Chapter 20: Lord of Bones
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Orlando's face was icy as he moved towards me with slow steps, he let the deer piled atop him fall to the wayside but the tension was so great that no one dared to pick up the meat they were clearly in need of. I backed up, waving my hands defensively.
“Is that no...
2024-08-24 02:19:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19: Lord of Bones
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My body had been badly damaged by the swarm of Ba-Shh, hand sized clumps had been violently torn from me, leaving a mess of blackened blood; I was grateful that I didn’t feel pain. My Necrotic Healing, channelled through Orlando, was quite effective - he had...
2024-08-22 23:41:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18: The Lord of Bones
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Tension built as the day drew to a close, the moon had risen early and only added to the atmosphere. Through the previous day, the clouds had grown heavier, and now, on the cusp of nightfall, the world was bathed in the oppressive yellow of stormlight. The excitemen...
2024-08-21 05:35:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17: Lord of Bones
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Settlement SystemV.2.1.7
Far-Reach Fort: Fife
Sustenance: 0 ▼ Resources: 0 ▼ Population: 0 ▼Power: 0 ▼
Water: 0 ► Wood: 0 ► Labourers: 0 ► Mone...
2024-08-19 05:26:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16: Lord of Bones
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A ball of poisonous liquid whizzed past me, sizzling a line along my rudimentary Bone Armour as it did. Those giant frogs had been harassing the fort for too long.
“Die!” I cackled hitting one of the cart sized monsters at the peak of it’s jum...
2024-08-17 23:46:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15: The Daughters of Nix
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Silence. As I clawed my way out from under the now dead snake all I heard was silence. The crowd were slack jawed, frozen in stunned silence. The two ladies whose voices had been booming around the arena and whose mana had been, until this point, erratic yet energetic ...
2024-08-16 00:18:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14: The Daughters of Nix
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Motes of orange sparkle in the purple sea. I floated about, half conscious, when something began to form in the ocean of chaos. At first there was a spark of orange, brighter than the rest, on the horizon but it soon began to change. A speck of light brown rock dr...
2024-08-12 21:14:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13: The Daughters of Nix
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The night was dark, too dark even for the owls that cooed far off in the forest - unable to see their prey. Mist hovered about the trees, remaining just below the canopy. With only Life Sense to guide me, all I saw were the silhouette of trees and boulde...
2024-08-11 02:02:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12: The Curse
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Howard's father, the twin of his uncle yet far skinnier, entered the panic room to ensure his son was safe and to relay the all clear in person. He gasped and stumbled as he entered the room. His most trusted guards were laid out on the floor, fast asleep. Howards new friend, a pa...
2024-08-08 21:09:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11: The Curse
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Something was wrong. I could feel it; an itch at the back of my mind which couldn’t be scratched. Howard, seeming rather faint, poured water from a jug on the bedside table. The water sloshed into the glass and the world seemed to slow as the pieces fell into place.
Twenty ...
2024-08-07 02:18:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10: The Curse
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I tried to stop Howard but he wouldn’t, couldn’t, hear me. Looking like death had drawn its long cloak about him, he made his way through the bustling servants and uniformed personnel and into the house.
Seeing the catatonic state his face displayed, and the sadnes...
2024-08-05 20:53:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9: The Curse
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We stayed up all night, well I stayed up all night. Something woke Howard at about midnight but seeing me still reading and taking notes he fell swiftly back to sleep - despite his struggles. Light started to come through the windows and was feet from touching my undead flesh when...
2024-08-03 13:03:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8: The Curse
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It took some time for Howard to master his emotions once more by which point an impatient librarian entered the reading room with heavy steps. He took one look at the young Phillips, spun on his heels and walked out quietly. The mention of a curse roused my curiosity and I was burn...
2024-07-31 20:40:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 7: The Curse
I
After my brief time aboard a ship I had been flung out into the ocean. I had watched the remains of my vessel burning up before the current took me away. I was left for seven days with nothing to occupy me but my thoughts. The only saving grace was the weather, the sea was calm and ...
2024-07-30 13:45:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 6: Skull and Bone
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I awoke from a strange dream in which I was haunted by my worst mistakes. I shuddered as the dream faded, leaving behind a throbbing head and watering eyes. When I returned to my senses, and the worst of my echoed memories had passed, the first thing I felt was - of all ...
