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91. Mikal Mines pt3

The travel magic kicked us out in a brightly lit white room.  It was very bright.  And very white.  Walls, floors, and ceiling, all white.  There were two features in the room.  The first was a pedestal, which...

90. Mikal Mine pt2

The hallway to the left was filled with the insect things.  They were the size of a large dog, wingless, ugly, and blind.  Their primary weapons were scythes like a preying mantis, and a sonic attack that they could use every ten seconds...

89. Mikal Mine

Despite my repeated protests that it was irrelevant, Joe was quite insistent upon reading up on what information was publicly available about the dungeon and its bosses.  Even though the entire layout of the dungeon had apparently changed due...

88. Declaration

My Dusk Guard switched out with my Midnight Guard after we left my father in law’s house.  Luke of London and Peter of Yorkshire maintained their positions as the veterans of the guard, while the remaining four spots were filled with Travel...

87. Mother pt. 2

“It’s good to see you,” I said.  “I missed you, Mother.”

“I missed you as well,” she said once we had parted.  “And I have been so worried ever since the gruesome events with Nial Kingslayer.  I wanted to retur...

86. Mother

Once I had finished my massive backlog of messages – a task which was only possible by filtering out effectively thousands from Travelers I had never met and mass deleting them – I played with the settings before finding out that I could preve...

85. Mail

Prowlhaven was not the city I was expecting it to be.  There was nothing wrong with it.  Quite the opposite, it was actually quite beautiful and well built.  But I had often heard it called ‘Zhesa city’s little sibling,’ which...

84. Liecha

After talking so much about how Eolstree was just like Yuikon, I was a little surprised when the protection of the teleportation magic faded and I was standing in a magic circle that was not nearly as elaborate as the one on the Yuikonese side of ...

83. Travel

Dungeon Daughter Core (Epic, Undead)

Level

55-60

Uses

1 / 1

My friends exchanged confused looks when I produced the core, and I realized that they might not actually know what it was.  I hadn’t flashed them aro...

82. Wrap-up

Aside from Daemon, Tarisha, and Phil, I also handed out five more official positions.  Most importantly for my purposes, I appointed Sellamander as North Shire’s auditor, as he was the Traveler with the most experience in finance.  He ...

81. Appointments

It wasn’t a complicated quest.  I pushed it to all of my associated quest givers, removed any reputation requirements, and generally made it as simple as possible.  The only requirement was that the Traveler have the [Black Rosary], wh...

80. Court

I’m not certain how I would have reacted had Tarisha not warned me in advance that she would be in attendance.  Not very well, probably.  Even forewarned, I was forced to clench my fists during her introduction.  She was the only ...

79. Fallout

The Fast Travel system kicked me out next to the nexus point in Eastmill.  I dropped a few sentences in guild chat to let everyone know that I was alright, that I was tired, and that I was planning to hide and rest for a few hours before deal...

78. Fog of War, pt2

My allies that were trapped inside the manor rallied, and we gave the bandits hell when they tried to retreat outside.  Whether they had realized that I was outside, or they were simply trying to reclaim their spawn points before we shut them...

77. Fog of War

77. Fog of War

The throne room was not the only spawn point for the Battle of Mooncrest Manor.  There were five other rooms in the manor, and a spot outside, in which my teammates zoned into the battleground, for a total of about thre...

76. Preparation

A small clock in the corner of my vision counted down to the beginning of the battle.  I was back in Zhesa castle.  Or at least the fake version of it that had been created in the lobby for me.  My childhood home which ...

75. Event

“I suppose this is where I’ll take my leave then,” Thomas said as we walked through the empty halls of the plundered manor.  “I’m very glad to have had the chance to meet with you under happier circumstances than my pre...

74. Quest Writing

I spent hours playing with the new system, and I was almost giddy with my new options.  I was able to see a full list of everyone who had any Reputation with me, and was almost staggered by how many travelers were on that list. &...

73. Objectives

73. Objectives

“I honestly don’t even know where to start,” I said, looking at all of the options which opening my new menu had brought up.  There were just so many of them, and they all looked so promising.

“I suggest y...

72. Throne

72. Throne

The Mooncrest manor was a mile outside of Ebbyvale, and riding Shadow along the path that led to it was pleasant in the evening air.  Tarisha was with me, while the majority of my other friends were busy elsewhere.  Af...

71. Finances.

Author's Note: Sorry that this wasn't out earlier.  I'm trying to get a chance to get a backlog for RR again, but I'm still somewhat distracted IRL.  Right now I'm struggling just to keep up with the scheduled releases.

The Stewa...

70. Citizens’ Arrest.

The party of glorified messengers set out in high spirits at around the same time that Laurant, Phil, and the rest of the gang emerged from the constabulary’s holding cells slash dungeon.  Phil informed me that they had release...

69. Tournament

Authors Note: Sorry about the absence.  I kind of got hooked on a few stories and got behind in my writing.  I'm trying to get back on schedule.

“You’re going down, Ice-Man,” Lyra said, facing her opponent head on, psyching...

TQG 68

68. Investigation

[Battle Cry] is an ability common to [Warriors] and many of their subclasses and advanced classes.  It provides a morale boost to the [Warrior]’s allies, while simultaneously decreasing the morale of the opponents....

TQG 67

67. Arrival

The cry of a wyvern alerted me that Tarisha had finally located me.  She swooped down in my path, and I pulled Shadow to a stop.  Surprisingly, Corinth was riding double with her in the saddle that she had modified to...

TQG 66

66. Irvine

I was pulled out of my post-victory reverie by a sound from the stables.  I turned, ready to grab my sword back out of my inventory, but the stableboy identified himself by way of an unmanly squeak, and I relaxed slightly.<...

TQG 65

65. Bathwater

The silent black whirlwind of the nexus appeared in the center of the village as I approached it, and when I finally reached it I received the notification that I had gained a new Recall Point, and that the Fast Travel networ...

TQG 64

64. Departure

“The saddle is unworthy of him,” I commented as I finished cinching it in place.  It was simple leather, utilitarian and unappealing to the eye.  “Shadow deserves a mastercrafted saddle.  Black leather ad...

TQG 63

63. Shadow

I threw the final shovel full of dirt onto the last grave, packing the loose dirt down.  I had been a captive of my great uncle for three days now, and I was not enjoying the experience at all.  I had finally given in ...

TQG 62

62. Auroras

“Rain knew, of course,” Auroras said.  We sat in the small room in the back of the temple where, when this place had been populated, it would have had clergy requiring a place to eat their meals.  He had poured a ...