Sometimes finding the truth is reading between the lines and finding the smallest details.
-UWO Major Graham-
“Fucking Marauders,” Vella spits as we walk up the stairs. Her makeup is smeared so badly she looks almost like a clown.
“Clever misdirection, harpy, but my money is on you being the Marauder.”
“Same,” Clayton says.
...
2025-10-28 03:10:14 +0000 UTC View PostGiven the recent developments, Project Torchbearer is a go… Begin the process, it needs to be up and running before the first gates in April.
-UWO classified memorandum-
Carl is stirring some kind of bubbling concoction using what looks like a mad scientist’s lab set that came from a hidden lever in the bookcase. The glasses he put on are so thick it r...
2025-10-28 03:00:56 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy-Eight: Lon - Part Three
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
The room is strange as I enter, high ceilings with windows. Moonlight basks the waters with a radiant glow. The water is tepid as I enter it, as though winter does not approach. The floor is slanted towards...
2025-10-26 22:21:23 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy-Seven: Lon - Part Two
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
Time moves too swiftly when I am with Luna, I wish that I could hold it for eternity in the moments that she smiles. I could get lost in those moments. She walks with a practiced grace as we stroll through th...
2025-10-26 03:44:36 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy-Six: Lon - Part One
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
Kotina strides a pace ahead of me, muttering to herself before she turns the next corner. When we are farther away she finally speaks up, “I can’t believe you broke the fucking door.”
“Apologies....
2025-10-24 01:19:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe World Hunter Association and the World Supporter Association are our closest allies in the fight against the quota for the gates. They are as integral to the survival of Earth as the UWO itself. To support any of the three pillars is to ensure the next generations shall prosper.
-United World Order Propaganda Poster-
“So, what the fuck is going on?...
2025-10-23 03:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostWell, this is… fucked.
-UWO Specialist Barlow-
Panic is setting in quickly as I try to move but can’t. Only my eyes can wander. They move upwards to look at Vella standing over me.
“Enjoying the view?” she asks, making no effort to close her legs, she leans down slowly until she’s right next to my ear, “Let’s have a talk.”
My ...
2025-10-22 23:57:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe study of magic is an old practice. One that traverses history and has always been shrouded in mystery. The question of whether magic is real is now answered since the system arrived, the question of whether or not people on Earth used magic before it arrived… that’s another matter entirely.
-UWO Occult Historian Alberts-
Carl seems to be a somewhat e...
2025-10-22 23:55:20 +0000 UTC View PostChoices present themselves to us everyday, but it is the tough choices that define us.
-UWO Command Sergeant Major Valdez-
The sound of gravel crunching under the wheels makes for a soft melody against the tempo of my heartbeat. We’re nowhere near the coordinates that Senator Alveria sent me, Clayton seems to have different information. I trust him either ...
2025-10-22 04:22:36 +0000 UTC View PostI assure you Senator, the facility we have constructed is impenetrable and entirely unescapable. There are a hundred failsafe protocols in place to neutralize the target and prevent her from leaving. There isn’t a creature in existence that could escape it.
-Chief Engineer of the Project Alcatraz V2 Noah-
I muse most days, staring at ...
2025-10-21 19:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons,
I hope you're having a great day!
HTG is looking very, very well fed, and for once, I did not leave you on a cliff (hopefully). So, I will be switching gears to write more ROD for the next few days. The new method of writing in blocks appears to be doing really well.
Recently we had a POV poll, if you didn't see it and thus didn't get to vote, don't worry, we will be having another one next quarter. Normally, I like to put at least three separate POVs in each ...
2025-10-21 14:53:01 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy-Five: Jukalla - Part Three
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
The last of the splinters from the door clatter to the ground. Inside the room, I see the largest man I have ever seen. A mountain of a man, muscles ripple through his bulging formal attire.
“Fuc...
2025-10-21 03:52:09 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy-Four: Jukalla - Part Two
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
Fennec is focused as he takes my measurements, “I had hoped you would have filled out more,” he turns to give a look to Kotina, “Did they set his nutritube to low?”
“No, he was getting adeq...
2025-10-21 01:01:45 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy-Three: Jukalla - Part One
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple Grounds
My eyes trace Adona, is she Riza? I think back to the spirits that protested her death. They were fervent in her defense. Adamant that she deserved to live. They whispered that she cared for their...
2025-10-19 22:00:43 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy-Two: Kada - Part Three
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
The temple complex is not simple, but there seems to be a method to the twists and turns as we wind the path in the glass pod. The map shows many paths that lead nowhere, many more that return people to the ...
2025-10-18 01:28:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Nine – Allegiances – Part Three
Truth is often subjective in politics.
-Former Senator Gregors-
The radio buzzes with static as Vella changes the station. All of them are playing the same thing on loop now.
“Attention citizens of the United World Order, I am Senator Crane, leader of district twelve. There has been a terrorist attack...
2025-10-17 19:03:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Eight – Allegiances – Part Two
Pride becomes those who follow it.
