorn was going through and knew, without a shadow of a doubt, no...

WM [24] Fire Was Still Fire

Bjorn looked up at the sky, or at least what he could see between the dense canopy. It looked like it was about time to return to the city. There was the last of his hunt’s hands to collect; he found and killed thirteen of the crawling stalkers, which was more than enough to finally return home. This contract was only ten, so there should be some bonus that would surely make up for him showin...

WM [23] Abomination

The skinwalker was confused, never before had its prey been able to fight back before it was able to subdue them. Hunting was as much a game to it as it was a means to feed itself. Yet now it was hurt more than it had ever been and its food and more importantly new skin was the cause. It was furious, but what little remained of its reason told it this was not a fight it wanted, especially with ...

WM [22] Wendigo Nightmare

There was only a few more hours of sun as Tanisha submerged the sixth blue steel ingot into the basin. So far, she had not successfully infused any of the ingots and her continuous failures were weighing on her. The problem came from her control of the ambient mana after she placed an ingot in the basin. She could hold the mana stable for a few minutes but not the hour or so she would need. The...

WM [21] Bad Vibes

There was an nearly electric excitement in the air as Tanisha opened the storage crate containing the items she would need to perform the cold infusion. First, and also the largest tool, was the infusion basin and its stand. The item would have cost her a small fortune as it is usually purchased by alchemy companies not a single traveling alchemist.

Her infusion basin was smaller than an ...

WM [20] Werewolves

The forest was alive with various birdsongs. Not much had happened so far on Bjorn’s solo hunting trip. The hydra had a brand new carrying harness which he very much liked. It had some metal plates which offered limited protection to his belly which was by far his most vulnerable area, as the scales there were the thinnest and most flexible.

The harness was primarily used for its storag...

WM [19] Here to Sell

Isin’s life shattered around him as he saw his mothers body collapse to the ground. White flames engulfed what remained of the woman, the aetheric heat reducing her to ash in mere moments. Bazaath didn’t look at Isin even though he called out his name. Instead the Angel turned to face the other Angels high in the sky and kneeled.

“It is done as you have asked Grand General,” Bazaa...

WM [18] Return To Your Lodging

The bar was closed, but people came in and went on official business since it was also the administration building. Ashley was in the middle of updating the monster hunting contract board which had grown sparse over the past few weeks. The scarcity of good contracts was the reason so many people joined the subjugation party of the armored chrysalis. 

A small crowd had formed while sh...

WM [17] A Forest Jaunt

It was about mid day before Bjorn noticed an unusual smell in the air. It smelled like mana but also wrong, he didn’t have the words to describe the feeling other than a wound in the mana of the world. The iron tang of blood soon followed and he could tell they were coming up on something. Bjorn and the rest of them were upwind of whatever was ahead of them so he didn’t sense the creatures ...

WM [16] Why Does Everyone Know?

Alfred led Tanisha and Bjorn through the camp, the man walking with a jovial pep to his step. It was far livelier now as people were preparing for hunts. A large group of monster hunters gathered at the gate for a joint raid.

“What’s going on over there?” Tanisha asked.

Alfred spun around to look at what she was talking about. “Oh, that, there was an armored chrysalis spotte...

WM [15] Good Time To Be Alive

Tanisha led the way inside the building. Eyes of a dozen people followed her and Bjorn as she took in the atmosphere. It looked more like a bar than a headquarters for Jackrabbits, as she had been told. She quickly looked around for Alfred, but someone stepped out in front of her.

“Anything I can help you with, sweetheart?” A gruff man said. “I would be more than happy to take a req...

WM [14] Help When Needed

There was a small monster-hunting group in the town. They would clear monsters in the area and sell the carcasses. Monsters were uniquely different from normal animals, even magic beasts. Monsters were not natural; they came from the corrupted lands, places of such high ambient magic that the landscape was in constant flux.

Yuhia had no corrupted land, but plenty was outside the kingdom�...

WM [13] Knives Are Not Wands

“How about this? I will do a bundle just for you,” Tanisha said with an award-winning smile. “Since you need the draught of strength too. I will do it all for two and a half silver. You won’t get that deal anywhere else.”

