New chapters start dropping here on July 1st. That's only five more days now.
Frost Shield
Runes: 19
Mana: 20 to 50; 33%
Hit Points: 160 to 280
Defense: 100
Duration: 60 seconds
Creates a floating shield of ice. The size of the shield is slightly larger than a kite shield, but smal...
2025-06-26 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis is a fragment of my trimmed grimoire, removing any potential spoilers:
Viituth
Type: Pure, Void
Shape: Unknot; A simple circle
Meaning: Nothingness
Trishullrunt
Type: Compound, Void-Causality link (not a fate rune though)
Shape: 7 3 knot with a chain of four linked rings along the bott...
Okay, I've been playing around with Ad ideas for a bit I thought I'd throw them up here for fun. Most of these are an 'excerpt ad' style, which is admittedly the easiest ad to create. I've heard from some creators that these ads can work quite well.
The other is, of course, the honorary super stupid four panel comic ad.
Excerpt Ad #1
I played with different outlining techni...
2025-06-05 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostLast time, I dove heavily into Hp, Mp and damage calculations. This time, I’ll lead our deep spelunking venture into the spell casting elements of Netherwitch. For the purpose of this examination, we’ll take Sylvia from Chapter 34 again. Specifically, we’ll look at the ‘magical’ fraction of her attributes.
For your convenience, I gathered most of the relevant information below.
Magic: 81+21
Dominion: 559%
Mysticism: 202%...
2025-05-29 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
For fun, I figured I’d do a short dive into the math of Netherwitch. While it probably isn’t obvious to most readers, I keep a giant spreadsheet and run calculations in the background. The main goal is to keep things sane. Which is to say, to ensure Sylvia isn’t using more mana than she has and isn’t obliterating enemies she shouldn’t be. Thus, not only do I keep track of things Hp, Mp, or ether reserves. I also consider the damage of attacks, how effective parries are, and how spel...
2025-05-22 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
As mentioned, the next arc of Netherwitch is Gamers. Gamers is 10 chapter long, covering ~82,000 words. This makes Gamers the second longest arc thus far. I suspect, however, Arc VI: Trade is even longer, but I haven't counted the exact word length yet.
Gamers marks a full dive into the kingdom building aspects of this story. Fittingly, the story covers a period of 4 years. Thus, this arc is ...
2025-05-15 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWith Chapter 39 posted, Arc IV: Migration is now complete. Per my current plan, the next arc will be posted in July. Thus, it is completely understandable if people want to swap over to the free membership now and rejoin as paid members later.
Of course, I'll be quite delighted by those that stay.
With that out of the way, the next arc is Gamers. This is the 5th arc of Netherwitch and consists of 10 chapters and ~82,000 words. This makes Arc V: Gamers slightly long...
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Roisin Owsley
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Chapter 38
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BOOM!
The air shook. A pillar of flame burst from ...
2025-04-19 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post<< Chapter 36 | Table of Contents | Chapter 38 >>
Isabella
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Chapter 37
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Chapter 36
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Sylvia stood on the Academy’s spire, gazing out into a blue-green expan...
2025-04-12 16:00:23 +0000 UTC View Post<< Chapter 34 | Table of Contents | Chapter 36 >>
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Chapter 35
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“Master,” Belkis greeted with a curtsy.
“Teacher,” Sylvia echoe...
2025-04-08 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post<< Chapter 33 | Table of Contents | Chapter 35 >>
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Chapter 34
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“Thank you, Lenape. You just saved me a week of work.”
Sylvia stood beside Yaalon Lake, ...
2025-04-05 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostDemon Type Lists
The following is the rough list of bloodlines I've accumulated as I've written. It's somewhat 'witch' heavy, but that's to be expected as Sylvia spends an unusually large time with witches. Some of these names are subject to change, and more will be added to this list as needed.
Witches (Hecates)
Crone (Hexe): Swamp Hag (Telma), Three Faced Witch (Fasi), Mountain Witch (Orei)
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Chapter 33
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“Oh my,” Emily breathed, hands clasped above her chest. “It’s beautiful.”
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Slyde, surveying his territory, on the watch fo...
2025-03-22 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostRecently, when updating Chapter 17, one of my beta's dragged me in to discuss fashion. Specifically, they wanted to talk about Esmeralda's dress, pointing out that my description wasn't that good. Which isn't too surprising, because my fashion sense is non-existent. Thus, I did consulted higher powers (namely dress pictures on the internet and the AI).
Behold the Result!
This...
<< Chapter 30 | Table of Contents | Chapter 32 >>
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Chapter 31
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2025-03-15 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostI threw this up on Space Battles, I figured I should add it here as well.
Witch-Princess Dress generation #1
And #2.
Edit: I like the second one better. I went ahead and added i...
2025-03-14 17:11:05 +0000 UTC View Post<< Chapter 29 | Table of Contents | Chapter 31 >>
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Chapter 30
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♦ System Board >> General Chat
Topic: Merit Boar...
2025-03-08 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post<< Chapter 28 | Table of Contents | Chapter 30 >>
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Chapter 29
And the first chapter of Netherwitch is now live on SpaceBattles. Hopefully, we'll see some fun discussion in the next few weeks. If you want to join in and share the fun, go right ahead!
Because SpaceBattles is a little bit different than Royal Road, as in you get more front page time, the first three chapters will be released one a day. Then I'll go to a once every other day release ...
2025-02-14 17:20:23 +0000 UTC View Post
First, I'm happy to introduce the next Arc. Arc IV, Migration, consists of 11 chapters running from 29 to 39 and has roughly 75,000 words. This means Migration is a little shorter than the Academy arc.
Migration itself can be broken into two sub-arcs. The first part covers Sylvia's arrival at the world tree. The second section resolves the loose thread that is the war in the Timeless Beryl Wild...
2025-02-01 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post<< Chapter 27 | Table of Contents | Chapter 29 >>
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Chapter 28
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B-dring.
A little bell rang as Sylvia pushed her way into a sma...
2025-01-20 22:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post<< Chapter 26 | Table of Contents | Chapter 28 >>
Gavin the Black
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<< Chapter 25 | Table of Contents | Chapter 27 >>
Sylvia's Witch-Princess Dress
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<< Chapter 24 | Table of Contents | Chapter 26 >>
Belkis von Vallenfelt
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2025-01-20 03:06:27 +0000 UTC
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<< Chapter 23 | Table of Contents | Chapter 25 >>
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Chapter 24
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Morning dawned brilliantly over the Asphodel Meadows. The heavy clouds and bloody rain had vanished overnig...
2025-01-19 20:17:56 +0000 UTC View PostRelease Schedule: Chapters resume February 3rd.
Free Chapters
First, read the free chapters on Royal Road or Space Battles:
<< Chapter 22 | Table of Contents | Chapter 24 >>
Iulian Codrin
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Chapter 23
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2025-01-19 14:21:02 +0000 UTC
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