Tsaimath

Chapter 93

The slight shaking of Sigmir’s gait combined with the warmth and the feeling of security in her embrace must have lulled me to sleep for I was woken after the sun had started to peek through the clouds in the next morning. Both, Sigmir and Adra told me that they had kept a good pace through the night but needed a rest for now. When I asked Adra why they did not use mounts or her travel-form, I was told that her spell was only able to erase the tracks of humanoids. I tried to ge...

Chapter 92

When my mind started cooperating again, there was still darkness around me. But the darkness had changed, it was no longer empty and cold, no, I was surrounded by warmth. With my mind back in action, the rest of my senses returned as well. After my perception of temperature, my senses of proprioception and touch were next, allowing me to identify just what was that warmth I was feeling. Quickly, I was able to identify it was an embrace. With the return of my sense of smell, I was...

Interlude: Fudgecakes on the Forum

Official Road to Purgatory-Beta Forum

• Gloinar, confirmed Beta-Account

Title: What the Fudgecakes, Pantheon?!

Hey Guys

I just want to know, what are your experiences with PvP-Combat in the Beta? Is the balance as shot as I believe it to be? Can it be fixed?

Let me explain where I’m coming from. I play with three others, we all know each other from previous games so when we all got an invite, we decided to get to...

Chapter 91

Jongarn’s chamber was similarly laid out as his father’s. A long bed dominating the room with a closet and a chest placed against the walls. Whispering, I explained Sigmir what Lenore suggested and we entered the room. I was looking for hair and Sigmir was looking for something he used a lot. She knew him, so she was a lot better suited to find something that he had an emotional connection to. If that failed, we would have to take something from his father and hope that it wo...

Chapter 90

Even the short moment it had taken me to blurt out my plea for help had set the struggle within the chieftains mind back and it took a lot of focus and struggle to get back into an equilibrium. Time lost all meaning as I wrestled with his mind, trying to prevent it from regaining control of his body. Right now, it was almost as if I was a nightmare and he tried to wake up. If he managed to do so, I would most likely lose.

Suddenly, the impulses from his body grew more frant...

Chapter 89

With the door open, Sigmir, Adra and I sneaked in, looking around the room after quickly closing the door, a cold draft would be a telling signal for anyone feeling it that something was wrong. We were in a large front-room, something I would call a saloon, sitting-room or main-room, depending on the area I was in. There was a large table, with benches and a large, almost throne-like chair in one part of the room and a stone-hearth against the opposite wall. A few door were leadi...

Chapter 88

 AN: Happy New Year!

We spent the day relaxing in the hideout close to the Jonari Village. But the relaxation ended the moment dusk settled over the land, covering it in a dim twilight. Our timing had been good, there was no moon in the sky and thin clouds made sure that even starlight was limited. I had seen darker areas, but seldom under the open sky. But to us, the darkness was useful, cloaking and hiding us from anyone who may or may not search for us....

Chapter 87

I felt shaken, my mind still reeling from the glimpse behind the veil. The knowledge that something so strange was lurking just beyond some barrier was unsettling. Add in the fact that a mere glimpse had been enough to drive my mind close to a breaking point and I was humbled. Experimenting with magic, especially Blood Magic, suddenly seemed a dangerous idea. Maybe, just maybe, I should focus on my Ice Magic for now and some Darkness Magic to mix it up.

“What happened? Ar...

Holiday Special pt. 2

Aaaah, that hits the spot. Now, where was I? Oh, right, the journey of the Korbal and their fight against the Dark Queen.

As I told you, the Korbal did not join the assault on the Gate of Tears, they moved on a hard and arduous route, circumventing it. They did so, knowing that they would be cut off in the lands ruled by the Dark Queen. But they marched, driven on by the knowledge that, if the main army of the crusade was stopped, they would be the only force capable of sto...

Holiday Special Part 1

Happy Holidays, everyone. I hope you have a good time and enjoy this Holiday Special ;) 

Come on, Children, gather around the hearth and sit down. Sit down and listen.

You know, we celebrate the Festival of Lights, or Yule as some call it. But do you know why we celebrate it? Let me tell you the story, of how the Festival of Lights came to be.

Once upon a time, in a far and distant land, there was a race of great beings, living in union with the wo...

Chapter 86

AN: Sometimes, on non-critical events that could work or not, I roll a dice to decide if it works or not. I use a d20 and high-rolls are bad, extreme rolls (1 and 20) get another roll to confirm. This is what happens if I roll 20 - 20 - 19...

I had just watered the nymph with the directly powered collar and was now moving on to the other nymph, this one with the collar she fueled herself. My first task was to bring her into the nearby bushes, so she could relieve h...

Chapter 85

Once more, I was forced to suppress socially inappropriate laughter the morning after we fought the dryad and her nymphs. During breakfast, Sigmir had asked me if I had slept well and I had happily told her that I had slept great. The expression on Adra’s face, who was looking at the two surviving, now collared, nymphs had turned into a grimace of disbelief and dread when she heard me professing that the torture and the violation I had committed the night before had not affecte...

Chapter 84

After I had enveloped the nymph in her shadow-cocoon, it took a few moments for her to realise her situation, that something strange was going on. At first, she didn’t quite parse what was going on and was talking into the void but there was no sound, no echo, if I didn’t make mistakes, she didn’t even hear the sound of her own voice. She moved around, but to no avail, the darkness simply shifted with her and kept her from feeling anything. Soon, the screaming started, deso...

Chapter 83

When the fighting was done, I asked Sigmir and Adra to take care of the corpses, it would be sad if we wasted the preparation they had already done in the camp, so we would take it over. In addition, I wanted to get my four volunteer-subjects dealt with. I ignored the messages of experience-gain and went to work. 

