Arthur was running up against a problem, and that problem was a quickly diminishing number of card shards.
Slowly but surely, he was going through the pile he’d brought. He was still seeing results and becoming noticeably more efficient at almost every aspect of his card smithing.
Still, after literal weeks of practice,...
2025-07-17 05:21:40 +0000 UTC View PostNote: This should have come out last night but Brix kept having things to say...
Brixaby was both satisfied and... unsatisfied with his progress.
He hated to admit it—even within the depths of his own mind—but the progress of his skills were falling behind.
It was ridiculous. Outrageous! The ability ...
2025-07-10 03:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostWithout any warning, Brixaby twisted into one of his rapid barrel rolls, which Arthur was calling a ‘drill maneuver’ because they were flying straight down, spinning with Brixaby’s wings folded flat to his belly.
Arthur hung on for dear life as the centripetal forces tried to fling him off his neck. The trick he had learned was to no...
2025-07-02 04:07:37 +0000 UTC View PostIt seemed that Arthur was always getting used to Brixaby's new and improved size. Even considering all his recent growth, Brixaby still had a long way to go before he reached the size of an average Legendary. Right now, he wasn't even giving Sams a run for his money.
But he was much bigger than before.
The addition of the venom aspec...
2025-06-26 03:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostBrixaby stepped through the portal into the pocket space, looked around, and flicked his tongue out in displeasure. “Why are there not any buildings?”
Arthur, following behind, took his own look around. The sky was blue and clear, the temperature not too hot or too cold, and there were several flat areas nearby bracketed by gently roll...
2025-06-24 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe next few days were a rush of activity as they gathered people and the supplies they would need to support them.
While the dimensional space was supposed to be an area meant for idyllic farmland, Arthur wanted to take no chances. This could not fail. So, he donated a significant portion of his supplies from his Personal Space, just in c...
2025-06-20 04:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostArthur’s first thought was that the Sands Through The Hourglass card seemed too good to be true.
His second thought was that he knew it was too good to be true.
There was no such thing as a free lunch, yet the Hourglass card provided just the solution to quite a few problems he was facing. On top of that, Arthur jus...
2025-06-18 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostJudging by the sour expressions on his retinue’s faces, the next morning had come too early. Still, everyone was there, including Asha and Equinox, the hatchlings. Cinderwood, Kenzie and Marteen were also asked to come. Arthur wanted full representation on his trip to Buck Moon.
Which made Desmond and Sybil’s absence all the more consp...
2025-06-13 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment the portal closed behind them, leaving them within Dark Rower’s realm, it was as if Cressida and Joy snapped back to full wakefulness.
Joy shook herself all over and, with two flaps of her wings, landed on the bank of the black water river.
Cressida turned to Arthur, stunned. “I had no idea,” she said, still looking ...
2025-06-10 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostArthur led Cressida inside the hive and to a room he knew where they’d unlikely be bothered. It was private—so private that apparently not even Chester had bothered to stock it with furniture, leaving it bare, empty, and cold.
A small part of Arthur’s mind reminded him that he needed to find the time to make this place his own. He ne...
2025-06-04 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostTrap Card conditions met.
Return to Start: Activated.
The next thing Arthur knew, he was lying flat on his back in the middle of his luxurious bed at Blood Moon Hive.
Though he'd been incredibly busy since becoming leader, he had taken a few moments to reset the key point of his Return ...
2025-05-29 04:33:54 +0000 UTC View PostBrixaby paused and tilted his head up in a pose of clear consideration. Watching him, Arthur felt a swell of pride. Through trial and error, Brixaby had finally learned that some things needed to be thought through. What to do with a Legendary card was certainly one of them.
There were many paths Brixaby could take. He could, of course, pr...
2025-05-28 04:19:53 +0000 UTC View PostArthur and the rest of his retinue went through the dark portal that evening, back to the eruption site. For this outing, he added Cinderwood to the group but left behind Marion, Soledad, and Kenzie. This was a mission for fighters only and fighter support. He also included an Uncommon earth pair who looked less than happy to join them.
As...
2025-05-20 04:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Woof, sorry for the wait on this! It should have come out a few days ago but I got whammied hard by norovirus. It's been unfun in the Rae household, let me tell you.
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Now that they were released from the safety of the bubble shield, the legendary dragons flew upward to meet them. Arthur readied himself for a fight. 2025-05-13 04:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Brixaby turned to look at Arthur.
He didn’t bother to ask, "Are you sure?" because he knew his rider, and that meant he knew he would never use a card like this unless he was absolutely certain.
