Sir Roland hesitated, eyes glancing to his hand still yet shaken from his prior battles, but nonetheless he gripped tight onto his blade and dutifully approached his challenger. This was not a desperate brawl intent on taking the other’s life by any means necessary, but a duel. There were no harsh emotions involved nor lingering resentments. 2025-10-05 22:53:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Angelica and Astolfo immediately rushed up to Roland, steadying him as he staggered, unbalanced, before promptly falling onto his knees. The Demon King’s Fragment which once tormented him now rested on the chasm’s basin. Its form had returned to a paper sheet; and though faint remnants of its corrupting tendrils still lingered, searching for...
2025-10-03 02:19:33 +0000 UTC View PostOh dear, now this was very strange. Lucius had witnessed many curious fates that resulted from his flowers’ bloom. Some rejected their inner filth, others resolved to change themselves, and in rare cases they accepted what hid within and chose to persevere nonetheless. Roland, however…
He was stuck, incomplete.
The once mighty Pe...
2025-09-28 22:31:52 +0000 UTC View Post———
Roland
Long, long ago, when I was still a naive child coddled in ignorance, I dreamed of being a hero.
I wished to be like those knights in shining armor I had always heard about in myths and storybooks. My own father, himself, was an honored Peer of Francia, as well as captain of the holy Paladin Order. His ...
2025-09-26 05:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostLucius and his companions at this point had already developed an immunity to the Evil’s mental corruption; and with the experience of having slain three of their kind, eliminating another should surely not be so difficult. Except, something was peculiar about this demon.
The others were grotesque, twisted and shaped into hideous...
2025-09-22 00:29:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh my, it would appear our intervention is rather unneeded,” Lucius said as the group walked into the pyramid’s highest chamber. The players were all perplexed, for despite their previous rush, Sir Roland had already subjugated the one known as Ferragut.
He was a titan of a man, form even bulkier than Sir Ogier of Roncevaux Fortress...
2025-09-18 06:22:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Aegis is the first book I wrote before The Distinguished Mr. Rose, so it holds a special place in my heart. I'm glad to have finally launched it; and with this, I am now an officially published author! It'd mean the world to me if you could grab a copy.
Thank you for supporting my writing, and look forward to the end of October! The fully ...
2025-09-15 05:13:58 +0000 UTC View PostNow, Lucius had initially planned to slow their fall by buying everyone a parachute from the shop. Much to his surprise, however, his fellows had no idea how to put them on, and the adrenaline of plummeting to their soon-to-be demise didn’t help much to calm their shaky hands. Fortunately though, Miss Rhodes managed to wake up from her blackou...
2025-09-14 21:00:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe following week was met with the ever same idleness for Lucius’s fellows. Well, except for Roland. From explosions to poison and even the occasional midnight raid, the Peers’ leader was given little chance to rest as the people of Arabia exhausted every trick in their arsenal in an attempt to slaughter him. They failed, though not without...
2025-09-11 03:41:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt was at the end of their second day in the Rivers’ Cairo that Mister Arabi made separate arrangements for the players and the Franks. Lucius didn’t tell his fellows of his ‘deal’ with the good man, and when asked about the reasoning for the split groups, he worked together with the guide to come up with a suitable excuse.
Sir Rol...
2025-09-04 04:34:46 +0000 UTC View PostAfter following the good Mister Ibn-al-Arabi further into the city, the group arrived at a large villa decorated with white murals and colorful patterned carpets. It looked like an inn for wealthy travelers, but oddly enough Lucius didn’t see any people around them—no passersby or even staff members to welcome them. The Saracen guide merely ...
2025-08-30 01:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMuch to Lucius’s disappointment, he did not have any opportunities to speak with the other Peers: not alone, at least. Roland and Angelica kept strictly silent all throughout their voyage in the skies. And when the odd moment came that the group landed for a night of rest, they quickly hurried off to their rooms and shut themselves in, unwilli...
2025-08-28 03:53:59 +0000 UTC View PostAn anxious mood spread amongst the castle in the following days to come. The servants were not ignorant of the power struggle between the two factions, and they began to reconsider their allegiances as news of Roland’s departure was soon announced to all of Francia. Some were elated knowing that action was finally being taken against the dread...
