Total, overwhelming victory. Nothing more, nothing less. By the time the Colony had swept in and around my solo attack, the bruan’chii had already broken through. It was simple to push the termites back, driving them out of the Mother Tree’s island entirely. All they had left were the deep tunnels that curved under the lake between the mountains and …

Rassan’tep reached out with his mind to sense the situation as closely as he could before he relaxed a scale. He was careful to let nothing show to his fellow ka’armodo as they stood together, directing the termite assault. He had nearly panicked, and feared he would need to intervene, when the prospective Ancient had sallied forth with such brazen …

By repeatedly firing smaller, more manageable gravity bombs I’ve been able to lock down one side of the assault so everyone else could concentrate on the other. Digging Sarah out is becoming a higher and higher priority at this point. Her roar, even buried under termites, is deafening. She must be causing absolute mayhem in there, but she can’t last …

The city of Ironwall gained its name in the days following its founding. The first lord had been a skilled earth mage, capable of shifting and compressing metals to a high degree. Having made his fortune delving and being paid handsomely for his skills in fortification, he decided the time had come to put his money to good use. Together …

The Colony learned much from the ways of the surface people. We studied many industries that they had developed over hundreds, thousands of years. Agriculture, metalwork, fletching, administration, pottery, tea making, and many others. Some of the learnings were exceptionally valuable and proved to have a long lasting impact on us, whereas others were less useful. Nevertheless, the thirst for …

The Grove Keeper did not have a name, none of the bruan’chii did. Not in the sense of the sapient races, or even the Colony, it would seem. They lacked many things that others had. No first or family name, no gender, no homeland, or indeed, any real history. They possessed no spoken language, little industry or cultural artefacts, no …

To battle against so many is a difficult thing to. Constantly on the move, even within such a tight space, I work my mandibles furiously. Chomp, chomp, chomp! Occasionally I mix in a Void Chomp to clear away space, each devastating bite is enough to disintegrate a dozen termites at once, more if they pack close enough. If I could …

Staring down the barrel of tens of thousands of monsters is quite the sight. I mean, I’ve seen some crazy things since I’ve been here, my first meeting with the Queen comes to mind. Seeing a bus-sized ant is something that leaves an impression on you after all. Laying eyes on Garralosh was quite something as well. A crocodile monster …

The heat continues to rise within the flash hardened shell that I’d created, to the point I create some ice just to cool us off. As an ant, I don’t mind a bit of heat, but Sarah, even with her temperature regulating enchantments, can’t handle this level. We are literally cooking as the twin fire-tornadoes roar throughout the tunnel outside. …

“Move quickly! Push! Don’t leave a single termite alive!” Advant blasted her surroundings with pheromones, not that the ants needed much motivating. They’d been bottled up by the enemy for too long, unable to be aggressive as the termites frustrated them with seemingly endless hit and run attacks against their walls. Now, thanks to the Eldest, they were able to …