KnightofTempest

Chapter 19

Almost immediately, Jackie hadta kip his ass back to his feet to avoid a shrieking Succubus-Possessed Hooker trying to bring her stiletto heels down on his head. The spike of the heel punched right the Hell through the glass of the dance floor, throwing up a shitload of sparks from the lights und...

Chapter 30

Lord Greengrass turned out to be a square-jawed, blonde man in dress robes that were various different shades of green. His close-cropped blonde hair was an even lighter shade than Daphne's already fairly light blonde, being so platinum-colored that it would almost be easy to mistake him for a Ma...

Interlude: Meanwhile, on Luthien

In Imperial City, on the continent of Hokkaidō, in the Planet of Luthien, the Capital of the Draconis Combine, sat the Imperial Palace. It was the heart of Power for the Draconis Combine, where the Coordinator Resided. The facade was traditional, embodying an ancient Japanese Castle Complex from...

Announcement: Resumption of Chapters

I will be resuming chapters tomorrow once the last of my family leaves from the Holidays. Sorry about the lack of updates, but it is Christmas, after all. Please bear with me and we'll resume tomorrow with an Update for Inner Sphere and Of Fate and Luck.

Thank you for understanding.

Images for Chapter Thirteen

Here are a couple of images of what certain places, people, and items from Chapter Thirteen look like. Funnily enough, every AI Generator I used for some reason does some decent pirate treasure chests. Go figure. Maybe folks were clamoring for that, but I'm happy to take advantage.

Images for the Past Few Chapters

I Just Realized I never posted these. Here we have a few people and locations from the past few chapters, from the arrival at Gyirong Town all the Way to the Mines. Allow me to rectify that oversight. The AI Generator is weirdly a lot more obliging for this story for some reason.

Images for Chapter Eighteen

Here are some images of some of the folks that Jackie's up against. Papa Midnite doesn't usually wear a purple coat and a brown shirt, it's usually the other way around, but he has worn other stuff on occasion, so I figured that since the AI Art Generator kept reversing the colors, this was good ...

Images for Chapter Thirteen

Here are some images for Chapter Thirteen. I had to switch AI Generators for the Hebridian Energy Conduits and the Mark of Ba Chua Xu since the ones I usually use weren't spitting out what I wanted. I eventually got it, though. Mostly, anyway.

Images for Chapter Twenty-Nine

Here are some images with Blaise, Millie, Daphne, and Tracey in their Yule Ball Party Outfits for you folks. Unfortunately, no AI Image Generator seems to be able to get twelve-year-olds right body shape-wise. Just picture them a bit differently, but still relatively similar.

Chapter 25

Shi Hou and Evening Rabbit had been recalled from their training and their various tasks with two weeks to go until Calibration. Neither was quite sure why. Shi Hou had just completed his training in Ruthless Avalanche Style and was expecting to be sent out to assault one of the remaining Holdout...

Chapter 98

We made our way through Maegor's Holdfast, we had to fight constantly. A Mix of Lannister Guards and Red Keep Garrison Troops fought us every step of the way, my men and I had to wade through two main attacks, the first in the courtyard beyond the wall and the second in the Queen's Ballroom. When...

Chapter 55

As I made my way over to the Regentskapsråd Meeting for the day, Agent Novak insisted that my security be doubled. Literally, he stuck to me like a shadow but also had a subordinate with him. Agent Laine was a petite, platinum blonde, no-nonsense, Woman with family roots going back to Vipaava. H...

Chapter 44

Namor was glaring down at me. Namor, the guy who who was in the class hundred-plus-range in terms of strength. Who'd killed my father, at least in this lifetime, based on paranoia and prejudice against the Surface World. Namor, who routinely outfought people way more powerful than me, who ruled s...

Chapter 8

The Dewdrop Inn was a rundown little place in Arroyo. The Front Desk Lady was currently out and there was a sign saying back after lunch sitting out on the desk. Of course, none of us were stupid enough to think that meant that this place was unguarded. While Jackie and V kept a lookout, I went l...

Chapter 13

As the fight began, I did something that normally, I would eschew in favor of mixing it up. I hung back and began a bardic performance since there were enough combatants around that I wasn't entirely needed on the front line. I unslung my Fochluchan Bandore and began to strum out a tune, it was a...