Arthur’s expression was grim. He now knew that Lung Bai giving him the Cataclysmic Firestorm card had been a setup from the start.
The scourgling butterflies came at them in a slow but unstoppable wave.
Immediately, Brixaby buzzed straight upward. However, not every dragon was built for speed. A Legendary dragon not too far away roared in pain.
Arthur swung around to see him climbing upward, great sweeps of his wings frantically beating at the air. But his size ...
2025-04-22 05:57:23 +0000 UTC View PostYou have got to be kidding me, Arthur thought. Though to his own surprise, he felt more anticipation than exasperation.
His patience with Whitaker had long since worn thin. It would be nice to put the man in his place.
Crag was an enormous beast. He looked a lot like a flying mountain with outstretched claws.
Though Br...
2025-04-15 04:06:38 +0000 UTC View PostArthur and Brixaby arrived at an unfamiliar hive.
The first thing Arthur noticed was the impression of gray and white all around him. Then he and Brixaby were buffeted by freezing cold and stinging snow pellets. It took every bit of his dragon riding skill to hold on.
Looking around wildly, he saw the hive as only a dark, cone-shaped...
2025-04-09 04:33:25 +0000 UTC View PostArthur felt a stab of pure horror. The portals were high in the sky, but the stunned dragons were falling fast. They had seconds before they hit the ground.
Brixaby took off alone to intercept them. He didn't have time to wait for Arthur, but there was no way he could make it in time.
There was a roar from nearby. Cinderwood, who had...
2025-04-04 04:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a toss-up whether using the Dark Rower's portal or flying back to the hive directly was quicker. Brixaby must have trusted his wings. He gave Arthur a significant look, and Arthur knew he had to hold on tight.
Curving his neck around, Brixaby looked at Pepper. "Meet me at the hive!"
Pepper squeaked and hurriedly buzzed backwar...
2025-04-01 04:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostNote: Alright, now all the hubbub from releasing the new book is over, it's full sail again on book 6.
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It was Joy who found Arthur the next day. He was deep in concentration, working on his Card Smithing skills.
The ultimate goal, of course, was to alter Cataclysmic Firestorm be less horrific. But he had t...
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2025-03-25 01:35:09 +0000 UTC View Post****
Two Days Prior
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Arthur left the king's room, curling his hands into fists to keep them from visibly trembling. Catching the man up on the current events of the kingdom had been emotionally draining. After all, hardly any of it had been good news.
When finally lucid, King Elizar was remarkably self-contained. In f...
2025-03-22 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNote: This is one of those awkward chapters that ended up being a little short, but its leading to fun things. :) Next chapter will by Friday!
Within a few minutes, everyone was settled, and Brixaby directed the rower to take them to Blood Moon hive.
There was no conceivable way a human-sized cre...
2025-03-20 02:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostBrixaby slunk toward her with murder in every step. "You have dared to take my rider away from me."
She looked down on him, disapproving. "Don't be absurd."
Arthur quickly put himself between them. "Brix, I'm fine. Everything's fine."
"Then why have you come to Wolf Moon hive?" Before Arthur could answer, Brixaby looked first a...
2025-03-18 02:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post"Where is your dragon anyway?" Kenzie looked doubtfully around as if she expected Brixaby to come boiling out of the shadows at any moment.
He just might, Arthur thought. Though nowadays he needs bigger shadows.
"Brix is back at Blood Moon hive, though he has a way of finding me when he discovers I'm missing. We... ...
2025-03-14 03:15:44 +0000 UTC View PostArthur could not simply walk into Wolf Moon hive.
And, as it was still blazing daylight, he couldn't climb on the outside walls of the hive as he had done when he'd first infiltrated Blood Moon.
For one thing, his Stealth skills didn't make him entirely invisible and anyone who could see through them would rightfully wonder what he w...
2025-03-13 04:41:48 +0000 UTC View PostArthur blinked in the strong noonday sun. He didn’t know what it was about higher latitudes, but it always seemed like the sunshine was stronger there.
He turned to see Reginald, who stood two feet away, staring at him as if he were a ghost.
Arthur couldn’t help himself. “I’m a Legendary card wielder. You thought you could ke...
2025-03-05 01:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostNotes: Whoops, I messed up a little on chapter 1. It'll be edited in a few days so that Reginald promises Arthur a second, hidden library. I appreciate you guys keeping me honest with the details, lol!
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Arthur stared at the place the door had been for a moment, his lips firming into a thin li...
2025-03-01 01:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post