I sprinted down the hallway, legs pumping as I took great big breaths of air. I made it seven steps before I heard a confused cry behind me.
A dwarf rounded the corner, just walking along. Ignoring the cries from the training room - as everyone did. The problem was, he was standing more or less in the middle of the hallway. If he had seen me, even if I was just walking normally, we’d just swerve around each other, no harm, no foul. Just two people passing in the halls, like normal.
2021-08-26 11:49:28 +0000 UTC
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We made our way to the great big administrative building, and filed inside. Thoren stopped to have a brief word with the administrator on the first floor, and came back to us, shaking his head.
“Gotta go to another building.” He grumped, twirling part of his beard around his finger.
Welp. About face, march. We stomped on over to another building, which I recognized as one of the training grounds.
Nice! Korun was making it easy for me! I could get my new gear, and immedia...
2021-08-25 12:44:36 +0000 UTC
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Hey!
I'm thinking that once, maybe twice a month I'll be able to get a bonus chapter for everyone. I'm not promising I'll be able to always deliver, but when I can, when do you want it?
2021-08-23 14:40:17 +0000 UTC
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I was unceremoniously dumped in a safe room, plopped onto the floor like a bag of grain. With about as much care as throwing one of those around to boot. The rest of my blood-smeared escort rushed in, throwing up barriers against every surface, layering them on top of each other.
“Thisar! Befak! I want stone, water, stone! Gaimo! Khit! Layer your barriers after.” Urik was barking orders out, the guards securing the room in a well-practiced manner. I started to crawl to my knees to g...
2021-08-23 11:16:08 +0000 UTC
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Commissioned by Lonerywolfy, the reason the discord has a hundred wolf emojis! The artist can be found here: https://www.deviantart.com/nezhiei - give her a look!
2021-08-22 14:47:28 +0000 UTC
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By the fantastic Raivshard//Nashidaran. See their profile here! https://www.artbreeder.com/nashidaran
2021-08-22 02:09:13 +0000 UTC
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Ten days later, I was sitting with Drin, Fik, Glifir, and Urik, enjoying a nice meal all together. I’d just come back from a long session with a scribe, where I’d sped-read the entire Medical Manuscripts from memory to him. It had still taken ages, I was ravenous, but it was done and getting distributed. No idea if anyone would take me up on it, but I’d tried to dodge prejudice by signing it just “Elaine” again.
Then again, that wasn’t a very dwarfy name. A...
2021-08-20 12:22:00 +0000 UTC
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Some regular artwork for the current artwork drought
2021-08-18 20:29:55 +0000 UTC
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I focused on [Kaleidoscope], casting the skill for a few seconds. First a few, then a dozen little motes of golden light sprang into existence around me, dancing around each other, growing ever-more the longer I cast. A close look at one of the motes revealed that it was a tiny little butterfly, playfully fluttering with others of its kind.
The skill name was somewhat literal. Kaleidoscope. A group of butterflies.
Unfortunately for me, I’d been casting the skill...
2021-08-18 12:21:28 +0000 UTC
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AN: I'm settling into my new place, and I'm developing a solid routine. I was able to write 4 chapters last week, so I'm posting 4 chapters this week. Rejoice!
I'm not promising that I can up my rate to 4 chapters/week - however, whenever I manage it, I'll be posting extra. It really depends on how much care and attention Flora needs, how big the chapters I write are (this one's almost 6k words), and a host of other IRL factors. However, I do recognize that all of you are supporti...
2021-08-17 14:20:19 +0000 UTC
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Woo! The official post! Also I accidentally linked the wrong one last time lol. Gold wings>>>Black wings.
And for those of you who want a mind-blowing easter egg - translate her new class into French ;) Google translate works
2021-08-16 13:36:12 +0000 UTC
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Colors in gdocs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bvgk1YzzZCyF0jvgPyi27cGb7hN2WlTGfl4mZT2tIkI/edit
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Seven classes to choose from. Seven strong options.
I suppose, in many ways, that it was better than the alternative, of having no good classes available. Or only one OK class, that I was forced to pick.
No, options were ...
2021-08-16 02:17:44 +0000 UTC
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Ahem. Before showing, I must share this glorious quote from the artist, when I asked him to shrink the axe:
"cannot shrink the ax any further. if smaller. it lost the inherent aura of the weapon. not fierce enough. and looks like a small toy. or ax to chop wood. a one-handed ax of this size is reasonable"
With that, enjoy!
https://imgur.com/a/zqRZtMY
2021-08-14 16:07:44 +0000 UTC
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Chapter's been up for awhile. If you haven't read the chapter yet, go read it before reading the poll.
Out of the choices seen, which one do you want Elaine to pick, and which one do you think she'll pick? Vote for as many options as you'd like!
If you only vote for one, and get it right, you get bragging rights.
2021-08-13 12:31:14 +0000 UTC
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Better read in gdocs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i7Vvqsxqs8dKY27eBymZr-JdDPGilkf9fzEXQR7pTlE/edit
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I looked around one last time at the preparations made. Korun was as good as his word, and had gotten me some solid defenses for my class-up. Given that I was likely on some orc commando’s hitlist, and would be completely unable ...
2021-08-13 10:41:25 +0000 UTC
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Hey!
I've been asked this a few times, figured I'd clarify.
I'm still working on various artworks, both cover and just for fun. Right now I have 14! open artwork commissions.
2 of an incoming character.
