382 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day, 9 hours until Dungeon Purge
Your majesty,
I regret to inform you that our assets in Duskar’s court were captured two days ago. By now, I expect they are dead. Fortunately, the news is not all grim. Before his capture, our senior agent managed to convey the results of his work.
It seems the human Orgtul pursues managed to wrest a portal away from the high shaman’s control. Even more curiously, Orgtul...
2021-11-11 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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382 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day, 17 hours until Dungeon Purge
Dear Wysterl,
You know as well as I there are no resources to be had. We are stretched to the breaking point as it is. Excellent news about the unique dungeon! Dispatch a team immediately. —Guildmaster Curalox de Merocn.
It took Regna longer to sift through the corpses and recover my arrows than it had taken me to slay the worms. While he worked, I chewed on a food ration and ...
2021-11-10 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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382 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day, 19 hours until Dungeon Purge
Incident report: direct communication with Core 2-1 initiated by a Trials participant. Anomaly marked for further analysis. —Trials Log Entry #232,129,489,795.
After seeing to Regna’s burns, I studied our surroundings anew. The chamber we were in was definitely a kitchen, one large enough to feed all the Keep’s one-time occupants, I judged.
At the far end, where the fire elementals...
2021-11-09 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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2021-11-08 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Hi guys,
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2021-11-05 04:15:10 +0000 UTC
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382 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day, 20 hours until Dungeon Purge
Esteemed guildmaster,
I sympathize with the council’s fears, but my people are only mere mortals. They cannot give more than they have already. As I warned, fatigue has set in, and progress has slowed dramatically again. Unless the council can find new resources to allocate to the project, I fear there is no way of accelerating our surveying efforts once more.
On a brighte...
2021-11-05 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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382 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day, 21 hours until Dungeon Purge
High Shaman,
I hear and obey. I have doubled the strength of our patrols. If the human is in my sector, I will hear of it soon. I will not fail you, I promise. — Chief Zel Foghorn, commander of the northwest quadrant, Human Dominion.
I had nearly reached the bottom staircase when the dwarf shouted, “Wait!”
I stopped and turned around. Regna still hadn’t stepped out...
2021-11-04 02:00:03 +0000 UTC
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382 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day, 22 hours until Dungeon Purge
Dear Wysterl,
Your concerns are noted, but the council deems them unworthy of attention. Need I remind you again of the grave importance of your project? We cannot—I stress, cannot—let the orcs get stronger by profiting off the Human’s Dominion. The very existence of our people is under threat.
Find those dungeons before the orcs do! —Guildmaster Curalox de Merocn.
2021-11-03 02:00:11 +0000 UTC
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382 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day, 23 hours until Dungeon Purge
Jan Lin,
Your report on the human has me intrigued. Instruct our spies to dig deeper and find out the source of Orgtul’s interest. Keep me apprised of any further developments. —Queen Ionia Amyla.
I woke up hours later with my pools of energy restored. Sleeping on the hard stone ground and amidst the wind and rain had not been comfortable, and for a time, I had believed I wo...
2021-11-02 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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383 days until the Arkon Shield falls
2 days, 9 hours until Dungeon Purge
Esteemed guildmaster,
I hear and obey. You will be pleased to note that I have instituted a three-shift regime. Our scryers are working round the clock. For now, the new approach is yielding better results, but it would be remiss of me not to point out that once fatigue sets in, progress will slow. —Senior Surveyor Wysterl.
After a quick search to assure myself that the bailey...
2021-10-29 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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383 days until the Arkon Shield falls
2 days, 13 hours until Dungeon Purge
You have gained in experience and are now a level 34 Trainee. Your elemental resistance has increased to level 7.
Slaying the other ice elementals had gone off without a hitch. Despite knowing the clock was running down, I had meticulously approached each encounter and worked my way clockwise around the Keep, knocking off the tower guards one by one.
Disappointingly, the last ic...
2021-10-28 02:01:09 +0000 UTC
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2021-10-27 14:56:52 +0000 UTC
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383 days until the Arkon Shield falls
2 days, 15 hours until Dungeon Purge
Dear Wysterl,
The gnomish council deems your excuses unacceptable. If anything, your report has only deepened our alarm. If the Human Dominion is as rich in resources as your analysis suggests, it makes your project that much more critical.
Get the project back on schedule, or someone more suitable will be found to replace you. —Guildmaster Curalox de Merocn.
I...
2021-10-27 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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383 days until the Arkon Shield falls
Milord,
I regret to inform you that your son is still missing. He was last seen entering the deadlands in the company of a group of young Hammerfists. I fear they did not mean him well. —Spymaster Thovil Silvertongue, Sweetsong merchant guild.
Morning arrived without my sleep being interrupted. Stifling a yawn, I rose to my feet. My muscles were sore, and my thoughts were sluggish too. Yesterday’s exertions had clai...
2021-10-26 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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384 days until the Arkon Shield falls
Your majesty,
Our spies have intercepted a missive from Duskar’s high shaman. Orgtul is on the hunt for a human named Jamie Sinclair. We are yet to figure out why the shaman is seeking him, but given Orgtul’s interest, it can be no small matter.
With regards to our colonization efforts, I’m pleased to report we are making excellent progress. The human leaders have proven very amenable to our requests, and soon...
2021-10-25 12:53:51 +0000 UTC
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What do you think of this cover? Its still a work in progress, but any comments are welcome. :)
Book 1 cover is being revised too, btw.