“Two and a quarter,” a night-hand wendigo man said.

Tanisha had been haggling with this man for a while. He was trying to be a tough sell, but this w...

WM [12] A Hunting Excursion

The journey had been slow as the past few days were spent traveling the countryside. There were a few small villages they had to pass through, but most of the journey was spent on the road. Bjorn decided, since he could always sense where Tanisha was at all times, he would go hunting during the day while they traveled in the slow-moving convoy.

They would need the meat for the journey, an...

WM [11] The Coming of The Greater Wendigo

Thorfinn didn’t attend the going away party for the demons. He was busy cataloging the events of the battle with his magic. There was a limit to how far back in time he could see before the past became fuzzy for lack of a better word. He was running himself magically ragged, trying to make sure he recorded everything that happened and journaled it appropriately for the First Princess’ revie...

WM [10] Final Days

Things around the palace were hectic for those in charge as the new administration had to reorganize how the city and domain would be run. Tanisha wasn’t a part of any of those meetings or decisions, but the maids and servants loved to gossip. The Tujewli Family would split, and the heir and his wife would start a new noble lineage. Soon, the domain would be the Jewel Domain under the brand-n...

WM [9] Confrontation

True teleportation magic was a complex and highly specialized type of darkness magic. Sure, Blink and Flash Step were pretty standard for mages and material users, but those were personal short-range effects that usually moved them no more than a few yards at a time. They were extremely limited in utility outside of combat. Tanisha’s Arcane Shift was closer to actual teleportation and Blink h...

WM [8] Don’t Live In The Past

Tanisha and Joha’s requests was oddly simple from Bjorn’s perspective. Tanisha requested gold, a new wagon and horses, alchemy supplies and equipment, and a new polearm to replace the one she had lost. On the other hand, Joha wanted only one thing: for them to send a letter to his homeland for him. Joha’s request was met with silence between the two, which caused a brief deliberation betw...

WM [7] A Real Future To Fight For

Ever since Tyr found out that both of his little sisters had survived the raid, he seemed to have had a massive weight lifted off his shoulders. He had a spark in his eye that had been missing since the attack. He didn’t have long with his sisters before the First Princess took the group to a meeting room. Despite the room’s spaciousness, it felt cramped with so many of the country’s most...

WM [6] Reunion

The Fort Palace was a massive single structure in the middle of Lavi. The wall around the Fort Palace was the most magically and materially impressive of the defensive structures. Bjorn was sure he would not be able to melt through those defenses as he had done with the gatehouse to the inner city. He was also sure he couldn’t have destroyed one of the inner city gatehouses fully closed and h...

WM [5] One Exception

The Isi were finally safe by the order of the First Princess. Tyr and all the members of the Isi survivors were taken into protective custody. They were kept out of the central city and lodged in one of the many inns in a demilune town. The proprietors were shocked that what, to them, were VIPs of the royal family were staying in their small establishment.

“We will take all of your room...

WM [4] All Hail

The group broke free of the alley as Viggo’s roar echoed throughout the outer city. More people were on this street than the last, so the swerving intensified. Thorfinn squeezed between other vehicles and drove on the sidewalk, with near misses every few seconds.

The feeling of whatever magic was used to clear the other road intensified, causing people to flee this street en masse. The ...

WM [3] Man of The People

There was an explosion of motion as the people once again prepared to move. Children were loaded into Tanisha’s wagon. The wooden merchant’s wagon had seen better days; the escape from the inner city had left it blackened from spells. Owen’s horses pulled the wagon, and until Thorfinn showed up, they could only move it at night. This time, they were making a mad dash to the closest gate.<...

WM [2] We Do Not Bow

The room was momentarily silent as everyone processed that they were being tracked even faster. Tanisha knew an adequate tracker could find them, but if they had that kind of person, why would Loki use his constructs to such an extremes? They knew that dozens of the constructs secretly marched around the city.

“Do you have any idea who it was?” Tyr asked. “My people have had to move...