Sebastien
Month 1, Day 28, Thursday 9:30 a.m.
Professor Ilma didn’t make a fuss when Sebastien slipped back into the room halfway through her lecture, despite the distraction this seemed to cause the gossip-hungry other students.
After the period was over, Sebastien hurried through the halls to Pecanty’s Sympathetic Science classroom, not because she was eager for his class in particular, but because she wanted to speak with both Damien and Ana, who shared the class with...
2022-01-21 00:39:45 +0000 UTC
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Sebastien
Month 1, Day 28, Thursday 9:00 a.m.
Sebastien arrived at the University with barely enough time to make it to History of Magic. Most of the other students were already in their seats when she entered the room. Despite the fact that this class was with a different dormitory group than her others, and none of these students really knew her, Sebastien’s entrance was greeted by a sudden hush, followed by a resurgence of murmuring.
As Sebastien took her seat, the gaze...
2022-01-20 00:51:05 +0000 UTC
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Sebastien
Month 1, Day 21, Thursday 1:15 p.m.
Oliver wasn’t there when Sebastien arrived at Dryden Manor, but Sharon, the cook, was. The woman took one look at Sebastien and bustled out of the kitchen to grab her arm as if afraid she was about to fall over. “Mr. Siverling! Oh, you look absolutely wretched!”
Sebastien gave her a wry smile. “I’m a bit tired. Planning to stay here for a few days, if you think that will be alright.”
“Of course it is! Thomas!...
2022-01-19 01:42:49 +0000 UTC
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Thaddeus
Month 1, Day 21, Thursday 8:15 a.m.
Titus’s eyebrows rose at Thaddeus’s sudden request for access to the Raven Queen’s father, but he waved his hand magnanimously. “Of course. We have gone through every method possible to find the hole in his story, but have been unsuccessful thus far. Have you been inspired with a new angle we might try?”
“I need to see all the records on his questioning and the examination reports, from the beginning,” Thaddeus said ...
2022-01-18 01:24:36 +0000 UTC
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Sebastien
Month 1, Day 21, Thursday 11:30 a.m.
Siobhan was struggling, desperate to escape but trapped in a body that wouldn’t listen to her commands, as if she’d been drugged or partially paralyzed.
A bracing sting in her cheek provided a way out, and she woke with a gluttonous gasp of air, bolting upright in a bed she didn’t recognize—a room she didn’t recognize—with someone grasping her arms to her sides, restraining her!
She panicked for a good few seco...
2022-01-17 00:56:19 +0000 UTC
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Thaddeus
Month 1, Day 21, Thursday 7:30 a.m.
Thaddeus made his way through Harrow Hill Penitentiary’s cafeteria, a squat, dark room that carried over the feeling of confinement from its cells. He took coffee and a small breakfast, adding a few drops of his own specially prepared wakefulness tincture into the coffee. The tincture was an extract of the blood of several creatures from the Planes of Radiance, Air, and Water, along with the concentrated nutrients his body would need ...
2022-01-14 00:07:37 +0000 UTC
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The sky kraken, if you remember, is the featured on the University's crest, as well as their gates and the main doorway of the Citadel. Sky kraken resemble giant squid, but spend most of their time in the sky. They live in colder climates, and are able to survive indefinitely at high altitudes where the air is too thin and frigid to support much life.
Sometimes, they venture to warmer climates for the increased food supply. Terrifying and aggressive, these gargantuan beasts will attack ...
2022-01-07 17:31:11 +0000 UTC
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Beneath hundreds of meters of white stone, in a small room carved into the most secret of places and illuminated only by light crystals, stood four people. To the left side of the doorway, a human woman sidled a little closer to her male companion. On the right side, their boots still muddy, waited one man with ginger-orange hair another other with a pair of furry tails. All four wore the red shield symbol of their order and held a clipboard, the paperwork already filled out and checked over....
2022-01-07 01:09:02 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys!
A Practical Guide to Sorcery Book II: A Binding of Blood is now out.
As a thank-you to all of you for your support along the way, and a little bonus, I am increasing the number of exclusive chapters from 3 to 4. Permanently.
The last chapter of the book is up now: https://www.azaleaellis.com/pgts/chapter-89-hiraeth/
In case you need to catch up, the ...
2021-12-31 23:33:53 +0000 UTC
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Heya everyone! I'm running a Special Offer (extra rewards for a limited time) to celebrate the launch of the second book in A Practical Guide to Sorcery: A Binding of Blood! This offer is available for only three weeks, through January 13.
All pledges at $7 or more will receive:
- a faux-celerium Conduit keychain (in our world it's known as raw quartz)
- a si...
2021-12-24 18:06:58 +0000 UTC
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This short story is set concurrently with Book 2, Chapter 8 (PGTS Chapter 45) - “Sirens”
Blurb: Thaddeus plans to introduce the second exercise of the term to his Intro to Practical Will-based Casting students. But when the rogue magic sirens go off, he is called away to deal with the particularly fascinating source of the turmoil.
Spoiler Warning: This short story contains spoilers a...
