Tigra

The Battle For Furlong Keep

It was a dark day at Furlong keep as Tora looked over maps of the island, trying to decide if it was best to fight from within the walls or in the open field. Both seemed like terrible ideas, and worst of all they had just received news from Fortress Dana.

“What do you mean ‘We cannot expect them to lend aid?’ Is that not their very ...

Chapter 190: Eat, Drink and be Merry

“Come on man. Which one is better, man?” Balethon tried, leaning in over their table as Tom put down the second mug of cider. The ring of dragonettes standing around waiting for the verdict had been ever growing. Which didn’t really suit Tom, such pressure.

“They are both VERY sweet,” the lone human admitted, not really ...

Chapter 189: Reporting In

As the world faded away into nothing but a dark void, Tom felt the only mildly familiar sensation of magic flowing like a gentle stream. It wasn’t much of a draw, but it was certainly noticeable.

“Right, best make this quick then,” he tried thinking to himself, feeling the flow peak as he did.

“Who is this? Make what...

Chapter 188: Charitable Concessions

“Right. Tarp,” Saph muttered to herself as it became evident where the rather massive section of canvas had been hiding. Galaxer had been using it as harness padding, which was mostly due to there really being nowhere else to put it. Even folded in on itself twice it still covered all of the venerable dragon’s back.   2024-04-15 13:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 187: Up Armor

As Saph laid eyes on the rather eclectic collection all she could think was ‘So that’s what the magic lock was about.’

There was a set of goggles that looked a lot like what Edita often wore, some boxes with what Saph assumed to be tools, or magical items in them, and what were unmistakably bits of armor. Enchanted too by th...

Chapter 186: Christmas Come early

Chapter 186: Christmas Come Early

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The work had carried on above and below, and the progress was stark. On the third day following the opening of the vault, a fair few of them had returned to the keep in anticipation of Arch and possibly Ga...

Chapter 185: They Found a What!?

They had spent hours going over just what it was they had found. It was indeed just as they had suspected; a machine for turning dragonettes, or bits of dragons that would fit in the chambers, into grav oil, with the leftover waste being discarded as water and a sort of sludge.

Edita had explained what it was they were looking...

184 Doors Open Wide

The investigator’s words had come true, and oh how Tom wished she had spilled the beans earlier. As it stood, he was confident that even baked beans and cabbage could not match the devastation unleashed by Jacky that night.

Tom honestly thought she had shit the bed when he woke up at god knows what in the morning. But no. She had simply ...

Chapter 183: Caught

“He is a persistent fucker,” Tom chuckled as they both watched the splashing move around the lake. “He is getting tired though.”

“Why do you think it’s a he? That’s clearly a woman. Too much fight in her,” Jacky cou...

Chapter 182: Lakeside

“Awww yeah, look at this. Maybe the dude wasn’t so bad after all!” Jacky went excitedly as she rubbed away on the big skull. Saph was helping out with the final cleaning. The ants had done a brilliant job, but even so, a final clean an...

Chapter 181: Evolution and Design

Jacky had returned with Linkosta, and she was carrying a large fancy book that Tom hadn’t seen before, which boded well for his hopes of her knowing more about what it was he had seen. As it turned out the ferinix was the believed ancestor of the white dragons, which had sent him down a whole new line of questioning. Luckily Linko...

Chapter 180: Tactical Prowess

Chapter 180: Tactical Prowess

‘Oh gods, could we at least sit down?’ Saph thought to herself, despairing. They had been training all day, and even with being afforded a decent break before the last few drills where they wou...

Tiguan at Deriva

On a mild autumn day at Deriva Keep, someone was trying to make the most of the waning heat. Tiguan and the kids were out and about, playing hide and seek with only Lieutenant Yldtiz Hashaw to keep an eye on them all. Yesterday had been ...

Chapter 179: Practice Makes Perfect

It had been decided that today was to be the day for the keep to get in some actual practice fighting alongside a dragon and their royal guard allies. That meant Jarix, Glira, every royal guard present, and the keep’s guards and huntre...

Chapter 178: Busy Day Off

It had ended up being a busy day in the kitchen, but with three of them, at least they did not need to run around like panicking deer in order to get it all done. Wiperna and Raulf had showed up a bit before dinner as it was technically their job to cook said dinner today. To say they were pleasantly surprised would be an understatement. They ha...

Chapter 177: Hells Kitchen

“Are you sure it didn’t… you know? Stick?” Jacky asked in a worried tone as she and Tom made it back up to the bedroom. She was going with the hunting crew, so she needed her kit, and while Tom was sure she would want him to come along, sadly, that wasn’t really happening. There was work to do, even if he may just take som...

