“I have a letter for you. I apologize, I was unsure of which of the two of you it could be.”
“Sure.” Astrid shrugged, forcing a smile that she hoped would tamp down the frustration. A courier in charge of mail delivery couldn’t tell who was which person? She accepted the letter and the nondescript man turned and strode from the i...
2025-06-25 05:10:42 +0000 UTC View Post***
The presence of more of the Saharliard helped immediately with my own morale, though the vast majority of my people felt that this was an addition that was far from necessary. After all, we’d been successful enough before, right?
“We can’t say how much land specifically they hold,” I said, “but we know that they have an...
2025-06-24 07:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post“They’re awake already!” Astrid called out. “Ready on the front!”
Muti and Skandr followed her command, Lightning Reflexes pushing into both Astrid and Muti. She blitzed forward, her hammer light in her hands as the two brawlers threw themselves forward. Muti’s swords flashed towards the brawler on the right, and Astrid shoved ...
2025-06-23 22:12:43 +0000 UTC View PostSupposing that was a cheap price to pay, Astrid easily agreed to stay in the water, and through Muti looked at her with obvious questions in her eyes, the Barbarian stayed as well. Klara’s smile widened as she settled into the corner of the bath with an obvious comfortable look. Then, as Astrid and Muti looked on, Klara rolled her shoulders.&n...
2025-06-23 08:25:23 +0000 UTC View PostHey there. Sorry for delays on AR and SoK. Been super busy with family in town, and have had less than half the time that I intend to (and usually do) to write. As such, I decided to prioritize PW for now. I'll still get AR and SoK chapters out, and by the end of next week, I should get back to mostly normal.
... 2025-06-22 07:18:59 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Hey guys. This crazy week is about to get better, come Monday. Then I'll get back into a regular schedule. This applies for AR and SoK as well, I promise. I've just gone from being able to write for like 8 hours daily to a mere 3-5.
The weight of the irregular on her back pushed her back to bow, but she refus...
2025-06-22 06:39:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe hunched creature resembled a gnoll, at least, in form. Same hunched, muscled neck, long arms with stubby fingers, canine face and jaw, everything. Instead of being furry, though, it was scaled, thick green segments of natural armor covering its body. Along its back, where gnolls had a ruff of fur, the ruff had been replaced by a webbed frill...
2025-06-20 21:01:43 +0000 UTC View Post***
You have discovered and set foot on the Path of Worship! You have gained the following boon: Nascent Deity (Copper (I)). Your first-ever worshippers have gained the following boon: Nascent Storm Serpent’s Blessing.
“What the—”
“Is this why you’re always making storms?” Sarah asked, her tone am...
2025-06-20 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostJust an FYI. These next two weeks be cray for me. Moving, doctors appointments, vacations, family in town, lots of stuff. If I'm MIA here, I'll say something in the discord.
“Is that the fourteenth pack?” Skandr asked, gasping only slightly exaggeratedly. “Or the fifteenth?”
“This is fifteen.” Mu...
2025-06-20 05:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post***
a/n I can’t find any description for Sarah, nor do I have her Bloodline listed on any of my things. I looked for a while, no dice. I’m putting them here. If you have something that contradicts this… then fine, I’ll accept it and edit accordingly. If you can find a place where I described her differently from here, t...
2025-06-19 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post***
There is no shortage of ways that the Union has spread through the oceans. Leviathan hunts? Since forever ago! Leviathan egg snatching? Just as long! Merchantilism? How do you think they sustain themselves? Pleasure voyages? Certainly! Transit, fishing trips, cargo shipping, mercenary efforts, naval training and more. The o...
2025-06-19 05:27:27 +0000 UTC View PostAstrid pushed the door. Locked. She shook it. “Muti! If you don’t answer, then I’m going to break my way in!”
She pounded the door. And again. As she turned to go get her hammer to smash her way through the thick wooden door, the door opened the slightest amount. She turned back to speak with Muti, hoping to make sure that the Barb...
2025-06-18 22:20:55 +0000 UTC View Post***
A/N: I did some pretty substantial edits to the Sven section of 171. If you wanna read them... Do so.
TJ and Farid blazed through the streets, quickly leaving the New Republic’s “Safe Zone”. They didn’t speak as they rushed forward, and even though they were closing the distance between them and ...
2025-06-18 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post***
The powder gathered and swelled until a veritable avalanche began. The sound of cracking ice was overwhelming as it echoed over us. As if it were tumbling stones, the avalanche approached. We hadn’t had any trouble with things like that so far, but none of the Saharliard were so stupid as to think that thousands of tons of snow would...
2025-06-18 04:23:02 +0000 UTC View Post“No attempted maiming. Broken bones should be avoided. Death is unacceptable. Strikes with the open or closed hand, foot, knee, or other parts of the body are all acceptable. Loss is determined by surrender or unconsciousness. If there is a perceived tie, the fight can be repeated.”
