The mists of Elsewhere poured out of the rift, obscuring the battlefield. Blasts of green light speared through the roiling fog as if it weren’t there, driving Adrian and his men further back. The group’s healer was using Refresh repeatedly on the drunk nobles, sobering them up and restoring their stamina as they fell back into defensive positions.
Now that their ...
2023-01-01 00:10:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip to the cult safehouse was unique and amusing if more than a little unimpressive. The carriage jolted, tossing Micah lightly into the man sitting to his right. Somehow, despite barely being able to keep his eyes open, the passenger managed to avoid spilling his drink. Briefly, Micah wondered if the man had a blessing related to balance and coordination before his compa...
2023-01-01 00:09:54 +0000 UTC View PostMicah swayed in time with the music, a pained smile frozen on his face. The sound of violins swelled behind him as he did his best to follow Gwen’s practiced movements.
The princess was gorgeous. Considering the number of servants that had joined Micah’s guild on their circuit of Sandrovok, it only made sense. He barely understood the unspoken rules of fashion and et...
2023-01-01 00:08:49 +0000 UTC View PostMicah looked over a long line of royal servants. They stood at attention, hands clasped behind their backs in ranks 20 people long and 10 deep. He took a deep breath, casting Root Weave wordlessly as he absorbed the scent of Elsewhere that filled the mustering hall.
On either side of the room, members of the Silver Wolves stood with their weapons at ready, eyeing the ...
2023-01-01 00:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostAge 21 [ERROR] / 35
Class/Level Divine Candidate 58
XP 120,000/2,000,000
HP 10,492/10,492
Class Specialty
Chronomancer, Enchanter
Attributes
Body 62, Agility 62, Mind 125, Spirit 124
Attunement
Moon 110 Sun 70 Night 130
Mana
Moon 10,200/11008 Sun 10,928/10,928 Night 9,220/11,0...
2023-01-01 00:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostHe barely got the words out when a gust of wind rushed down the cave toward him, carrying with it a strange scent and the rustle of wings in the air. Advanced Arcana twinged and Micah could feel something fundamentally wrong darting down the tunnel toward him.
“Get in here,” he roared over his shoulder. “The monsters know we’re here and they aren’t happy.”...
2023-01-01 00:06:15 +0000 UTC View Post“I agree,” Drekt said solemnly, “We should be wary. A winged magical beast would have left signs of struggle. Even without your foreknowledge that something is rotten in Pereston, your discovery at the trapper outpost would have put me on edge.”
Micah nodded, feet crunching through the shin-deep snow as they descended the mountain. It had taken most of a day for him to...
2023-01-01 00:05:15 +0000 UTC View PostMicah bit his lower lip, letting the cool wind whip at his face. Snow filled the mountain pass, only marred by a line of footprints where the advance team had scouted ahead. On either side of the valley, mountains jutted above them, their peaks obscured by clouds.
“I didn’t know that the gods let the world grow this cold,” Leeka chattered. “I appreciate the fur c...
2023-01-01 00:04:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Empress exuded both beauty and danger. She looked like a snake, coiled and waiting for its moment to strike in the morning light. As best Micah could tell, she was barely a couple of years older than Gwen, but he knew for a fact that she had ruled Sandrovok for at least thirty years.
Behind her stood her three husbands, a human, an elf, and a Durgh. All were incredib...
2023-01-01 00:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe sound of violins washed over Micah as he stood awkwardly in the corner of the ballroom, a crystal champagne flute in his hand as he watched dozens of nobles and wealthy commoners dance in the center of the room. A waltz was playing and all around him the ruling classes of Sandrovok engaged in quiet deals and conversation, using the party as a pleasant excuse to gather.
He took a...
2022-11-18 17:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostAn onkert snarled in front of Micah, beating its chest with gorilla arms as it faced down a human warrior. Chains forged from fire jumped from the sand, shackling both of the daemon’s arms and setting their thick fur ablaze as the fighter used his blessing. The man switched to a two handed grip on his sword and stabbed the blade through the bound monster’s chest.
Micah bli...
2022-11-18 17:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostMicah opened his eyes. His bed creaked slightly under his back as he shifted slightly, bringing back a brief twinge of nostalgia that he couldn’t quite place. Light streamed in through an open window as the smell of sizzling bacon wafted into his room from where his mother was cooking breakfast in the kitchen.
His stomach growled, churning angrily as it demanded food. ...
2022-11-18 17:16:26 +0000 UTC View PostMicah put his shoulder into the window, shattering it and leaping out into the night sky. Air rushed past him as he hastily tucked the letters into his carrying pouch. Already he could feel ritual energy coiling around him, nipping at his skin as it sought to pierce through his body and latch its claws into his soul.
The guards on the walls, the gardens, really all life other ...
2022-11-14 06:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostA carriage clattered over cobblestone, sharply contrasting with the distant sounds of music and revelry. Drekt, Leeka, and Trevor sat in the darkness next to them, their backs to a grassy berm that was the only thing protecting them from being seen directly by anyone with a torch.
