[Hlaeth] Ch 28 - Thoughts of Houme
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“Yes. Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it, and my own people have been happily doomed by history and ignorance ...
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[Hlaeth] Ch 27 - A Firm Terran
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“But… if so many undead were the population of your world entire…” the elven king pointed out, the numbers daunting even t...
2025-03-29 05:30:42 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 26 - A Study in Death
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“Was there any consistency or pattern among those mutating, such as might come from a single power inflicting such evils upon folk?...
2025-03-29 05:29:53 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 25 - A Matter of Monarchs
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The Name of the Mage meant my full Name, properly pronounced, had power, tied to my Words, and no one could pretend...
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I could feel the elven herald’s inner wincing. “I would not speculate on the opinions of the royal family, Magos,” the tall ...
2025-03-29 05:24:29 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 23 - The Words of Steel
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Hope without Truth meant eventually striving for what was actually ...
2025-03-29 05:23:37 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 22 - The Road to the Eternal
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“I see. Recalling those great masters of song in the past, they did have a more… eclectic understanding of magic than is typic...
2025-03-29 05:22:05 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 21 - Skills vs Magic, Chord and Song
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Skills are wonderful things as modifiers on them approach transcendent levels. Magic can’t stop them from working, which is why I d...
2025-03-29 05:21:10 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 20 - Flying Maneuvers
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“An odd alternative is to be wearing or conjure up a parachute to save you,” I continued. An image of the Elder Dragon fallin...
2025-03-29 05:20:07 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 19 - Eternal and Falling Answers
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“If you want to be the Ranger Lord who hunts evil across the cosmos and the planes, then become it! If you want to be the Warden wh...
2025-03-29 05:19:10 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 18 - The Worth of a Wyrm
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I flicked up the Holo of the black-scaled Mire Dragon in front of us, pausing so everyone could survey the list of ...
2025-03-29 05:18:06 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 17 - In Cold Blood
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“As it was, the Archmage managed to draw in the Mazakeem at the end, who also feast on such creatures, and they were happy to s...
2025-03-29 05:17:14 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 16 - Humanity Knows How to Fight!
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“Mmm, no.” I considered how far to go with my reply, and shrugged. “You saw my history. The first part of that, the undead? Tha...
2025-03-29 05:16:02 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 15 - Dragon-Name Verified
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“Magos Aelryinth!” the gold dragon Wurdtrue called out to me, gesturing for me to come forward.
&nbs...
2025-03-29 05:14:49 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 14 - Legus and Elders
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“That is a great secret of the Elven Court!” Commander Tellusian immediately said gravely. “I cannot reveal to you such a magic...
2025-03-29 05:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 13 - To the Palace we Go
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Slowly, Commander Tellusian nodded. “That… is relative between our peoples, but none have sought to truly contest our strength f...
2025-03-29 05:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 12 - A Proper Invitation
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“Master Aelryinth,” the eldest dragon, golden Wurdtrue, spoke up, watching in disapproval as the elven High Mage...
2025-03-29 05:12:09 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 11 - An Invitation that is Not
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Millions of tons of earth rained down on the mostly-dead unrecognizable things that used to be on the other side, while even more ma...
2025-03-29 05:11:23 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 10 - Old Fossils with some Teeth
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They were acting as if they weren’t paying attention to me and they’d get to me in time, but at the same time they were definitely ...
2025-03-29 05:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 9
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Holding that Note effortlessly, I guided her into the realm of her ancestral heritage, all those elves before her who’d touched mana in all ways, and who could guide her and help her on her own path of un...
2025-03-29 04:59:44 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 8 - An Awakening
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I was satisfied with my haul, about a hundred tons of each type of Elder tree and a bunch of seeds of magical trees was perfect. No doubt...
2025-03-29 04:58:57 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 7 - On Bloodlines
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“We… do respect some of the ancient, natural magicks,” the wood elfin Captain Fyanyl finally managed to get out. “But we place far m...
2025-03-29 04:55:12 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 6
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“Far be it from me to impose on your debriefing, but the Keepers of the Trees are not responding to this emergency like they sho...
2025-03-29 04:54:10 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 5 - Of Dragons and Things
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The pegasi swept in with speed and energy, confident in their maneuverability and agility. Feature ignored them, gliding along on the c...
2025-03-29 04:52:38 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 4 - A Duty of Fire
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Six fallen Weirwoods! The amount of magical wood that could be harvested from them might last the artisans and crafters of the kingdom...
2025-03-29 04:51:14 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 3 - Truth is in the Telling
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All of her squad had bows nocked and poised to release on the human, who was just laying there in the ground in a patch of charred eart...
2025-03-29 04:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 2 - Finding the Cause
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The patrol hissed as they came to halts on the branches of various forest giants. They were almost directly beneath where the explosion h...
2025-03-29 04:49:24 +0000 UTC View Post[Hlaeth] Ch 1 - Another Diversion
Progress through the Aether Flux between realms seemed to be going...okay for the moment. The impetus of the magic was sending me back in the direction I needed to go, Find the Path at IX enough to chart a course even in the chaotic flo...
2025-03-29 04:48:38 +0000 UTC View Post[Warpworld] Ch 45 – The Touch of the Warp
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“I can feel their touch in the Burning of the vivus. Their influence is out there and constant, and if you let it in… well, we went through that once, and this time you would be TRYING to sense it, instead of trying to ward it away.
&...
2025-03-29 04:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post[Warpworld] Ch 44 – A Crushing Advance
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The Warp screamed and railed, raged and writhed, moaned and groaned, all the while it was Burning and being washed back by the Wei...
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