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Chapter 68

“Pathetic, all of you!” Emperor Haidar Batra snarled as he gazed down on his high officers.  The generals and their staff each knelt on a single knee, their heads bowed before him in shame, but that wasn’t good enough for Haidar.  He wanted them to sweat, to tremble, to feel his fury through more than just his words.  With that thought in mind, he began to Observe, increasing the weight upon them all.  “Unacceptable!  I stand above all as the ruler of...

Chapter 67

In and out. In and out. Like a machine, Sofie pushed the wooden needle through the cloth over and over, slowly assembling a shirt from an assortment of rags and half-ruined other clothes. Though she knew that the results of her efforts would be a lopsided, ugly thing that normally nobody in their right mind would willingly wear, she kept at it anyway. These were not normal times, after all, and besides, she needed something to take her mind off of the-

“Shit!” Sofie swore...

Chapter 65

Arlette felt like she was in freefall, the ground having been suddenly pulled out from beneath her.  Nothing made sense anymore.  A cocktail of confusion with hints of happiness, betrayal, and rage churned through her soul, leaving her breathless.

“B-Basilli?” she hesitantly called out while she pushed her aching body back to her feet, still not able to fully believe the voice’s existence and everything that it meant.  “Basilli! How-”

Chapter 64

“Incoming!” the lookout called out loud enough for everybody nearby to hear.  Almost absentmindedly, Arlette bent down under cover as a wave of projectiles of all sorts flew over her head, the volley of flying death barely registering in her mind.

Arlette knew that spacing out while under attack was generally a poor idea, but today she just couldn’t help it.  It wasn’t like she was in any real danger anyway.  Today seemed to be one of those days where t...

Chapter 63

If pressed to describe where she was, Gabriela Carreno would have found it quite difficult.  Descriptions generally rely on sensations, you see, and wherever Gabby was lacked them almost entirely.  She couldn’t see, hear, feel, or pretty much anything else.  Only the rare thought meandering through her dormant consciousness reminded her that she even existed at all.
Said thoughts were immediately pushed out of her mind as quickly as they entered.  Gabriela didn’t wa...

Chapter 60

Dozens of bodies covered the polished stone floor, each of them coughing, hacking, dying.  Some grabbed their throats as if choking, while others just writhed about in agony.  A few managed to make it to one of the two doors connecting the hall to the rest of the palace and clawed desperately at them but both were locked tight.  In the middle of it all stood one confused, terrified, and despairing child who barely noticed any of this; she was too busy staring at the blade of th...

Chapter 59

Arlette didn’t know what to do, to say, or even to think.  She was so far out of her depth that it was comical.  They’d put her in a part of the palace reserved for the royal family, where no servants were allowed.  This was where the princess was supposed to be recovering, safely away from any prying eyes.  No servants, just the King, the Queen, and Sebastian.  Apparently, three other people, the trio of generals who commanded the nation’s armed forces, knew of...

Discord server!

Sorry about the wait for that last chapter!  I'll try to get the next one out quickly.

Anyway... people seem to want a discord server, so I made one.  Here it is:

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Let me know if the link stops working.

ALSO!  Let me know if there's anything I can do with this server just for you special patron peeps.  I am not very experienced in Discord, so if you have any...

Chapter 58

“Oh, hello Marcus!  Are you here for your treat?” Mrs. Araun asked as Arlette walked into the baker’s tiny store.  Every year, the old woman would celebrate the Festival of the Seven Saviors by making honey buds, a special sweet roll shaped like a flower bud just starting to bloom and covered in honey, and giving one each for free to every child in the village.  

“Yes please!” Arlette said, her voice coming out sounding like that of a young boy instead of a youn...

Chapter 57

A chilling wind atop the wall whipped through Arlette’s hair and made her eyes water.  Blinking repeatedly to clear her vision, she sidestepped the swing of an incoming warhammer and rushed forward.  The massive weapon continued on its arc towards Kima Escarain, who bent backwards to the point that her body looked like an arch as the hammer’s head sailed over her.  Twisting about unnaturally, the small spearwoman thrust up at her opponent from below at an awkward, unexpecte...

Chapter 56

As Blake sat in the comfort of his quarters deep inside the belly of his fortress, watching thousands of people try to kill each other, he couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt that the first thought to cross through his head was that it was a shame that Scyria didn’t have popcorn.  Though the view reminded him of the real-time strategy games he’d played as a younger man, Blake tried to keep in mind that these were real people fighting and dying thousands of feet below his flitt...

