Thus, with the rise of the blue moon, the First Granting reached its end.
King Mudt and the rest of the Orvesian champions were dead, their wish thwarted. Infinzel would stand.
Only one of the pyramidal city’s champions had fallen, but not by the blade of any Orvesian. Instead, Infinzel’s champion was struck down by Sulk, the former Orvesian who now existed under a symbol all of his own. In their effort to defeat Infinzel and stop the annihilation to come...
2025-08-05 20:16:23 +0000 UTC
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Hey gang,
Thank you for your patience these last few weeks as I enter my annual unplanned summer disappearance. For what it's worth (very little), I always intend to post. This is my favorite project! However, summer is always busy, and extra busy this year because we're expecting a baby next month (yay but also uh oh). I've been taking on extra work because of that--and my work is writing/editing--which doesn't always leave much time for Red Tide and the others.
So, un...
2025-07-28 22:07:31 +0000 UTC
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Red Tide, Enchantress of the 5th Renown, the Reef, a fish out of water
Throne Gazer, Trident Master of the 5th Renown, the Reef, working on his diplomacy
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10 Clocksend, 61 AW
Aboard the Last Line, a merchant gellezza
20 days until the next Granting
Inside the cavernous trolkin castle in the far north, Red Tide had stumbled into a room filled with nothing but mirror...
2025-07-28 21:54:30 +0000 UTC
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Red Tide, Enchantress of the 5th Renown, the Reef, having a laugh
Throne Gazer, Trident Master of the 5th Renown, the Reef, deeply uncomfortable
Deep Dweller, sea witch, overbearing mother
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10 Clocksend, 61 AW
The Ledges, on the east coast of the North Continent
20 days until the next Granting
Red Tide couldn’t stop laughing.
She buckle...
2025-07-11 00:56:45 +0000 UTC
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Red Tide, Enchantress of the 5th Renown, the Reef, and her growing pod
Throne Gazer, Cuda Bite, and Salt Wall, champions of the Reef, finally returned to their people
Deep Dweller, sister of the Queen of the Coralline Throne, sea witch, Throne Gazer’s mother
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10 Clocksend, 61 AW
The Ledges, on the east coast of the North Continent
20 days until the next Granting...
2025-07-03 19:37:36 +0000 UTC
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Red Tide, Enchantress of the 5th Renown, the Reef, writing her next verse
Throne Gazer, Trident Master of the 5th Renown, the Reef, leader of rebellions past
Turtle Jaw, Quill of the Reef, former servant of the queen
Salt Wall, Berserker of the 3rd Renown, the Reef, searching for her people
Cuda Bite, Skulker of the 4th Renown, the Reef, a lure for the Coralline Elite
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2025-06-24 15:36:42 +0000 UTC
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Lymon Sulk was born an Orvesian.
Before the gods ended the siege of Infinzel, Sulk had been a constant at the front, the rhythm of his life assault and retreat. He threw himself against the walls with ferocity and dragged his wounded men to safety with grim determination. He was one of King Mudt's favorites. Thus, his contemporaries were surprised when he was marked not with the blackbird of his people, but with the shield that would come to be the symbol of his ministry.
2025-06-16 20:02:08 +0000 UTC
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, in for a taste test
Peplucaria, Alchemist of the 4th Renown, Gen’bi Nomads, overbearingly rich
Lavicta, Elementalist of the 10th Renown, Gen’bi Nomads, extremely sour
Sosupacia, Quill of the Gen’bi Nomads, a lingering aftertaste
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22 Blossum, 61 AW
The Gen’bi desert
2025-06-09 22:00:58 +0000 UTC
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, seeing a mirage
Lavicta, Elementalist of the 10th Renown, Gen’bi Nomads, finding her people
The Firstson, Monster of the 1st Renown, representing the Forgotten One, can be discreet
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22 Blossum, 61 AW
The Gen’bi desert
38 days until the next Granting
That morning, there was dust on the horizon. ...
2025-06-06 21:25:33 +0000 UTC
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, an observer to a meeting of old enemies
Kayenna Vezz, sorcerer of the old Kingdom of Orvesis, on memory’s road
The Firstson, Monster of the 1st Renown, representing the Forgotten One, right where he belongs
Lavicta, Elementalist of the 10th Renown, Gen’bi Nomads, suffering a headache
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20 Blossum, 6...