2021-10-21 22:24:31 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys,
The side story poll is closed as of the 24th, though you can still vote and comment if you just want to give me your input for future reference.
At the end of the poll period, we had what seemed to be a tie, but when I downloaded the more granular data, I realized that the poll allowed people to pick multiple options at once. While that's totally fine, I didn't want this to be unfair for the people who only chose one option.
So each person only got one ...
2021-09-29 16:45:38 +0000 UTC
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We've met the third goal, woohoo! This one includes 2 bonus chapters which I will be posting over the next week, as well as an omake short story which you guys get to pick. I need your feedback!
I'll be writing the omake over the next couple weeks, and should release it around the beginning of October, depending on length.
If you have a write-in idea (for instance a particular event you would like to see through someone else's POV, or a particular scenario you want to see th...
2021-09-17 17:23:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys!
After a long wait, the audio of Seeds of Chaos Book 4 is finally complete and up in stores. Many of you have been following along as audio chapters were finished and posted on a locked page of my website.
Every patron who has contributed $15 or more is being offered a free Audible code to download their own copy. If you haven't gotten yours already, it should be coming soon. I can only get 25 codes at a time from Audible, and others need to redeem their codes befor...
2021-08-08 17:53:37 +0000 UTC
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We've reached 25 patrons, which is the second goal! We've just been creeping along with someone new every now and then, and suddenly, here we are! Thank you guys very much for your support. It means a lot to me to see other people enjoying this story, and I hope to continue to put out interesting content.
As promised, I will be posting two extra chapters as a thank you. Tomorrow will be the normal regularly scheduled Thursday chapters. The extra chapters will come out on Sunday th...
2021-04-14 15:46:00 +0000 UTC
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I'm excited to announce a Special Offer I'm running along with the launch of the first book in A Practical Guide to Sorcery, A Conjuring of Ravens! This offer is available for only two weeks, through February 26.
All pledges at $7 or more will receive a faux-celerium Conduit keychain (in our world it's known as raw quartz). This level also includes early access to the next 3 chapters of the ...
2021-02-11 17:43:38 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys!
I just got the completed first novel in the Practical Guide to Sorcery series back from my awesome line editor. We've made some changes made here and there. Mostly prose, but also some minor alterations to the story. “A Conjuring of Ravens” is going to be published around the end of January. (No pre-order links yet.)
If any of you are interested in reading a pre-release version of this book (Chapters 1-37, plus a prologue) before it’s officially available, I am loo...
2020-12-24 22:20:48 +0000 UTC
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We've reached ten patrons, which is the first goal! Thank you all very much for your support. It means a lot to me to see other people enjoying this story.
As promised, I will be posting an extra chapter as a thank you. It will come out on Sunday the 29th, on my website like always.
After that, it'll be the regularly schedule Thursday chapter, until we reach twenty-five patrons, when I will post two extra chapters!
Thank you again, and as always, happy read...
2020-11-28 20:40:55 +0000 UTC
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Another excerpt from Siobhan's grimoire, where she explains the basic elements of spellcasting, with some examples and illustrations that get into a little more depth than the early parts of the story. This goes over the Circle, Conduit, Will, Sacrifice, Word (delving into glyphs and numerological symbols just a little).
There will be more in-depth grimoire pages on spell design later, as it's a very complex subject, but for now this is a good introductory text.
You can...
2020-08-28 00:44:24 +0000 UTC
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The weekly chapter of A Practical Guide to Sorcery is up.
As you guys know, patrons have access to up to three chapters in advance. Chapters are hosted on the website, and if you're a supporter, all you need to do to access them is be logged in to Patreon when you go to the page.
Journeyman Tier:
Chapter 10 - Playing Detective
Master Tier:
<...
2020-08-21 00:24:19 +0000 UTC
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Siobhan keeps a Grimoire, where she makes notes about magic, the world, and really anything she finds interesting or noteworthy and would like to remember, along with frequent doodles and illustrations. As grimoires are meant to be passed down to descendants or Apprentices, many of the pages will be formatted as lessons.
Here are Siobhan's notes on how to cast a simple spark-shooting spell, fully illustrated.
There are two versions, one in full old-parchment color, and one in blac...
2020-06-03 00:42:55 +0000 UTC
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I illustrated a series of different images for the series. They can be used as background images or printed full-size, framed, and hung as wall posters. Here are 4 different full-size images!
They're a mix of 18x24 inches and 16x24 inches (slightly longer),
Please don't share these images with non-patrons. These are for personal use only (not commercial.)
Enjoy!
2020-05-28 02:44:34 +0000 UTC
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A Practical Guide to Sorcery, Book 1
Siobhan Naught loves magic.
In a world where magic is a science controlled by the elite, she has the mind for it, too.
But when she becomes an unwitting accomplice to the theft of a priceless magical artifact, she is banned from the country’s only magical university. Unwilling to give up on her dream of becoming the world’s most powerful sorceress, she will do anything to change her fate.
Even if that means magi...
2019-09-10 17:24:41 +0000 UTC
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