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Help choose Morgana's new abilities:

Think of the following skills as skill books from the pile that Darren has been quietly upgrading.

Here are her current skills for reference. She has six skills right now, with four open skill slots for new abilities.

Curse of Weariness (Common)

This skill reduces your target’s energy to the point of exhaustion. The effect is cumulative and can be increased by using this ability multiple times.

Curse of Sloth (Uncommon)

This sk...

Vote on new abilities for Cassandra!

Think of the following lists as all the skill books Darren has quietly been preparing in the background.
And just for reference. Here are her current skills. She has six right now, with four open slots for new abilities.

Current abilities:
Wind’s Whisper (Rare)

Divination ability that allows the user to hear single-word glimpses of the most likely future, barring the effects of other divination abilities.

Gossamer Strands (Uncommon)<...

Picking new abilities for Darren

Hey guys, I have a few polls planned so I can get a good idea of what abilities are most interesting for the upcoming chapters. These are some of the ability options I’m considering for Darren. I have more for Morgana, Sasha, Cassandra, and Asuriel since all of them have quite a few open skill slots. If there is interest, I could put out polls for their new abilities as well.

I have quite a bit of flexibility with this skill selection session for once since the plot doesn’t require ...

Paladin 4: Chapter 11

After getting chased out of the village, Darren and Callum dealt with all the remaining quests in the area, staying well clear of the settlement. They took care of three open portals to hell, a couple of imps, and a few minor demons. There weren’t that many quests to be had, but that was because so few sigil wielders had walked through these lands. The ophanim’s ability to survey the local area was probably quite limited.

But Darren would change that soon. He would send his people i...

Paladin 4: Chapter 10

Gwen pointed out her tree house in the distance, and Darren scooped her up in her arms and flew her there. Callum followed close behind.

“I must say, that is far faster than climbing flimsy rope ladders!” Gwen laughed. “If we could fly, we probably wouldn’t be so wary about venturing to the ground.”

“All you need is a sigil and to complete a few quests,” Callum said cheerily. “I’m not even an archpaladin like Darren. I just have a flight skill.”

“An arc...

Asuriel wishes you a merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! This was made to accompany the holiday special scene from earlier today.

Made with Stable Diffusion. I couldn't find an artist to fix the hands on short notice, so I just cropped them out.

Spellheart 9: Chapter 3

I still had my entire length deep into Tivana. She tried to go left, and I tried to go right. With the two of us attached as we were, we ended up sprawling on the ground.

Fortunately, I’d cast my Layered Durability spell on the area before we’d even gotten started, and the spell was still in effect. It was only three layers thick, but that was enough to buy me the time to act against any foe I was likely to face.

The first barrier shattered as soon as the metal tendril struck ...

Paladin 4: Christmas Special

“Asuriel, what are you wearing?” Darren asked when he saw his lover dressed in an oversized outfit of fluffy red and white fuzz. She had a silly looking conical hate that flopped in front of her face, where she blew it aside only for it to flop in front of her again.

“I’m Santa Claus!” Asuriel said, holding her arms wide. The wind caught her floppy sleeves, and she had to bring her wings shimmering into existence behind her to steady herself.

“What?”

“Santa C...

Paladin 4: Chapter 9

The young woman’s attempts to get out from underneath Callum proved entirely futile. He had been bigger than her when he was just a holy adept, and now that he was a paladin, he had four times the young woman’s weight, not even counting the heavy plate armor he was wearing. She soon realized this and stopped struggling so she could reach for the hunting knife strapped to her thigh.

“I’m terribly sorry, miss!” Callum hastily scrambled to his knees, which let the young woman dra...

Paladin 4: Chapter 8

While Callum was perfectly capable of dealing with these cultists, the same couldn’t be said of the demon lords they’d just summoned. Quite a few of them were at the fifth order, and those behind them were at the fourth order. The demons were packed tight, some riding on top of one another’s shoulders so they would all fit in the summoning circle.

It gave them a less-than-impressive entrance and was probably a lot less grandiose than the entrance the cultists had been expecting fr...

Paladin 3: Paladin of the Spirit is live on audible!

You can get it through that link.

Audible tells me it isn't published yet, but I see it on the store. As soon as my author control panel updates, I will give away some free codes. So leave your name and region if you want one (sorry -- .com and .uk codes only. Not my rules, but that's all audible gives me!)

First come first serve on the codes. I did request codes for previous books, so let me know if you don't have the earlier books in the series and I will try to accommodate you....

Paladin 4: Chapter 7

Darren and Callum were in the Northern Trade Union within the hour. It took Callum nearly as long to steady himself on his feet as it took for them to make the trip.

