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I'm moving

Hey readers, I'm moving this weeked, so no chapters this coming Thursday the 7th as I really get into packing all my stuff up. We'll be back to normal schedule next week, and things should be all in order computer and internet wise Sunday, so I'll be starting weekly single TT:E chapters then and probably keep doing them on Sundays.

Peace.

BS6 C17

The benefits of having competent subordinates were many, but the biggest one in Kay’s opinion was that it was much easier to get things going from a sudden start. With barely any notice planning sessions were scheduled and went underway, missives and messages were sent out to gather everyone necessary, and a million other tiny details were shoved into line or our of the way to make everything run as smoothly as possible. People obviously knew about the threat of the vampyr to the west, but ...

BS6 C16

“The decision about whether or not Avalon will intervene in the crisis affecting the region to our west has been taken out of our hands.” Kay addressed the assembly of his ministers, advisers, and other important minds needed for this discussion. “Evidence that has been uncovered suggests that there is someone or something with an actual intelligence directing the vampyr, and they’ve flagged Avalon as their enemy. We don’t have any clear information about their goals, but I have no ...

BS6 C15

Dozens of vampyr died in the first strike as arrows, blasts, blades, and a variety of other attacks all made of blood erupted from Kay’s forces. Kay himself sent two shaped harpoons at the two vampyr that seemed to be leading the rest, aiming to drag them to him for questioning. The lanky male vampire frantically grabbed at the unmoving unfortunate that it’d been repeatedly pressing against the strange object they’d all circled around and threw them in the path of the attack. It slammed...

TT:E C18

If you read the announcement I just posted, I remembered to post it because it's time for TT:E chapters.

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They trekked deeper into the grasslands, leaving the gas station behind them, with the tiny arrow in their vision guiding their way to the closest safe zone. Seeing the sun set and rise had given them an idea of which direction was which, and they were heading mostly north as they walked. Assuming that the sun still set and rose in the same directions, though they all...

Mild Directional Change

Hey everybody, first of all don't worry this isn't about Blood Shaper, nothing is changing there. This is about TT:E, the patreon exclusive story I've been working on with the goal of it being my next published series. I had a pretty bare bones talk with my publisher and other authros I respect, and the general consensus is that TT:E is a big enough tonal shift from Blood Shaper, plus some other considerations, which makes TT:E not the most pragmatic choice as my second series when I'm a newe...

BS6 C14

The lone vampyr making it’s way in the general direction of Avalon’s border was unmistakably an “it”. Dehumanizing the enemy was an old tactic to make it easier for your soldiers to be able to kill other people, it’s not “murder” it’s “putting down dangerous animals” and such. Kay hadn’t been huge on real life military history and tactics back on Earth, he’d mostly focused on fictional military history and tactics, but he was pretty sure he remembered it being generall...

BS6 C13

I like these characters quite a bit.

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Amanda stared at the problematic woman sitting across from her, who was looking back blandly without any outward reaction to the several minutes of silence that had gone by. Amanda’s first impression of Miri was of someone that could take it. What “it” was could be any number of things, but the woman who was Kay’s new majordomo had tenacity and grit somewhere underneath everything else she showed to the world. Sitting in silen...

BS6 C12

“I…” A number of responses ran through Kay’s head, immediate denial, accusations, questions about her sanity, and more. The look in her eyes was dead serious, which removed some of the questions about her sanity at least, and as excitable and chaotic as Zeia could be, Kay’s experience was that it was usually well thought out chaos. “Why?”

“Do you know what my goal is?”

“The permanent removal of all vampyr from existence.”

“No, it’s… Oh. Yeah, alri...

BS6 C11

A small family was clustered together while seated at a low table, and two other individuals that could have been guards or adventurers rested wearily against the walls of a room inside the fortifications. A pair of robed figures that Kay faintly recognized were checking over the two children of the family, with streamers of blood descending into small cuts in the kid’s arms. The two people dressed in worn and in some places battle damaged armor glanced over as new people entered the room a...

