Chapter 22 - Fresh Choices
Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.
Phil McGraw.
Classes had finally begun, and Seraphina found herself locked into a new lif...
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Serpent helm with thicker armor plate.
2025-03-19 12:39:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21 - A Clash of Gold & Silver
The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict.
- Unknown.
“Tell me,” Seraphina said softly, li...
2025-03-17 06:52:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20 - The Kiss of the Flames
The finest steel has to go through the hottest fire.
- Richard M. Nixon.
That Meridian no longer burned was in no small part to the aid her mother had rendere...
2025-03-16 00:16:34 +0000 UTC View PostSorry this took a while to get out, suffering from extreme allergies atm and I am not quite as productive!
In times long ago, there lived sturdy Ox and tireless Donkey. Both served the same master, each performing its du...
2025-03-13 06:20:32 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34 - Realization
Observe the humble saplings that grow beneath tall, ancient trees, for therein lies the seed of greatness yet to unfold. If we learn to perceive with discerning eyes, we can glimpse the fullness ...
2025-03-10 13:49:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19 - The Fires of Determination
Education is not the filling of the pail, but the lighting of the fire.
- William Butler Yeats.
Flames ravaged Meridian, turning the horizon into a glowin...
2025-03-06 13:56:27 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33 - Rocks and Hard Places
Though reliable accounts of elven spellcraft are rare, the common consensus holds that the elder race do not tap Mana from within themselves, as a disciplined Magister might, but rather...
2025-03-05 06:24:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18 - Mother of the Nation
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate.
- Hubert H. Humphrey.
“And why,” asked the moderator, voice quivering slightl...
2025-03-04 12:37:25 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17 - Humility
Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
- Confucius.
“Start the time,” instructed the golden-eyed woman.
Her heart pounding in her chest, she decided to ...
2025-03-04 05:02:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32 - Clash
“Anger is not an enemy to be driven away; it is a wounded spirit within you, a child crying out for your gentle embrace. Do not battle this anger, for when you fight yourself, you divide your own str...
2025-03-02 09:22:26 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16 - Boys & Girls
If you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman.
- Margaret Thatcher.
Seraphina barely managed to keep a polite smile plastered on her ...
2025-03-01 11:13:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15 - Plans for the Future
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
- Saint Basil....
2025-02-27 13:15:21 +0000 UTC View PostAt the moment of your first breath, you wept as the world stood in joyful wonder. Strive each day to weave benevolence with thoughtful action, so that in the twilight of your final hour, those you leave behind mourn their loss as you find sere...
2025-02-27 03:55:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe Kakupuna is a luminous plant native to the Everdark. It boasts a remarkable seed dispersal mechanism: the first creature to touch its petals triggers an “imprint,” prompting the flower to form a miniature replica of that creature as it...
2025-02-26 12:45:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14 - School Lunch
At a certain point in their existential experience, the oppressed feel an irresistible attraction toward the oppressor and his way of life. Sharing this way of life becomes an overpowering aspir...
2025-02-25 10:09:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13 - The Grand Library
Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.
- Henry David Thoreau.
“Rashana,” the fair-haired girl greeted, her voice oozing with p...
2025-02-22 12:01:16 +0000 UTC View PostIn the hush of the mindful spirit, one discerns the seed of wrongdoing: it is that which sows discord within and among us, warping our compassion into malice. The vigilant soul does not banish darkness by force, but by the gentle illumination ...
2025-02-20 14:34:35 +0000 UTC View PostA young scholar approached the master and said, “I have watched the great waves crash against the shore, and I believe I now understand the nature of the sea.”
The master shook his head and led his student to a quiet pond. D...
2025-02-19 13:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12 - The First Day
Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
- Malcolm X.
There was nothing quite like a crisis that could b...
2025-02-18 14:15:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11 - A New Stage
There are nights when wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
- George Carlin
Seraphina savored the morning sunlight as it poured through the tall windows, gil...
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Getting a lot of book 1 artwork redone. Also working on designing Gilgamesh's 3 armor sets that he goes through.
2025-02-16 02:00:37 +0000 UTC View PostIn a tranquil marsh lived two frogs who often listened to the whispers of an ancient crane. Each day, one frog peered beyond the tall reeds and questioned the shape of the clouds, the flow of the water, and the flight of the herons over...
2025-02-15 13:54:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10 - The Wheat and the Chaff
"Yusuf, O man of truth! Explain to us (the dream of) seven fat cows being devoured by seven lean ones, and seven green ears of grain and others dry, so that I may return to the people...
2025-02-13 15:34:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 9 - The Entrance Exams
The Eastern Alliance vastly underestimated the depths to which a free people would resist an oppressor, and troops of the kingdom now known to be called the Republic of Arastia fought with ...
2025-02-12 13:02:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe proverb is the horse that carries our words across the uncertain terrain of ignorance. In the spirit of enlightenment, it reminds us that a single guiding phrase can restore harmony where confusion reigns. It illuminates hidden truths and ...
2025-02-11 13:26:02 +0000 UTC View Post![Sketches for Book 1 [Gilgamesh]](https://img5.illustratefans.com/storage/9/fy/ug/102843-019e8b76-0334-7c56-bfd1-7624656d66c6.jpg)
A few initial sketches before revisions.
2025-02-10 10:54:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe people of the sea employ a remarkable lightweight material in their tools of war, known as Coralith. This unique substance harvested from the ocean’s depths. According to the scholars of the Mer, Coralith grows stronger and more resilien...
2025-02-10 10:46:57 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 8 - The Tutor
The Queen’s first egg was to be presented in ten turns of the seasons as a new bride. Such was the desperation of the alliance with the fate of the world on their shoulders. The Dragons in their g...
2025-02-08 11:07:38 +0000 UTC View PostFortune bestows both the lofty peaks and the deepest valleys upon every man. Yet the truly wise, whose heart remains as calm as a still lake beneath the moon, endures these vicissitudes with serene equanimity. In this tranquil acceptance, misf...
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