A huge bulking form distorted the surface of the water, but Brin didn’t even get to see what it was before a wave of black spears from Hogg stabbed it back down.
The roiling waters calmed for a moment, but no one was fool enough to think t...
2024-09-21 05:19:52 +0000 UTC View PostHogg ignored Zerif’s corpse completely, and went to his writing desk. He pulled an odd piece of equipment out of his pocket, something that looked like a stethoscope and put it in his ears.
Brin moved to open the wardrobe, but Hogg said, ...
2024-09-19 16:21:32 +0000 UTC View PostHe was tied up, bound and gagged, and being carried. He felt the cool night air against his skin; his shirt had been removed and there was something wet on his back.
So far he hadn’t been injured, but he couldn’t depend on it staying tha...
2024-09-13 21:03:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe dream began in Alheadra, but not in the city below. Aberfa stood in front of enormous black gates rising incredibly high into the air, but still only the small basement floor of Arcaena’s massive citadel. He could see now that it was decepti...
2024-09-11 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostSurprise! Enjoy the bonus chapter.
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Since it was still well before dawn, Brin and Hogg stepped away from the camp so that they could talk in private. Marksi had come too, and Hogg had picked him up and hugged him tight while strokin...
2024-09-10 02:42:38 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re spending too much time on [Illusionist] Skills. I’ve already told you that those are unnecessary. You have no future in illusions. Focus on my lessons instead,” Aberfa said.
They were again walking by the seashore near Alhaed...
2024-09-06 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostBrin knew exactly which Skill he was going to take and for once he didn’t need to talk to Hogg about it. The old guy never shut up about how [Split Focus] was the most important Skill for an [Illusionist], and from first glance it looked like [M...
2024-09-04 19:22:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt was just like Zilly to run ahead and try to get all the glory for herself. Except was it? Even she should be smart enough to not pull something like this with a [Witch]. She knew what they were capable of.
As he scanned the trees for some...
2024-08-30 15:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostBrin woke up early. So early it was probably still late for some people. The middle of the night. Whatever the case, the fact was that he was awake and he couldn’t get back to sleep, not now. Not with what they planned to do today.
He got ...
2024-08-28 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“No, it was a bit longer than that,” said Brin. “And the nose is still wrong. It’s not a monkey nose, it’s like a really long human nose.”
For the last half-hour Hogg had been painting an image of Aberfa’s familiar in the air w...
2024-08-23 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“What did you just say?” Aberfa blinked a couple times, as if waking up from a dream. They were still in a dream of course, though it was hard to say whose dream it was.
Brin didn’t want to be too obvious about calling her mother after...
2024-08-21 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostEven though he’d only been learning from Aberfa for a few days, it felt like forever and a certain chill was starting to set in. Moving from his dreams into the waking world was a journey from night to day, and not just literally. The cold, empt...
2024-08-17 20:35:37 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, the chapter won't be ready until tomorrow. I have no excuse.
There's one other thing I wanted to bring up, though. Some of you may have seen the announcement about Patreon's policy change regarding Apple. Basically, Apple is now requi...
2024-08-16 21:13:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe next night's dream brought Brin in front of Siphani and Effa Peck, in the moment that he'd first earned his [Know What's Wyrd] Skill. Any second now, Siphani would reveal herself by erupting out of the shell of her zombified familiar mother. F...
2024-08-14 17:51:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe next night passed quickly without a visit from Aberfa, or so Brin thought at first. He double-checked by going through his stored memories of dreams, but they were regular dreams. Odd shapes and impressions, and remembered voices and images fr...
2024-08-11 00:30:39 +0000 UTC View PostAberfa reclined into the pile of pillows, laying on her side. “What did that sallow jade, that false mother, teach you about the Wyrd?”
“That [Archmage], you mean?” asked Brin.
Aberfa clicked her tongue in annoyance.
“N...
2024-08-08 18:13:28 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t quite the same caravan that set off from Oud’s Bog. For one thing, many of the merchants had stayed in the city and just as many more had joined up again, so there were a lot of new faces.
The landscape was an even larger chang...
2024-08-07 01:26:57 +0000 UTC View PostBrin's pulse pounded in his ears. Despite the fact that [Know What's Real] made Brin absolutely certain that this was a dream, he'd never felt more strongly connected with his body. His pulse thrummed with heated anger, and disgust. This was her, ...
2024-07-31 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as he realized that he wouldn't be able to help the dead Bowers, Hogg dashed out of the house, throwing up a blizzard of visible eyes into the air. Once they were high enough in the air and out of sight, he started yelling. "Attack! Vampir...
2024-07-27 06:50:11 +0000 UTC View PostLurilan the [Hunter] savored the first breath of fresh air after stepping out of the Gilly [Hunter's] Lodge. It had become a ritual ever since the day he'd left home for good. He'd noticed at the time that free air tasted a great deal better than ...
2024-07-26 05:43:56 +0000 UTC View PostHe waited for Neves to bring up the Kukubaru song, but the big man didn't start right away. He held up his cup and swirled the liquid around for a moment, looking somber.
Finally he said, "You have been too polite to comment on it, but you c...
2024-07-19 19:48:25 +0000 UTC View PostBrin stared at Baron Neves in shock. It was him; he was really here and he knew about Brin’s lawbreaking. He was screwed.
[Inspect] didn’t help much.
The Right and Honorable Lord Gualberto Neves, who by the grace and ...
Just realized it's been way too long since I've done one of these. I'll post chapter 40 in just a few minutes.
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Age: 14
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Today's chapter will be late tonight or tomorrow. I'm still going to have 2 chapters out this week. Sorry for the inconvenience.
2024-07-17 21:09:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe further they ran the harder they laughed, until Brin was laughing so hard he started thinking he would collapse.
A group of Watchmen arrived from a side street behind them, running towards them in full plate armor and halberds in hand. ...
2024-07-12 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostBefore they could completely leave the marketplace, a man started shouting. His voice cut through the air like a knife, making it clear that Skills were at work. This was a professional. Looking around for the source of the disturbance, Brin saw h...
2024-07-10 23:04:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe night was well and truly upon them and it had been a long day, so they went back to their inn for the night.
To his mild discomfort, Brin found that someone had gone through his bag while he was gone. All his clothes had been removed and...
2024-07-05 20:01:40 +0000 UTC View PostBrin had to wonder why Oud’s Bog was considered a Bog town at all. Maybe once upon a time it had been like the others, a small hamlet snuggled tight against itself, huddling behind wooden walls to ward against a looming forest. Here, the forest ...
2024-07-03 18:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostZilly wasn't the only one in bad shape; most members of the caravan had been bitten at least once. Several people lay on the ground on blankets, mostly those with low levels and therefore low Vitality. The [Dancer] was one of the few who hadn't be...
2024-06-28 18:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostBrin woke up suddenly in a cold sweat. The nightmare that had awakened him faded from his mind, but it hadn’t really been about anything, just a sudden spike of fear and panic that pushed him out of slumber.
The camp was quiet and dark; it...
2024-06-26 21:46:50 +0000 UTC View Post