Up on the upper-floor walkways overlooking the great hall, members of Hulson-affiliated non-ranking families had gathered, bearing in hand bows, crossbows, slings, guns, wands and staves, chief among them the Heiasons, their stripe-scarred skins pointing them out among all others. Each and every ...
2023-02-25 20:56:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Fryg!” Jorfr called out, himself having only just snapped out of the revelation. Even as he spoke his mind dwelt upon Hul, but he managed to focus on the task at hand: “There’s a chance, a hair-thin chance, that Eisengeist might be halted, but your aid is needed. Yours and Yvonne’s, bo...
2023-02-24 23:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Supremacist fly-men in skinsuit disguises, huh? Can’t help but think of all those baneworm Body Theft bounties down at the Grafting Church,” Krahe said, trying to get him to speak more on these “baneworms”.
He grabbed her bait hook line and sinker: “Oh yeah no, don’t get me w...
2023-02-24 04:06:40 +0000 UTC View PostLast of his tribe, whose murder he had sought to avenge. It had been in pursuit of that very vengeance that he had become the Revenant King’s mightiest shield-brother.
Across the city, Teutobochus waged mighty battle against the raging sapdragon, the titan’s armor all but destroyed and ...
2023-02-23 20:56:14 +0000 UTC View PostCackling to himself, his teeth clanging against themselves, Ismar kicked his father’s now-lifeless body to the ground, remarking: “What a shame that those who would’ve given the wrong account fell in the initial assault.”
“All this for… What, Rikke? Is that it?!” Gunnar barked...
2023-02-22 23:36:50 +0000 UTC View PostOnly moments after they had opened the memory-sarcophagus, Zel received Zef’s message of warning and relayed it to the Revenant King.
The old King raised his left hand, snapping his fingers, which resounded like the crack of thunder.
Northlight raced across the night sky from his ke...
2023-02-21 21:49:39 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Next chapter Tuesday, 21st Feb.
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“Elder Kyriak’s contingent is currently fleeing south-eastward. Minimal life signs detected in the immediate area.”
“That’s al...
2023-02-20 05:47:49 +0000 UTC View PostEach step forward conjured forth a new wave of eldritch terrors, an army’s worth of bloodborne beasts, and still undaunted the Revenant King pushed on.
With each step forward, more of the stain melted beneath their feet, until Zelsys was wading in blood up to her knees. The next moment, s...
2023-02-19 02:05:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Fire! Fire! The longhouse has been set ablaze!” panicked one of the branch-family guards.
Fryg silenced him, unconcerned: “Quiet down, we know. It’s just a little curseflame, this longhouse has withstood worse. It’ll die out ere it can cause any serious damage, the true purpose i...
2023-02-18 04:15:47 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the point where Eisengeist’s maddened fury clashed with Oasis City’s barrier, Teutobochus was a substantial distance removed.
An aetherwave message from Zefaris clued Victor in on the chaos taking place well before he would’ve found out on his own.
He bid the titan rise and...
2023-02-16 21:30:21 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Fleshed out chapter in general a bit.
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“Well, that would qualify you as a G3 or perhaps F1, making you an Exterminator. Just a step below a proper Contractor, quite good to start with. I can either print you a b...
Ingvald’s near-instant arrival sowed the seed of rumor; that the Forgehand had contrived some arcane means by which to awake the titan solely to obtain the Fallen Star it had been guarding. With his pre-existing reputation as kindling, the rumor spread like a wildfire. He arrived on a sled. Not...
2023-02-15 19:16:18 +0000 UTC View PostIntending to leave soon, she took a few more minutes to look over the rings and coins she’d gotten off the deadman.
Both were money, at least she gathered as much from the Rings having the same type of readout as the coins.
[JAS'RABAN BRASS COIN]
[Stat...
2023-02-14 21:40:11 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Chapter 180 on Wednesday, Feb. 15th
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“Oh, cease your tantrum. Just a Dragon-serpent Tree Sapling, give it a century before Ikesia has a new landmark and easier access to scalebark… Eh...
2023-02-12 21:40:41 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Chapter 180 on Wednesday, Feb. 15th
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Without a shadow of a doubt, he could surely elucidate things to a greater degree than incomplete historical records and folk legends. She managed to wres...
