Hineni floats in a place that is rather indistinct.
“You WILL stop this game,” hisses a voice greedily in the darkness. “Hineni is mine.” Obscura.
Someone laughs playfully off from some other end of the void that he finds himself inside of. “As if that’s what you care about. I had him first. I’ve always had him first,” explains the voice, belong...
2022-09-26 18:26:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is ‘three’?
A number, yes. Sure, it represents the owl, yes. That much is clear. But… what else lies behind it?
The gods and numerology are tightly tied to one-another. They’re as inseparable from one another as are the stars from the night-sky. This is simply the nature of a god’s magic, that it influences the world around them, and this include...
2022-09-24 17:07:25 +0000 UTC View PostFor a person stuck inside the confines of civilization, it is often very easy to think that the outside world — nature — is a chaotic place of anarchy. Forests are full with swarms of violent goblins and hungry slimes, the likes of which would love nothing more than to eat you in your sleep. Caves are full of massive beasts that lumber into their dark holes to hide away until t... 2022-09-24 15:46:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies, I just saw I am one chapter behind on what I owe you. I will get another FC up tomorrow to balance us out again
Note: If you don’t know who Anderwal is, I suggest joining the Discord and checking in the #secretchannel now and then. Often when I post chapters to RR, they will receive entirely new segments that didn’t exist on Patreon because I thi...
2022-09-23 19:22:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's some RUHR! THE RIVER SORCERESS! for you to enjoy, friends =)
2022-09-22 10:14:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe forest croaks with the longing voice of a witch, grasping and reaching out for the flesh of little things that scamper and scurry in the streets at night. The wood of the old trees groans and aches as the wind howls, as six silhouettes move through the forest in the glow of supple torchlight — the flames of which do next to nothing to repel the hungry dark.
Hineni walks, ...
2022-09-21 12:48:10 +0000 UTC View PostDurability.
Each piece of equipment, every piece of clothing, every sword and staff, and every tool has, as one of its guaranteed values, ‘durability’, alongside its ‘weight’ and often ‘value’.
Durability determines the current physical status of an item. A broken, battered, or rusted object will likely h... 2022-09-20 19:02:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hineni wanders through the deep forest alone, simply unable to tell if it is night or day. The heavy, looming boughs of the trees hang heavily over his head. Their thick, old branches hold an interconnected crown aloft that is so thick and dense that to see beyond it is a simple impossibility.
He’s tried starting a fire with his ash-magic, in order to burn his way through to ...
2022-09-19 19:20:17 +0000 UTC View PostHineni stands out in the deep forest, further away from the cabin. Water shimmers before himself, catching dancing rays of moonlight. He stares down at the pond, looking at the tepid waters. Hundreds of small frogs sit all around the edge of the water or on lily pads and rocks, croaking their frog songs.
— He lifts his hand, getting ready to snap his fingers.
It never stops.
The churning machination of horrors never stops spinning, the wheels, covered in the gore and blood of the young, never come to rest.
Every hundred years comes a great crisis that rocks our world to its core. Before the breaking of each new century, people gather together in great masses. The economie... 2022-09-16 19:55:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The name of Isaiah
It has come unto our world, brought to us by the gods. The messenger of their word has come, the breadth of its wings spanning between heaven and earth, to act as a bridge for our mortal souls to reconnect with the grace of divinity.
Say it with me, brothers, sisters! Pray, preach, and sing it — ... 2022-09-15 19:21:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Somewhat unusual poll today. Demon Core isn't updating today on RR, but I am working on the first advance chapters (available for all tiers of patron). I was wondering, what you would like to see most as the focal point of the story?
Would you like more dungeon-building and inside views, or would you like to see more reactions and povs from outsiders experiencing the dungeon? =...
2022-09-15 10:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostAs a child, his, their, mother, a human who had been living in the deep forests of the south, was murdered by a clan of fearful elves. The elves were afraid of a foreboding sign brought to them through sages and starlight, a sign that told of the chaotic, horrific destruction that the woman’s children would cause. This was the case because they were gifted with very unusual magic for the sout...
2022-09-14 17:32:47 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is a witch?
Let us refrain from any dogmatic terminology, brought to us via the conditionings of politics and the religious beliefs of the common folk. Let us focus solely on the pragmatic nature of the existence of witches.
Every person has the ability to choose a primary class after reaching level five. This m... 2022-09-13 19:19:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hineni stands there, looking around himself, as the scene shifts one more time.