“Well... I hope when I reach the fourth order and get some wings, my flight skill will boost my speed enough that we never have to do that again,” Callum chuckled. “Getting carried over your shoulder like a sack of grain was more than a little uncomfortable. I don’t get how Cassandra and the others can like getting ...

Paladin 4: Chapter 6

Walking through Rarekshold brought back memories to Darren. This had been the first human settlement he’d visited after emerging from Hell. It was nice to see the place doing better than he remembered it.

He even saw the two ladies of the night he’d met that day. One in red and the other in two. They’d taught him how to please a woman, and it was thanks to their early advice that he could save Cassandra and Morgana from being sacrificed to Asmoth’Koteth.

It looked like the...

Spellheart 9: Chapter 2

Tivana led me on a chase out of the city to one of the nearby northern mountaintops. It was familiar to me since Sam, Dean, and I had played board games here just a short while ago. The slope was too steep to climb, but those of us with flying swords had no trouble getting to the plateau on the top.

And that was the crux of the issue and why where we’re here today. While I had to ride Spell Eater to the top, Tivana merely concentrated on her spatial zeal and flew to the top, unaided b...

Paladin 4: Chapter 5

Darren took things slowly for Thalia’s wedding night. It was her first time, and his usual bedroom activities weren’t the kind of thing a woman could just jump into.

Cassandra had wanted to induct Thalia into their little family the same way she’d inducted Asuriel, but Darren had told her to wait on that. Thalia was an Empress, and it would be best to keep things normal for a little while until her workload died down a little.

So after the last part of their ceremony was ove...

Paladin 4: Chapter 4

The following morning, Darren’s wedding with Cassandra began. She had insisted on going first since she was the first to be engaged to Darren.

The event was situated in the palace ballroom, a huge affair that had taken a bit of damage when Darren sliced half the wall away as he cut down the Sinful Servants running through the halls less than a month ago.

The carpenter and mason’s guild had been paid three times their usual fees to repair it with all haste so the imperial weddi...

Paladin 4: Chapter 3

Cassandra was excited to try out the hot spring beneath Darren’s new cabin. She was so excited that, for once, she kept her dress on all the way there.

Darren half expected to see Sasha, Asuriel, and Morgana still in it from when he’d left them earlier that day, but at some point, they must have got out before they forgot how to walk on dry land after most of a day of soaking.

Cassandra tore her clothes off and tossed them aside before stepping in, and Darren followed her.

Paladin 4: Chapter 2

The last time Darren and Asuriel raced, Darren had been the faster of the two. Asuriel pulled out a win by hanging on to Darren’s leg the entire time and pulling ahead at the last moment.

Now, the tables had turned, and Darren struggled to keep up with her despite his incredible speed. Darren was tempted to drop to the sea surface and use his movement skill to catch up to her, but he wasn’t falling too far behind. This was a good opportunity to push himself.

So Darren focused ...

Spellheart 9: Chapter 1

“Try to focus,” Dean said around a mouthful of snacks. “Feel the Primordial World and bend it to your will! Like bending a lovely elf girl, you just met over--“

“That’s more distracting than helpful, Dean,” I sighed, cracking an eye open at my old friend. He tipped his back of toasted snacks into his mouth, guzzling them down like they were water. Crumbs washed over his cheeks and made a small pile on the ground before he emptied the bag and dropped it with a mound of othe...

Paladin 4: Chapter 1

“I don’t know why you make me stand there and watch...” Princess Thalia muttered as she dusted off her dress. It was the same one she’d been wearing earlier, unlike Cassandra. The dress Cassandra had been wearing had been torn to shreds and would need to be replaced entirely. Not that she minded.

“Don’t pretend you didn’t enjoy the sneak peek of what you’ll get on your wedding night!” Cassandra laughed.

Thalia glared. Cassandra had been moaning a little louder th...

Paladin 4: Prelude

One after another, heroes emerged in the Sacred Seas.

In the Northern Trade Union, a man in a ragged cloak stood along the shore. His sword was a bent and rusty thing plucked from the sand, forgotten during the great battle for Salsroth not too long ago.

Now, he fought the remaining demons in the area and rescued those who didn't leave for Limedeep. Of all the warriors who'd fought here, he stood alone. And yet he alone was enough to repel all the remaining demons as the people of...

Paladin of the Sigil: Book 4 recap

The Story So Far...

Darren Heavengrace was robbed of his childhood when paladins from the Order of the Rod killed his father and drove him and his mother fleeing onto the Seven Hells. There, he and his mother survived in the darkness and gloom.

Years passed, and just when Darren and his mother thought their times in the dark were finally over, they were betrayed and she was murdered. Lost and alone, Darren grew up with only the quests his sigil gave him for guidance. ...