2025-05-30 19:20:13 +0000 UTC
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(Author's Note: I've changed the character Lavenna's name to Lavicta, because Lavenna was too similar to another character's name. The problems of a big cast!)
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, the reluctant traveler
Lavicta, Elementalist of the 10th Renown, Gen’bi Nomads, preparing for her last fight
Bric de Orak, a man of no particular renown, the Flamingo Island...
2025-05-26 18:57:44 +0000 UTC
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, healed but not fixed
Bric de Orak, a man of no particular renown, the Flamingo Islands, proud grandfather
Lavenna, Elementalist of the 10th Renown, Gen’bi Nomads, troubled by things forgotten
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17 Rainest, 61 AW
Bask, one of the Flamingo Islands
Three days after Uicha’s fight with Battar Crod...
2025-05-19 21:07:43 +0000 UTC
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With all his champions dead, King Mudt trudged doggedly southward, toward the encampment of Infinzel. The coward Cizco Salvado had chosen a valley amidst the southern mountains to hide, knowing that Mudt’s many enemies would bleed him along the journey. Despite this adversity, King Mudt had survived. Perhaps he had underestimated just how much hatred the world’s champions held for Orvesis. Cowards, all, who would never have dared defy Mudt were it not for the damned whims of these god...
2025-05-16 16:48:57 +0000 UTC
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Carina Goldstone, Logician of the 4th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, working remotely
Traveon Twiceblack, Skulker of the 3rd Renown, Soldier’s Rest, having a lovely vacation
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9 Blossum, 61 AW
Traveling south on the Troldep River
51 days until the next Granting
Carina snarled, flipped the pencil around in her fist, and rubbed the eraser over the newest lines she'd dra...
2025-05-12 21:37:20 +0000 UTC
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Cortland Finiron, Hammer Master of the 12th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, surrounded by shades
Rivian Stonespirit, Sword Master of the 5th Renown, Soldier’s Rest, watching the master at work
Vitt Secondson-Salvado, Hunter of the 9th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, in positions he’d rather not be
Watts Stonework, Survivor of the 1st Renown, Soldier’s Rest, on death’s door
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2025-05-09 18:43:07 +0000 UTC
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Cortland Finiron, Hammer Master of the 12th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, demolition man
Rivian Stonespirit, Sword Master of the 5th Renown, Soldier’s Rest, familiar with shadows
Vitt Secondson-Salvado, Hunter of the 9th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, just making conversation
Watts Stonework, Survivor of the 1st Renown, Soldier’s Rest, listening
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9 Blossum, 61 AW
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2025-05-03 18:43:48 +0000 UTC
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Vitt Secondson-Salvado, Hunter of the 9th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, ring shopping
Watts Stonework, Survivor of the 1st Renown, Soldier’s Rest, dead man walking
Cortland Finiron, Hammer Master of the 12th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, on his way
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9 Blossum, 61 AW
The pyramidal city of Infinzel, North Continent
51 days until the next Granting
The je...
2025-04-28 18:59:41 +0000 UTC
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Cortland Finiron, Hammer Master of the 12th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, leading his people to safety
Orryn es-Salvado, Beast Master of the 4th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, securing the border
King Cizco Salvado, Quill of Infinzel, Kingdom of Infinzel, once again under siege
And then, a flashback
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9 Blossum, 61 AW
The pyramidal city of Infinzel, North Continent...
2025-04-21 18:47:54 +0000 UTC
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Cortland Finiron, Hammer Master of the 12th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, always a step behind
Bel Guydemion, Quill of Soldier’s Rest, babysitter
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9 Blossum, 61 AW
The pyramidal city of Infinzel, North Continent
51 days until the next Granting
In the armory, Carina had left behind two crates of the magnetized discs and a third crate of the hollow orbs that produced artific...
2025-04-08 20:48:27 +0000 UTC
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Vitt Secondson-Salvado, Hunter of the 9th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, considering the price of the human body
Watts Stonework, Survivor of the 1st Renown, Soldier’s Rest, punching out
Rivian Stonespirit, Sword Master of the 5th Renown, Soldier’s Rest, from parts unknown
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9 Blossum, 61 AW
The pyramidal city of Infinzel, North Continent
51 days until the next Granti...