2023-02-12 21:39:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe second pertained to [Thaumaturgies], mainly focusing on the idea that the Voidkey being implanted would most likely catalyze the formation of a rudimentary offensive Thaumaturgy best suited to the user. It stated that if they still lacked one even after implantation, they would be given a “...
2023-02-12 02:24:16 +0000 UTC View PostFar, far at the back, once the entrance had long vanished from view, she glimpsed another door. Before it stood one final statue, ten meters tall upon its pedestal. It was vaguely humanoid and grasped a long object that could have been a spear as easily as a staff or sword. It bore a strange rese...
2023-02-11 20:25:03 +0000 UTC View PostIt hadn’t been like that lower-down; it was stone-hard ice, even glacierglass at points, but not like this. This crystal-clear form of glacierglass resisted even masterworks like Ingvald’s picks.
Extending her left-hand Thundergod, Zel spun it up and slung the pick outward and up in the...
2023-02-10 00:26:29 +0000 UTC View PostMeanwhile, Teutobochus simply stomped where it stood with all its weight. A second stomp sent cracks spidering out across the crater, but didn’t do much else.
“We’ll need something more than Teutobochus’ limbs to dig it out.”
“The Inverse Array.” 2023-02-08 21:18:20 +0000 UTC View Post
A/N: Next chapter on Wednesday, February 8th. Need to do some editing.
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The rings’ clatter at last ceased and a hair-thin beam erupted out from the Oculus’ eye, pure intent carried on a stream...
She took the “eyebox” in hand, fiddling with it for a moment before she got the grey gem to pop out. Slotting in one of the others and pressing the Play button made a simple, but easily readable projection pop out of the lens. It was a block of text; a croaking, authoritative voice spoke the ...
2023-02-06 17:40:00 +0000 UTC View PostFryg, as before, seethed right back: “Yes, I do dare, you jumped-up cunt. Do you just want me to turn you to an ice pillar right here and now, is that it? Or will you scurry back to your tasteless pseudo-Ankhezian horror show of a longhouse with your tail between your legs?”<...
2023-02-05 23:54:03 +0000 UTC View PostNot being the type of person to just jam a random object into her own head for no reason, she stored away the trinkets in her Kenoma Pocket and gave the corpse another once-over. In his back pocket, she found three large brass coins and a string with several copper rings.
As far as she coul...
2023-02-05 12:18:46 +0000 UTC View PostZel smiled at him.
“How’s this? You get to swing away at me for a full minute, and I won’t retaliate. If you don’t manage to even touch me in that minute, I get to take a swing at you - just one, and I’ll even let you try to dodge. If you still feel like trying afterwards, I’ll ...
2023-02-04 19:53:02 +0000 UTC View PostEven outside the systematized consequences of such a vast ranking difference, the “soft” social ramifications would be extreme for both sides.
Oddvar Stag, highest-ranked druid among those presiding over Ginnungagap, let out a long sigh as he went about his business. Working to protect ...
2023-02-03 17:55:17 +0000 UTC View PostJorfr took up Zelsys’ stance; left foot forward, right foot back. Pale-white ice enveloped his arm up to the shoulder as the Iceberg Breaker spun up and took physical form once more. A pivot on the heel, harnessing every last muscle in his body for this single strike. His replica of Runar...
2023-02-02 18:49:04 +0000 UTC View PostZelsys couldn’t have been more proud of how much Jorfr’s tactical sense had improved since she’d met him. Svend could clearly outpace him in hand-to-hand, there was no question about that, so Jorfr just didn’t fight him in hand-to-hand. He not only took steps to nullify the invisibility a...
2023-01-31 20:50:10 +0000 UTC View PostShe took a few moments to reload her gun, stowing the empty clip and shell casings in the Kenoma Pocket, conjuring the knife into her hand before she closed it… At least she tried to. It slipped out of her hand and clattered to the ground, eliciting an annoyed groan as she picked it up. The bla...
2023-01-31 04:37:28 +0000 UTC View PostA simple headbutt sent Svend’s head careening off his shoulders, but his body kept moving. With an upward swipe of his arm, Jorfr severed both his right arms, and with a diagonal downward one he split his torso from the right clavicle to the left hip. Despite the apparent presence of internal o...
2023-01-30 15:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Next chapter on Monday, Jan. 30th.
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The question of where Svend was getting the Metallum to grow these naturally bony blades as faux-cold-iron from the get-go only momentarily crossed Jorfr’s mind ...
2023-01-28 20:21:46 +0000 UTC View Post