“Hogg, what sort of ranged weapons do you have on hand?”
Hogg winced, in the way that a person might if he tried to shrug before realizing that his body still wasn’t working quite the way it should. “This and that. Whatever you need....
2024-03-22 21:16:06 +0000 UTC View PostBrin woke up the next day to the sun shining straight in his eyes. It was well past dawn, and the sun had long since dried up any dew on the grass, but Brin still felt it in the dampness of his clothes. He was still laying on a blanket on the gras...
2024-03-20 22:46:36 +0000 UTC View PostNot a chapter, this is Brin's current status screen.
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Name Brin isu Yambul
Age 13
Race Human
Class Glassbound Illusio...
2024-03-16 17:50:50 +0000 UTC View Post“You poor, poor dear. I can’t believe you had to live in a place like that!” Lumina held Brin tightly against her chest, stroking his hair as if calming down a frightened animal.
“I don’t think I’m communicating it very well if t...
2024-03-15 17:45:29 +0000 UTC View PostBrin didn’t expect Calisto’s shop to be open on the way back. It was still before dawn after all, but he saw a light on inside. He ran back and grabbed the glassware he’d made for the [Alchemist]. A few beakers, several bottles, and differen...
2024-03-13 19:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe workshop looked exactly like he’d last seen it. Only a few of the tools on the workbench in the puppet-making side of the room had been touched, and nothing in the glassmaking section. Almost everything was exactly how Ademir had left it, as...
2024-03-09 00:46:08 +0000 UTC View Post"I've been learning the Language with the [Enchantress] in town. I understood the words you were saying just now," said Brin.
"Did you? Show me something you can do," said Lumina.
Brin decided to put his best foot forward and start w...
Brin reluctantly entered the temple of the gods in Hammon’s Bog. He immediately felt the urge to leave again before something crazy happened, but schooled himself. He couldn’t keep avoiding this.
The temple was still dingy only three day...
2024-03-02 06:33:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Today's chapter will be delayed. I'm still working on it, and it won't be ready by the regular time. I'm still committed to posting it today, and there will still be two chapters this week.
In other news, I'm working with my publisher to get...
2024-02-28 17:42:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey, just thought I'd check in and let you know my plans going forward. Book 2: Bog Standard Illusionist is finished. I was heavily considering doing an epilogue, but I don't think the story needs it. I might come back around to this after I've fi...
2024-02-19 23:23:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, Hammon’s Bog was a flurry of activity. He’d expected to see weeping and depression. He’d envisioned sorrowful and depressed people idly picking through the rubble of their homes or openly sobbing on the streets. He’d expected...
2024-02-16 21:50:54 +0000 UTC View Post"Impossible!" said Awnadil. She raised a shaky finger accusingly at Lumina.
Lumina tossed her golden hair back and flashed a sparkling smile. "Impossible, she calls me. I rather like that, very flattering. But I think I prefer being called i...
2024-02-15 06:05:59 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: I recently had conversations with several Alpha readers, who had the consensus that I didn't do quite enough to build up to this reveal. I've got a lot of great ideas on ways to improve this, and I'll implement those over th...
2024-02-10 19:25:46 +0000 UTC View PostThe four of them ran towards town. When Myra was too slow, Davi hefted her over his shoulder, despite her protests. They dashed at a full sprint, at least for a couple yards until Zilly went down. She immediately got to her feet again, but couldn...
2024-02-07 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostBrin had expected that Myra would be here at the snake pond. Tawna had left a pretty big hint that she’d be coming this way. It was lucky they had Marksi, though, because if Myra was really underground, he doubted he’d ever find her by himself...
2024-02-02 20:53:43 +0000 UTC View PostBrin forced himself to believe they actually had a chance. Despite how much he terrified everyone, Simao wasn’t invincible. Actually, if he remembered correctly, Simao was underleveled for his age. The danger he posed to the town was mostly psyc...
2024-01-31 21:20:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the defenders dispersed, Brin followed Kevim to try to get a word with him. He hung back while Kevim conferred with what was left of the town’s leadership, following along behind quietly. Kevim stayed between others the entire walk, though...
2024-01-27 19:10:47 +0000 UTC View PostI was stuck in trainings for work all week so the writing fell a little bit behind. Today's chapter will be posted tonight or tomorrow at the latest.
2024-01-26 17:56:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe old familiar cellar looked completely different illuminated by Tawna’s burning cape. On the way over, he’d followed behind her and gotten a good look at it. It was sewn with the same constellation pattern that her fate-catchers had used, b...
2024-01-24 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostBalbi the [Laundress]-[Witch] had a caustic personality and made no attempt to hide the fact that she didn’t like Brin at all, but even so she was surprisingly quick to see reason. As a member of the town Council, she was the natural choice to t...
2024-01-19 18:13:44 +0000 UTC View Post“May I, Father?” asked the deep, monotone voice. The way the figure held the cloak closed, it looked as if he’d thrown it on in a hurry when Brin had knocked on the door. Pants, boots, and a shirt that would fit someone seven feet tall sat n...
2024-01-17 18:59:32 +0000 UTC View PostBrin gripped his spear, waiting for the gates to come down. After the battle yesterday, the town had retreated behind the walls and the undead had been hacking at them ever since. Even Bog Standard gates had limits, and they were about to hit thei...
2024-01-12 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostBrin stood in the reserve line, a shield in one hand and a spear with a glass head in the other. Myra had come through with his heat-vision-blocking clothes, and he’d put them on under Perris’ leather armor, so all in all he felt ready for any...
2024-01-10 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe next day, life in Hammon’s Bog was strangely normal. The milk was still delivered to his doorstep. The [Laundress], the one who wasn’t a [Witch], still delivered his clean clothes, and he heard Hogg’s snores coming from the other bedroom...
2024-01-05 18:43:16 +0000 UTC View PostThey passed through the center of town on their way to the other gate, and the town square was completely packed full of livestock. All of the Pimental’s cows, Odilon’s sheep, as well as every other farmer’s animals were all pressed together...
2024-01-03 18:51:48 +0000 UTC View PostBrin followed Hogg down the streets of Hammon’s Bog, ignoring his attempts to send him home. There was no way he was going to sit around at home when there was an attack going on. The worst was the stab through his foot. His steps left bloody fo...
2023-12-28 02:54:25 +0000 UTC View PostLumina sat on the open window sill of the tower, letting her legs swing over the edge, looking down. The tower was absurdly tall, and only a year ago she would've been petrified at this view, but things like heights held little fear for her now. 2023-12-22 19:04:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Basil the Bunny removed the knife from Brin’s stomach. Myra’s shirt repaired itself immediately, and the black cloth barely showed the wetness of his blood.
“Go to your room. Don’t give Hogg any sign that something is wrong,” said...
His initial thought was to check it out himself and then warn Hogg if it really turned out to be a problem, but he’d been burned enough times by that line of thinking that he was finally starting to learn his lesson. This time he went straight f...
2023-12-15 20:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post"The words you want are <<Sumo Addad>>."
Brin repeated them, only taking two tries before he got them down. Of course, nothing happened. He pulled out a shard of glass and formed it into a marble, and tried again. With a miniscu...