Normally, there would be no way for anyone to enter the research facility while it was locked down. Euryphel was quite clear on that fact, given the insider intelligence provided by Orion Iucorsu. With the lockdown in place, the facility was completely closed off. It had extremely thick walls, so much so that even a peak Dark practitioner would ...
2025-02-05 07:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostFrom where he bobbed on the Illyrian Ocean’s surface, Ian focused on the rift, Euryphel’s last words echoing in his ears. Good luck... and well done. His mind was in a daze, but he compartmentalized, Beginning helping him to maintain perfect control over his own army of constructs.
He watched as one of his elite necromant...
2025-01-22 07:06:24 +0000 UTC View PostAchemiss seethed from within his pocket dimension. Within, Jenexa stood, gaze vacant as ever, while his other constructs–and most of his workshop’s contents–lay on the ground.
Achemiss didn’t know why Dunai was so confident he was inside this rift, but the man’s dogged determination had left Achemiss with little choice but to hun...
2024-12-22 01:12:43 +0000 UTC View PostMaria wasted no time. If Achemiss was in contact with a Regret practitioner as they feared and already knew she was coming, he’d naturally react if she was on the right track. She hoped he’d respond by attacking her.
As she approached the vulnerability and nothing changed, she wondered if she was up against another dead end. Ian had se...
2024-12-13 21:13:54 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
Attached is the Patreon exclusive draft version of Severed Divinity. I decided to wait until the rest of the book was done to avoid evil cliffs. You're welcome.
Eventually I will remove this posting and the attachments when I actually release Severed Divinity on RR, which I plan to do after finishing Menocht. At that point I w...
2024-12-09 06:55:20 +0000 UTC View PostIt felt like an eternity for them to descend the Lift of Legacy and land on the Compass’ roof. Despite the gravity of the situation, the tier threes paused, transfixed by the ethereal golden lake.
“Clan Head Corasin, with me,” Isen said, pointing down.
Isen dropped off the curved roof and landed before the mighty steps, taking ...
2024-11-27 04:09:08 +0000 UTC View PostThere were multiple reasons why Isen wanted to bring everyone to the defunct Lift of Legacy as soon as possible.
The first, and most obvious, was the Aranite forces in pursuit. They still didn’t know the name of Devon Aran’s second, but she’d proven to be more than anyone in their group could handle. Isen didn’t know what would hap...
2024-11-16 17:11:53 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out the rift was a Sun-aspected ethereal rift, which wasn’t the best matchup. More powerful riftbeasts had Sun affinities, significantly dulling the potency of Maria’s fire blasts. Ascendant energy added piercing power, but the monstrous worms were still huge, requiring several searing strikes to take out. Ian’s constructs still ...
2024-11-13 04:09:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Finally made it,” Allezin hissed under his breath, the ruin of Shevenar in his sights. He never thought he’d be so happy to see the town again.
It looked dreadful. Parts of the walls scorched black, the main gates torn asunder. Drayavin and monsters must have come through after they’d left to pick it all clean.
Some would pr...
2024-11-10 23:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostAchemiss will think he’s exploiting my one vulnerability–you–but in reality, when he tries to attack my soul through our connection, we’ll close it off.
Realization dawned on her face. Like we did when I went to the Sere Compound?
Yes. Pulling this off is going to take some acting on my part, though, 2024-11-09 23:47:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Achemiss hadn’t expected any visitors today.
He’d known another confrontation would come eventually, but he’d put plans in motion to ensure it happened on his own terms, where he could use his perceived vulnerability to lure Dunai into a disadvantageous position. Perhaps even using the ancient’s family against him, though Achemiss ...
2024-11-07 22:35:52 +0000 UTC View Post[ took a red eye to europe on sunday, was in recovery ]
Euryphel propped his glosspad up on his legs as he reclined on the divan in the sun room. Nothing was on the display; just a blank background.
His mind was still fried hours after the marathon coordination session beneath the palace. It had been him, Urstes, Diana, and Ge...
2024-11-05 23:52:46 +0000 UTC View PostThey were in an isolated area, one without protections set up, but Ian was fully confident in Maria’s ability to keep him safe. He pressed the button to activate Suncloud’s artifact, then fell backwards as his mind left his body.
Karanos was alone, sitting in his room in the white faction, apparently lost in thought, his dark brown eye...
2024-11-02 21:03:48 +0000 UTC View Post[ i'm entering menocht loop into the writeathon. please send good vibes so i can finish this damn book lol. i need them. ]
The twelve mannequins hovered over the workshop floor. Each was dressed in a plain, black uniform, complete with a dark mask that covered where their eyes would be, if they were human. Ian thought they looked ra...
2024-11-01 22:22:38 +0000 UTC View PostIsen had been unable to see the destruction of the upper level until they’d climbed onto Emerai and flown above the city. Even then, his eyes had barely been able to make out details. It almost looked like someone had taken an enormous plow and carved it across the sect plateau.
What had really shaken Isen were the deaths of all the civi...
2024-10-30 03:20:39 +0000 UTC View PostWelco jumped back as Yvonne’s aura licked his skin, but Isen was the main target of her ferocious, void-blade killing intent. He was bleeding all over, his one non-golden eye closed.
