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Announcing the Savage Divinity Manga!

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/5701/savage-divinity/chapter/348732/announcing-the-savage-divinity-manga

Yes you read it right, Savage Divinity will soon arrive in colour drawn pages, sketched and inked by yours truly. Gone are the days of being merely a Ruffwriter, for now I shall spread my wings as the Ruffwriteranddrawer (name change pen...

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A fix to the late sched... by taking a short break

I hate to do this so close to month's end, but between work, edits, and writing new chs, im drowning and stressing. Here's what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna take today and sunday off to get back on track, maybe even get a ch ahead if i'm lucky. RRL chapters and lower tier chapters will continue as scheduled, until they reach 443, at which point THEY will get a 2 day break and you guys will keep getting chs, bringing everything back to the way they should be.


So in short, I'm takin...

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Chapter 443

Alrighty guys, as I said in an earlier post, this is the end of volume 24, at which point I went on a 2 chapter break to figure stuff out and get caught up. To even things up, I will not go on a two chapter break for you guys too, which means chapter 444 won't be out until April 11th, next thursday.


So sorry for the break, but i needed it, and like I said before, I will not be taking Easter off to make up for it. Enjoy, and see you all next thursday :D



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Chapter 442


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P7B7cqGhVe1H5uFnKSYAAuw0uwW65__GZGwKuLm2SbQ/edit?usp=sharing


“Congratulations!”

Being the incessant pessimist that I am, my happiness for Song’s advancement along the Martial Path is overshadowed by the overt reminder of the massive rut I’m stuck in. It seems like everybody is progress...

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442 will be late

Once I fall behind, it becomes a viscous cycle. I'll do my best to get back on track. Link your Patreon account to discord and check in there for up to date notices, but for now, you should expect the next couple chapters to be late. 442 in particular should be out tomorrow, or really really late tonight if i finish family dinner early.


Sorry, but such is life. It sucks.

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Chapter 441

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JQ0nUu6mFhq5zc1iDVeGQg--Y4uqzlO56rqGBHtXTUE/edit?usp=sharing

Even after so much time spent together, Song still couldn’t make heads or tails of Rain’s curious behaviour.

Following his retinue’s first failed patrol thanks to a powerful Demon he almost affectionately named ‘Pudge’, Rain brooded and sulke...

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Chapter 440

So as per usual, it takes me way more words to cover things than I expected. There's been a lot of chapters inside Rain's head of late, and I wanted to ask for your opinions on these chapters. Are they too boring? too dry? Or do you enjoy the theorycrafting and teasing? Looking back at the last three or four chs, Im wondering if I should do some rearranging to make them more dynamic or interesting, though I have no idea how I'll go about it.


So I'd like to hear your thoughts ...

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Chapter 439


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tKnkpjfO2nJCuKv5R22hLi5HK7JRxSR6HYXaNTc2K9A/edit?usp=sharing

Feeling better after scouring my Core clean of frozen Spectres, I return to reality whereupon my tired mind informs me I am freezing my nards off. One look at the moon explains why, as it’s close to three in the morning and I’ve been loungi...

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Chapter 438


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uULrbajKkrTApaLGFr9PuoSa9QNWR851jqq_WiFkG1g/edit?usp=sharing

On account of our early return from patrol, there wasn’t enough room for us in the nice, cozy fort, but I actually prefer camping out on the exposed plains. The hot Central summer is winding down and autumn looms around the corner, but the t...

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Chapter 437



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-najzmtQHj4r8dnBLzA7R1PoU6Or1-XjRYLJaBdUtMA/edit?usp=sharing



It’s amazing how quickly structures can be built without machinery to speed things along or silliness like bureaucracy and human rights to slow them down.

In the four months since Sinuji’s destruction, Colon...

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Chapter 436

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qrjQc3Vcogdy87ZYCUwmHTsPQCR1lGjruJfCHwyPrJ4/edit?usp=sharing



Since as long as he could remember, Gen had trained to become a hunter.

It wasn’t the most lucrative profession he could’ve chosen. No, that would’ve been fishing, believe it or not. It didn’t take much to haul nets and set traps f...

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Chapter 435

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PjXO6rzLO5RlfSbhUFsuFKSbE7BPqHVOpOZdOJuTrzg/edit?usp=sharing


I hate to admit I grade and rank them, but out of all my pets, Mama Bun is the best cuddler.

Aurie is an affectionate sweetheart, but he likes to sprawl out while he sleeps, usually over my legs with a big swathe of blanket stuffed in his mouth. ...

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Chapter 434

Check out 433 on RRL for two pieces of fan art :D


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PlYHI_dt4nW4O175LrW4O24f-OR_CZs0Fkt4oMSz_7Y/edit?usp=sharing

Much as I enjoy cutting down my enemies like chaff, I wholeheartedly regret my decision to leave the triple crossbows and catapults behind.

Clumped together at the river crossi...

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Chapter 433 Edited


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UGw-32LqTKGWBCFuR_PZ4uGu0fUAf2pI3sOiFyr_kMU/edit?usp=sharing

Stomach fluttering in rhythm with the shadows flickering by torchlight, Song directed Tiger Squad into formation as they readied to meet the Defiled. Her nervous apprehension had nothing to do with the obscured figures jogging towards them th...

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Chapter 432 edited

if you want to change font size, colour, or make any other modifications on the google drive, then save a copy to your drive and do that there. You can't modify the chapter in link I provide, but other ppl will be able to see the suggestion to do whatever, which is pretty much pointless.


That is all. Enjoy.

https://docs.google.com/d...

