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AN: Gonna write a bit of a retrospect, you can skip to the chapter if you want.
So, I didn't quite meet the challenge I set for myself this month, obviously. The silver lining is that I did end up writing significantly more than in the previous months despite my pretty bad ear infection in the middle. While a chapter every 3 days proved to be too muc...
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Packing up was much faster than setting up had been. The ‘mature of destruction’ as Waylan infuriatingly put it. Afterward, they were invited to eat by the locals - meat skewers rather than the steak Irwyn had predicted. They must have had a great excess of bones to make the sticks from them, though Irwyn was certainly not complaining. Even weak monste...
2024-07-22 03:03:31 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Small
There really was not much to look at in the sheer desert, even when flying. Besides, no one besides maybe Elizabeth was in any mood to talk after what they had just witnessed - and conversations are hard to have alone - so that did not improve their mood any.
No one had managed to gather any tracks. Whatever might have once been there had been ei...
2024-07-18 02:52:36 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
AN: IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, THERE HAVE BEEN 3 'EXTRA' CHAPTER BEFORE THIS ONE. Here is a link to the first one if you had.
The way through the mountain was surprisingly nonmagical. It had something to with the inside of the wall of rock quite literally draining magic. Not that fast, but at a rate that would still wear out almost any ench...
2024-07-13 22:39:44 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Small
PREVIOUS EXTRA, THIS IS 3/3
AN: Almost double lenght, huh. The words just kept coming for this one. I might split it for RR in all honesty, but here you have it. Returning to the regular story on the 9th.
The next morning Avys lay in her bed, staring dumbfo...
2024-07-07 01:47:03 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Small
PREVIOUS EXTRA, THIS IS 2/3
AN: So, I was more busy with finishing the magazine story than I had expected. Still, I will call this within the bounds of my 'chapter every 3 days in July' challenge. That means the next one should be on the 6th. Enjoy.
2024-07-03 22:50:55 +0000 UTC
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So, as promised, here is the special intermission. I did not want to talk about it much before as to not spoil the surprise. It could be ultimately called a flashback... except not from MC as the dreams have sort of been but instead for some important side characters. I understand many people dislike alternate POVs, however, I have decided that this i...
This is coming out together with a new chapter. Go read that first if you haven't already.
No need to panic, I bring no catastrophic news. I had a double exam Monday Tuesday and was a bit checked out mentally after that - leading to a bit longer delay...
2024-06-22 22:34:31 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Small
AN: Announcement post coming out alongside this chapter. Read the chapter first. Don't worry, nothing bad.
Irwyn stared, Waylan stared, Elizabeth stared.
“What?” Alice raised an eyebrow.
“What do you mean crows?” Irwyn asked. “I don’t see any.”
“Well, up above?” she pointed towards the sky. He had to sq...
2024-06-22 22:33:38 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Small
“All four of you, if you would,” Calm arrived three days after they had made the deal. He requested all of them gather, quickly setting up in privacy. “As promised, an excuse has been manufactured.”
“What do we need to do,” Elizabeth nodded.
“You have already done most of it. Your… mental disquiet following a brush with death has ...
2024-06-13 00:51:09 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
An: Wanted to get this out sooner but then ended up scrapping a half finished chapter. I want to get up to at least 2 chapters a week now that Uni has winded down. I have 4 exams left to do in June but preparing for those doesn't consume as much time as attending lectures since I don't have to commute.
Moods got less sour by the next da...
2024-06-07 02:51:30 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
Elizabeth led the way towards her study - Irwyn had not known there was one, but it was hardly surprising in a mansion. First, he inquired about Waylan and Alice; the sneak was getting a crash course on ‘do not get killed etiquette’ while Alice was busy retelling what she knew of Steelmire’s destruction and would likely be for a while, if not the res...
2024-05-31 23:36:32 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
AN: So, a few small semi-announcement things I want to bring up. You can skip this if you just want to read the chapter.
Firt, my uni semester is nearing an end. I have 4 big exams left but no more classes, so I hope to write a lot more once I get through those. I passed one yesterday and have another coming on monday but I want to aim for at least...
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Elizabeth stared intently at Irwyn’s frozen face within the chamber. It had been a few minutes since he had entered… for them. Probably less than a second for him.
“As fascinating as ever,” Johnson nodded, interpreting whatever raw data flowed directly into his head at speeds that defied reason. “Even Finity seems to bend ever so slightly a...
2024-05-17 01:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
AN: Very chapter, big tired.
Doctor John Johnson was a strange man, Irwyn concluded. There was more to it than just the surface eccentricity that he had displayed in their scarce prior conversations. That became apparent very quickly. At first, the examination involved the older mage simply putting a hand on their shoulder while mutteri...