“Little mouse, where are the prototypes?” she purred, but the words were obviously addressed at Welco. She was staring at him, barely paying Isen a glan...
2024-10-22 04:34:33 +0000 UTC View PostWelco had two shadows on the upper level of Eldrassin city, where the sects resided on an idyllic grassy plane. Another two watched from the primary level, one near the base of the towering stairway, the other situated on the library roof, where the building’s lofty height provided an excellent vantage point.
In what almost felt like slo...
2024-10-11 17:30:33 +0000 UTC View PostIsen’s body was stiff as he jumped from Sumana Laius’s body, his cloak crinkling as he attempted to smooth its jagged folds out. The sixth sense was practically assaulting him with undulations of danger and opportunity, like the aroma of fresh-cut flowers warring with the sharp scent of cold iron, each threatening to overwhelm the other.
... 2024-10-06 04:01:12 +0000 UTC View PostWelco had lived much of his life in Eldrassin. Even though the sects were removed from the city proper, off on their own bluff, it was the only home he recognized. As a boy, the city had seemed ancient; he’d never imagined that he’d live to see its collapse. Perhaps that was why his peers were so... complacent. They just couldn’t fathom El...
2024-10-02 05:17:40 +0000 UTC View Post“That sounds... incredible,” Isen said. His expression and tone didn’t match his words. It would be incredible, if it were possible. A few days ago, he would’ve taken the Femera patriarch’s words without question, but he could no longer see him in the same light after the night in the palace.
Welco was intelligent a...
2024-09-26 06:56:48 +0000 UTC View PostIsen’s stomach dropped at the beast’s declaration. He desperately wished for a way to communicate with everyone privately, to plan and strategize. Sadly, such magic wasn’t available to him.
Once more, the sixth sense had brought him to an opportunity, but seemingly one that would only benefit himself, and where the benefits were... w...
2024-09-23 06:58:59 +0000 UTC View PostIsen barely had time to blink before Stelia tugged his arm down as she knelt. Isen’s leg pressed uncomfortably against the ice, which was freezing even through the leather plates protecting the knees of his pants. It was an unnatural cold, bone-deep, resisting his tempered body’s defenses. Isen stole a glance at Stelia and noticed she seemed...
2024-09-22 00:46:49 +0000 UTC View PostIsen thought his feet would lead them up to the main lift, where they’d entered Eldrassin City. It was the only egress he knew of. He’d expected his ability to be most useful after they left the city’s vast, white walls.
They descended down a flight of stairs and entered the city’s lower level, where Isen had only been once before ...
2024-09-17 21:48:06 +0000 UTC View Post[ My current outline has this book ending at chapter 104, so we're getting close! In my draft I'm on chapter 98. When I finish book 1 I intend to post the remaining chapters rapidly. For now, I'm keeping ahead of Patreon to give myself room to make changes and small retcons, and also so Sontag, my editor, can leave feedback. ]
Stelia was a...
2024-09-13 20:02:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe butterflies in Isen’s stomach refused to abate, even after he told the others about his sixth sense and walked over to the armory with Jorin. When they arrived, three clan members were ready, having been summoned by the patriarch’s shadow puppets.
“We’re making armor for the new B?” asked a woman with dark hair and fine lines...
2024-09-07 05:16:34 +0000 UTC View PostFourth clade practically dragged Isen to the scroll, pushing past the other cultivators swarming the official updates. They were roaring and screaming, which seemed a bit much given how little time Isen had actually been in the clade.
Their ardent enthusiasm made it impossible not to smile. His chest felt warm, and for a moment, he felt li...
2024-08-19 02:31:04 +0000 UTC View PostWelco woke with the chiming of tenth bell feeling worse than he had in a century.
For a few minutes, he floated in the waters of his medicinal bath, gaze fixed on the ceiling. Then, he sent his shadow puppets forth to take stock of the present situation.
The clan seemed fine. Rank day was in full swing, the clansfolk anticipating the...
2024-08-09 19:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostFor a solid minute, Isen stood blankly in his mostly-empty room, all thoughts evaporating. Then, he forced himself to put away his few possessions.
Everything aside from his bow, which was too awkward a shape, fit in a single box.
Despite his promise to Jorin, he was tempted to cultivate, but the pain in his shoulder meridians made h...
2024-07-23 02:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostJorin was cycling by the lake outside Welco’s mansion, his short, salt-and-pepper hair glinting in the sunlight. By the height of the sun, Isen estimated it was around eighth bell.
Isen saw a pile of belongings next to the cultivator, probably his stuff. Not wanting to interrupt Jorin’s cycling, he crept in close—
“You’re u...
2024-07-12 19:23:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Isen came to, he was soaking in a warm, shallow pool that had a medicinal aroma. His eyes were covered by a heavy strip of cloth that blocked out all light. He didn’t perceive any danger from removing it, so he tore it off.
The room was windowless, with multiple individual basins all sunk into the dark stone floor, offset by walls m...
2024-07-04 03:59:32 +0000 UTC View Post