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Bruised and ba...
2017-03-30 23:57:46 +0000 UTC View PostValerian followed his uncle as they found their way to their seats. the arena was well stratified, allowing people to see over the heads of those in the row in front of them without much issue. They were headed to one of the upper-class booths in the eastern quadrant and once there they took seats near the very front with Richard wordlessly greeting a tall man decked out in an army uniform.
Being new to the arena, Valerian could not help but look around. Th...
2017-03-30 23:51:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, welcome to my special birthday release. I turned 22 today! Coincidentally, HogW also just broke through the 200 000 views mark on royalroadl so yay! To celebrate we are going to have a triple release, two regular chapters and a special. Additionally, we have a relaunch of my patreon page as well as a launch of my twitter page. It's my first time on social media since I was on facebook in 2009 so please be nice. I understand I have a learning curve ahead of me so please f...
2017-03-30 23:30:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's note: Okay guys! We’re back. Thanks for being so patient and understanding whilst I took my midterms. I really appreciate it. The last two were yesterday. It was tough but I made it through. Methodology of Science was a major pain but that one I killed for sure.
In other matters, I had a bad run in with a pressure cooker nine days ago and ended up losing close to forty percent of the skin on my left forearm. Don’t worry, it's healing quite well. The p...
2017-03-26 01:17:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone,
Yes, midsems, midterms, interim assessments, whatever you wish to call them, have caught up with me. I have actually written two already (I killed the first one, don’t worry). We knew they’ll be coming sooner or later. Unfortunately, now that they are here, HoGW must go on hiatus (is it still a hiatus when it’s less than a month?). Remember my deal with my parents? 2017-03-11 23:34:10 +0000 UTC View Post
We have a new entry into the Hall of Heroes! That's right, HoGW has a new patron. Ladies, Gentlemen and the otherwise gendered, please, join me in welcoming, thanking and praising;
Please say a ...
2017-03-05 01:36:30 +0000 UTC View PostValerian purposefully looked away as his grandparents left his courtyard. There was nothing to say and even if there was, he didn’t trust himself to say it. A glance over at the patriarch caught the pleased smile still on the man’s face. Not wanting to look at that, he turned towards his uncle Richard instead. The scarred knight sensed his discomfort and clasped his shoulder softly.
The patriarch spoke up again, exclaiming, “Wonderful!...
2017-03-05 01:32:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Valerian spun around to face her in shock. That couldn’t be right. His grandmother’s family were plains folk who bred and sold horses. While quite wealthy and well known among the plains tribes, they weren’t some secret ancient clan.
“Do you know anything about this?” Avery whispered at Jonas.
Jonas shook his head slowly.
Luckily, his grandfather jumped in to explain the issue. “Your grandmother’s clan, the S...
2017-02-26 02:14:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Fore note:
Sorry about Thursday! Like I mentioned on the discord page, I had issues with my laptop. While not truly fixed, its manageable now. I'll release both Thursday's and today's chapter today.
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“You seem to have forgotten just who you are speaking with. Endurance. Willpower. Sacrifice. I find it difficult to believe that anyone much less one of you would que...
2017-02-26 02:10:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Valerian stared at the laughing Vorm, unsure what the merriment was about. Was it because of the name of the school or did it have a certain ‘reputation’? he considered it carefully. ‘Strapping’s’. He’d never heard of it. However, Richard had said it was a school under the Royal Military Colleges and he trusted the man’s knowledge of the military. His curiosity peaking, he asked.
“Why the laughter?”
Vorm raised his...
2017-02-18 23:16:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The next day, the family was gathered in the courtyard again. Only this time, the jovial atmosphere from the night before was nowhere to be found. Vorm was back to his usual stern self and the rest of the family lounged around, relaxed but focused on the matter at hand. This matter? Valerian’s schooling.
“We have delayed enough”, Vorm was saying. “I doubt that any more schools will offer themselves up. Best we choose one...
2017-02-16 23:33:56 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Notes:
I got caught up in the holiday spirit and wrote some love poems. The first time I've done so in a long while so I thought it would nice to post them for you guys to read as well. There are three poems. The first will be posted here but the other two will be on patreon. Don't worry! They will be public and thus, free for all to access and read but only for 24 hours after which they'll become patron only.
This will be just like our Christma...
2017-02-15 01:19:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone,
It’s been a while. I’m sorry for dropping off so suddenly but I have some stuff to deal with. It will be clear for those of you who frequent the HoGW discord channel what this announcement is about. For the others, I’ll make it quick.
The truth is that last semester’s results came in and I got a poor grade in one of them. It wasn’t bad, technically, but it was a grade I had never gotten before and it set my parents off. Unf...
2017-02-10 00:10:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Valerian looked out at his family. Everyone who mattered to him was gathered at the feast. A small private get-together in his courtyard to celebrate his success; his small family, Uncle Vorm’s family, Elder Foreson, Healer Brian and his assistant as well as a few others. His Uncle Vorm had taken to teasing Uncle Jonas and his kids were running up and down after Sela who basically glorified in their attention. Even his grandfather...
2017-02-03 05:13:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Valerian struggled to wrap his mind around the spirit’s words. ‘Failed! How did it fail?’ he asked mentally.
“It appears that the Golden winged peng is indeed worthy as of its title as Monarch of the Heavens. Even watered down to this extent, its will completely resists and disregards mine. To think even my divine will is inferior to legacy as weakened as yours”, it spoke bitterly.
“Wait! Milord! Wh...
2017-02-01 21:05:14 +0000 UTC View Post
“Do you truly believe yourself to be a peng?”
