Yes… there it is… The destruction of hope, the last remnant before one loses themselves to complete despair. A fitting end to such a trivial ordeal. You are all fortunate to have witnessed the Flame. Go to the afterlife and tell them of its glory.
-Lich Adaraic-
One would normally not think that a series of seemingly useless items could po...
2025-06-19 23:34:37 +0000 UTC View PostBalance is subjective.
-The Grand One-
Reality crackles as the spindles of light flare, everything looks like it's spasming, like a divine-level glitch has begun unraveling the universe. Echoes of thoughts once had ripple into the future, I feel myself being pulled to the Nexus, time stretching slower.
It takes hours, but I reach it, and ti...
2025-06-19 18:58:14 +0000 UTC View PostThere is nothing more scary than a person with nothing to lose.
-UWO Sergeant Deklar-
The conversation on the other side of the glass is becoming more intense. I’ve already made up my mind though. Cortez is the singular most important person in my life. I don’t believe that she’s pregnant, I think that Fisban told me that to motivate me to matu...
2025-06-18 21:35:20 +0000 UTC View PostSoldiers are as useful as you let them be.
-UWO Command Sergeant Major Urik-
Light sprinkles down from the ceiling, Fisban’s faction has subsequently divided us into rooms, I expected as much. Mira’s dragon, Sylfie, became no larger than a small dog, honestly, she and Niva could be playmates now, and it might do well to have Niva learn t...
2025-06-18 18:49:47 +0000 UTC View PostSweet lord, have mercy.
-Former Pastor Biggens-
"Sage, now that we’ve finished prepping basic Jimmy for success, I'd love to hear more about the items on the patch list. As well as anything else you find interesting."
Of course, I would also like to say that I found your thought process extremely pleasing. Hopefully...
2025-06-18 01:29:48 +0000 UTC View PostAs per the request of some of the readers, here is a glossary of all chapters in book one and two with their translations. This is also where you can leave any positive or negative feedback for books one and two. Also, if you have any questions about the series, I will try and answer them without major spoilers. Thank you!
Chapter 1: Ulima - The Forsaken
Chapter 2: Mak...
2025-06-17 21:24:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe relation of the intelligence stat is still publicly debated, however, there seems to be a direct correlation between fluid intelligence and the stat. It becomes more clear the greater the change is. Requesting more funding, items with debuffs and buffs, as well as subjects to ascertain the differences.
-Official Request from WSA Researcher Hemmingway- 2025-06-17 04:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The changing of seasons approaches.
-Classified correspondence between the WSA and the WHA-
Mira’s eyes dance with intentions that can’t be judged in a single breath, there are so many things playing across them. Red flickers twirling with purple ribbons and blue striations. None of it makes sense, yet, all of it seems to swirl together. It’s confusing and...
2025-06-16 23:49:18 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons,
I hope you’re all having a great start to the week!
Schedule for the week:
Monday: Glossary with translations HTG book 2
Tuesday: ROD
Wednesday: ROD
Thursday: ROD
Friday: ROD
Saturday: HTG Push to 30+ Ahead.
Sunday: ROD Push to 15+ ahead.
Goal for the week is to get HTG 30+ ahead and ROD 15+ ahead by Sunday evening.
I had someone ask about doing art for the stories, it would likely be AI generated art if I did s...
2025-06-16 17:40:16 +0000 UTC View PostDragons are dangerous.
-Off-worlder Shumac-
The air whips through my hair, the large dragon’s hand like a cradle of death around me. The scales on the palm seem smaller than the rest, softer too, like thick hide instead of metal plating. It’s warm, even against the heat of the sun, the skin is warmer, like the dragon itself is a volcano.
We...
2025-06-15 17:36:43 +0000 UTC View PostThere is a fable that seems to have a common thread between some of the off-worlder’s history. Spanning worlds that shouldn’t know each other. A fable about a dragon that fell in love with a rider and through magic they bore a child. The offspring of such a union are known as the Dragonborn. There is no evidence of their existence beyond the tales that are passed down through their oral history. However, it is...
2025-06-14 02:24:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Thirty-One: Alakin - Part Two
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
“Get up, gloweyes,” a voice says stirring me awake.
Opening my eyes, I am dazed, everything begins to focus slowly. Before me is a soldier, I am still in the pod, my heavy eyes must have overcome me. Standing slowly...
2025-06-13 22:54:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Thirty: Alakin - Part One
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
The darkness cradles me, slowly swallowing my being, I am somewhere between reality and the realm of dreams, memories flow past me, allowing me to glimpse them one last time before I return to the endless void of the thereafter. ...
2025-06-13 21:52:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Nine: Ukar Nemi Tul - Part Four
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
“Another Emperor has fallen! Ladies and Gentlemen this is unprecedented!” Marcus yells. The crowd responds in kind, a fervor sweeping them as my people defy the odds.
“We move,” I say to Arrum as we com...
2025-06-13 20:02:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Eight: Ukar Nemi Tul - Part Three
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
The stinger crashes next to me, and the creature begins increasing its speed. It sweeps with its claws trying to clamp on me. The Bipki drones follow me closely, so much that the hum from them irritates the cre...
