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Felix and Pit were led to the edge of the Pool of Halcyon Oaths, which lay as still as glass before them. Felix took a steadying breath.
"Okay, you ready to go in?"
"Of course I am," Pit said. "But is it just me, or did that guy never give you the calculation?"
"Oh," Felix turned back to Knowledge, who stood only ten feet away. "Hey, you never gave me my survival odds. What are they?" ...
2024-12-13 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Felix bustled around the Alchemical Lab for several hours that night, checking on the work of his apprentices and overseeing the testing of the Nascent Fruits. It was a relatively exhaustive process, but the Hatchlings’ health relied on getting this right—Felix left nothing to chance.
The first step was developing a Cleansing Elixir. When Pit had devoured a Spirit Fruit, it had immediately blocked his channels and cau...
2024-12-11 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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“Finally, we're alone." Felix held Vess closely, ignoring the arcanite armor that prodded at his chest.
"I would not call this alone, exactly," she said, her voice more than dry. Her one arm was wrapped around his upper back, while her other carried her glaive.
“I could get used to flying like this, though,” he said with a smile.
Vess laughed and her spectral wings...
2024-12-09 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Felix's study was as bare bones as the rest of his apartment. There were some chairs and couches that had been hauled down and even a large potted plant in the corner. As nice as they were, set against the cold fireplace and empty built-in bookshelves, they only made the room look more unfinished. Manalamps studded the bare walls, but two large windows looked out over Elderthrone, casting enough light that they weren’t needed.
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2024-12-06 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Felix leaned heavily against the railing, praying that it wouldn’t snap.
He was tired, though it was a weariness of the Mind rather than the Body. Official business with Karys had taken hours of his day to handle. Not having been there for several days, there had been a lot to do in the city, though most of the bureaucratic nonsense was easily handled by his Chancellor. What Felix had needed to get done was ...
2024-12-04 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostHappy December folks!
We're back to 3x a week updates! MWF!
If we can hit 1100 active patrons, I'll bump it back up to 4x a week for 4 weeks, from whenever that happens.
Enjoy!
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Pit’s destination was the Bastion of Atlantes. A fortress that Felix and the people of Elderthrone had built around the huge trunk of the Elder Spirit Tree, it was a soaring testament to the ingenuity of the city’s people. It was also surrounded by an ...
2024-12-02 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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"So, my influence on you is a bunch of creepy wall-walking assassins?" Archie stepped out into the Heart of Darkness in Elderthrone, hands on his hips. "I feel like I should be offended."
"Why?" Beef poked at him, nudging the small man with an oversized finger as he too slipped from the Shadowgate. "You are a creepy wall-walking assassin."
"Hey, I'm a thief. I don't do wetwork." <...
2024-11-29 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate!
This is the last Thursday chapter for the recent patron challenge!
A new Patron Drive has begun! If we can hit the goal of 1100 active patrons, I'll keep posting 4x a week (for 4 weeks).
Otherwise, starting next week, we're back to 3x a week chapters on MWF.
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The canopy of the Altissima Anima stretche...
2024-11-28 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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At the topmost level of Hevaan, there was a garden. Surrounding the garden were low walls made of black stone, veined with gold. Unlike the fortifications around the city itself, these walls were meant to frame what lay within rather than keep others outside of it. In fact, the regular openings invited the opposite.
"Garden" was perhaps a misleading term as well. It was more of a park, set before the sweeping majes...
2024-11-27 13:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostFiends!
A few have asked me to continue the 4x a week chapter updates and I've thought a bunch about it. I don't have any conferences or trips happening any time soon (what a relief haha) and I'm steadily rebuilding my backlog of chapters. However, with the holidays coming up, the only way I can justify it would be if we could hit a new patron goal.
So, I'm announcing another Active Patron Drive!
As of writing this, we are at 1007 Active Patrons.
If we...
2024-11-26 05:27:18 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Gabby sent her awareness questing down into her core space and was inundated with golden splendor.
