Brewed from rare and exotic ingredients such as Beron’s Dream and Amber Lily, the potion of Greater Healing is a legendary alchemic, its reputation well known throughout the explored lands. It can mend even the most grievous of wounds and has the power to draw souls back from death’s cold embrace. Those who drink it feel a surge o...
2024-08-28 09:18:34 +0000 UTC View PostI have traveled the length and breadth of all the known lands. I have come to learn that the art of the deal is not selling merely products or services, it is the art of selling that which people value most of all—sincerity.
- The Path of the Merchant by Laes Harevor.
The apartments I had been as...
2024-08-26 14:57:39 +0000 UTC View PostAs the sun stands alone in the sky, so too must the best stand alone among the many.
- Gilgamesh of Uruk.
A murmur swept through the court of Salahaem, quickly silenced as I drew the blade from its scabbard with a metallic ring. What emerged was not the usual silver steel, but a curved, burnished bronze blade about a pace ...
2024-08-24 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post“There are three things that a beautiful woman should never be made to suffer. A violent glare, a violent word, and finally a fist raised in violence.”
- Attributed to Valerie of the Vale circa 573 AC.
The summons brought us to an outdoor court, where a large marquee had been erected to shield ...
2024-08-22 13:21:20 +0000 UTC View PostA holy man who sins by eating outside the tenets of the faith is better than a robber who follows them completely.
- The Human Question, by Gideon de Salavia 378 A.C.
This very moment had the feel of weighted destiny behind it. I knew it in the hollow places of my soul.
The girl was most attr...
2024-08-21 15:07:03 +0000 UTC View PostWow! halfway done with Book 4 which begins the start of a new story arc! [We meet another of the characters from the quotes at the start of each chapter!]
Did not believe I would make it this far! Wish I could do this full-time!
It is so hot this summer that I feel like I am melting!
2024-08-20 13:24:33 +0000 UTC View PostWhen adults die we lose their accumulated wisdom of the past, but when children die we lose our hope for the future.
- An Al-Lazarian Adage.
Vincenzio leaned back in his chair, stretching his arms above his head in an attempt to appear relaxed. But the tension in his eyes betrayed him.
“The...
2024-08-20 13:13:18 +0000 UTC View PostEvil cannot be vanquished by sword or stratagem until it is first purged from the soul. And a soul, bound in chains, can never be clean nor pure. True goodness, the kind that reshapes worlds, demands the freedom to choose—to walk the hard path or the easy one, to grasp the dagger or to stay the hand. Only then can the light of right...
2024-08-18 01:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe work in the deepest of shadows to protect the innocents who walk in the sunlit lands.
- Motto of the Blades of the Goddess.
A dream slithered and crept into my mind as I lay in the quiet peace of contentment. It struck with the ruthless precision of a predator long honed by the hunt. I knew it to be a ...
2024-08-14 09:14:45 +0000 UTC View PostHope the heat isn't getting to all of you!
It took me a while but we are getting to the tournament arc according to my plot diagram. A few things had to shift as I fleshed out bits and pieces here and there.
As always, if you enjoy my work you can really help me out by spreading the word on social media or just recommending the story...
2024-08-12 08:03:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Did not like the overall style, helmet visor had too many gaps. Armor/weapons were generally too clean. foreshortening is off and it feels like something from darkest dungeons! What do you think? I much prefer the new cover.
2024-08-12 01:31:31 +0000 UTC View PostIn the city of the Dust, Al-Lazar, there exists a mesmerizing tradition born from the opulence of the Flower Quarter known as the Dance of the Seven Veils. It is a performance that embodies both sensuality and mystery, a dance that weaves together the allure of hidden secrets and the gradual revelation of beauty.
The dancer be...
2024-08-12 01:13:14 +0000 UTC View PostIn the sun-baked city of Al-Lazar, where the Dust-scented winds from the fields mingle with the sea air, the cooks of the city practice salt cooking. The people there have perfected the use of salt, not just as a method of seasoning, but as a way of cooking.
The process begins with a thick layer of coarse salt, heaped i...
2024-08-10 05:22:35 +0000 UTC View PostHard work and diligence are the parents of good fortune.
- A Quassian Aphorism.
