It is always hard for those who stand on the right side of events, of history. It is a heavy mantle that I have no joy in bearing.
- Gilgamesh of Uruk.
The new day’s sun brought soft pastel colors that would later fade to a strict uniform azure. This close to the iron grey ocean, the wind brought it the first hints of a salty tang, notes of the sea. Tomorrow would be a time for farewells, but also new beginnings. A new chapter of my adventures yet unwritten.
2023-12-03 05:15:48 +0000 UTC
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Death is but a path that we must all walk to its inevitable conclusion.
- The Human Question by Gideon de Salavia 378 AC.
At a distance where the human eye could still discern shape, walls of yellow sandstone rose against a backdrop of an iron grey sea. Before me was my journey’s goal, the fabled city of Al-Lazar and the symbol of my freedom. A symbol of a new life.
We would arrive in the city tomorrow, or the day after, by my own rough guess. Preparing m...
2023-11-26 02:01:28 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 6 - Cultural Exchange
Of the Mer, the children of the salt and sea, not much is known. It is said in a few academic circles that in ages long past, they enjoyed an alliance with the Children when the Tides were a sea-going people. Some even speculate that it was, in fact, the Mer that taught humans how to use the element of water, a claim I find patently fantastical.
At first glance, the Mer bear some resemblance to humans, much as apes might ...
2023-11-22 11:23:37 +0000 UTC
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Edited Chapters that are of a standard I believe to be good enough for submission.
Chapter 1 - Defiance
Anything, when meticulously crafted and refined for a single, specific purpose, free from all unnecessary trappings and features, embodies a form that is pure and captivating. Like the most elegant of instruments, or the most elegant of weapons - their intrinsic beauty lies in their purity of purpose. In this, the human heart can not help but be e...
2023-11-22 11:20:46 +0000 UTC
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Why do we regain our essence, our well of energy, our inner Mana, more rapidly when we rest? The time when consciousness fades and we walk upon the land of the dream.
And why is it that it is the most intellectually capable of us that are able to ascend to the greater heights of the arcane mysteries? Is it because of rote practice, technique, or a greater understanding of our element like the wisdom of the ancients prescribe?
Perhaps it is so. Perhaps it is n...
2023-11-17 03:04:19 +0000 UTC
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Gilgamesh's Maceflail
2023-11-12 05:22:47 +0000 UTC
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The pursuit of the ultimate, perfect justice above all will simply lead to just more injustice.
- The Human Question by Gideon de Salavia 378 AC.
It was an emotional reunion. Abas Yar ran up to Pakum and gave him a gruff hug before ruffling his head proudly. Seeing this, I had to stop myself from doing the same to Dumizi’s mop of hair as he too ran up to me. A second later, Catalina threw herself at me, disregarding the dirt and smell, and crushing herself agai...
2023-11-12 05:20:25 +0000 UTC
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The three eye toads/frogs!
2023-11-06 06:03:44 +0000 UTC
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War is the result of a quandary to which no solution can be found.
- From the diary of Damien de Savant.
The air was moist, a juxtaposition to the dry desert breeze that came from the west. The new growth that had taken over this part of the sands could not completely hide the passage of the Ravens’s wagons. My new Tracking skill, low level as it was, gave me a greater clarity in my interpretation of the land. Little things that I had never noticed b...
2023-11-05 03:49:23 +0000 UTC
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Came back in color!
2023-11-02 14:45:20 +0000 UTC
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Now I just need to send it off to get professionally colored and toned!
2023-11-01 03:42:27 +0000 UTC
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The Festival of the Undrawn, also known as the Contest of the Saints, is an annual event held in the City of Dust, Al-Lazar. Warriors from all over the continent, and occasionally from beyond, travel here to test their mettle against each other.
From this pool of brave fighters, the Shareholder families of the great city frequently select their guards and entourage. In the fabled times of yore, it is whispered that certain noble families ventured beyond the confines of trad...
2023-10-28 11:56:18 +0000 UTC
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Cordelia professionally colored in. Toning and color are beyond me so I had someone do it!
2023-10-26 00:49:10 +0000 UTC
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Illustrator now toned him up.
2023-10-26 00:47:03 +0000 UTC
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So, I got tired of my artist making subpar work that I needed to make revisions for. I now do the initial sketches myself and send them off for toning/coloring.
2023-10-24 06:51:29 +0000 UTC
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A much cuter and more innocent version of Larynda!
2023-10-21 11:49:22 +0000 UTC
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Hope that you are all enjoying the story slowly unfold. Let me just take a moment and say how grateful I am to all of you!
