Ch. 159 - Save Point
Elthena was never far from his mind on the voyage north, but by the time they’d made landfall, he’d made peace with it. This life was important, but this body was old and starting to get a little wor...
2024-10-14 13:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs of this week, Brewing Bad is going to twice a week on RR/SH, so as soon as that works its way through Patreon's bonus chapter backlog, it will go twice a week here as well. Should be before the end of the month.
Ch. 83 - T...
2024-10-07 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 157 - A Short War
The war that followed was both brutal and short, at least if the reports were to be believed. Simon attended court every day during that period, listening to the infrequent updates from messengers that ...
2024-10-07 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 82 - Elemental Nature
Lucas spent the rest of the day wandering the expansive building. No one stopped him if he tried to do that. If he went down the hallways to the other buildings, though, the guards asked his ...
2024-09-30 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 155 - Turning of the Years
Simon spent most of the next few weeks and months in the library. He started going on longer and longer walks, and eventually, he went to the gym. That was mostly for the restorative hot spring...
2024-09-30 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 81 - All Nighter
Lucas tried hard not to laugh as the three-foot gnome in front of him struck a pose and delivered his last statement like it was supposed to be intimidating. In the end, he was unable to k...
2024-09-23 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 153 - A Nice View
Simon’s recovery was slow, only compared to everything else he’d been through. He was used to healing or dying almost immediately, and there had been only a few instances where he’d been forced to...
2024-09-23 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 80 - Meet the New Boss
Lucas left the manor, clean, well-dressed, and as prepared as he could be less than an hour after he arrived. Just like that, everything he’d spent so long was getting smaller and smaller ...
2024-09-16 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 151 - Back in Bed
Simon woke, groggily. When he felt the blankets beneath him, he assumed that he was back in bed. That was expected, though, and he accepted it as the price of accomplishing the impossible. He only...
2024-09-16 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostBonus chapter! (Because this one is a 2 parter)
Ch. 78 - Starting Over
Lucas reached for his cup of tea. Despite the fact that it was still scalding, he took a sip to give him a moment to think. The idea that it mi...
2024-09-09 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 149 - Impossible
Simon charged through the knots of people on the road where he couldn’t run around them, outrunning the insults and the outrage even before he could really hear them. None of that mattered. There was n...
2024-09-09 13:57:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. I just wanted to make a few updates. The first one is that while scheduling posts I inadvertently sent out a post for Death After Death that's not scheduled for weeks from now. I would not recommend reading, because it is f...
2024-09-02 14:31:26 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 77 - Where it all Started
Though he was conscious when he fell, that became less certain over time as he was disarmed and trussed up like a Thanksgiving Turkey. Whether it was because whatever drug they’d put in...
2024-09-02 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 147 - Picture Perfect
It took another three weeks of walking, two run-ins with beast men, and an encounter with bandits that ended very poorly for them before Simon finally set eyes on pre-eruption Ionar. It turned out t...
2024-09-02 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 76 - Some Like it Hot (part 3)
Lucas immediately feared a double cross, but instead, it was just a handful of off-duty women that had come from one of the lower floors. They looked tired but bore no weapons; the m...
2024-08-26 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 145 - South
The trip back to Schwarzenbruck was not much more challenging than the trip to the barrows had been. It was a few days longer because Simon chose to stay off the main road as much as possible. Both the rugged...
2024-08-26 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo first, as promised, a bonus chapter. I hope you enjoy it. Second, the chapters I've been writing for this story the last couple weeks... Well, they are awesome. No spoilers of course, but certainly well above average. I love all my stories equa...
2024-08-19 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 143 - A Miracle
Simon wasn’t sure how this would work exactly, but there was no time left to deliberate. Any minute now, Freya’s heart was going to stop, her body was going to spasm as her organs shut down, and she...
2024-08-19 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostAlchemy this week, bonus chapter next week. Some fun stuff coming up!
Ch. 73 - Finally Alone
No one walked away from that little conference happy. Lord Torvin was not used to his plans being objected to, but he...
2024-08-12 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 141 - A Bit of Preparation
The situation was much as Simon had left it and largely unchanged from his last few visits. There was trouble in the north. No one quite knew what it was or why it had stopped trade to the nort...
2024-08-12 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 72 - Making Plans
Lucas was no judge of these things, but if he had to say so, he would have called the whole winter feast an unmitigated success. The guests were merry, the house was full, and by the end ...
2024-08-05 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSimon didn’t have paper to document his journey. Instead, he used a stick to document his time. As near as he could tell, he was going to the south-west. Every day that he made good pro...
2024-08-05 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostAnother bonus chapter for my fine readers. I think that brings us to 15 ahead of the general public. I can't wait until 2 a week is an every week sort of thing, but those days are coming.
Ch. 70 - A Long Cold Winter<...
2024-07-29 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 137 - Duties and Demands
When all was said and done, almost a season later, just as the heat of summer was starting to set in, they finally arrived in Crowvar once more. As an errand for the domain, it probably had not b...
2024-07-29 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 69 - Harvest Season
Lucas wiped the sweat that had gathered on his brow in defiance of the chill. “Is that the last one?” he called up to where Hura’gh was manning the pulley above him.
“Nah,” he ca...
2024-07-22 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 168 - Nothing Ever Happens
Leo regarded the cake as he would an enemy while everyone else sang him happy birthday, but he tried not to let it show on his face. After all, despite their differences, the other children had...
2024-07-22 13:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 135 - Slow Progress
Simon deliberated on it for a day before he decided on public executions. Courtiers and Varten’s widow spent that day arguing that he should torture one or more of them to get to the truth so ferven...
2024-07-22 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis completes the end of Book 1. Its a little longer than I anticipated, but I welcome feedback for anywhere in the middle you think I could tighten up and anywhere in the ending you think I could make punchier. Obviously this is not the end of L...
2024-07-15 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 166 - The Long Way Down
It took some time for Oroza to figure out that she was dead. Not just dead, but in the afterlife, at least in a sense. It should have been obvious from the beginning, of course, as she stepped fre...
2024-07-15 13:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 133 - For the Right Reasons
It was evident from the first moments that Varten didn’t stand a chance against Simon. In the time since they’d last met, he’d grown older and lazier; his steps were not as sure, and his...
2024-07-15 13:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post