Many a recruit has been lost to the Demons of the third strata, despite the Legion’s best efforts to prepare them. It provides some comfort that Delvers who belong to the Mercenary Union fall at a higher rate, which means our training does have some effect. Independents have it the worst. Without prior knowledge, or the proper mental preparations, their …

I find Jim and Sarah in a place I didn’t quite expect, visiting the golgari prisoners, which is an unexpected convenience for me. As I bustle onto the scene, my pets in tow, my two fellow ex-prisoners appear to be getting ready to leave. [Hey there you two! How’ve you been?] I don’t think I’ll ever get used to seeing …

In this world. All things. Flow. To the Colony. Spoken by Cobalt at the seizure of the lightning mines of Al’Razza. The plan has to have a name, of course. What is it with these ants and their insistence on stupid names?! I shoot down a few of the more obnoxious ones, like “Omega Seed Shield” and “Phoenix Ant Flames”. …

As the Colony expands and grows, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get the Council together. The members are needed all over the place. Victoriant and Antionette have their regular egg-laying duties, which takes the bulk of their time. When they aren’t laying, they usually have a ridiculous amount of Biomass they need to consume, as well as accruing experience from …

The centuries following the event that came to be known as the Descent, when the System applied itself to the peoples of Pangera, remain shrouded in darkness. The Cataclysm that came afterward destroyed almost all records, but those scraps we have access to speak of great upheaval, followed by an age of enlightenment before the Dungeon opened on the surface. …

After chatting with Enid a little more, she finishes her tea and heads off to rest. The next day of talks will prove to be an eventful one, I’m sure, given what we’ve discussed, but for now I have two expectant looking Golgari to deal with. [Been a while, Anthony,] Corun greets me coolly, [how were things down in the …

Thankfully, this awkward moment is resolved in the best way possible when both of the humanoids collapse to the ground, passed out. My siblings around me react with general confusion before they shrug their collective antennae and grab the two prisoners to take back to the Colony for questioning. I do step in to ensure that we take their supplies …

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[Damn spider! Get down here and face me!] The house-sized arachnid, safe in her hole in the wall ringed with poisonous strands of webbing  as thick as a car waggled her fangs at me in derision and pointed one leg at the hundreds of ants standing next to me. [Oh? You’ll come out if they go away? Somehow I doubt …

Though the Queen probably wouldn’t describe herself this way, to Enid, she was quintessentially a grandmother who was tired of her children and grandchildren fussing around her. To the elderly mayor of Renewal, this was something she could immediately empathise with. [It’s irritating when they don’t take your word at face value, is it not?] Enid asked. The Queen nodded, …