Friday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Synthra ran down the streets toward the Main Gate—the Prosperity Gate—with her combat robes billowing around her legs, flanked by Bardulf, Parnym, and Kairi. The last had been an unexpected addition to ...
2026-01-29 19:39:36 +0000 UTC View PostFriday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Yarilla stared in muted shock at the swathe that had been cut through her people.
It had come like the judgment of the Heavens, a golden arc of divine retribution that had blown through the Svartfenn ...
2026-01-29 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostFriday, August 12, 4 S.E.
Leonidas awoke to the sound of bells ringing throughout the City, snapping to alertness at the same time as his wife. Consciousness returned rapidly, and he glanced at Aylar, whose azure eyes met his with a...
2026-01-29 12:19:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Thursday, August 11, 4 S.E.
Artur heeled Bucephalus toward the flat plain of earth that had been designated as the meeting spot, blue eyes narrowed in wary suspicion upon the approaching part of Fantasies in the near distance. With ...
2026-01-28 11:03:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Thursday, August 11, 4 S.E.
Leonidas leaned on the guardrail on his balcony, as high as his chest, of the palace under the starlight, looking out over the brightly lit expanse of Dawnhaven after sunset in pensive silence.
His ...
2026-01-28 05:21:41 +0000 UTC View PostMonday, August 8, 4 S.E.
Following his orders to the Army and the Aegis of Avalon, Leonidas had moved swiftly. He’d met with Ceruviel and Uriel to debrief both Venerates on the reasons for his choice, including the cryptic warning...
2026-01-26 16:23:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Monday, August 8, 4 S.E.
Leonidas awoke the day after his Tribulation with a quiet sigh of contentment. The hours following the Arena had been filled with little more than celebration and casual discourse, thankfully including the f...
2026-01-26 09:35:55 +0000 UTC View PostSunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
Leonidas stared at the screen silently and felt the [Aetherium] and Experience flow into his reserves, grimacing at the fact that his experience malus meant he only progressed most of the way to lev...
2026-01-25 13:45:26 +0000 UTC View PostSunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
Leonidas swiped away the final alert with a shake of his head and turned his gaze at last toward the watching Venerates, smiling wryly at them.
“There’s a lot,” he said to them simply. “And mor...
2026-01-25 06:22:35 +0000 UTC View PostSunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
SYSTEM MESSAGE
Congratulations, Leonidas! You have successfully initiated your [Tempering Tribulation]!
SECOND TEMPER
MIND TEMPERING
[Description]: Rarest of a...
2026-01-24 17:47:30 +0000 UTC View PostSunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
“Efficiency?” Leonidas questioned skeptically.
“Yes,” Primus said with the same smile. “Cataclysms, Your Majesty, are very dangerous existences. Your own experience in the Rite of Ascension s...
2026-01-24 13:45:56 +0000 UTC View PostSunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
“Hello, Your Majesty.”
Leonidas blinked at where he was, once again, standing in a room—though this time the environment was different. Instead of an interrogation chamber, it looked more like a ...
2026-01-24 11:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostSunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
Leonidas stood in the center of Dawnhaven Arena two hours after he’d delivered his orders to the newly formed Aegis of Avalon.
Ceruviel and Uriel had given their instructions to the Lance-Masters in ...
2026-01-24 08:17:48 +0000 UTC View PostSunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
Leonidas exited the palace’s entrance in silence, flanked by his Dagger of Royal Guards led by Verity, and descended the stairs from the main doors. In the immense inner bailey courtyard below him, arrange...
2026-01-23 03:44:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Sunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
Xarina stared at the results of her alchemical analysis of the newly-crowned Archon-King’s genetics with faint disbelief.
“[This cannot be correct…]” she muttered as she surveyed the conclusion...
2026-01-22 23:39:54 +0000 UTC View PostSunday, August 7, 4 S.E.
