AN: By the time you read this chapter, I'm probably getting hammered at a Christmas party, so if there is any mistake in it, it'll have to wait until I get rid of my hangover ... so probably Monday. Hope you enjoy!
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The other Sis...
2025-12-20 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Disclaimer: Objectively gratuitous amounts of violence will be committed against the Sisters of Battle in this chapter. Echidna might think herself objective, but she really is not. I'm not writing with an Omniscient, objective Narrator in the...
2025-12-17 17:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostThey were the Shield of Humanity, the Hammer that struck down the greatest and most terrible foes of Mankind. Their mandate came from Malcador the Hero himself, and in their bodies were geneseed crafted from the genome of the Emperor of Mankind hi...
2025-12-13 17:17:52 +0000 UTC View PostAN: This chapter was pretty fun to write, hope you guys will like it.
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I stood amidst the two hundred slumbering Storm Wardens, taking my time to pick and choose the most interesting pieces of equipment they had on them. The Lock-Wa...
2025-12-10 16:44:28 +0000 UTC View PostHumans were sometimes so stupid and self-destructive. Had all the regular humans in the world of Spite just all lain down, got comfortable and allowed my spore-cloud to lull them to sleep, none of them would have died. But no, they had to be compe...
2025-12-06 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostIn all honesty, Lorgath Maclir was rather hopeful. Not in victory, that would be impossible unless the God-Emperor himself descended to smite his enemy. No, he was hopeful that he could make taking the world of Spite a pyrrhic victory for the xeno...
2025-12-03 17:08:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Let’s pack up and go solve this little issue,” I said, clapping my hands as if to dust it off as I turned away from the latest Watch Station I had just ambushed. It was named Bellom because it floated in the Bellom system, around the planet...
2025-11-29 17:18:50 +0000 UTC View PostHoly Terra, the birthplace of Mankind. Amberley had only been to the planet twice, and while the Imperial Palace and the headquarters of the other great organisations of the Imperium were absolutely majestic, the rest of the planet … was not so ...
2025-11-26 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Alright, gang, the fun's over!” I announced with a clap and a grin, making my voice echo in the ears of my three fellow humanoids. “Time to wrap this up and get to doing what we actually came here for, and of course, by that I mean I’...
2025-11-22 17:02:09 +0000 UTC View PostThere were as many different methodologies, approaches and styles in the Holy Orders of the Emperor's Inquisition as there are specific Inquisitors. Still, they could, nonetheless, be slotted into categories, or rather, paradigms. Depending on the...
2025-11-19 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostMia had prepared for the pain. She knew magic could hurt her even in this — Wisp — form, but she didn’t have time for anything else. Stupidly, she didn’t have her trusty Arcane Shield spell ready to cast as she usually did in combat situat...
2025-11-17 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostOctavian delivered on his promise of information about all the players of the Jericho Reach, with a focus on any of the more dangerous and secretive outposts of the Imperium in the sector. It was just about the only part of our agreement that he...
2025-11-15 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Hello there, I am back, and I am now powered by dumplings and craft beer!
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Amberley Veil had lived a long, adventurous life. So much so that what most people would consider the greatest or most horrible expe...
2025-11-12 17:00:32 +0000 UTC View PostSparkle found himself with an overwhelming need for distractions, for something to occupy himself with. As heartwarming as watching his Bond cuddle her partner was, he wasn't the type to sit still and just be. He needed action, and if not...
2025-11-10 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I usually try not to write the same scene from different POVs, as that makes for boring reading most of the time, but I felt like the last chapter and the one before it deserved it. (Also, sorry for the late upload, I was bing...
2025-11-05 17:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post“This is …,” Mia started, trailing off as she couldn’t find a word that accurately described the situation Brent laid out after returning from his debrief.
“Fucked,” Mark said. “The word you are looking for is fucked<...
2025-11-03 17:26:30 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Hello there, it was a bit of a surprise, but I got the opportunity to join in on a short 3-day vacation to Prague the next weekend (Nov 7-9), and so I'll have to cancel the chapter that's supposed to go live that Saturday (The...
2025-11-01 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostI got the name of the planet Cain had last seen Octavian at from his head. I had a Navigator’s map of the Jericho Reach in my head already, having extracted it from the minds of the Navigators in Tetrarchus’ fleet, but I double checked it in t...
2025-10-29 17:01:27 +0000 UTC View PostMia woke up the next morning with a smile, feeling the warm rays of the sun caress her cheeks and the warmth of her girlfriend’s body still embracing her. Camie was snoring softly, her fingers curled into the hem of Mia’s PJ shirt, and a leg t...
2025-10-27 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I object,” I said, arms crossed as I stared at the Tau faces before me, taking up the entire wall like a hundred little floating heads. “I won’t stop you, but I want you to know that this is stupid. You have read the reports on Sebasticor...
2025-10-25 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Sorry guys, I totally forgot about the chapter. I thought it was only tuesday for some reason.
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Void Krakens were fascinating creatures. The interesting part began with the fact that ‘Void Kraken’ didn’t...
2025-10-22 18:50:28 +0000 UTC View PostMia retreated into the far back of the group with Camie, with her back against the wall. Sparkle was further back, watching the soldiers closest to Mia for any sign of being a bit too jumpy or prone to getting trigger-happy.
Mia didn...
2025-10-20 16:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostOctavian Gaius, Custodian Guard of the Emperor of Mankind, stepped into the dingy little bar hidden away in a back alley. He barely graced the two patrons with a glance, making sure they were inconsequential. The barkeep looked up, his eyes wideni...
2025-10-18 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostCiaphas Cain, Hero of the Imperium, celebrated patriot, exemplar of Commissars everywhere, was considering whether he should have just stayed a tunnel rat in the bellows of the Hive City that birthed him.
It would have been a horrible ...
2025-10-15 16:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe cracked marble gates rose from the ground right above the Guardian’s final resting place, pushing away dirt and grass as they went. They were larger than any Mia had seen before, and had a majesty to them that other gates lacked. She put it ...
2025-10-13 16:00:42 +0000 UTC View Post“Daemons,” I started out calmly. The main task here would be to convince these bullheaded Tau that the silly idea of ‘the Warp’ that those superstitious humans believed was really a thing. “You already know of them. Likely believi...
2025-10-11 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post