2025-04-03 22:03:29 +0000 UTC
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Cortland Finiron, Hammer Master of the 12th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, atop the chain of command
Walton Tendersword, a young man of no particular renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, something of a pariah
Henry Blacksalve, Healer of the 8th Renown, Soldier’s Rest, learning to garden
Hellie Opensky, a woman of no particular renown, Soldier’s Rest, wife to Watts Stonework
Unknown, Spy of the 10th R...
2025-03-31 20:24:58 +0000 UTC
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Unknown, Spy of the 10th Renown, Penchenne, at the end of a long engagement
Cortland Finiron, Hammer Master of the 12th Renown, Kingdom of Infinzel, earth mover
Watts Stonework, Survivor of the 1st Renown, Soldier’s Rest, in charge of a new project
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8 Blossum, 61 AW
The Tomb, a tavern in the Soldier’s Rest district of Infinzel, North Continent
52 days until the ...
2025-03-20 21:53:37 +0000 UTC
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On the island shaped like the world, King Mudt and his champions immediately set out for the south. They had only one destination in mind: the mountain valley where the champions of Infinzel had sequestered themselves. The king of Infinzel had wished for an annihilation of all King Mudt’s people—a destruction with a scope that even Mudt could not fathom.
“There is no honor in this,” King Mudt told his champions. “They need not even best us. The cowards of Infinzel...
2025-03-17 19:10:54 +0000 UTC
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, student
Battar Crodd, Death Knight of the 13th Renown and Quill of the Orvesian Witnesses, teacher
Athur Buss, Bone Mage of the 10th Renown, the Orvesian Witnesses, teacher’s assistant
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14 Rainest, 61 AW
Sugarfoot, one of the Flamingo Islands
76 days until the next Granting
T...
2025-03-10 18:35:51 +0000 UTC
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, has changed since Ambergran
Bric de Orak, a man of no particular renown, the Flamingo Islands, his grandfather
Battar Crodd, Death Knight of the 13th Renown and Quill of the Orvesian Witnesses, doesn’t do well in the sun
Athur Buss, Bone Mage of the 10th Renown, the Orvesian Witnesses, creepy little guy
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2025-03-04 22:09:39 +0000 UTC
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Bric de Orak, a man of no particular renown, the Flamingo Islands, a grandfather
Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, his grandson
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13 Rainest, 61 AW
Sugarfoot, one of the Flamingo Islands
77 days until the next Granting
Years ago, Bric de Orak had stopped trying to fight becoming an old man. There were worse things to be, he figured...
2025-02-20 19:59:15 +0000 UTC
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 6th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, under suspicion
Samus Bind, Inquisitor of the 9th Renown, Candlefast, closing a case
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13 Rainest, 61 AW
Flamboyance, largest of the Flamingo Islands
77 days until the next Granting
“I don’t know any archmages,” Uicha mumbled. He forced an incredulous laugh. “Ahmed Row, you said? Like a rowboat?...
2025-02-18 03:35:40 +0000 UTC
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Uicha de Orak, Wildcard of the 5th Renown, representing the Forgotten One, getting into shape
His patron, the Forgotten One, not unreasonable all things considered
And, an interested party
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13 Rainest, 61 AW
Flamboyance, largest of the Flamingo Islands
77 days until the next Granting
Uicha's second trip down to the Forgotten One was s...
2025-02-13 18:05:41 +0000 UTC
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The fat King Hectore of Infinzel plodded across the map of the island, pausing every few steps to glance up at his brother. Cizco Firstson-Salvado sat with the rest of the pyramidal city’s champions. He nodded subtly when the king reached a spot on the island’s southern half, a valley where the mountains would be at their backs and no hostile camps would be positioned too close.
“Here,” King Hectore said. “I choose here.”
King Mudt hooted. “He c...
2025-02-06 21:19:29 +0000 UTC
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The Symbologist, attendant of the gods, keeper of the symbols
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What is time?
What is space?
The symbologist existed only when one of the champions had need of it. There was no place that it went to rest when it was not in use. The symbologist served its purpose—again and again—and there was nothing else.
But the gods had given the symbologist some awareness. In moments when a champion mulled which ...
2025-01-28 21:43:09 +0000 UTC
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