TT:E C17

Alex dived forward, bringing his armored arm up in front of himself as if he had a shield. The head of the green creature collided with him as it dove through the broken window and both of them staggered back from each other. Ed used the opportunity to charge forward himself, his boar spear held out in front. Loose shelves and the items that covered them were knocked to the floor. The creature’s head twisted unnaturally on a neck that Maeve couldn’t spot as it pulled back and away from Ed...

TT:E C16

The night was dark, obviously, but it was so much darker than Maeve was used to and it felt oppressive in a way she hadn’t ever experienced before. She’d never experienced a night where there was no source of light besides the moon and the stars. Streetlights, cars passing by, the general illumination that came from a city or town at night, all of that served to light up the darkness when the sun was away. Without any of that it was too dark to see anything at all, and Maeve truly underst...

TT:E C15

Maeve was interrupted from reading her spells’ descriptions by Scarlet waking up. She twitched a little as her eyes popped open and she sat up quickly, glancing around her. “Anything happen while I was out?”

“Nothing.” Ed reported, “We’ve been discussing what Maeve and Amelia have found in their statuses so far, but no monsters. Yet.”

“Good. What’d you pick up Amelia?”

“Magical Healer.” She held out her hands to Scarlet, “Got any aches and pains y...

TT:E C14

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Hit Points: 100

Hit Points are a representation of your physical health. They are not some magical form of protection, a power from the System that overrides the natural order, or anything else in that vein. They represent how healthy you are and how close you are to death, but are not infallible. Anything that would kill you in a single blow will continue to do so until your body has been enhanced by enough Quezeuq Energy to withstand it. Leveling up and otherwise gath...

TT:E C13

“Amelia, that’s excellent!” Maeve cheered quietly. “Having a healer solves so many worries I had.”

“I know.” Amelia grinned, looking triumphant. “I was thinking the same thing. The first aid kits we brought are only going to last so long, and with magic and stuff there’s no way they’d be useful forever even if we did find more. When I saw this class as an option, I knew I had to take it.”

“Were you thinking that, or thinking about healing me?” Alex asked,...

TT:E C12

Time to begin the chapter dump

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Maeve shot awake suddenly. She didn’t gasp and sit up quickly, she was just suddenly awake and fully aware she was awake after having not been awake. It was a weird sensation, especially for someone that generally took a long time to get up in the morning. She took a moment to breath before sitting up from where she’d been slumped against one of the the counters in the convenience store’s back room.

Scarlet glanced over from whe...

Chapter Dump Coming Up

Just a quick little message to let everyone know that the dump of TT:E chapters I was talking about is going to start tomorrow, where I'll be adding around 7-10 chapters here. That'll continue until I'm out of backlog and we're totally caught up for $10 members, and then as I finish chapters of that story I'll post them straight on here

BS6 C10

Gah, my internet is being annoying!!!!

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For a moment Kay considered bringing his two new allies with him to the border, but a number of factors stopped him. There was no formal agreement in place yet, just their word. While he didn’t think Murunel’s cousin’s would break their word and run off on him, he needed to think like the king he was and err on the side of caution. The point of Kay heading to the border was more of a fact finding missions than an attack anyway...

BS6 C9

Kay considered the pair for a moment. “I do think it would be too tyrannical of me to force you to stop trying to convince Murunel of your point of view by demanding that you leave Avalon, and I agree that allowing you to remain here indefinitely without any form of recompense would be a bit much…” He frowned as he considered the situation. After a moments thought, he turned his head slightly to stare at Azred. “I think the deciding factor in this case is you. Do you have a limit? Is ...

BS6 C8

Wrangling enough free time to go have a talk with ornery dragons wasn’t difficult, but it was tedious. There’s always something to do in running a government and after returning home from an important trip to find things going sideways that was more true for Kay than ever. Everyone wanted a meeting with him to update him on progress, get his thoughts on what they should be doing, or just schmooze. The schmoozers were moved as far down on the list of priorities as possible, but the people ...