Within her center, light blossomed. A massive ring of golden light chased by silver was at the heart of her, and each rotating it released waves of illumination. While the Pathless was dead and his influence over her ended, it did not change the past. Gabby had become attuned to light while acting as his Vessel, a...
2024-11-25 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Gabby adjusted herself on the stone perch she had found. It was dry, and cleaner than she expected. With a sigh that gouged out the bottom of her lungs, she lifted her face, catching a stray beam of sunlight that filtered down from far above. They had wandered close to the surface again, it seemed. Fled, in all honesty. After days of the stale, false light of Mana, the natural sunlight was a balm to her spirits.
2024-11-22 20:19:32 +0000 UTC
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This one ended up longer than my usual and took a bit more to get right.
However, all hail Thursday chapters!
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It took less than five minutes of flying to get everyone to the crumbled ruins at the center of the poison fields. Harn, Archie, Beef, Hollow, Fafnir, and of course, Pit were there with Felix as he walked the perimeter of the small rocky island. Archie and Beef had given him a bit more rundown of the fight they h...
2024-11-21 20:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostBack to our regular schedule! Chapters will be up Thursday and Friday too! Enjoy!
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Mounted atop Pit, the pair took off into the sky.
Still, the sun blazed in the tropical jungles of Jaast, and the heat was oppressive, clinging to their limbs like a wet cloth. Even the rapid breeze from their flight barely cut through it. Abyssal Skein coated them in its oily embrace, fading them from notice even as they climbed up in...
2024-11-20 13:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostFiends!
Last week I went to AuthorNation, an author conference in Las Vegas. It was full of old friends, new friends, and lots of ongoing education things. Mostly it was great to touch base with authors I see only at various cons and chat about projects.
The last day though was a reader event, where the floor was opened to the general public and I did some signings and sold some books and generally had a good time.
Meeting fans is always the best. It went well, and I'll ...
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Felix and Pit burst into his Void Sanctuary to find the entire place on high alert. Clouds of Wyrmlings plied the sky and metal soldiers were racing through the streets past his palace.
"Get on!" Pit cried.
Felix jumped aboard Pit's back and with a mighty rush, they soared up into the air. Wyrmlings surrounded them, a murmuration that all but clung to Felix. There was no fear...
2024-11-18 19:04:48 +0000 UTC View PostSorry about the delay!
AuthorNation in Vegas is done with! I met a bunch of fans and had great conversations with a ton of people.
This set me back a bit! But I'll be working hard to get back on schedule for Monday.
Enjoy!
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The shadows resolved into a wide room, not dissimilar to the plaza Felix had just left. It was far darker, though magelights ran along the ceiling and the inscribed floors were ablaze ...
2024-11-17 09:31:05 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the wait! Friday's chapter will likely be up Saturday at some point as well, but I'll be trying for Friday!
Starting Monday I'll be back from this convention and back on normal release times!
Enjoy!
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They were.
Small baby Dragons, no bigger than a songbird, made of opalescent Fiendstone and midnight black scales.
He reached out a hand, and one hopped closer, edging its way toward him atop a ...
2024-11-15 09:13:13 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Elowen stood in the warded storage room that had been transformed into a teleportation chamber, marveling at the roots that covered the walls just as much as the Shadowgate that swirled at the far end. Above all else, she was fascinated by the magic involved. Like the Seal before, the sigaldry in around the gate was well beyond her conception of inscription, let alone knowledge. Not to mention the incorporation of the Spirit Tree...
2024-11-13 13:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostFiends!
I'm putting together some scenes to be illustrated from Book One: Dissonance. Like full illustration, full color, all that awesome stuff!
I need to choose some scenes. What scenes from Book 1 would ya'll like to see?
Meeting the Dread for the first time?
Meeting Pit?
Fighting Giants?
Let me know in the comments below!
(I also created a thread in discord about this too, if you'd rather answer there.)
EDIT: to be clear, you can c...
