Leon hated Ilion. Quite fiercely, in fact. It was a city that even if he hadn’t had the nerve-wracking interaction with Anastasios that he did, he would never want to return to.
The city glorified in the death of his Ancestors and the downfall of his Clan. The whole place was practically a living monument to the death of those who bore the power of the Thunderbird. He couldn’t exactl...
I've gotten some reports from patrons saying that they can't see the chapters that they should be able to at their pledge tier. It seems to only be affecting those who need to edit their pledges down to the cheaper tiers since new patrons don't appear to be affected. From what I can tell, though, the issue seems to be resolving itself once this billing cycle is has been processed (b...
2021-11-01 19:50:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe credits with all the people at Apotheosis tier will be added before the end of the day, I need to compile the list again and give all of you the time you need to make sure you're in the new tier that you want to be in. There shouldn't be any more delays in getting the credits listed for future chapter releases, but this whole new tiers thing has me a little out of whack.
Anyway...
Pretty much exactly what it says on the tin; all the changes that I announced last Sunday are now in effect. There are now only 2 tiers: the $5 Mage tier and the $10 Apotheosis tier. The Mage tier gains access to all 40 advance chapters, while the Apotheosis tier gets that, plus getting their name in the credits of each chapter released for the duration of their pledge! If you...
2021-10-30 12:34:23 +0000 UTC View PostAnastasios’ attention weighed upon Leon like it had physical force, though the man’s aura seemed quite calm and serene, and his face was split by an easygoing smile. However, it still took Leon a moment to collect himself from the shock of the Lord Protector himself coming over and staring at him, and even then, he didn’t answer right away.
Instead, he turned back toward his retaine...
2021-10-29 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs the convoy had arrived in Ilion, Leon had been struck with the question of just how the Ilian people were to access their Emperor’s palace, as there didn’t seem to be any direct ways to get up to the raised island. Now that he and the rest of those invited by the Emperor made their way through the grand multi-lane streets of the Empire’s capital, he was about to find out, and he couldn...
2021-10-27 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIf you missed it, I made an extremely important announcement last night. Please be sure to check it out if you haven't already!
Check it out here. I've also pinned it above all the other chapters.
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The Heaven’s Eye convoy arrived in Ilion with fanfare. It wasn’t quite a ...
2021-10-25 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View Posttl;dr: most of you will be able to spend less money and keep the same benefits.
So, it's probably no secret that this Patreon campaign isn't doing as well as it was last year, and combined with some other things in my personal life that have made this a truly shitty year, I've been spending a lot of time thinking about how to address that. The feedback I get most consistently is tha...
2021-10-25 01:31:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the day to leave Ancon finally came, Leon wasn’t too upset. He’d found little in the city save for frustration, humiliation, and anger—or rather, those things that frustrated, humiliated, and angered him so outweighed the good parts that he was just glad to see the city slowly disappearing into the distance behind the Heaven’s Eye convoy.
Much like the trek from Akhmim to Att...
2021-10-22 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostLeon was rather quiet for the rest of the day following the tour of the ruins. His group stayed for only another hour or so before it was time to leave, and his family split from Princess Cristina’s retinue at the gates. The Princess herself tried to object, but after a whispered exchange with Valeria, she let them go, though Leon could tell that wasn’t happy about the situation.
Rega...
2021-10-20 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostLeon and Valeria stood there, neither speaking, as they processed what the message had just said. Nestor, however, was beyond furious, and he raged in Leon’s soul realm.
[Pindar…] he’d started with, a simple muttering that was laced with more hatred than Leon thought he’d ever heard from the dead man. [That ambitious little shit… he finally turned traitor! MY FATHER SHOULD HAVE ...
2021-10-18 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostLeon stood alone in the former library quietly contemplating everything that had been revealed during Claudia’s tour, by both the archaeologist herself, and by Nestor’s additional commentary.
Everyone else largely left him alone, and Claudia remained close to the library’s entrance, fielding various questions and remaining available for consultation. Her only condition for allowing ...
2021-10-15 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“Welcome! Welcome!” one of the people waiting for Leon’s group outside of the museum shouted exuberantly.
The woman who shouted stood at the front of the group, exuded a fourth-tier aura, and was dressed quite finely. She was an older woman, with a gracefully lined face, long silver hair, and a pair of deep brown eyes that promised nothing but warmth and cheer. Given the way the oth...
2021-10-13 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA flame no larger than that of a burning candle slowly undulated in his hand. It burned brightly, casting its reddish-orange light throughout the darkness of the early morning courtyard. The sun hadn’t yet risen, and he hadn’t turned on any of the magic lanterns, so his small flame was the only light around, save for the slowly brightening sky and dimming stars.
Ancon was beautiful in...