Chapter 55

[Happy Holidays!  So I warned you that Smash Ultimate would slow me down, and boy did it ever!  But we're getting back on the grind now.  Enjoy!]

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers hustled about the savanna like tiny insects, carrying out their various functions for their queen, or emperor in this case.  Emperor Haidar Batra paid them no mind.  He didn’t need to supervise such low-level subjects; he had people to do for him, and people to supervise those people...

Chapter 54

“...really, you must try it some time.  It is absolutely delightful!  Kokovan is a master of his craft whose ability to express the true nature of Astrontic Enlightenment is unparalleled.  The choreography alone is a work of genius.”

“I see,” Tehlmar replied, trying to seem as interested as he could—a task was far harder than it seemed.  He willed himself to smile and nod as the petite woman gabbed on and on about Petruvian dance recitals, his spirit shrive...

Chapter 53

“You army types need to calm your tits.  There’s no way walls this strong will fall, and we have enough food stored up to last us a whole season.  I don’t see what you’re all shaking in your boots over.”

“Don’t talk about things you don’t understand, you idiot.  You better not get assigned to my squad.”

Orders had been sent out that morning for all the guards in the city to meet at the four city gates the next day and get placed in various squads in the a...

Map of Crirada

So I ended up making a map of Crirada for myself so I don't make stupid dumb mistakes when I'm writing the next chapters.  It's  overly-simplistic and MSPaintastic, but I figured I'd post it here too so you all can use it as a reference if you want.  There's going to be a  lot of chapters taking place there coming up.  Let me know if you have questions about the map I guess. 

Chapter 52

“Here you go, Mister Salvide,” Sofie said, handing the parchment to her boss as he finished packing the last of his family’s possessions.  “The completed inventory you asked for.  I hope it helps you when you get... wherever you end up.”

“Thank you, child, you’ve been a treasure,” the old tailor replied with a smile.  “You know, there’s one last empty seat, should you want it...”

“That’s very kind of you, sir, but here is where I need to be right ...

Chapter 51

“So from what I hear, Begale is lost.”

“Where did you hear that?  Same friend as last time?”

“No, it was my sister-in-law.  She was stationed at the north gate last night.  Apparently, the Motrico and Lazani families have been quietly moving everything of value that they can out of the city the last few days.  They’re running, but trying to make it look like they’re loyal and staying around.”

“Shit...  yeah, if the Families are running, th...

Chapter 50

Gabriela Carreno stared out of the spacious carriage as it bounced its way towards Eterium, her gaze ignoring the hundreds of thousands of soldiers all around and instead focusing in on the wilderness she could see off in the distance.  Even though raw nature was a common feature in this world, after all these months she still hadn’t gotten completely used to it.  The city had always been the backdrop of her life, and she’d never really found the urge nor the money to go out and ex...

Chapter 49

“And so Otharo said ‘No longer need you fear the darkness, for the fires of Prometheus shall light your way.’  And, lo, did the flames of the gods appear, so that the people would not fear the shadows along their path...”

Blake puttered about as Samanta read from the Writ of Otharo, listening with half his mind while he inspected a series of high overhead views of the border between Otharia and Eterium.  A series of gray dots scurried over the terrain below.  Each dot wa...

Chapter 48

Though the same men that carried the litter into the city carried it back out, the ride felt bumpier this time.  Perhaps it was all in Mizuko’s head, a byproduct of the guilt currently roiling inside of her.  One could argue that her guilt was not justified, or at least blown out of proportion when compared to her actions.  After all, it wasn’t like she’s known what would happen, and she sure hadn’t chosen to hurt all those people.  But she had hurt them all the same....

Chapter 47

Soft chimes rang off in the distance as a gust of wind blew through the area, ruffling the curtains hanging on the nearby window and sending a sudden burst of late-morning sun directly into Yamanaka Mizuko’s eyes.  Her eyelids fluttered weakly, barely able to open.  Eventually they parted, revealing the familiar wood of her bedroom ceiling.

A callused hand gently wrapped itself around her emaciated, wrinkled fingers.  “How do you feel, mother?” said the voice of her daught...

Delay on Chapter 47 :(

Hey there, peeps.  So my editor friend was extremely busy and couldn't get around to looking at 47 until today.  The good news is that we're breaking it into two chapters.  The bad news is that he just ripped these chapters to shreds.  Like, maybe the most vicious he's ever been to anything I've written.  I'm going to try to get the first one done today and tomorrow but likely it won't be posted until Monday at the earliest.  I'm sorry.  I am trying to keep to ...