2024-11-12 16:39:27 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the wait! Enjoy!
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"Are you certain about this, my Lord?"
Felix glanced at Master Tier walking beside him. The man was in his forties, with a splash of gray salting his brown hair at the temples, but he was tall and broad shouldered beneath his dark brown robes and chain of office.
"Did you have somewhere better to go, Caron?"
"Er, no, sir."
Felix mad...
2024-11-12 05:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Alister sat on a balcony above the chamber where the Grandmasters were meeting, sipping tea next to his favorite fire mage. He and Atar had no real desire to be in attendance, but Alister couldn’t help being curious about how it would all go. He knew the complexities of diplomacy were not Felix's strong suit. While he did not wish to impose himself between the powers of dozens of Grandmasters, Alister feared something would go...
2024-11-08 21:28:22 +0000 UTC View PostAs a thank you to all my patrons, 4x a week updates starts today 1/5/2025 and lasts through February!
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Grandmaster Lusk of the Carmine Tower hovered on a plume of flame. His mages were arrayed behind him, busy erecting orange-red tents around burning braziers. Columns of sweet-smelling incense wafted on the summer breeze, masking the scent of burnt dust. Behind them, the ground was blasted and barren, a result of a battle he...
2024-11-07 18:20:51 +0000 UTC View PostFor those that didn't see, we've met our patron goal of 1k Active Patrons and we've started our four weeks of extra chapters! Expect 4 Chapters every week starting immediately!
Enjoy!
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Zara studied the statues. Each one was a work of art. The mastery of form was evident in the clean lines of their limbs and the realistic drape of their robes beneath the armor. Save for its bone-white coloration, the armor could have very well been m...
2024-11-06 13:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostFiends! You All Did It!
Holy moly folks! You've all kicked so much butt that we shot from 948 patrons all the way to 1000 in a little over a week!
This means, of course, that I will be posting 4 Chapters A Week For The Next Four Weeks over on Patreon (for all patron levels!) starting this week!
Expect a chapter tomorrow (Wednesday), Thursday, and Friday!
Let's keep it going! There's so much story to tell!
Another longer chapter! Enjoy!
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"You know me.” Not him, exactly, but Felix saw no reason to correct the thing.
Lips split open across the end of the Primordial's tiny head, just beneath those three black eyes. Large, flat teeth shone pale against its black tongue.
I Know What You Portend, Scion.
Felix grunted, trying to move his limbs but failing spectacul...
2024-11-04 21:03:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello Fiends!
It’s only been one week since I announced this goal and you have all been incredible! We started and 948 and as of writing this we’re at 983 active (non free/non cancelled) patrons!
Holy moly!
We had a bit of a dip at the start of the month, but that was expected. We’ll continue the drive until we hit 1k! Only 17 more patrons and I’ll be posting four chapters a week for four weeks!
Let’s keep it going!
2024-11-03 18:07:50 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy! Bit of a longer chapter today! Took a while to edit this to where I was happy with it.
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Broken Path and Fatebreaker Titles Found!
Grandmaster Tier Bonus Added!
Primordial Nature Resonates With [Essence Of Maestro’s Movement]!
Unbound Nature Resonates With [Essence Of Maestro’s Movement]!
Calculati...
2024-11-01 20:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The air was filled with the sound of rasping bellows and rushing power. Skills flourished, searing across Felix's vision as the abominations swelled upward toward freedom.
Sonata of Dominance!
Stone peeled off the mountain, assembling outward according to his sharply honed Intent. He brute forced it all, sounding the Skill within him until the light from above vanished; the dark rock conge...
2024-10-30 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The Second through Fourth Layer proved no more challenging than the First. Felix tore through them with little effort—it had barely been more than a half hour since they had started. What’s more, there had been zero movement within his Sonata of Dominance. The Skill still stubbornly remained at level 124.
He and his friends had descended down the path, winding deeper into Mount Kestral with every step. Now ...
2024-10-28 12:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post