Muti’s explanation was straightforward, but A...
2025-06-17 20:23:21 +0000 UTC View Post***
a/n: I took Saturday and Sunday off SoK. It was glorious, mostly because this chapter flowed like butter. Like, less than an hour of writing. Having that break was really good for me. Even so, this chapter is a little short, but I feel like it was just the right length.
“TJ.” Raya greeted him without...
2025-06-17 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post***
“Khatif and Kha, under the direction of the Alpha, along with others from a different angle!”
Then we would be getting reinforcements. Most of Tala was coming, then, as well as the supplies Tar had promised us, perhaps? I grinned widely. “I’ll go greet them myself!”
Pushing the worries from my mind, I jogged back ...
2025-06-17 04:26:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs they walked through the gates, Skandr turned to Astrid, his eyes flitting back and forth.
“Could you give me my pay for the delve right now?”
“Um. No?” Astrid replied. “I don’t have the money, and I don’t know the exchange rate. Sorry.”
“Oh, yeah, well, it’s no problem.” Skandr shrugged with forced nonc...
2025-06-16 21:36:26 +0000 UTC View Postmy bad. Father's Day was full, and I napped so much of it away. No regrets. Enjoy the chapter!
The next three packs of gnolls went much the same way. Muti scouted them out, brought back their numbers, and then ambushed the ranger if they existed. If not, she tore into one of the brawlers. They didn’t go down as ...
2025-06-16 07:05:13 +0000 UTC View Post***
The urgency in his voice brought me sprinting forward. Inside, Ragzak had pushed himself up onto his hands and knees, and his eyes, though still somewhat confused, were focused on his mother. Sybil squatted down, her hands outstretched to our son, and she cooed at him quietly.
“Over here! Ragzak, right here! My heart, right her...
2025-06-15 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostA bit late. Maybe enjoy the slightly longer chapter in recompense? :D
As they strode through the streets, Astrid turned to Muti. “Would you take the lead? I’m not sure where we’re going.”
“Weak leader.” Came Muti’s response. Astrid bristled at the faint disdain in the Barbarian’s voice, but M...
2025-06-14 22:28:12 +0000 UTC View Post***
Instead of Molly and Tessie and their families plus Mimi and Sam and a couple other people, TJ stood looking down at at least 30 assembled people. Many of them were those that’d followed Sarah and Farid there, but there were others that TJ had only seen in passing. One who took TJ py special surprise when he saw her there was Maddie,...
2025-06-14 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post***
Deep under flagstones can be found
Times, things, and places which abound.
Where comes our savior and friend
And let no other of you pretend
To know and understand and see and feel
Yes, you are all relegated to kneel.
There she comes, her beauty ove...
2025-06-14 04:03:15 +0000 UTC View PostAstrid walked towards a corner that a single man sat at. She’d gotten Tomas, the barkeep who insisted he was just an employee and not a Guild representative of any type, to give her a room key, where she’d dropped most of her stuff off, keeping her shield and hammer on hand. The man, his face was already ruddy from alcohol as he swayed where...
2025-06-13 20:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post***
TJ didn’t sleep particularly well that night, especially after Sven dropped by for a last minute goodbye.
“I’m sorry you don’t want to stay here. I hoped we would have a long relationship.”
“We can, just as allies, or friends, or neighbors.” TJ countered. “Just not as subordinate and superior.”
“Th...
2025-06-13 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post***
Shemira cocked her head for a minute before speaking. Then, she asked, her tone and body language communicating nervousness, “Why name him Ragzak? Why not give the same expectations to your daughters? From my conversations with Sybil… I’m surprised she agreed to Ragzak.”
I flicked my tail. It’d been only a single night ...
2025-06-13 04:00:41 +0000 UTC View PostAstrid’s days, weeks, and months of grappling training kicked in the same second that she locked eyes with her ambusher. She grabbed the woman’s wrist firmly and twisted it with both of her hands. She pummeled Astrid’s face, but the knife was the only thing that mattered right now, and Astrid was able to take control of the knife quickly e...
2025-06-12 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post***
With two sturdy packs stuffed with everything that his Skills and Occupation told him were the most valuable, TJ made his way back towards campus. He had a couple hours still to decide which options that were available to him were the best, and he figured that the longer he had outside of Divine Transformation, the more rational his th...
2025-06-12 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post***
Different from everything that’d made me nervous in this life in recent memory, this wasn’t something I could fight, kill, overpower, or generally easily overcome through generous application of brute force. Instead, I walked into our new room, where coals glimmered in the corner, a chimney allowing the smoke to freely flow out wit...
2025-06-12 03:47:06 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I hope you enjoy this one! It was a lot of fun to write!
She grunted, rolling over to find the source of the sound. It was only after she started to really wake up that she realized that this might be a bad situation. Someone looking like a Barbarian all alone in the woods, wearing full armor and hiding? Astr...
2025-06-11 19:38:52 +0000 UTC View Post