I am currently working on overarching plot for Book 3. There will be a lot more fighting and at the same courtly intrigue! Book 3 will also be dealing with some rather heavy themes such as systems of governance, religion, and drug addiction!
Quick reminder, Book 2 (all versions) will be getting removed at the end of the month as it is going to be p...
2023-10-20 08:10:08 +0000 UTC
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Style change for Larynda. Elwin and Kidu are also in the works.
2023-10-20 08:04:24 +0000 UTC
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On the fairest of morns, mariners whisper of glimpsing the Heaven's Pillar across the shimmering expanse of the Glass Fire Sea. I have beheld it with my own eyes during a voyage to document the courage of those seafarers who dare the perilous waves and gather its gleaming crystal treasure. Truly, it stands as a shadowy column, stretching skyward to the heavens as its namesake suggests.
It is doubtful that nature alone sculpted such a wonder, yet its origin remains shrouded ...
2023-10-20 08:03:02 +0000 UTC
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I think the old Cordelia was way too masculine so I softened it up. Now to pass on to the artist to color it up etc.
2023-10-14 10:19:24 +0000 UTC
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Just as water holds greater value than gold for a thirsty man, so too does silence in a world filled with incessant noise. Cultivate your silence, contemplate deep thoughts, and you will be able to hear more. To observe without distraction.
- The Living Sword by Fen Vaigorus circa 520 AC.
Continuing onwards at a rapid clip, uncaring of stealth, and the better part of caution, I made my way ever upwards with the clank and jangle of metal echoing my footsteps. No a...
2023-10-12 07:23:07 +0000 UTC
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Cowardice?Is it simply the absence of bravery, or a symptom of a far more human failing? I believe it to be something more.
Along the long path of human history, great men have risen and fallen. Wars have been won and lost, and tales of heroism and cowardice have been woven into our shared heritage.
The shadow of cowardice has lain across the path of those falter in the face of seemingly great adversity. Those who put down their arms when faced with a greater...
2023-10-10 14:55:11 +0000 UTC
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Larynda first draft concept art!
2023-10-08 14:20:19 +0000 UTC
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In the rich tapestry of Al-Lazar’s Shareholder Houses, the House of Alim stands uniquely storied. Ancestor tales whisper of a figure, known only as the Shield, a traveler from a realm distant and mystic. Beyond the burning, treacherous waves of the Glass Fire Sea, her origins purportedly lie across a sea of the stars. On a world where mankind blossomed in the time of the ancients.
Legend suggests that this enigmatic woman, a slave, was a foundational pillar of Al-Lazar, i...
2023-10-08 03:05:52 +0000 UTC
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To be a good man is to live with virtue and integrity on the hardest of roads.
- A Quassian aphorism.
The path ahead curved upwards, becoming also more natural in its formation. Here and there, stalactites and stalagmites grew from the floor and ceiling, occasional meeting to form pillars. Glowing purple lines threaded through the rock here, making the formations look like living blood vessels. It was a sign, as good as any, that this place was most ancient in its origin. More imp...
2023-10-02 14:43:33 +0000 UTC
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*Finally was able to spit out this chapter! I've been wrestling with a major plot point while feverish. If anyone wants a free copy of Book 1, please DM me!
Often I had wondered at how my friend had such a firm grasp of strategy and tactics, ostensibly without any formal training. It was from games from his childhood, of all things, that had schooled him thus, or so he said. But what sort of games were they from his land, that could teach the principles of logistics...
2023-09-27 13:09:00 +0000 UTC
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This week's chapter is a little late as I was bogged down with the launch, editing earlier chapters and generally being ill. I wrote down most of this weeks chapter in a notebook and will be spending tomorrow transcribing it! Sorry for the delay!
2023-09-25 13:21:57 +0000 UTC
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It is now out in the wild!
Book 1 finally got released, and Book 2 is coming out in November. Book 3 should be done by summer/early autumn next year!
If you would like an ebook code for Book 1 please DM me!
Again, thank you all for helping to support me make these books!
2023-09-20 06:10:01 +0000 UTC
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Of the Mer, the children of the salt and sea, not much is known. It was once said in a few academic circles that they once enjoyed an alliance with the Children of the Tides when the Tides were once a sea-going people in ages long past. Some even speculate that it was in fact the Mer that taught humans how to use the element of water, a claim I find patently fantastical.
At first glance, the Mer bear some resemblance to humans, much as apes might seem kin to us. They posses...
2023-09-17 03:58:37 +0000 UTC
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