2024-07-28 20:14:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 5: Skull and Bones
I
I was lost. Not in the sense that I didn’t know where I was going, I knew exactly where I was going; it was part of the reason I had taken the tower quest only a few nights ago. I was lost in the sense that I didn’t know where I was. Somewhere in this area, near the southe...
2024-07-25 15:09:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 4: The Tower
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A gnomish Wizard with a rather poor streak of luck and a snappy sense of dress. That was Divish… or Danvish… or maybe Dede. Honestly it was a wonder that we were able to understand a word he said for he was so quick of speech and thick of accent that...
2024-07-23 09:10:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 3: The Tower
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Creak. I held tightly onto the Ice-pike’s tooth, ready to cast a flame spell at the slightest provocation. The door swung open to reveal… an empty entryway with another door three paces in. Both myself and my impromptu bear companion let out breaths neither of us knew...
2024-07-22 13:44:55 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 2: The Tower
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Three days I spent travelling with the caravan. People would leave as they reached their farms and by the time I came near the coast it was only me and three other farmers with their horses and carts.
Throughout the journey I was treated well by the farmers and their famil...
2024-07-22 09:05:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 1: The Tower
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I spent the next few days floating about the city. I tried to discover what had become of my Bardic friend but I couldn’t find hide nor hair of him. I avoided returning to the church for fear there may be a Paladin there that could see me.
... 2024-07-21 10:14:08 +0000 UTC View PostLv.2 Lich
Prologue
Time had flown by, indeterminate as it was in this place. It may have been months, it may have been days. My compulsive experimentation didn’t help my tenuous grasp on the construct of human perception. In this soul space I was able to test the limits of the new magic I had discovered in Cosmo...
2024-07-21 05:35:48 +0000 UTC View PostEpilogue
I awoke in darkness to the sound of metal clanging on stone. I tried to stand but couldn’t. I felt as though I had been rolled through a mangle, my loosely connected bones feeling like powder.
“Hey you, you're finally awake.” Came Orlando’s voice in response to my pained grunting.
<... 2024-07-20 08:11:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36: Death
The Dragon Struck down at me again. I used Shocking Aura to disrupt her maw. It worked for a moment but she was expecting it. This time the spell disturbing effect lasted for less than a second and I was forced to dodge out of her head before it ran out. She reared back to try aga...
2024-07-18 19:04:37 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: Dragon
“Zeto is that you.” The Fire Dragon I had created and bound a dragon’s soul to, asked. I froze still and turned.
“How do you know that name?” I returned, a chill running down my spine.
“No, you are not him. You wear his skin.” The Dragon hissed after taking in a b...
2024-07-08 08:05:40 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34: Ghibellines’ Ball
Chapter 34: Ghibellines’ Ball
“The Ghibellines family is perhaps the largest and most influential in all the kingdom. Contributing to their position, not only among the peerage but the common folk, is their annual ball. Every Ghibellines house in every ci...
2024-07-04 02:02:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: Puzzle Pieces
“These tunnels never end! It has been weeks since I lost the other students. We only went down into the basement of a sweetshop to hide from an angry mob that was after us for a little prank we pulled. When the commotion had ended all the others exited through the hatch, I followed last. ...
2024-07-01 21:08:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32: What lies beneath 2
Alma saw Dante’s panic dash for the fireplace of all things and expected when he caught his foot on the tool set (the tongs, poker, brush, brush and shovel) that she would be treated to yet another nose dive. Honestly the satisfaction had waned and she was beginning to feel sorry for th...
2024-06-28 14:30:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31: Undeath by Daylight
Alma had secretly palmed something to Dante before leaving, she wasn’t able to explain what it was, but it appeared to be a ring. A thick band of silver with a number of curious engravings and set with a large blue stone. Not knowing what to do with it he slipped it on before pondering ...
2024-06-27 14:22:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30: The Church of Light
“The Church of Light, sometimes referred to as the Church due to its size, is perhaps the most prevalent religion on the continent. It is said that during the formation of the sentient races the world was filled with monsters. They lurked, hunting in the darkness. The first priest o...
2024-06-26 15:58:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29: Misadventurer
Alma grabbed Dante’s hand, leading him quickly out of the park and back into the maze of alleyways that was Wiccawich. It caused an odd reaction in him, despite his deathly constitution his cheeks reddened and his hand began to sweat. Sqwent snickered. The reaction was not odd in its su...
2024-06-24 17:01:16 +0000 UTC View Post