2024-05-11 02:19:27 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Small
Selene dared a glance behind. She knew exactly what she would find, yet dared still hope in the opposite.
◉ The eye was there.
She flinched and kept running, ahead and ahead, across the sprawling infinity. Time and Fate were dead, but her Soul was not so easy to erase. It shone like a beacon, defiant to the all-consuming darkness.
◉...
2/2 - part of a double upload. Last chapter.
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^ I presume there are people who do not know what this means. Let me take this opportunity to explain: Patreon is completely garbage for text formatting. You cannot even center text...
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AN: So, I ended up writing over 6k words at once. For my convenience I am splitting it into two parts. This 'half' is a bit shorter, though the rest should be coming up in about an hour when I finish editing. Enjoy.
Irwyn glanced at the empty inkwell resting on the table. The Fate of its contents had been… farther than he would h...
2024-04-26 22:41:26 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Small
AN: Big chapter, reaching almost 5k words. Enjoy.
The plan had been to reconvene at the camp. That was no longer viable. Irwyn remained very much aware that if things came down to combat he would stand no chance against one conception mage, much less two. In all likelihood, Hiera would have gone back to camp and relayed to Elizabeth what...
2024-04-18 23:15:13 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: minimal
By the late afternoon, everything had been arranged, including relaying the plans to Aaron - for all the Tears would play a limited role. Irwyn’s old friends were skilled and subtle but the situation likely called for a cudgel. Only Waylan would even accompany him and only from a good distance, then run at the first sight of trouble.
Most of the co...
2024-04-13 18:03:32 +0000 UTC View Post2/2 - fell asleep while editing moment.
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!Last chapter was not numbered in case you missed it! - find it here.
Irwyn awoke, sweat on his brow. He did not panic nor let his heart beat out of his chest. One could o...
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A shorter Dream chapter. A full-length chapter is coming when I finish editing it.
And then it was finished. Irwyn faced Az’morgis, the first undead reduced to a disembodied soul and bound by powers not even it could hope to escape. The Grand Crusade had taught them well that Named undead were beyond death – and even the one e...
2024-04-09 01:39:57 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
AN: Finally, the plot thickens. Were you paying attention?
The four of them gathered in the privacy of the top floor’s offices. For all Waylan spoke with urgency he was not in enough hurry to skirt secrecy. Still, tea was not served in the haste.
“Elaborate then, what Aaron found,” Elizabeth spoke as soon as they were seated...
2024-03-29 14:40:04 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
A week more passed before the next upheaval. Operations at the camp had returned to somewhat normal, with the bit of additional security. Irwyn never had fully believed that things were over, though, so when he felt the burst of Void magic from the floor above his room he rushed out without hesitation. He ran for the stairs, meeting Elizabeth just exiting the office storey...
2024-03-25 22:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
There was a certain nervous energy permeating the air as the soldiers departed. Most were grim, the rest either too hard to read or just oblivious. They went in groups of four, usually with one or two people from the penal platoon, bearing that distinct mark on their foreheads. Five such bands had been gathered and sent out around t...
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AN: This has been, notably, a particularly bad week. Lot of staring at a blank page with a plan but without the words to enact it. I do, however, have a silver lining: To get around my block I ended up starting work on the end-of-volume interludes. While that is a good while away, it means I will likely be able to drop several at once ...
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AN: First week of Uni was predictably quite rough for my creativity. But my sleep schedule has been surprisingly good so that is something. I am not gonna make any promises about when I can find a working schedule. For now enjoy this chapter.
As the end of Irwyn’s first month back in Abonisle approached another curious...
2024-02-26 07:48:59 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Small
AN: School semester starting up again... today. Incredibly enough I am finishing this up just before 7 am after faking up rather than before going to sleep. The way my new schedule is looking it is very front-loaded for Monday - Wednesday but I am not sure how that will affect my writing s...
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AN: Was sick and ended up skipping one upload. Funnily enough, it perfectly coincided with RR getting that one chapter where Irwyn gets sick. Next one on Saturday. Enjoy.
“I cannot believe you would suggest this, Irwyn!” Alice shook her head exaggeratedly.
“You mean… walking?”
“What an awfully pea...
2024-02-15 03:33:22 +0000 UTC View PostDifference: Minimal
AN: Next chapter Saturday/Sunday
Irwyn ended up finding Alice not far, loitering with a gaggle of almost a third of the company’s mages who had gathered around the corner. They seemed to be in the middle of either gossip or fearful muttering. It ended up being the Time mage herself who stepped up to ascertain the situation for everyone.
“Everything is quite fine,” Irwyn gave his best non-chalant shrug. “You seem to have overblown thi...
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