Leonidas made his way to the private dining room reserved for the Monarchs and their family, Aylar on his arm, with a satisfied smile on his face. His crown was on his head, as Aylar had duly informed him it...
2026-01-22 20:55:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreon!
Just a quick PSA to let you all know I'll be adding Day, Month, Year markers to every CW and CR Chapter retroactively, and re-organizing some chapters as well.
The markers will contain "S.E.", which stands for <...
2026-01-22 07:38:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Artur Paendrag flexed his left hand idly atop his horse as the army moved on.
The latest settlement they’d encountered had been more of a pest than the last, but the Humanity Alliance had put them to the sword quickly enough, once they’d...
2026-01-22 06:31:24 +0000 UTC View Post3…
Arcturus breathed steadily in the way his father had taught him, working to regulate his airflow and ensure a calmer mind before he fought.
2...
He shifted stance one last time and moved to face the enemy t...
2026-01-22 02:29:32 +0000 UTC View PostLeonidas took a breath as he came to a halt outside of his new quarters, glancing down at his wedding attire, and then looking right to the Royal Guards standing sentinel in the hallway. His eyes raked over the golden-armored warriors, an...
2026-01-21 14:05:23 +0000 UTC View PostLeonidas sighed as the last of the guests departed the Ballroom, leaving only his family, companions, and the former regents—as well as the Royal Guard, though he barely counted them. They were a permanent part of his life, as he saw it. At his ...
2026-01-21 10:31:12 +0000 UTC View Post
“Leonidas is the Cataclysm?” Reginald demanded, and Leonidas was thankful for the privacy bubble as Kairi nodded boredly.
“A-Yup,” she said casually. “So that Quest you and mom got? Yeah, it’s Ace.”
Maryanne and ...
2026-01-21 04:48:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Arcturus’ only reply to the incessant taunting of his inner subconscious was a low snarl as he stepped into the training room and looked around for Tylariel. His efforts were frustrated, however, by his own abrupt realization that he’d just st...
2026-01-21 01:35:43 +0000 UTC View Post
“A marvelous speech, Your Majesty, just marvelous.”
Leonidas smiled politely at the words from Sayyad al-Musana, the Terran Merchant that had managed to gather a moment with him alongside his associates, all of them dressed in finery for...
2026-01-20 10:45:39 +0000 UTC View PostLeonidas shivered as the experience flooded into him, and he transitioned to Level 19 immediately, thankfully one level shy of his Tempering. That would have been a highly unfortunate incident if he’d started Tribulating in the middle of the dam...
2026-01-20 06:30:18 +0000 UTC View PostAn hour after the wedding and the subsequent open-carriage celebration circuit ride through the city, observed by the high-positioned protective overwatch of the Royal Guard, with Ceruviel riding with them languidly to create a discreet [Psionic F...
2026-01-20 06:02:41 +0000 UTC View PostArcturus stared at the armor on its rack within his walk-in closet, arms folded as he contemplated the gear. At his request, and with Tylariel’s instructions, the armor had been couriered from Luthaire’s showroom directly to the Rubastra Estat...
2026-01-20 02:57:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Thursday, August 4, 4 S.E.
“[You are certain that Xarina did not see through your misdirection?]”
“[I am certain, Matriarch,]” Yarilla replied dutifully, her gaze locked onto the imposing features of Y...
2026-01-20 02:23:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Saturday, August 6, 4 S.E.
Thirty minutes later, Leonidas stood in a filled venue, his hands clasped behind him, silently, as Bardulf and Parnym lingered at his side. He and Aylar had elected to have two accompany t...
2026-01-19 09:49:05 +0000 UTC View PostSaturday, August 6, 4 S.E.
Leonidas’ carriage arrived at the Church, a Gothic white Cathedral erected five years prior to the Incursion, with a whinny of horses, and his gaze fell onto his parents, Bardulf, Parnym...
2026-01-19 06:08:42 +0000 UTC View Post