Chapter 176: Fishing for Friends

Tom had spent much of yesterday trying to figure out how to put a fishing rod together. He hadn’t wanted to spend too long on it. It had been complicated a little by the fact that Wiperna had really wanted him out of the workshop and had been doing a poor job of hiding it. When Essy had swung by a touch later she had been somewhat surprised to...

Chapter 175: What Did We Learn?

The door to the greeting hall had been left open after Jarix departed, Sapphire and Rachuck coming in for a hurried landing. The door started to drop down behind them as soon as they were through with the Clack clack clack of ratchets. There was no one there, save for Herron who  was working the winch with practiced ef...

Chapter 174: Cards and Colds

After a very fun morning, Tom had gone in search of Edita to ask his questions for the day. He had found both the artificer and Tink playing with the children in the grand hall under the supervision of Anchor. Tom didn’t even need to ask what they were doing; he knew that game well. They were making card houses at the tables. Tom ...

Chapter 173: Return Leg

“Well shit,” Tom mumbled to himself as he lay there staring at the wooden ceiling, Jacky snoring at his side. “I guess the dreams are sticking around a bit longer then… huuuhr god dammit.”

It had been one hell of a dream, so vivid and lifelike, and he could remember it perfectly. Even so, he did grab his little noteb...

Chapter 172: Waterlogged

Saph was cold, sore, wet, and generally miserable. They had been stupid, but Yldril had proven to be the biggest moron of them all. Why hadn’t they just camped and waited out the storm? She knew why of course; they wanted to get back home for a hot dinner and a dry bed, and with a 30-ton dragon who would be stopping t...

Chapter 171: Horror Sub

Well, Tom certainly got their attention with the notion of some of the craziest humans to ever serve. He had the perfect mood for a horror story too. It was dark and stormy, the only light inside being that of torches and the warm hearths. He didn’t have the faintest idea if this was in any way, shape, or form a good idea, but he ...

Special Chapter: Grevi's Reminiscence

“20 years… 20 years I trained. I worked so hard. I excelled at everything. Best student Baron ever trained. And this is where they put me,” Grevi complained as she labored over the stupid saw. It was hard, grueling work and somehow even more repetitive than endurance training.

But orders were orders, so here she was outs...

Chapter 170: Not so Nice Anymore.

As the thunder boomed, clearly heading towards them, Saph had to admit she had no clue where they even were anymore, nor what time it was. Visibility was next to nothing, they were getting pounded by some of the worst rain they had seen all year, and she and Fengi were too busy huddling up atop the swaying dragon’s back to really ...

Chapter 169: Quite Nice Really

Essy had led the three of them through the forest, looking for the elusive berry bush. It had only taken about 5 minutes of searching on the wing before they had found it. Covering ground was really a lot easier when on the wing, even if they had to duck and dive around the massive tree trunks. Saph had of course decided to try and ...

Chapter 168: U-Haul

Tom was still rather worried he had made a big mistake as he watched Jacky fly off towards the grey horizon, chainsaw dangling from her chest. He felt a little odd actually. He had come running out to say goodbye and to give Jacky her pair of ear defenders and some safety glasses that sorta fit, at least a little bit. He had also re...

Chapter 167: Spending Plans

“I propose an idea,” Jacky proclaimed proudly once they had made it to their room after dinner.

Tom merely gulped a little as he tried to work out what she might have come up with after having had a day to work out what to do with all her newfound money. At dinner they had learned that Saph and Fengi had co...

Chapter 166: Pay Day

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That evening, after the inquisitor's departure, the kitchen had put in just a bit of extra effort. Yldril and Jarix had both been treated to spit roasts with some actual spices being used for once. It wasn’t what Tom would call spicy, at least Saph didn�...

Chapter 165: Divine Sanction

“So how long should we be waiting again? I hear some bird song,” Saph questioned indignantly as it became apparent she wasn’t winning this hand against Maiko. “You are too good at this to be trustworthy.”

“Oh no that one was just luck,” he reassured her, taking the cards and starting to shuffle anew. Not much had...

Chapter 164: Cha-Ching!

Saph didn’t really know if work was progressing well or not. Plenty of people were doing shit that was for sure, so she guessed so. Yldril had been camped a ways away from the keep to rest after she had been unloaded, and Glira had been loaded up for her scouting run now that she wasn’t strictly needed to guard the black dragon anymore. Thei...