“I waited a long time to show you this,” says a voice from behind him. “I waited a long time to tell you this.” A hand places itself onto his shoulder. “Hi~ ne~ ni~ hi~,” croaks the voice of the big-frog.
Hineni turns his head around, looking at her sickly pale face and ...
2022-09-12 18:17:23 +0000 UTC View PostSoft music plays hauntingly in the distance. It is carried by the melodic voice of a singing piano, coming from far, far off beyond where the shadows, which his feet move across, begin. A soft crackling of warm fires can be heard, the pops and snaps echoing around the far too large room that he finds himself inside of.
“Ah, hell,” mutters Hineni to himself, coming to wakefu...
2022-09-12 15:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostI worked on this small farm my entire life. It was my father’s fathers farm and now it’s mine. For generations, we’ve worked this land with our hands, ploughs and animals.
— But now it’s failing, under my watch.
The specific, low-yield, high-value crops that we raise here, as one of the only operations in t... 2022-09-09 19:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a Red for you, as worker stage 5-6 =)
2022-09-09 11:00:40 +0000 UTC View Post
A digital depiction of the grand tower from FINAL CORE! <3
Made via Midjourney + photopea2022-09-08 08:39:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Heavy thunder rolls through the night air, cascading across the silenced war-scape. The voices inside and around the dense forest have now died down, leaving only the soft hooting of an owl and the distant croaking of shrill frogs audible beyond the pouring rain.
Hineni, standing under the cover of the growing tree, stares into the little doll-house that hangs there from a rope...
2022-09-07 18:59:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Got a swole new cover for DEMON CORE! =)
2022-09-07 09:21:18 +0000 UTC View Post2 new sections were added to FC on today's RR chapter 57 that weren't on the patreon Release. If you didn't read the Discord.
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/54046/final-core-a-holy-dungeon-c... 2022-09-06 18:28:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A week has passed.
The tree has grown incredibly large. It has already surpassed the size of any tree that he had ever seen, back in the old big-now-small forest in the north.
Hineni stands there, his hands on his hips, as he stares, impressed.
It had exploded in growth overnight. Massive roots span out through the hillside, lifting up pieces o...
2022-09-05 15:47:53 +0000 UTC View PostHineni lifts his hands up towards the sky, feeling a pop in his back. “Ah, f-” he catches himself swearing, stopping before he starts.
“Thank you,” says Seltsam, standing behind the large tree atop the hill.
Hineni continues the movement, bending down to try and touch his toes, which he vaguely sort of, kind of comes close to doing.
“...
2022-09-03 20:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostIsaiah sits on the branch of the very-big-tree with the golden sword in its lap, the tower rumbling one final time. Its feathers rustle and shake, quivering as the construction, reaching high, high up towards the sky, comes to a halt, being high enough to reach the global ambient winds that span the world.
The lights of many colors come to return to the roost, the uthra, all of...
2022-09-02 19:36:13 +0000 UTC View Post'Obols' are the currency commonly used across our nation.
While accepted in ports of call on the other continents, Obols are primarily only considered valid currency within our borders.
Obols are a primarily coinage-based unit of money, with varying denominations. The smallest of these is one Obol and the largest, co... 2022-09-01 19:42:39 +0000 UTC View Post
A week has passed.
Hineni stands before the glowing forge, hammering away at a piece of metal, meant to make the final link of a chain for a flail. The forge itself is now fully enclosed once again, having taken up the shape of a room. As are all of the other rooms of the exterior house.
It’s finished.
It’s unfurnished, but finished.<...
2022-08-31 18:57:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe shape of prayer.
When offering one’s thoughts, hopes and essence to the heavens, it is considered important to hold a specific physical stance, a pose, a so-called ‘prayer stance’. It has commonly been debated amongst religious scholars, which stance is the most acceptable to use, while offering oneself up for divine inspection. 2022-08-30 19:24:04 +0000 UTC View Post
second chapter released today (120 an hour ago). I forgot to do Saturday's upload, so here's #2! =)
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Hineni hums as he walks, holding Obscura’s hand. The two of them stroll around the northern side of the city, further away from the front-lines.
Catching himself doing so, ...
2022-08-29 19:15:27 +0000 UTC View PostHineni sits there, watching the construction of their home continue. The walls are all standing now. The rooms of the exterior house are all in place. Sure, most of them are missing a roof and functionality, apart from four walls. But it’s progress.
The tree is growing with incredible speed and strength. It’s now already, with the help of the owl-god, the size of a fully gr...
2022-08-27 15:42:33 +0000 UTC View Post