Fort Hardstone was built into the left side of the mountain in the Gnakad pass. The three slightly rounded walls that it had were built out of stone mined from the mountain itself. The walls were over ten feet tall and five feet wide. It was tall enough that nothing could jump over it especially the short goblins, and it …
Arc 3 Chapter 36: The goblins are coming!
Akira stood with Varbu inside the grand hall, standing at attention in front of the large fire pit. They were waiting for Tornok to give them orders on what to do with the current crisis. “We’re not prepared for a war. It normally takes us at the most a month in order to gather our full power. With these sneak …
Chapter 19 Volume 1: Forging a Foundation Scene Eleven
An exhausted groan slipped from Ian’s lips as he mouthed, “Nine hundred ninety-eight, nine hundred ninety-nine, one thousand.” With that, he collapsed into the dirt, wheezing. He barely avoided splashing his face in the vomit he had spewed halfway through his reps. Every muscle fiber in his body quivered and felt like jelly. Countless drops of sweat oozed from every …
Arc 3 Chapter 35: Trouble
Although everyone had been dismissed, Akira and Varbu stayed seated while the lower ranking officers left the grand meeting hall. The only people left in the room were the elders and only the general and the commanding officers of each position in the city stayed sitting. A majority of the elders were sleeping where they sat. “Varbu, you and Akira …
Arc 3 Chapter 34: Your plans and my plans
Varbu and Akira stood inside the meeting halls small lobby waiting to be allowed to enter the main room where a meeting was currently being held. “Do you know what the meeting is about?” asked Akira. “No, I was only told to bring you here and wait,” replied Varbu. “That quarterstaff that you use is there a reason you use …
Epilogue iii
The fourth floor was far more active than it should have been for a dimension that was made to emulate the four elements. It was usually the place that people spent the least time, because normal people could not stay in it for more than about six months before succumbing to the extremes. However today, the field of fire was …
Arc 3 Chapter 33: Mining Skill
“What should we do with him?” asked Tornok. “He’s an outsider. I say we should do what we always do,” shouted an elder from the middle of the group. “I disagree, he is a friend to the dwarves you all saw the ring. We might hurt our relations with them if we did something like that,” said Gron. “Since when …
Epilogue ii
There was not much for Rose to clear up in the house. It was never really her home, it just held all the memories of her hiding from Peter. It was a grim, dark house that was filled with memories of pain for her and she could not take that anymore. She needed to get out. She needed to return …
Epilogue i
The sky over Avalon was always overcast. Lightning rippled and struck the bone towers constantly to keep the gi contained. It was not time for the seal on the city’s gi to be released, but Yveth could tell that it would be soon. Her connection to what her father called the towergi was much stronger than anyone before her. It …
Chapter 35
Laurence’s legs swung beneath him as he sat on the wall. He wondered whether Peter would be coming his way or Yun’s. He smiled absentmindedly. Somewhere along the line he had begun picking up friends, followers. He had not intended to meet so many people, but now there were six helping him catch an irritant that had been rubbing against …