“The man you had me mark is fifteen paces away,” Leeka whispered “Moving at a fast walk or a slow...
2022-11-14 06:26:44 +0000 UTC View Post“As I said earlier,” Micah replied, “I have the ability to see the future somewhat.”
They were in a conference room at one of the royal family’s summer palaces. It wasn’t as big as the governor’s manor, but at the same time, representatives of the royal family rarely visited Red Sands for more than a month at a time. The building was large and well appointed enou...
2022-11-11 19:59:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe dizziness from Deja Vu faded, and Micah found his carriage pulling to a halt in front of the stage. Above him, Gwen sat on her throne, waiting to present him with an award for his role in suppressing the outbreak.
A familiar man hurried down the stairs, a polished gem in his hand. Micah tuned out his words, smiling and nodding as he began to cast his spells one af...
2022-11-11 19:59:08 +0000 UTC View PostA blast of heat washed over Micah’s tight smile. In front of him, a man in garish and outlandish clothing was spitting some brand of foul smelling grain alcohol into a torch, generating a stream of fire that rivaled a low level spellcaster.
On either side of the firebreather, a pair of people in red and gold leotards did a series of backflips across the paving stones, drawing a ro...
2022-11-11 19:58:06 +0000 UTC View PostWind rushed past Micah, pulling at his hair and whipping it back and forth as he flew toward the battlefield. He reached up with his left hand, touching one of the Maarikava teeth mounted on the shoulder of his armor and poured mana into it. A streamer of gold light jumped from the ivory spike and flew through the air toward where Esther, Eris and Leeka were attacking the first sand...
2022-11-11 19:57:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Squad A needs to move five hundred paces to the left.”
Micah looked up from the ageless folio, squinting into the desert sun as he looked around his surroundings once more. He stood high in the air, at least a hundred paces above a large dune of sand that dominated the local environment. Four clusters of blessed stood around the massive wave of sand, their arms a...
2022-11-11 19:56:11 +0000 UTC View PostAn arrow, the size of Micah's forearm and almost as thick, zipped through the air, slamming into the shoulder of a shade ogre and pinning the creature to the dungeon's rocky wall. It bellowed in pain, dropping its war club and reaching up to grab the length of heavy wood embedded in its thick flesh. Mackenzie took advantage of its distraction, lunging forward and thrusting her...
2022-11-11 19:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostFootsteps echoed outside the room as Micah and pulled himself to his feet. Leeka was having the worst time of it, but everyone in his group was still suffering ill effects from the long distance teleportation. Drekt leaned woozily against Tellivern, but everyone else was on the floor groaning and clutching at their heads or stomachs.
Micah shook his head to clear some cobwebs,...
2022-11-11 19:54:00 +0000 UTC View PostMicah’s brow furrowed slightly as he tapped the blade of his knife against his chin. He stood in the center of a large room, three concentric circles of runes drawn on the metal floor. The outer layers were already carved in, the steel filings carefully swept away before he filled the etchings with quartz powder, but as complex and alien glyphs grew closer to him, they were replaced by chalk ...
2022-11-11 19:52:45 +0000 UTC View PostIf you've wondered what I've been up to, the answer is sprinting Blessed Time IV for NaNoWriMo. I'm hoping to avoid the headache of scheduling releases on RR and taking them down for that book so you're getting it on Patreon and Patreon only. It WILL be coming down once the book releases on Kindle, but I wanted to share it here first.
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Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Dussok remained slumped, his eyes clouded and distant and arms limp by his side as his ...
2022-10-26 02:11:10 +0000 UTC View Post- - - - -
Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 2
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Samazzar’s side twinged slightly. The climb out of Whistling Gorge hadn’t hel...
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Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 3, Sound (Advanced) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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Samazzar dangled in the darkness, a mad grin on his face and adrenaline pumping through...
2022-10-26 02:08:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe din of the restaurant swelled around Kat as she struggled to keep a smile from her face. Waiters, fuzzy simians with hairless hands that barely reached her shoulder scurried back and forth across wooden ceiling beams holding platters of food and drinks. Occasionally they’d stop and hook their tail around the support in order to lower themselves to a table and serve the ordered...
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Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2, Sound (Advanced) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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“Fascinating,” Samazzar remarked, his eyes sharp with excitement as he watched Adam...
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Race: Saurian
Bloodline Powers: Improved Strength, Rending, Firebreath
Greater Mysteries: Fire (Noble) 4, Wind (Noble) 2, Sound (Advanced) 1
Lesser Mysteries: Heat 4, Oxygen 4, Embers 4, Pressure 4, Current/Flow 4
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“No.” Tazzaera’s voice slapped Samazzar almost as hard as her hand as she knocked ...
2022-08-31 02:14:55 +0000 UTC View PostKat’s pupil flicked upward, bringing up another page of information on her smartpanel. The words flowed past as she analyzed the data, pausing here and there to read the notes the Whippoorwill had appended to the document. A blink of her eye brought up another series of tables, each showing expenditures from a variety of corporate accounts.
A red light flickered in the corne...
2022-08-28 22:43:25 +0000 UTC View Post