Chapter 13

The Second Space Battle of Samshan opened with me ordering the Xiaotian Quan forward to assault the Lead Ha'tak of the enemy fleet, the Mũi Tên Vàng, which was the flagship of Bà Đen. Meanwhile, the Chuāncì Jiàn would move against the 2024-12-17 15:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 87

The Next Morning, I woke, dressed, and got ready for the tournament's official start. Unfortunately, I wouldn't be able to use any of my gear for this, as it was against the Rules of the Tournament. However, I shouldn't need any of it, at least not yet. If the Yamata-no-Orochi woke up, that'd be ...

Chapter 29

The next day, I awoke bright and early and began my daily studies with a trip to the Manor Library. Selecting a Grimoire translated from Church Latin sometime in the mid-thirteenth century by one Bartolomeo di Conti, I began reading about and practicing a number of Old Roman Spells that had survi...

Chapter 26

The Gyriong Mines were set halfway up the sides of the mountains that formed the Gyirong Valley. A long, winding, path led up from the valley floor that climbed the mountainside between the Valley Floor and the Mines. It was, on reflection, almost a perfect path for an ambush to take place. That ...

Chapter 54

Once again I made my way over to the Herring Club, this time to speak with Hertig Knute Fraga of Kirchbach. I was ushered not to the bar this time but to a booth in the rear of the restaurant where the bearded form of Hertig Fraga was already seated and eating Köttsoppa, a type of soup with beef...

Interlude: Battle of King's Landing (Non-Ricasso)

Stannis Baratheon, first of his name, ground his teeth as he waited for the assault to begin. Lord Seawynd's Plan was the best they'd been able to come up with, and it was a good plan, but that didn't make the waiting before a battle any more bearable. Stannis had always hated this part, any sane...

Chapter 18

Jackie made his way to Harlem, leaping over rooftops and heading to the Blue Bayou Club. Harlem ain't anywhere close to the Meatpacking District, though. It was on the other end of Manhattan from Jackie's Safehouse which ain't great but you work with what you've got. Accordingly, Jackie'd passed ...

Chapter 28

I had been home for a day or so already, during which time I had learned the Levicorpus Spell from one of my Mother's old notebooks in the Manor Library before it truly set in that this would be my first Christmas without my mother. Mind you, we'd never celebrated Christmas per se. The Zabini Fam...

Chapter 86

The Starside Hotel had its own restaurant, one whose chef studied under the late Akiyama Kaiichiro, known in Japan as the Master of Chinese Cuisine. That sounded a lot more involved than I wanted for a meal right now, likely being a luxury experience. Knowing the reputation of the Starside Hotel,...

Images for Chapter Twelve

Here's the images for Chapter Twelve, we've got each of the principal members of Captain Half-Tusk's Crew, The Tipsy Pseudodragon Inn, The Hanged Man's Tomb, the Field it's in, and Ironhand Rognvaldr. All were made with various AI Generators, though Rognvaldr's had me going to use several differe...

Chapter 12

The Tipsy Pseudodragon Inn was a red-roofed, two-story, building with a long, attached, mead hall filled with trestle tables. It was a favored drinking spot of various smugglers, raiders, and other less-than-legitimate sorts. The red shingles of the roof overlapped like the scales of the tavern's...

Chapter 12

The Largest City on Samshan was a place called Ong Thanh. It was in one of the lowland areas of the planet and was where a majority of goods were produced. Everything from Ma'tok Staff Weapons, Zat'nic'tels, and Armor for Jaffa to more simple fare such as shoes, clothing, and rice flour for makin...

Interlude: Battle of Heraklion

Areus, Argid King of Sparta had spent the time since his victory at Kamara wisely. With the Athenian Fleet wiped from the sea, he had brought in fresh supplies of equipment, food, wine, and drachmae for his force, drilling them hard over a few short days to ensure they kept their edge for what he...

Chapter 43

I exited Sickbay and found myself in the corridor once again, facing down yet another enemy force. Eight Vulcan Separatists led by an armored Vulcan Drone Controller whose trio of hovering Ex-Tzenkethi Military Drones were equipped with Tetryon weaponry capable of blowing holes in light cover. Of...

Chapter 97

The Sewers of King's Landing was a maze of catacombs, cisterns, tunnels, cellars, and ruins. Honestly, it was lucky that our strike force had a map because I very much doubted we would be capable of doing this without the aid provided by that. There were dangers down here that had nothing to do w...