We walked among them, unstopped, barely drawing a glance from the people here. I walked with a heavy tread, a fell purpose guiding me as I lusted to settle a five-year-old score with the adventurer Guy. The man who had dared try to hum...
2024-08-08 06:32:26 +0000 UTC View PostBorn of the Divine’s blasphemy, ever craving dominance over others, devoid of patience for the lowly, and scorning of strangers; like an eagle soaring high, casting its gaze upon all beneath, yet outwardly displaying justice, piety, wisdom, and faith—this is to exalt the meanest virtues and walk the path of the Asura, the path of ...
2024-08-07 03:56:26 +0000 UTC View PostOk, guys, this is perhaps the grimmest and darkest chapter I have written yet! Please comment if you think it is TOO much.
Goblins are humanoid creatures and distant cousins of the brutish Orcs. Though both share an unnaturally green skin, their similarities end there. Goblins are smaller and generally more cunning than their la...
2024-08-05 15:28:19 +0000 UTC View PostWe gather for pleasure and blossoms adorn our hair in celebration. Ah, but fortune has not returned and I sit anxious, exposed. Alone I sit, nurturing an old and stagnant routine born of the long, empty days that accumulate, bare and desolate. Oh, how they distort my sense of time in this most unyielding of years. Ah, misfortune, you most mi...
2024-08-04 11:47:32 +0000 UTC View PostThose who walk the path of Mana must often seek to refine their minds if they wish to advance. Theories abound as to why this is so, yet the most compelling comes from Master Lionels, the Qisnian renegade. He argues that the mind must expand its capacity to grasp the hidden mathematica behind Mana. The more the mind can comprehend of the dee...
2024-08-03 13:15:28 +0000 UTC View Post
I think this might make a good cover. Included is the reference photo for the general pose
2024-08-03 11:50:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Failed concept art for Gilgamesh. Did not like the pose on the legs.. and did not like how he is holding the sword.
2024-08-02 10:01:44 +0000 UTC View PostA dream is like a letter from our unconscious minds, a missive delivered in the stillness of night, penned in the cryptic language of symbols and emotions. Each night, as we drift into slumber, our conscious defenses fall away, and the hidden parts of our psyche come alive. These dreams, often surreal and enigmatic, are the way our unconscio...
2024-08-02 01:52:20 +0000 UTC View PostOur short lives are composed of countless moments that seem insignificant when compared to the greater whole. Then, comes a day, a test, a trial, a singular instance that defines the future after it forever more. It is then that we must find our courage and strength.
- The Human Question by Gideon de Salavia 378 AC.
Ah, the Sim Edin, the great desert better known as the Whispering Wastes. It is said that the people of the deep desert of Sim Edin, the Nas Al-Rimal, worship no gods. That is false. For centuries, these so-called primitives have worshipped the very land that sustains them: the Sim Edin itself.
The desert is both their god and...
2024-07-28 10:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe mountain tribes have saying that everyone has but one bowl within them. To fill it with something new, an equal portion must be emptied. That, or the vessel must be grown and cultivated.
- The Human Question by Gideon de Salavia 378 AC.
We left the Adventurer's Guild and started our walk along ...
2024-07-27 06:47:01 +0000 UTC View PostSo one of the hottest months of the year is about to end! Even with my AC on it is still really hot and the price of electricity is really stupid!
Anyways, back on topic! Just finished edits and cleaning Book 3 [You can find all the completed books pinned]. Unfortunately, a decent title eludes me!
Also, I got around to planning out...
2024-07-26 09:52:32 +0000 UTC View Post*Sorry this took so long to do!
Glossary & Dramatis Personae
Abas Yar - An old man and Beastmaster of the Ravens. Gilgamesh cures Abas Yar’s bad back, which also restores him to good health, causing the Beastmaster to venerate Gilgamesh.
[The] Adventurer’s Gui...
2024-07-26 08:28:02 +0000 UTC View PostA promise is only as strong as the will of the person making it.
- A Quassian aphorism.
I touched the handle of the dark wood of the door, the moment like that of a solemn ceremony. I could almost feel a new chapter of my story in this game beginning. The drama of the moment, however, was soon ruin...
2024-07-25 04:56:59 +0000 UTC View Post