2025-08-23 03:12:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone, QuiteTheSlacker here! This is a bit different to what I usually post; however, I think it's important to talk about and spread the word.
Amazon Audible is planning to release a new royalty model for how it pays authors of audiobooks. It's a bit complicated in how it works that I won't delve too deeply into, but basically what...
2025-08-20 01:32:25 +0000 UTC View PostAfter a couple more formal proceedings were held, the courtroom quickly dismissed and the members all headed off to continue their prior duties. Lucius’s ceremony wasn’t as eventful as he expected; rather than a parade or some kind of public spectacle, Sir Ganelon signed a few papers, shoved (rather rudely) a shiny crystal emblem representin...
2025-08-20 01:10:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe room fell silent. Unlike before there was no chaos or discontent or anything of the sort; instead, there was only confusion, and some amongst the court glanced around to make sure that what they heard was well and truly correct.
Out of them all, however, none were more perplexed than the aforementioned gentleman himself.
“Me?...
2025-08-16 03:51:34 +0000 UTC View PostIt was on the morning of the next day that the castle practically buzzed with activity as servants and officials rushed about to prepare for Sir Renaud’s resignation ceremony. The event would take place in the central courtroom, where the influential judges of Francia, the Peers, and those from the priestly order would formally watch over the ...
2025-08-14 00:14:39 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a long moment for Ganelon to grasp Renaud’s intent. Not a soul in the courtyard uttered a word; they merely stood still, stunned, and shuffled awkwardly whilst glancing amongst each other. The most baffled of them all however was Sir Roland. A myriad of emotions swept through his face: confusion, worry, and perhaps a bit hopeful. For t...
2025-08-09 02:11:37 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Lucius woke up at the ever elegant time of six-o-clock. Some of the Franks had already begun the morning duties, while the players remained slumbering in their makeshift abodes. The gentleman’s companions had yet to wake; and so, he met up with Sir Renaud and the two newly arrived Peers for a bit of breakfast.
Lucius set up...
2025-08-06 04:31:33 +0000 UTC View Post>[Congratulations! The second of the Great Evils, the Ears of Envy, has been slain! With this, the emergency quest is now complete]<
*(NEW!) EXP + 250
*(NEW!) 1500 Cosmic Coins
*(NEW!) [1] Weapon Enhancement Card
Your skill (Teatime) has ran...
2025-08-02 05:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post———
Renaud
I loathe the past, for it was in those days that I was truly helpless: weak. I had no power of my own, no influence to wield. I was but a frail little child who could only trot pathetically behind the shadows of others.
Yet it was also in the past that I was at my happiest. Even if I had a brittle hear...
2025-07-31 00:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostLucius glanced toward his fellows. The noise was deafening; he could barely hear himself think. All throughout the castle, players and Frankishmen gripped their heads in pain. Surprisingly, however, none appeared to have been bewitched by the Evil’s madness. They trembled and shook, teeth grinding in struggle, but their eyes were clear, unclou...
2025-07-26 01:57:30 +0000 UTC View PostTo Lucius’s intrigue, the other players and Frankishmen had adapted quite seamlessly to their new lodgings. A day had passed since the gentleman brought forth the Fires of Sinai, and though the view outside was filled with pyre, and brimstone, and the constant never-ending jeers of their demonic foes burning alive, life at the castle was pleas...
2025-07-23 00:58:06 +0000 UTC View PostSoon after Maugris’s death, those of the expedition began to regain their senses. Well, what was left of them. A great many lives had perished this day: sixty of the Franks and twenty of the players. Of the two hundred and fifty who set off in the beginning, only one hundred and seventy remained.
Lucius and his companions had done their ...
2025-07-19 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA sinister, pale-green tint began to infect the sky, spreading, corrupting all that which the light touched. The expedition could only look
A sinister, pale-green tint began to infect the sky, spreading, corrupting all that which the light touched. The expedition could only look
A sinister, pale-green tint began to infect the sky, sp...
2025-07-16 01:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post