Granin sighed and scratched at the solid granite covering his leg. He could feel his hands against the stone as if it were a part of his own body, a product of the fusion process he’d experienced in his youth. He’d never regretted choosing the humble ore that now coated his body. Granite was common as mud, resistant to weathering …

Ah! It’s nice to have fully grown legs again. Like, just being able to walk normally is such a sweet thing. Only took a few hours too. There are advantages to being a monster, don’t let me say that there aren’t. Heck, if you ask me, I’d prefer monster every time! Which is probably exactly why the bearded bozo picked …

Alberton and Titus stood in grim silence as they awaited the emissary of the Colony to approach. The elderly woman looked the same as she had before, her expression the same resigned weariness that she had borne the first time they had met. “I apologise for making you wait,” she greeted them, “my old bones aren’t as nimble as they …

 Despite being surrounded by hostile monsters who, quite rightly, were more than a little suspicious of her, Morrelia felt more at peace than she had in a long time. The Colony weren’t in the wrong, she’d known that all along. The problem was, she wasn’t sure that her father was wrong either. In the end, she decided her conscience would …

Having to wait for your legs to regrow sucks. Even if it only takes an hour considering all the healing that the Colony, my pets and I can pour into it. I even mutated these legs so that they grow back faster. An ant without legs is like… pretty much anything without its legs. Not particularly mobile. By the time …

“THE SEARCH GOES ON, SISTERS!” “WE SEEK!” “Oh no you don’t! Retreat now! That’s an order!” Brendant waved her antennae threateningly at the ‘Immortals’ and their reckless leader. “Leeroy! Get your metal covered carapace back to the gate! The enemy has pulled back and so are you!” It was never a good idea to give the misguided  armoured soldier a …

The battle raged around Isaac Bird and in the brief moments where he wasn’t desperately trying to keep himself from getting skewered or sliced in half he had to wonder why he was even here. Peer pressure was part of it, he could admit that to himself. When three quarters of the guards under him had volunteered to go down …

The Legion advances to where I lie convalescent, still recovering from my grievous injuries. The only blessing I can see is that the one man army who cut through half of the gate is no longer in the frontlines, replaced by a wall of armoured bodies that hold their weapons and shields with perfect discipline. Once Crinis has pulled me …

I regret my choices. Many of them. How did this situation wind up with me facing down this inhuman axe-maniac whilst he charged his weapon with what feels like enough energy to cut a mountain in half? The things that people do for their families, that’s all I can say. I can feel the Colony and Invidia working overtime to …

Bwahahahaha! Behold my power! I have to say, watching the devastation unleashed by the gravity bomb never fails to elicit an exaggerated sense of achievement in me. Look at what I have wrought! In reality, the bomb is structurally the simplest piece of magic I’ve ever attempted on Pangera, a blob of pure gravitational mana crushed into itself as hard …