2021-10-24 11:08:40 +0000 UTC
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385 days until the Arkon Shield falls
Esteemed guildmaster,
Our investigations have yielded unexpected results. As predicted, both the Elven Protectorate and the Orcish Federation are actively resisting our surveying efforts. However, they are not the primary cause of the delays we’ve encountered.
A preliminary analysis of available data suggests the Human Dominion is many times larger and more densely populated than anticipated. At this stage, our ...
2021-10-23 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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385 days until the Arkon Shield falls
Chief Zel Foghorn,
The one I seek is a human named Jameson Sinclair. He entered Overworld through one of the neutral gates and will be recognizable by a hobbled left foot. Those damnable elves and gnomes are interfering with my scrying, and I can’t pinpoint his exact location, but I am confident he is somewhere in the west of the domain.
Capturing him is your only priority. Find him, and you will be rewarded. Fa...
2021-10-22 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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385 days until the Arkon Shield falls
Esteemed guildmaster,
Magical examination of the Human Dominion has commenced as planned. Progress, though, is slower than expected. At this stage, only nine percent of the domain has been scryed. I’ve heeded well your warning on the importance of this task and have initiated an investigation to uncover the root cause of the lackluster progress. —Senior Surveyor Wysterl, gnomish explorers guild.
For the most part, t...
2021-10-21 02:00:59 +0000 UTC
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385 days until the Arkon Shield falls
All beginnings are painful, be it a mortal birth or the creation of a new Dominion. —Ashara.
You have exited Wyrm Island.
I stepped out of the dragon temple to a darkened sky. Dawn was still about an hour away, and most of location seventy-eight’s residents had not yet risen.
Sierra. The village is called Sierra now, I reminded myself. I felt my heart clench again as the settlement’s name ...
2021-10-20 09:18:08 +0000 UTC
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2021-10-20 08:49:30 +0000 UTC
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386 days until the Arkon Shield falls
“Jamie,” Tara greeted, her voice solemn.
“Hi, Tara,” I said, recovering from the shock of seeing her here. “I thought you were still on the plains.”
She shrugged. “Once the ogres turned south, my presence wasn’t necessary there anymore. I hurried back north with a small squad to see what help we could provide.” She smiled. “But I see you had everything under control.”
“It was close, but we m...
2021-10-19 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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385 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day after Earth’s destruction
The humans and the Elders are connected somehow. It is the only conclusion I can draw from the Elders presence on the human homeworld so many millennia ago. But what is the connection? —Arustolyx, gnomish archaeologist.
I rose early the next morning, well before dawn, while the rest of the settlement was still asleep. I gazed around the tent at my meagre belon...
2021-10-19 02:00:59 +0000 UTC
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386 days until the Arkon Shield falls
The last part of the wall to be finished turned out to be on the east side.
A small crowd was already assembled before the open section of palisade. At their fore was the commander and her direct subordinates, Soren, Albert, Melissa, Petrov, and Beth. Only Tara was missing. Is she still out on the southern plains? I wondered.
When Marcus and I arrived, Soren’s workers already had the final pieces in hand and w...
2021-10-18 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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386 days until the Arkon Shield falls
I didn’t follow Jolin immediately.
First, I stopped by the body of the murluk chieftain and studied its gory remains. Anatomically, the chieftain was identical to his smaller kin but with everything built to a larger scale. A much larger scale.
How did he get so big? I wondered. Perhaps I can find out.
Unsheathing my knife, I dissected the murluk. After a few minutes of cutting, the Tri...
2021-10-18 02:00:59 +0000 UTC
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386 days until the Arkon Shield falls
In short order, I covered the fifty yards to the section of palisade the murluk chieftain had been making for. I was pleased to see that the commander had done as I asked and pulled back the nearby spearmen.
There was also no sign of disorder amongst the waiting defenders. Jolin must have moved swiftly to prevent the disruption experienced elsewhere from occurring here. With a nod to the commander in passing, I moved beyond th...
2021-10-17 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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386 days until the Arkon Shield falls
A little later, eight of the ten overseers were dead, and I had gained another level.
You have gained in experience and are now a: level 21 Trainee.
The number of murluks attempting to hop over the wall had diminished considerably, and order had been restored inside the palisade. The only place the defenders and attackers now clashed in any sizeable numbers was at the open gate.
Despite the frantic...
2021-10-17 02:00:01 +0000 UTC
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386 days until the Arkon Shield falls
Despite her age, the commander was spryer than I was.
Before I could lift myself out of my chair, Jolin was out of her own and marching into the next chamber. The scout followed on her heels, filling her in on the details in rapid-fire fashion.
I missed most of what he reported, though the little that I heard left me with the impression that this time the murluk army was many times bigger. Hurrying in the pair’s wake, ...
2021-10-16 16:28:57 +0000 UTC
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386 days until the Arkon Shield falls
The day of Earth’s destruction
I woke up early the next morning, reinvigorated and refreshed. Today was the fourth day since we had claimed the spider warren, and the day the settlement had to be established to retain the lair.
We will not lose the lair, I vowed.
There was no reason to believe we wouldn’t succeed. The Outpost’s development had been progressing well since the murluk a...
2021-10-15 13:18:38 +0000 UTC
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387 days until the Arkon Shield falls
1 day to Earth’s destruction
1 day until the Warren is destroyed
Lost deep in thought, I made my way back to my tent. Greg’s words kept playing over in my mind. The situation back on Earth, which I had forgotten about over the last few days, felt altogether too real after talking to the family.
How would Greg’s family—and others like his—survive on Overworld?
The Tr...
2021-10-15 13:14:42 +0000 UTC
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