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Chapter 431 Edited

So I had most of a Rain Chapter written out, but this morning, I decided i didn't want a Rain chapter. So i did a lot of rewriting and typed faster than i've ever typed before, to bring you this disgusting, 4,700 word abomination.


Honestly, I'm pretty happy with what I've got, though to be fair, I've drank like 3 cups of coffee and haven't eaten since last nights dinner, so take that into account. also, the google drives have been updated for 429 and below, but not the patreo...

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Chapter 430 edited


https://docs.google.com/document/d/17CKximr19w-S9Er2FiNWSm1RRBwgSqNI55NCXebaHIc/edit?usp=sharing


Hammer meets anvil as Unity collides with Defiled club, and the results are predictable.

Amplified by my Keystone, a simple wave of my arm is enough to overpower my opponent. Though his weapon is nigh indestructible, his arms prove much...

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Chapter 429


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JMz0LNtv2iE_q3q3ytS-GXSAoHOsvAeZFsURfgeckYE/edit?usp=sharing


“Come, soldiers of Sanshu. We’ve been honoured with an appointment to the vanguard, so let us ride forth to glory!”

Smothering the urge to scowl or spit, Dastan watched the new arrivals cheer and after their towering, silver-t...

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Chapter 428 (edited)


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1StswLG2KZJRUsHiPa233tTQyCzgrZcMunrFB8QxsBBY/edit?usp=sharing


The heady rush of battle drains away, leaving concern and self-condemnation in its wake.

As much as I often dread it, I’ve never felt more alive than in the midst of battle with my heart pounding and mind racing, a primal th...

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Chapter 427 edited


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Iz0nP1M5c-oOGGsqmcCEWiVJp0nsAwIbCDf03g86Rqk/edit?usp=sharing

No matter how I look at him, Pong Pong doesn’t look like a creature standing at the pinnacle of strength.

For starters, he’s tiny and not growing bigger at a noticeable rate. I’ve been tracking his growth with a piece of string, ...

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Chapter 426 (Edited)


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oKlgv1zBNAwg2IDg47VCn_5xU7yb7o2qbjwWYSrANf8/edit?usp=sharing


I’ve had it with these mother-fucking Spectres in this mother-fucking retinue.

As nice as it would be to have a steady supply of Spectres, there’s too much I don’t know about the birthing process to feel comfortable. What if my peopl...

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Chapter 425 (Edited)


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yifhGLOdYrLBihatZsyxOi6saObV7UAl-s91W-ZpR4k/edit?usp=sharing

“Three loincloths are sitting in a tea house. What do they talk about?...Nothing, they’re stuck up assholes.”

It took a moment for the punchline to register, but once it did, Jorani cackled with surprised amusement. His drunken crew were on...

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Chapter 424 (edited)


I tried to rewrite Ulfsaar's part from his PoV, but it kept falling flat so I gave up. Some stuffs been changed I think, but I can't say how much or what without more work than I'd like.

anywho, enjoy.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/14q0kk58MvezBaIFwuc1RFLQJ-zqEG7deWoC7TGiRj6E/edit?usp=sharing

Cooking ain’t ea...

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Chpater 423

Again, no chapter on sunday because its a long weekend.

Also, check 422 on RRL for new art.


Enjoy.


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1no_qTMHmNl-qyBcO2_Rq2D0V96K3bhi35T-_ksb0j4Y/edit?usp=sharing



Number One Talent in the Empire?

What a load of bull shit.

I’m not even the Number One Ta...

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Chapter 423 (Rough and unedited)

Sorry it's late, but I need to start writing shorter chapters. 4.2k words -.-


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g_TElDooRDqlVCjxPwloxCfalTS3cLYAYzstZTxmuSg/edit?usp=sharing



Number One Talent in the Empire?

What a load of bull shit.

I’m not even the Number One Talent in my marriage.

With her pr...

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Chapter 422



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-x2IANs7Iy6oCF4_HAL83PWvR0pXFRfbGTX9BN-WvGY/edit?usp=sharing

As much as Yan loved romance novels, they weren’t without their flaws. Most were formulaic and unoriginal, featuring a banal title and a main character who falls in love at first glance, usually while having little to nothing in common with...

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Chapter 421 Edited


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CBVmCdr14hTloXlK22v1uEU2CgJRw8-j3Ya1dB4DL6s/edit?usp=sharing


Despite Luo-Luo’s best efforts to amend his ways, Lord Husband had yet to grasp the significance of his public image.

It wasn’t his bloody, war-torn clothing which bothered her so, for such was to be expected of a soldier retu...

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Chapter 419 & 420 (Edited)

I initially had this as 1 ch, but after adding in Dienne's PoV and a bit about Rain's bottleneck, it was like 7k words long and I couldn't leave it as one ch. I'll still write chs uninterrupted, but RRL will get a dbl chapter or sthing, and Patreons will just get... normal chapters. lol. Sorry.

Chapter 419

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jr4nLj...

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Chapter 418


https://docs.google.com/document/d/11QOOjdGl0U-Sk-dYxaEqxgmaVi52g_zGTMXHXDeZkWI/edit?usp=sharing


Though not the most intimidating savage Rustram had ever seen, the Defiled Champion came close. Standing head and shoulders above his comrades, thick, discoloured muscles bulged from his arms, shoulders and chest, so swollen with tissue he co...

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Chapter 417 fixed up

Edited with a few changes and a meme.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TfMxoglxr6Sq5d1MihwbB1A2jPI8nun_87_kOXvw97U



Since stepping into office as Marshal of the North, Yuzhen had never taken a day of rest, yet still she struggled to keep up with the workload. How her old man managed was beyond her comprehension, as dealing with the day-to-day ...

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