Looking over my four test-subjects I thought about the best methodology. I could either start with the weakest and work my way to the strongest or vice-versa...

Chapter 82

The camp we had found was surprisingly normal. In my mind, there was this image of dryads and nymphs, dwelling in the forest, one with nature and its creatures, frolicking around naked, all that jazz. The idea was slightly influenced by the images presented under the banner of a certain mouse, but the reality on Mundus was more Darwin, than Disney. Nature was survival of the fittest, a single powerful being had the ability to change the fate of a tribe, maybe even a race. Of cour...

Chapter 81

During the morning, I was planning possible rune-combinations and formations for my new toys. At the same time, Lenore and Ylva were scouting in  the forests around us, looking for any clue where the dryads were. Ylva was quite happy with the fact that Rai’s presence forced us to walk, as we still did not want to show him our mounts due to my paranoia, whereas Lenore was quite annoyed with my paranoia, because I had asked her to stay outside her Hallow and more or less out...

Chapter 80

With the look Sigmir and I shared upon hearing Giro’s request, we made settled who would take point in the negotiation. Neither of us believed that the village truly needed us, but that Giro felt that he could conserve his people’s strength by using our strength. He may even hope to push any possible blame onto us, in case something went wrong or he got a chance to negotiate with the dryads.

“Yes, these are trying times for all, aren’t they. But I am sure that a pru...

Chapter 79

Sigmir and I stayed a little longer in the swirly cocoon I had created and Sigmir used the time to lighten her burdens. After she had started talking, she was happy to continue and I learned what had actually triggered the little episode. Seeing the kids play and watching Giro scheme for Rai, both reminded her of her childhood. 

Once again, I was reminded that I was a few years older than Sigmir and that a combination of her species, her society and her family had forc...

Chapter 78

After my suggestion, Sigmir and Adra were mollified, even if Adra was slightly taken back at my mercenary attitude whereas Sigmir was obviously fine with. We continued on, idly looking at the village and gathering a small following of children and youths. Adra was quite happy that our meeting with their chief had dispelled the animosity she had been under, causing them to flock to her. They still kept their distance from me, but I was quite alright with that. 

As we wa...

Chapter 77

AN: Chief sounds better than mayor for the rather tribal society in Adernas, thus it’s changed. 

After the chief’s wife and son entered the building, the chief asked his wife to provide us with a warm drink and offered us his fire to rest. It felt like a dismissal, but a very polite one. We moved over to the fire, seating ourselves on the furs in front of it. Well, Adra and Sigmir did, why would I want to sit on a fur if there is a perfectly good Sigmir av...

Interlude- Trailer: Crafting

To walk your road in life, you need the right  tools...

In a dimly lit room, a small figure is seen, standing over an anvil, hammer in hand. The only illumination stems from the glow of a burning furnace, made out of black stone. But it’s not the normal, flickering glow of a fire, it’s a steady, orange glow, Within the furnace, a steady stream of lava provides the heat to smelt the metal on a small, black crucible, allowing for easy smelting of different metals, ...

Chapter 76

On our way to Adernas, we had to camp out another night. By now, I was more than just a little annoyed. Rai, the young beastman, was displaying an infuriating mix of arrogance, child-like innocence and cowardice. He had yet to speak to either Adra or me, let alone thank either of us for something we did. No  ‘Thank you for saving my life.’, no ‘Thank you for cooking.’ nothing. He stuck to Sigmir like a leech, thinking her presence would shield him or maybe seeing her as the...

Chapter 75

We made our camp within the protected enclosure provided by the evergreens and waited for the beastman to wake up. Sigmir had looked him over and guessed that he was a youth, maybe fifteen winters old, as she put it.

During the night, we put up a watch, feeling a need to have someone awake, just in case he woke up and did something stupid. In addition, I did not trust Adra’s wards against an enemy that had captured her before, I had no aspirations to study dryadic blood magic fr...

Chapter 74

Monotony... 

It had been three days since we left Tegi and we had travelled south-west ever since. According to Sigmir, we had crossed roughly half the distance to her tribe and I was seriously wondering if the game-developers had truly thought their game through. If not for the company, I would be mad with boredom. Day after day, mile after mile, we travelled through the same sort of forest, with a few different types of trees around us. From time to time, the forest was bro...

Chapter 73

I felt soft, velvety lips call me back to wakefulness. Blinking my eyes open, I saw Sigmir’s face looming over me, pulling slightly back after the kiss she had just laid onto me. If she wanted to kiss, I would gladly oblige her so I grabbed her head and pulled her back, kissing her with fervour.

When I felt, I had shown her enough that I liked kissing her, I ceased my attack and took stock of my surroundings. I was placed on Sigmir’s lap once again and held in her arms. All wa...

Chapter 72

The dead forest around Tegi was even more eerie than I had thought when looking at the video. Not only were the trees dead or twisted, there was no life in sight. Nothing at all. The strange feeling I had when Tegi was still in existence was gone, it was possible that the miasma had been fully absorbed by the Nethersprites, leaving nothing behind.

Looking at the snow-covered forest, I saw nothing but death.

“Let’s move in. Take care of Nethersprites.” I told the other ...

Chapter 71

After my mind had settled a little after the strange journey Kallista’s potion had just sent me on, I realised that the system had given me quite a few messages. 

• You have crossed the first Divide.
• After crossing the frist Divide, your body was strengthened by the Astral River. You gain +5 to all Attributes. 

• Class change!
• After crossing the first Divide, your ...
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