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Book 6: PLOT ARCS Chapter 124 Xeeta shivered as she washed her hands and arms in the icy water of the stream. That was one thing she missed about Li Syval, she thought: the mild southern winters. The strong winds could churn up the waters of the Blue Deep until the surface was like a...

I'm back! This is the final post of Book 5. * * * Chapter 123 The holding cells were in the cellar of the Governor’s House, squeezed in among storerooms and sleeping quarters for the lowest-ranking members of his staff. They occupied one corner of the building, four small rooms accessed by...

Chapter 122 “A map?” Glori asked. “Of what?” “The valley,” Rodan said. “The Silverpeak.” They all looked at the ranger, whose expression had gone from confusion to sudden realization. “I couldn’t see it before, not until you pointed it out,” he said. “But now… these lines, they align to...

That's what I do! My posting schedule may be a bit irregular over the coming few weeks; I have a few things going on that may keep me from making my usual updates. It should all clear up by the end of February. * * * Chapter 121 The common room of the Brown Barrel was relatively quiet, even...

Chapter 120 “Xeeta,” Kosk said. “Didn’t expect to see you here. So you followed us after all, eh?” “Yeah, I guess I did,” Xeeta replied. “Is everyone all right? I assume that Bredan and Glori and Quellan are with you.” “They’re all well enough. We’ve had a few scrapes since we got here.”...

Chapter 119 Xeeta ignored the twitching of her fingers and resisted the urge to lift her cowl as she walked past the guards watching the gate and into the town. The soldiers paid her barely any attention, and the ordinary folk moving through the streets even less, but she still couldn’t shake...

Chapter 118 Bredan put down the dirty washcloth and stared at his face in the tiny mirror that hung from the wall above the basin. There were black hollows under his eyes, and he needed a shave. There were a few bruises visible across his bare torso. His body still felt sore, even though...

Chapter 117 While Wildrush had only one proper inn, the Brown Barrel, there were at least half a dozen taverns in town. Most were like the ramshackle establishment on Butcher’s Alley, a stone’s throw from Main Street, close enough to be convenient but far enough away to grant would-be drinkers...

Chapter 116 Dust flew everywhere as Quellan went at the shelves in the temple hall with ferocity, his rag already black with the dirt that covered every flat surface in the place. A clank from one of the back rooms suggested that Shenan was awake and aware of the half-orc’s intrusion, but he...

Thanks for the kudos, LapBandit! * * * Chapter 115 Drozan Kiefer sat on a rock, warming his hands on the fire, and thought about where his life had started to go wrong. He glanced over at his companion, who appeared to have no such thoughts. Ludo was scraping at a pan of roasted beans as...

Way! :) * * * Chapter 114 As Kurok turned away from Vederos he drank the contents of the vial he had palmed earlier, using his body to conceal the motion. The sorcerer’s chromatic orb slammed into him from behind an instant later. An electrical pulse shot through his body, causing him to...

Chapter 113 Kurok had the talent of transitioning instantly from sleep to full alertness—it was a skill that came in quite handy growing up in a goblinoid tribe—but when he woke he felt groggy and slow. But he quickly drew himself up out of his bedroll and looked around. The sun had set, but...

Chapter 112 Bredan didn’t think, he just acted. As his hand came up he drew from somewhere deep inside himself and pushed. The magical shield that appeared was smaller than the wooden ones that his uncle had forced him to train on, even after he’d decided to focus on two-handed weapons...

Chapter 111 Bredan returned to awareness with a rush of pain and the taste of blood in his mouth. He was lying on a hard, flat surface, though he could feel jagged bits of stone pressing into his skin. Loose rocks skittered away as he got his hands under him and pushed his head up slowly she...

Chapter 110 Bredan blinked as bright lights flashed in his vision and a loud ringing filled his ears. One moment he’d been following Kosk toward the miners’ shack; the next he was lying on the ground, not sure of what had happened. He could feel grit under his fingers. The ground here was...

Chapter 109 The beetle facing Kosk lunged forward, its mandibles snapping for an exposed leg. The dwarf sprang back up onto the rocks but the beetle followed, clambering up after him. “Guess what, these ones can climb!” he warned his friends. The monk smacked the creature in the head with...

Thanks! * * * Chapter 108 The mining complex was expansive, spreading out across a broad area on the edge of the forest. The active works were situated in a shallow dell surrounded by knobs of exposed granite. As they emerged from the woods the four adventurers could see at least a dozen...

Chapter 107 The trek back to Wildrush was easier than the outbound journey, for the companions could take a more direct route and did not have to worry about remaining concealed from aerial observation. But even so the sun was past its noonday peak when they crested a rise to see thin wisps of...

Chapter 106 Kurok lifted his hands and fired a pair of eldritch blasts into the elemental creature. Both hit, burrowing into the entity’s form and scattering bits of stone everywhere, but from the size of the thing it might have been able to absorb a dozen such impacts before it began to be...

Chapter 105 Kurok waited just under the low branches of a pine tree and tried not to think about the sting of the wounds in his side. He shifted his hand to the pair of claws he wore on a throng around his neck, a trophy from the recent encounter. While he waited, he let his thoughts drift...