BS6 C7

Hey wassup, I didn't post on Tuesday because it was my birthday and I wasn't thinking about y'all at all. But here, have two chapters this evening.

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“That… was a little dramatic but I think it conveys the level of gravitas we’re dealing with here.” Kay replied, unable to hold back some levity.

Amanda’s lips curled up slightly at the edges. “Thank you. We’re currently in a holding pattern and only reacting to what happens, we’re not making any decisio...

BS6 C6

After introductions were made in depth and Miri demonstrated her loyalty to Amanda’s tentative approval they dived back into the meeting, going over some of the subjects Amanda considered sensitive. They ranged from the plans and desires of various factions and leaders they’d discovered through espionage of one form or another to more specific information about the movement of their troops.

Hearing Amanda’s take on reports Kay knew came from Isla was amusing but he did his best to...

BS6 C5

And we're back to live posting again, although I'm planning on experimenting with pre-preparing everything to maybe make things easier on my end. We'll see how it goes.

Also, I'm really hating this "pay per post" option Patreon has added. I get it for other creators that aren't posting books as serials, but for me its a bit useless, no one is going to buy just one chapter partway through a book, and the fact they make it default for every new post and I have to turn it off...

Patreon Only Content (TT:E) Options

Hello, hello! I'm back from my lovely trip, and now it's time to work. As I mentioned before I left I'm continuing my Patreon only story, and still plan for the entire series to be only available on Patreon prior to it being published, unlike Blood Shaper and the other Splintered Five stories that will continue on RR. That being said, I'm more chapters ahead on TT:E than I planned on being, mostly because I'm pushing hard to get the first draft done. I want to catch everyone up to the level I...

BS6 C4

As of this chapter I am home! And asleep because jet lag is a stone cold bitch.

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There was no grand parade welcoming Kay home, which was exactly how he wanted it. It was more a matter of expediency than anything else, but he also wanted to set a precedent as well. Parades and celebrations take time and clog up streets, with important issues pressuring Avalon Kay didn’t have time to wave from a chariot with a slave whispering in his ear that this too will pass and he too...

BS6 C3

Kay tapped his fingers against the thin railing that ran underneath the windows of the carriage he and Eleniah were in. The expansion of roads between Avalon’s cities had gone well and continued to progress, letting people move with vehicles and mounts and not being forced to walk between settlements. That meant they could get back to Avalon City from the port at a much quicker pace than it had once taken to walk there. Somewhere along the way the port town had gotten an official name, Brea...

BS6 C2

The scrambling, maddened vampyr scraped at Cindy’s armor, desperately trying to pull itself closer to sink it’s fangs into her neck. The one hand she had pressed against its forehead was the only thing keeping it from tearing out her throat. Her nails were sinking into it’s skin with the force of how hard she was pushing to keep it off of her, drawing sickly ichor instead of blood from the tiny abrasions. Doing her best to keep calm Cindy drew one of her sidearms from the bandoleer on h...

BS6 C1

First chapter of the last book of the series! Time to get it done!

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Waves crashed against the hull of the Royal Avalon, tossing its occupants about. The storm wasn’t enough to capsize the ship or to send anyone but the most careless overboard, but it wasn’t anything to sneeze at either as it battered the vessel about. Sailors dashed across and below the decks, lashing down everything to make sure objects didn’t break loose, keeping the rigging furled and intact, and...

BS5 C51

Last chapter of the book, first chapter while I'm gone!

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Kay stared down at the Royal Avalon as it was being loaded to set sail. He was on top of the stairs leading down to the docks, waiting on Eleniah to finish saying goodbye to everyone she needed to.

“Sure you can’t stay longer?” Alahna asked.

“I wish we could, just to let Eleniah spend more time with you and the rest of her family, but the messages from home are worrying me and these were written ...

All Set for Vacation!

It's all scheduled! I checked and all the right chapters are set to release at the right times for the right tiers. Enoy those chapters please! I'm off to do laundry and shove things back into my luggage for a lovely 5 am wakeup call.