2021-10-11 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs he arrived at the familiar tower, Leon still had no idea what Apollodorus, the local governor, could want with him. He arrived fairly quickly, though, not wanting to leave the governor waiting for too long. He brought Marcus, Alcander, and Gaius with him as his retainers, but left everyone else back at the guest house. There wasn’t any need for them, and he didn’t want to show up at the ...
2021-10-08 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostDespite her intense gaze, Penelope didn’t immediately come over to Leon. Instead, as Leon and his group slowly dispersed into the crowd, with many others coming forward to greet them, Penelope approached Emilie.
Leon didn’t think about the eighth-tier agent of Heaven’s Eye much after that, what with others clamoring for his attention. Though he wasn’t yet officially a part of Heav...
2021-10-06 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe sky was overcast, filled with dark storm clouds. The wind was howling, not quite a gale but still more than enough to have mortals leaning against it to remain balanced. Lighting flashed across the sky with great frequency, and the thunder that accompanied it shook the earth and rattled the glass in windows. Rain hammered the city in whirling sheets, flooding through the streets, through dr...
2021-10-04 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Is it over?!” Anna shouted from behind the tree, where she was still taking cover with the unconscious Helen, Alix, and Anshu.
Leon, still in a state of shock from the battle and coming down from his adrenaline high, needed a moment to process what he’d just heard, his eyes still locked on his blade, where he’d felt his fire burning strangely, and from where he’d seen ...
2021-10-01 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostIf you didn't see the notification, I just released the revised versions of chapters 96 -103 on Monday! You can check them out here!
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Without hesitation, Leon shouted a warning to his retinue about the incoming vampiric threat. Helen reacted a little s...
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2021-09-28 00:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostLeon’s decision to recruit Helen and Anna seemed to be immediately validated when he formally introduced them to the rest of his retinue and his family. Most of them were polite enough, but it was Elise and Helen who truly hit it off, with his fire-haired wife immediately bonding with the alchemist over their shared love for exotic herbs and alchemy. Anna, meanwhile, got along quite well with...
2021-09-27 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe hospital in Attica was fairly small, with no more than ten healers working there at any one time. Leon found that fairly strange, but when he mentioned it, Elise said that there were quite a few small private healer’s clinics around the city, too.
Regardless, it was to the hospital that Helen had taken Anna following her rescue several days ago, and where Leon had been directed to ...
The basilisk—or so Leon was assuming the creature in front of him to be—came out of his room like a furious animal, but as soon as his reptilian eyes landed upon Leon and Maia, he froze in place, his look of wrath soon dropping into something more akin to a mix of terror and anxiety.
“Who… are you?” he hissed.
Leon almost turned the question back on him, but he figured t...
Following the revelation about Leon and Maia’s power, Helen seemed to relax a great deal during the next half hour or so, but no one said much more that wasn’t business related. Helen gave Maia more detailed directions, and after they’d traveled about forty miles, they finally reached an end of the swamp. They disembarked from the boat and pushed into drier parts of the Wetlands. The basi...
2021-09-20 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTurning in the bounty for the Attican Snapper turned out to be fairly straightforward. Leon just had to bring its corpse and the remains of its victims back to the bounty manager, and he just had to accept it and Leon was a quarter million silvers richer for his trouble. The petrified remains of the missing people were taken away to be buried, but he was allowed to keep the snapper’s corpse, ...
2021-09-17 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThere weren’t many clues to find about their quarry’s whereabouts around the farmhouse. At this point, enough time had passed that most tracks had vanished, and those that Leon was able to find were rather inconclusive, pointing to the swamps where they disappeared.
However, there were just enough clues that things weren’t quite adding up in either Leon or Maia’s head.
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Attica was the first city that Leon’s convoy came to in the Ilumerian Wetlands. It was positioned at the northern edge of a lake, surrounded by dense, swampy forest that reminded Leon a great deal of the Bull Kingdom’s Southern Territories. It was hot, humid, and rather uncomfortable; Leon rarely left the climate-controlled carriage after leaving the comparatively dry desert’s edge behind...
2021-09-13 15:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the morning after Leon’s infiltration of the arena came, Elise left the guest house to hunt down any information of what had happened that she could find. Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to find much, with the official statements from the two Royals in the city merely being that the situation was contained and that no one should worry. They were being incredibly hush-hush about the deta...
2021-09-10 15:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe arena around them shook like there was some titanic being shaking their toy. Given what they had discovered below the arena, Leon thought that that might not be the least appropriate comparison, and as the inhuman screech of the burning figure below them echoed through the entire building, he redoubled his efforts to get the hells out.
He, Maia, and Valeria fled from the underground c...
2021-09-08 15:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe stairway that led down into the arena’s basement was extremely simple, with no adornments or anything else of the sort. The large room that it opened into, however, was the exact opposite, with the red brick walls elaborately painted with icons of the Cortuban gods, small alcoves placed around the large room with golden statues, and at least a hundred plush seats—presumably for the glad...
2021-09-06 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post