“Are you sure about giving them so much leeway?”
“A better outcome doesn’t come to mind. While I may be behind when it comes to matters of rural administration, being raised in the city has provided me with ample exposure to the Guil...
2026-01-01 06:21:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Can you believe he stuck his dick in that?”
“Huh?”
“Never mind. Forget I said anythin’.”
Thick fog blanketed Re-Blumrushur as Liam watched Reed and his men prepare for their departure in the grey before dawn. Just ...
2025-12-15 06:51:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Welcome to Re-Blumrushur. Your hotel is this way.”
“H-Hotel?”
Liam turned and reentered the gate, ignoring the dumbfounded expressions of the freshly arrived rebel forces. There were a lot more than he expected, and, for the t...
2025-11-30 07:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post“Can’t exactly blame ‘em.”
“I guess not.”
It was still sort of disappointing. While the citizens were angry, they weren’t stupid. Not angry enough to be stupid, at any rate. Unlike in Roble, there wasn’t a masked lunati...
2025-11-18 07:41:10 +0000 UTC View Post“You sure this is a good idea?”
“You got any better?”
The armsman looked towards the nearby plaza, where a gaggle of young noblewomen from the Beaumont Faction were gathered within a loose perimeter of hired carriages. Fortunat...
2025-10-28 11:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostDoes this city just light itself on fire a few times a year?
Liam recalled someone mentioning the normally squalid conditions of the city at some point, so maybe it did.
“What do we do?” Baroness Illerand asked tearfully.<...
2025-10-06 10:17:33 +0000 UTC View PostA blood-curdling scream cut through the air, echoing off the nearby buildings before being swallowed by the morning mist. From his perch overlooking a small plaza in the western part of Re-Blumrushur, Liam watched as the source of the scream – a...
2025-09-19 10:25:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis should be the one…
From atop a warehouse in the Re-Blumrushur’s harbour district, Liam peered down at a fluttering banner planted at the foot of a nearby pier. It was close to midnight, and between the half-moon and the int...
2025-09-08 02:23:47 +0000 UTC View Post“W-W-W-W-Welcome to Re-Bl–!”
Baroness Illerand bit her tongue mid-greeting. The Merchant standing across the counter furrowed his brow. In response, the teary-eyed young noblewoman raised an arm to point a finger.
“Seize him!...
2025-08-18 07:16:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Sorry.”
His apology was met with silence.
“I’ll pay you back.”
Countess Beaumont’s glistening blue eyes flashed in fury.
“Pay me back?”
“The temple charged you a lot, yeah? I didn’t...
2025-08-04 06:36:58 +0000 UTC View Post“I think we’ve got a rider coming in.”
“Where? I can’t see a damn thing with the sun in my eyes.”
“I think I see him…is he asleep? Ah, he fell off.”
Just inside the western gate of Re-Blumrushur, Liam sat atop a...
2025-07-29 05:03:36 +0000 UTC View Post“Drew the short straw, eh?”
“Not so sure ‘bout that. Been damn hot all of the sudden. Night watch’s just the thing.”
“Dunno. Rather stand outside during the day than try and sleep in the heat.”
“Maybe. But it’...
2025-07-12 02:26:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Where to begin…
Ludmila surveyed the disposition of the Sorcerous Kingdom’s forces, trying to make sense out of why what should have been resolved with a minor battle had become a campaign that embroiled the northern third of Re...
2025-06-29 07:28:37 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m back. What are the new probabilities for a successful incursion?”
“Zero point zero zero one three for the southern foothills. Zero point zero zero seven two for the Völkchenheim border.”
The Elder Lich’s unwavering co...
2025-06-18 03:45:38 +0000 UTC View Post『We’ve got trouble.』
“No shit.”
From his hiding spot in the windbreak along the road, Reed watched as tongues of flame slowly spread between the thatched rooftops of the nearby village. Normally, an entire village would rally...