2025-06-13 18:20:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Seven: Ukar Nemi Tul - Part Two
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
The rusted metal door creaks, opening into a walkway, there are other doors opening, revealing more of my people, their eyes glow dully in anticipation. We all begin to walk through a large archway, towards ...
2025-06-13 17:21:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Six: Ukar Nemi Tul - Part One Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation Sola
Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Six: Ukar Nemi Tul - Part One
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
Almost a week has passed since I lost control of myself, the s...
2025-06-13 16:00:49 +0000 UTC View PostRelinquish unto me thy life and all thy mortal concerns and be rewarded with bounty beyond the veil, for I am a God over death itself. Those who walk my path shall not fear the end, for I shall make them endless. Arise and become a warrior of death itself.
-Inscription at Azeroc’s Temple of the Undying Flame-
“I am ordering you to not forfeit the ...
2025-06-13 02:05:27 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons,
I hope you've all had a great week so far!
This weekend should be a decent drop for HTG and RoD.
I want to try and push RoD to 20+ chapters ahead by the end of the month, which means I will be posting chapters when they come out, which might mean multiple chapters a day again. I will need 3-5 days once we complete Book one to do a final pass though. That should be the only break in releases.
HTG will begin free release again once we reach 30 chapters ahea...
2025-06-12 21:54:47 +0000 UTC View PostBased on the classified research regarding Deity Connections, we’ve ascertained a few things. One, kneeling before an altar dedicated to the Deity seems to allow for a more fluid connection. Two, classes such as Clerics and Paladins appear to be designated by the system as living altars. The ongoing study of how their classes evolve is among the top priorities for our division. The pace of study has bee...
2025-06-12 20:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe threads of fate weave in mysterious ways, especially around those who have been blessed.
- Seventh Passage of the First Testament of Goddess Jaledi of the Mosei -
There are nine of us left, not a soul amongst us speaks though. All of our eyes are on the horizon, on the impending doom that comes for our weary spirits. We’ve been on this world f...
2025-06-11 21:21:17 +0000 UTC View PostSome believe the deities from other worlds are truly divine, others believe they are fabricated by the system. One thing appears to be constant, we humans of Earth… have no idea.
-Church of the Silent Flame Priest Friarlin-
“So… people live for longer?” I ask.
“We heard it from the first groups of off-worlders, and at first no one took...
2025-06-10 18:30:13 +0000 UTC View PostDear Patrons,
I hope you're all having a great weekend!
HTG has been caught up, free release will still be paused on Royal Road for another 1-3 weeks. Still trying to figure that out. There will be no pause for Patreon though.
Tentative Schedule for the week.
Monday: No chapter post, I have some obligations to take care of.
Tuesday: RoD
Wednesday: RoD
Thursday: RoD
Friday: RoD
Saturday: HTG
Sunday: HTG
Thank you for your s...
2025-06-08 16:07:28 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Five: Ularak - Part Three
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
Everyone has finished their laps, except me. I cannot run any further, my body barely limps up the steps as I walk them. The only thing keeping me going is the anger that wells like a boiling ocean trapped in a small bottl...
2025-06-08 16:01:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Four: Ularak - Part Two
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
There is anticipation in the air as Keeper Dargo calls my group forward, those who have been marked with black. Nekam walks beside me, his eyes level, he does not hang his head. Strange, when I saw him before as an Ulima of an ...
2025-06-07 21:52:58 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Three: Ularak - Part One
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Orarak City, above the planet's surface.
The man clad in black has not spoken since he turned, his eyes remain closed. He has a deep scar over one of his eyes. His head is shaved clean, almost polished in the light. I know his face… it is the man who defeated m...
2025-06-07 19:24:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Two: Ulima Dom Jukora - Part Three
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Above the planet's surface
I do not know how much time has passed, but my mind is coming into focus again as I feel the craft begin to slow. The thud as we land wakes up Neeba who turns to me. His grey eyes glow dully in anticipation of what is to come. ...
2025-06-07 17:55:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter One-Hundred-Twenty-One: Ulima Dom Jukora - Part Two
Galactic Quadrant: Darna Quadrant
Ruling Government: Talum Merchant Federation
Solar System: D-447
Planet: Ora
Location: Outside Naro City
I am adrift in the solace of my closed eyes, there is only darkness and I relish it. It is a tonic for what I feel on the edges of my mind, pushing and pulling at it, coming in waves. The madness of massacre is etched into my soul. The sc...
2025-06-07 16:51:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe ongoing study of abnormal longevity for high-level assets is a top priority for the WSA. All topics that are requested are strictly classified, in accordance with the terms for funding from the UWO. The leak is not on the WSA’s end. It should be reminded that we are not directly under the UWO, and while we appreciate your funding which helps us fuel the studies of mutual interest… we recomme...
2025-06-07 00:25:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe continued study of flora and fauna from low-tiered gates has unveiled a series of startling discoveries. However, none as startling as the genomic research regarding elves and humans, who seem to have branched from a common ancestor within the last hundred thousand years. Even the study of the offspring from humans and elves has merited startling results. Leading us to speculate that if the theorem of...
2025-06-04 18:54:26 +0000 UTC View Post