-Former UWO Senator Holland-
The anticipation is high in the air as the front passenger door of the SUV opens slowly. Jennifer adjusts her skirt and pulls it down to just above her knees. There are soot stains and holes on her leggings. She must have been inside for the attack, which isn...
2025-10-16 22:43:01 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons,
Hope you're doing well!
Nearly finished with a ROD chapter should be finished in the next four hours. I will probably do two more before switching back to HTG chapters again.
This is just a testing the waters post / poll about me writing a third series for Patreon. I likely won't be posting it on Royal Road until it's past one hundred chapters as I don't have a lot of free time to write it. However, I find live feedback with comments and likes extremely helpf...
2025-10-16 18:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy-One: Kada - Part Two
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
My legs move faster than any beast I can recall on Ora. The world blurs as I move, and my lungs barely drag in the air. Is this what the fifth bound is like? The noises are louder than I remember, and the ligh...
2025-10-16 02:09:19 +0000 UTC View PostKalon
Chapter One-Seventy: Kada - Part One
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
There is peace in the stillness that I feel around me, solace even. Maka is a beautiful thing to behold… thought turned to purpose. The breath of life’s desires felt by a force that is older than all of us. Wh...
2025-10-16 02:06:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Seven – Allegiances – Part One
There is nothing more dangerous than being in a room with two people whom you don’t trust… except maybe a room with three… or four… fucking hell, you get the point.
-Former WHA Battle Strategist Chairman Delana-
The van lurches with a rumbling chorus of desperate wheels skidding on pavement. We are more than a few kilome...
2025-10-13 23:54:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Six – Thunder – Part Three
Fun fact, did you know that the average person can take a large stick… and go fuck themselves.
-Former WHA Greeter Charles-
Hellfire and black smoke becomes our existence as we move through the stairwell.
“Zero better not have been on that fucking helicopter,” Clayton says, his eyes are wide as we descend deeper into the belly of c...
2025-10-09 22:42:37 +0000 UTC View PostLunara
Chapter One-Sixty-Nine: Musings of Fate - Part Three
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Outside Ravena’s Temple, Temporary Refugee Sector
The refugee area on Ravena Minor is well organized, thankfully, many millions of souls come here each year to pray at Ravena’s temple, so there were already hou...
2025-10-09 22:39:22 +0000 UTC View PostLunara
Chapter One-Sixty-Eight: Musings of Fate - Part Two
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple
Weeks have moved by, and I started attending all of Dargo’s training sessions as he requested. He returned from the Imperium in even more of a mood than before. They have delayed his Trial of Asc...
2025-10-09 22:36:25 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons,
Hopefully your week is going excellent!
I posted a picture of where I was hanging out this week for those that want to see. Deschutes river in Oregon.
For once I was able to get ahead with writing for the week, so I am going to drop some chapters directly after this post. I'll keep working on more over the weekend as well.
I've noticed that's it's actually easier for me to do the chapters in batches instead of switching between stories every day. So I ...
2025-10-09 22:30:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Five – Thunder – Part Two
Words sometimes fail to describe feelings, especially on shitty days where people just… it doesn’t matter. On those days, I yell at the rain.
-WHA Front Desk Manager Milo-
My pulse is quick, time feels slowed even though it isn’t. There’s no time to think, no time to backpedal. They all know who I am, and they’ve all seen the item tha...
2025-10-08 16:28:43 +0000 UTC View PostLunara
Chapter One-Sixty-Seven: Musings of Fate - Part One
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Republic of Hekate
Solar System: D-2,946
Planet: Ravena Minor
Location: Ara Continent, Ravena’s Temple, Noble quarters
My mother told me a story when I was a girl, a story of twins that shook the foundations of the cosmos, the first mortals to slay gods. The first mortals that proved the fates could...
2025-10-07 04:30:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Four – Thunder – Part One
A person is measured by their ideas, and ideas are measured by their impact. Dream… Ideas Have No Limits.
-CEO of IHNL Maverick-
There was a man who once tried to become the supreme leader of the UWO in the early days of its inception. A position that does not exist. Ultimately, he didn’t fail because people didn’t see a reason for ha...
2025-10-07 00:17:24 +0000 UTC View PostDargo
Chapter One-Hundred-Sixty-Six: Echoes of Destiny - Part Three
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Location: Orarak City
The mana in the air is still strange, like a void has been made that slowly fills. I have seldom seen a god inhabit the body of a mortal, even then, it was nothing...
2025-10-04 00:54:08 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons,
It's been a while since we had a vote for different POVs. It's something I want to bring back, at least once a quarter.
You can vote multiple times, the highest scored characters for each series will get a POV chapter over the next few months. These are typically 1-3 chapters.
I may also be rolling out a Patreon exclusive bonus POV for both series as well.
Thank you for your time!
Respectfully,
Godric
Which characters would y...
2025-10-03 20:39:49 +0000 UTC View Post