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Just a heads-up to my readers that I will be putting Forgotten Lore on hiatus during November, during National Novel Writing Month. I am well ahead in the story at the moment, but I won't have time to dedicate to editing posts while working on my 50,000 word goal. This is my eighth consecutive...

Getting there! The group will level to 7th at the end of Book 8 (after the group is reunited again in Severon). I'll post some updated stats at the start of Book 9 (remind me if I forget). * * * Chapter 214 A full dozen armored dwarves escorted them to the surface. This time they felt more...

Chapter 213 “They’re ready for you.” Bredan looked up to see Darik standing in the open doorway of his room. The dwarf wore a new breastplate and looked resplendent in a fur-lined cloak and boots. Bredan rose, a bit awkwardly due to the still-unfamiliar weight of his own armor. The dwarves...

Chapter 212 They were victorious, but the cost had been high. Loriellan, Darethan, and Tenaille had been unconscious but alive, if barely in Loriellan’s case. Their magic depleted, the bards had been forced to resort to bandages and herbs to stabilize the crippled Rangers until they could be...

Chapter 211 As the transformed Jakan leapt at her, Glori summoned her magic once more. Her head and body still throbbed from the aftereffects of the druid’s blight, and her storehouse of magic had already been heavily depleted, but she threw everything she had left into another thunderwave...

Chapter 210 Majerion was finding that even greater invisibility was not enough to let him escape his foes. The two altered Tenders continued to press him no matter how much he tried to escape. Either they could somehow sense him through the cloak provided by his spell, or they were able to...

Oh, it's going to get worse before it gets better... * * * Chapter 209 This time they didn’t hesitate. Even as Jakan spoke, Darethan lifted his bow and launched an arrow at him. Once again, the shot looked to be true, but a sudden, intense breeze swept through the grove. It caught the...

Chapter 208 The interior of the grove was quiet, almost hushed. Even the cold breeze didn’t seem to penetrate into the space between the giant trees. In fact, it was noticeably warmer, despite the lack of light. The interlaced canopy was so dense that the forest floor was wreathed in a...

Chapter 208 has the better cliffhanger, so I'm going to double-post today. Happy Friday! * * * Chapter 207 They reached the Green Tower around mid-afternoon the next day. The forest thickened as they got further from the marsh, but the undergrowth receded and they were able to make good...

Chapter 206 As Bredan rushed into the entry of the Temple of Hosrenu he stopped in surprise and dismay at what he found. The large double doors that led into the temple had been blasted off their hinges, one of the great panels reduced almost to kindling. Dwarves were still clearing away a...

Chapter 205 They finally came to another outpost. This one they found by happenstance, since Brightbriar had become almost completely uncommunicative. The Tender followed where the others led but offered no further suggestions even when pressed. This time there was no doubt but that the...

Chapter 204 Glori turned to face the approaching creatures. The first two were now within a hundred feet and closing fast. The other two were steadily narrowing the gap, approaching from an angle that would cut them off if they broke toward the cliffs. Glori strummed her lyre, summoning her...

Chapter 203 “Is that the Druid?” Kosk asked. Brightbriar shook his head. “No, no,” he said. But Glori could not tell if that was an answer or a denial of a truth he did not want to acknowledge. Darethan had an arrow fitted to his great bow. “I have a shot,” he said, looking over at...

Thanks! * * * Chapter 202 The next day found more slow going for Glori and her companions, as the landscape in the Reserve grew more rugged. The trees thinned out somewhat, but that only allowed the undergrowth to thicken until the party had to hack a route through clinging bushes and...

Chapter 201 Quellan readied himself to sell his life for as high a cost as possible, though he knew that in his current state even a single blow from one of those trolls would likely kill him. But even as the trolls charged through the doorway the gap was engulfed in fire. Quellan’s first...

Chapter 200 Something big and bulky shot past Quellan’s face. It struck the troll and knocked it off of him. The troll collapsed to the floor, the jaws that had seemed so deadly a moment ago transformed into a shattered wreckage. The other one started in surprise, allowing Quellan to tear...

Yep, I was actually calculating encounter XP early on, but switched to a variant of milestone XP as the story developed. Time for the Friday cliffhanger! * * * Chapter 199 The sight of trolls crawling over the toppled pews within a holy sanctuary of his god filled Quellan with rage. He let...

Here are the character stats for where they are now. For simplicity I did not stat out the minor characters (though I did do blocks for Embrae and Majerion, see below). Darik is a Veteran, Koron a Gladiator. Shreskra is a Knight and her rangers are Scouts. * * * Bredan Karras, Human Male...

Sure. I've been keeping them updated, I just haven't posted them recently. First the update: * * * Chapter 198 “I should still be down there,” Quellan said as he and Akhenon made their way back through the carved doors into the Temple of Hosrenu. “There could be injuries needing immediate...

It's always fun to try to come up with creative ways to use spells, and that one in particular seems perfectly designed to create all sorts of trouble. :) * * * Chapter 197 Bredan and his companions fled. It was impossible to forget that the trolls were right behind them. They made enough...