2025-06-07 02:16:40 +0000 UTC View Post『You did what?』
『I-It’s not my fault! Girls just keep coming after me for some reason!』
High above the western Azerlisian Marches, Raul wore an incredulous expression as Liam delivered his report. He had to have done...
2025-05-22 05:03:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Conrad, tell me what you see.”
“A field, Lord Reginald.”
“Just a field?”
“Yes, Lord Reginald.”
“If my memory serves me correctly,” Lord Reginald said, “I called for our vassals to raise their...
2025-05-12 07:14:46 +0000 UTC View Post“Easy? How do you figure?”
“Because…” Raul started, then paused. “You grew up in Fassett Town, right?”
“Yeah.”
“What about you, Lady Beaumont?” Raul asked.
“I was born and raised in Re-Blumrushr,” ...
2025-05-05 05:53:15 +0000 UTC View PostDoes this mean I have even more work to do now?
Liam remained unmoving as Countess Beaumont silently digested what was essentially an ultimatum from Lady Albedo. That ultimatum was also a chance, however: one that few in Re-Estize w...
2025-04-25 08:02:24 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you think, boss?”
“A bit old, isn’t it?”
“It’s the best we could find without leavin’ the March. Not like anyone’ll have any better, yeah?”
A sour expression crossed Olin’s face as the river barge d...
2025-04-19 08:57:35 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re back…early, I think?”
“I am,” Ludmila replied. “There was an emergency session of the House of Lords.”
“What was the emergency?”
“One of the Sorcerous Kingdom’s convoys was attacke...
2025-04-08 06:47:33 +0000 UTC View Post“They won’t like this. There will be an uproar the moment this is announced to the public.”
“And when has that ever been an obstacle?”
In the brightly illuminated chambers of the Imperial Court Council, Jircniv Rune Farlord E...
2025-04-01 07:34:42 +0000 UTC View Post“I-I’m doing what?”
“I don’t think I can do this…”
“Yet you must!” Cha’ac said.
A pair of plaintive whines rose into the air. From atop her throne, Xoc watched a gang of elders bully Enhgroli and Enrr...
2025-03-25 07:33:58 +0000 UTC View Post7th Day, Middle Winter Month
“Ku, ku, ku…”
A dark chuckle echoed in the darkness, emanating from the Dark Warrior of Darkness, Momon. All around him, in the hold of a cargo ship recently returned to...
2025-03-18 07:49:54 +0000 UTC View Post“Vltava once told us that these ancient buildings were created out of the memories of our people. Perhaps it was a necessity to facilitate what you describe.”
Florine looked up at the ruined pyramid nearest to their seats in Lady Xoc’s...
2025-03-11 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post『If Clara is ‘venerable’, what does that make Ludmila?』
『They associate wisdom and experience with age. That makes Clara the eldest among us.』
Clara’s eyes went from Liane to Ludmila, and then back to Elder Cha’ac. She ...
2025-03-04 06:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post『Holy crap, that was annoying. Annoying and weird. Well, it wouldn’t have been annoying if it wasn’t so weird.』
Clara was rather annoyed as well, but she knew better than to join in on Liane’s tirade. The opening stages of their tr...
2025-02-18 01:30:14 +0000 UTC View PostWith evening fast approaching, the court of Lady Xoc underwent a striking change in atmosphere. The trees crowning the massive hill cast murky shadows over dark, weathered stone that seemed to absorb the light of the clear skies overhead. From wit...
2025-02-11 01:02:37 +0000 UTC View Post“It looks like someone got here before us.”
“It looks like a whole lotta people got here before us,” Liane sourly retorted. “Hey, isn’t that Zu Chiru?”
Liane grabbed her by the shoulders and turned her in the general dire...
2025-02-02 11:27:51 +0000 UTC View Post『What are they doing here?』
“This is Master Leeds,” Lady Xoc said, “leader of the local Merchant Guild.”
『They sold themselves into slavery to infiltrate Rol’en’gorek and thwart your then-future efforts ...
2025-01-26 07:45:58 +0000 UTC View Post