The question rang in Valerian’s mind. However, he could not understand why. This set alarm bells ringing because he knew there had to a reason behind the Stormhawk’s enquiry but at the same time he considered it dumb. It was obvious, wasn’t it? He was a Golden Winged Peng! So, why ask? What left his lips though was something different.
“My Lord Kuruksa’...
2017-01-30 23:28:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Massive eyes, like polished, pastel sapphires shone down at them, their inner fire setting them off with a harsh light. They peered from the sides of a cruelly hooked beak that positively glinted with steely sharpness. Five feathers, long and elegant, stuck up at the front of its head, rising high into the air before falling over its back to reveal exactly who the priests were imitating. Its grey and black patterned feathers were beau...
2017-01-27 20:35:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Rather unceremoniously, Valerian was marched straight to a carriage and then carted to the clan compound right in front of several startled spectators. Once there, he was taken to the clan’s private temple in the Steel Heart and from there to a strange portal that supposedly lead to the Stormhawk’s abode. He was to go alone. His family weren’t even allowed to follow him. As he was marched through the carved pillars in front of th...
2017-01-25 19:56:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter Twenty-two: ...Of Offers and the Lack Thereof
The ceremony was drawing to a close. The champions had been hailed, the prizes given and the speeches said. The spectators had cheered themselves tired and hoarse and even the music troupes were weary. A few pompous officials were still trying to get their say in, but the Steelborn Arena was fast emptying. As with most official programmes, the majority of the people had left before the closing time, ...
2017-01-22 20:40:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another year and another book of Heavenward on Golden Wings. It feels a little late to wish you a happy new year so I will simply wish you the best in the upcoming months.
And now, here are the first announcements of the year:
A Message to all readers
Hello everyone,
The year is ending and there’s some stuff that I’d like us to go through before that happens. Before that, Yay! Book One has ended and all that's left is book Two. Well, that might not be the whole truth.
You see, what we have is what I'm calling the first draft. Hatchling was fun to write and it just might be my best work yet but it is neither the best it could be nor is it something I can proudly put out on the market ...
2016-12-31 03:53:47 +0000 UTC View PostIn one of DaleGuard’s many packed taverns
“DON’T YOU PEOPLE SEE?” one man was yelling.
He was drunk. Incredibly so. So drunk that he had trouble standing straight. Still, he tried to make his point. Fortunately for him, he was of those who got only more impassioned and loud rather than slurry and passive as he became inebriated. Not so fortunate for the other patrons however, who had to hear him....
2016-12-26 05:53:12 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Valerian saw his opponent he could not help but think of the more stereotypical depictions of arcanists he had read growing up. Tireneal Reed fit them to his ‘t’. He was gaunt, sickly and pale. His eyes were red, appearing bloodshot at first but on closer inspection revealed a cruel, crimson light. His bony fingers clutched at a bone staff that honestly looked healthier and better fed than himself. Two horns from ...
2016-12-26 05:45:29 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Six Month Anniversary everyone and a Merry Christmas! This is the luncheon release. The Extras were in the morning. The final two chapters will come in the evening to finish off the celebration.
Thanks to Leafyeyes417 for reminding me about the side story.
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Allard looked at him appraisingly before answering. “The how is...
2016-12-25 16:24:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Falling leaves
Slipping loose,
Free from their moorings
Free from their allotted roles
Free from their bindings
From the structured order
That rigid frame
That suffocating mold
That rules our lives, our fates
I envy those falling leaves
So bold and so brave
They break loose, break free
Leap out of their assigned slots
What courage it must take
To abandon all you know
... 2016-12-25 10:42:53 +0000 UTC View PostMy eyelids are heavy
And beg to close
My breath hitches
Light are its blows
My side burns
My core grows cold
Am I dying?
My blood spills
Falling to the ground
My flesh grows numb
As I stumble about
My hands try vainly
But my wounds keep bleeding
Damn! I am dying.
My throat gargles blood
As I try to scream
Someone, anyone, HELP!
Let this be a dream
But my denial is futile<...
2016-12-25 00:40:58 +0000 UTC View PostI am alone inside these walls
I am alone in this bone dome
It is my mind, my home
It is my place, my abode
But there aare things here
Not living things like me
In that sense I'm truly alone
But still, there are things here
Dark things, light things,
The deep and shallow
Sad things, happy things
The sweet and mellow
Things that pull me here and there
Things that cause to do this or that
Mind Adrift
Lost, at sea
Buoyant, floating
Healing in the mire
Of the primordial soup
Lost, at sea
Stewing, brewing
Cooking in the buffeting winds
The juices of the mind. Delicious!
Lost, at sea
Forgetting, discarding
Missing that train
That special mind train
I’m lost, at sea
Confused, befuddled
Broken yet mending
Taking a break...
2016-12-25 00:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post
One or two!
One or two is all I need
One or two
One or two that’s all I ask
This or that or both
Some freedom to choose
To exert my will
To flex my autonomy
Yes or No!
Yes or no. That’s all I need
Yes or No
Yes or no. That’s all I ask
Affirm or deny
Accept or refuse
Simplicity is my only requirement
Even if only to trim the excess
Let me speak! 2016-12-25 00:00:49 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve been lost for a while
Confused and without goal
Hanging there in the void
Deprived of all I once was
I had forgotten my own form
I was left with no direction
Simply wandering through life
Going where wind and sea
Where breeze and wave take me
I’ve been lost for a while
With my conscience as a compassion
The damned thing never worked
Hasn’t in a long time
Not in a ve...
2016-12-25 00:00:48 +0000 UTC View Post