8 of characters we've seen
1 of an epic scene
1 cover
1 TOP SECRET
1 second fun artwork for the $10+ patrons
I haven't stopped getting the cool, fun artworks - they're just slowly grinding through...
2021-08-12 23:58:03 +0000 UTC
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Really the title says it all
2021-08-12 12:36:54 +0000 UTC
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AN: CROSSOVER TIME! ~10,000 tasty, tast
2021-08-11 23:49:21 +0000 UTC
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I woke up, buried in great fuzzy sheets, my head on a massive fluffy pillow.
So warm. So cozy.
I turned over, snuggled deeper into the bed, and let myself go back to sleep.
I woke up slowly, wrapped in warm blankets. First time in months and months and literal months I’d woken up sleeping somewhere nice. No rickety airboat, no monster horde, no soldier’s bedroll, no half-underground pit, no wooden lean-to, no rocky tunnels.
I was ignoring the spartan, but nice digs...
2021-08-11 13:55:50 +0000 UTC
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New Elaine artwork! $10+ tier, as always use caution.
https://imgur.com/a/xo10pVe
2021-08-10 15:19:38 +0000 UTC
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I looked at the nearly-empty infirmary. The only people left were those who had refused treatment - even then I saw two of them taken away on stretchers, to be seen by a specialist - those too broken in the mind to keep going, those who we hadn’t been able to rouse and check on.
And those who had died before I got to them. They were rare, having been stabilized by front-line medics before getting here, but they were imperfect. Things occasionally slipped through. Usually minor… but ...
2021-08-09 12:42:23 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
I want to say thank you, to everyone, for all your unflagging support while I was moving. It means a ton.
Now that I'm FINALLY DONE MOVING, and that Flora's growing up, I'm finding myself with a little bit of free time here and there. Not quite enough to bump up how many chapters a week I post, but enough to be thinking about side stories and bonus content again.
SO!
What do you all want to see as a side story, or what bonus content do you want? I...
2021-08-07 15:30:36 +0000 UTC
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Forrous and I were staring awkwardly at the knife pressed against his wrist, that just wasn’t cutting.
I tapped the knife experimentally against his arm a few times, sharp-side down.
“Just how tough are you?” I asked.
Forrous puffed his chest out.
“Tougher than your little knife!”
“Yeah, yeah, real helpful.” I said, as I leaned on the knife, seeing if I could pierce his skin in any way.
“Look, can you turn off your defensive skills?...
2021-08-06 12:02:54 +0000 UTC
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Making people trip when they heard my magic power and control wasn’t going to get old anytime soon.
However, I was faced with the most ridiculous, absurd problem I’d ever heard of.
I had too much power. I was healing out metal augmentations that the dwarves had installed in themselves. And it wasn’t like they had a standard set they all used! Oh no, everyone had something different from the sound of it.
I continued to walk through the tent, hitting up dwarves ...
2021-08-04 13:48:37 +0000 UTC
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“Excellent!” Korun said, scribbling furiously on his paper. “Now, the way we do things is we’ve got the healer in a secured room, and we’ll bring you one patient at a time. You heal them, we move onto the next one.”
I frowned at that.
“Something wrong?” He said, picking up on my frown.
“Yeah… that’s pretty slow.” I said. “Like, I’ve done these types of events before. Last time I needed to have people brought to me I was half the level, and it was ...
2021-08-02 12:08:58 +0000 UTC
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205 - Journey to the center of Pallos X
Glifir, myself, and whatever Ned was - heck, at this point I wasn’t even sure it was Ned anymore - were rapidly led to another tall, blocky building. The glowing lichen was a pulsing red, making it visible from a distance, and the doors were extra-large. A constant flow of dwarves, armed and armored to the beard in well-used and clearly loved metal gear, marched in and out of the doors.
I kept a wary eye on Ned the entire time, an...
2021-07-30 09:01:00 +0000 UTC
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SORRY! This is super late, because I totally forgot!
The epub for book 4 if anyone wants it.
2021-07-28 16:11:52 +0000 UTC
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“Elaine’s right.” Glifir said, eyeing up the remains of the trap. “This isn’t the orc’s crude work, may they die and never grow back.”
“Agreed.”
“Yup.”
“What do we want to do? Keep going, or wait here for someone to come round and check on the trap?” I asked.
“Let’s keep going.” Glifir said, pulling out his map and spinning it around, seeing where we were now.
“Onwards. Sooner we find the Khazads, the sooner I can get a good meal...
2021-07-28 13:50:25 +0000 UTC
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For once, I slept somewhat decently. The sheer terror that had been coursing through me for the past few hours led to a spectacular crash once I felt like I could sleep, and I didn’t mind the rocky pillows. Or the rocky mattress. Or…
Either way, after tying off [Mantle of the Stars] with [Persistent Casting] to make sure we had something of a shield against, say, invisible gas attacks in the night, I was out like a light.
Ned woke me up for my...
2021-07-26 14:18:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey all!
Moving part 2 happens next week, Thursday and Friday, as I drive across the country. Yay stupid complicated moves.
Anyways, I'm going to try scheduling a post for Patreon to post on Friday, but if it fails for whatever reason, I'll be delayed and will only be able to post it Saturday afternoon.
RR is getting no chapter Friday, which should boost patreon to +18, then I should get you all to +20 in August
Cheers!
2021-07-25 12:15:37 +0000 UTC
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