“It’s ready for you, Mato,” Ali said, gesturing grandly at the humming edifice of stone flooding the grove with softly shifting green and gold illumination.
The shrine. Evolution.
Mato took a deep breath, wiped his palms on his thighs, and glanced about. Hi...
2025-05-12 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAli’s chime sounded again halfway through the final scalding chamber, but she ignored it until she and her small army of minions were done seeding her domain throughout.
Grimoire of Summoning has reached level 40 (+3).
This will have to...
2025-05-11 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAli walked over to the rift, inspecting it closely. “You can see through this thing?” she asked. To her, it was almost opaque. It repelled the mana of her domain – as if it was a barrier of clouded glass that could only permit physical objects to pass.
“Yes. A fair ...
2025-05-10 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Here you go, Mato,” Ryn said, handing him the book.
“Thanks, Ryn,” he said, glancing at the book she handed him.
How to cook a dragon. Callista Merriweather.
How to cook a dragon, indeed, he thought. Ali had told him that this cookbook had...
2025-05-09 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire way back to the library, Ali wrestled with her discovery. He remembered… but, what does that mean?
By the time she entered the library and sat down, she was no closer to any sort of understanding. She had summoned the same witch doctor after u...
2025-05-08 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Well now, there’s a thing,” Val’korr said, shuffling up to join Ali, staring at the newly spawned dungeon as if he were witnessing a ghost.
As far as Ali knew, nobody understood how the Blind Lich commanded dungeons, but she had just duplicated it here within her d...
2025-05-07 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Basil finally reached Eliyen’s home and shop, the sun had already dropped below the rooftops, and it was growing dark. He had once asked her why she hadn’t moved to a wealthier, safer part of town, but she had told him that she had lived here before this section of the town...
2025-05-06 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostName: Calen Avery
Race: Half-Elf
Titles: Rift Warden, [Tracker of the Dead], Savior of Aman Rak
Active Buffs: Blessing of the Dawn, Mirage Armor, Motes of Light, Blessing of the Wanderer, Well-fed
Class: Realm Hunter – level 100
- Radiant Arc...
Calen shared the remaining paths. “Looks like a choice between Realm Hunter and Brilliant Assassin,” he said.
“Wow, your patron loves you,” Malika said.
“Yes, she’s pulling out all the stops, that’s a rare class path!” Ali said.
Calen went back and ...
2025-05-05 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostCalen paused before the shrine, now an imposing pillar of black stone and glowing runic magic almost three times taller than the first time he had seen it. He controlled his nerves by quickly reviewing the notifications he had received from the battle against the Corrupted Fire Drak...
2025-05-04 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLydia picked up the book again, for the tenth time. It was a book of trollish origin which Ali had translated for her, and it had many tips and cautions for those using a shrine to level up. But she put it down again, realizing she was just fidgeting because of her nerves. She hadn...
2025-05-03 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Mato! Are you ok?” Ali screamed, darting down to where her friend sat amid the fading flames. She had just witnessed his throat being ripped out by the enraged cleave of the Corrupted Fire Drake – an attack of such incredible force that it had shredded through her barrier ...
2025-05-02 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMalika ignored the strangely energizing flames that enveloped everything, unleashing a flurry of rapid punches into the drake’s resilient scales. This was ironically a somewhat difficult fight for her. She had so many abilities focused on resource management and defensiveness tha...
2025-05-01 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“I just wanted to stop by and thank you for your kind hospitality, Mr. Hawkhurst,” Worthington said. He was an expert at buttering up the local nobility or wealthy businesspeople, and he would never allow this Jax Hawkhurst to see just how much he detested hi...
2025-04-30 14:00:31 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I always enjoyed those attunement runs where the guild had to go back a tier or two and boost someone through a dungeon that used to be hard, only to learn just how much stronger the team had grown.
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Mato charged the first pack of elementals,...
2025-04-29 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostAli stood at the entrance to the Emberforge Mines using a barrier to fend off the waves of heat billowing out from the dark tunnel, worrying incessantly about their plan. What if we can’t kill it? Or if we’re too slow? These thoughts, and others just like them ran ar...
2025-04-28 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAli sat on her barrier, watching as the group approached the shrine, led by Vivian Ross and Val’korr. It was again a small group for a class advancement, but Vivian seemed to think that the addition of the Domain Tithe and the Challenge Arena was going to dramatically accelerat...
2025-04-27 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 2/2 today.
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Ali flew through her forest cavern, admiring the view of the thousands of glowing wisps among the trees and the little glitter dragonets swooping around among the branches hunting for insects. Nestled among the roots of the giant oa...
2025-04-26 14:05:04 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 1/2 today.
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After helping to dispel the remaining frogs, Ali found herself wandering the guild hall with not much to do. Malika was stuck in the guild store bargaining at great volume with an overly animated Weldin, and Mato was sitting on the couc...
2025-04-26 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 2/2 today
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Ali flew out of the office and into a scene of utter chaos. Battle lines had been drawn. On one side of the guild hall, adventurers held a defensive skirmish line with weapons drawn. On the other side, Zor’kan and Gara attempted t...
2025-04-24 14:05:02 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: 1/2 today
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Ali stepped through the door that Mato kindly held open for her and entered the guild hall, followed by Mato and Malika. Zor’kan and Val’korr entered, glancing about curiously. The other refugee trolls were being put up in an inn o...
2025-04-24 14:00:35 +0000 UTC View PostThe light of the breaking dawn spilled across the carefully tended grounds surrounding the illustrious Temple of Lunaré, creating long shadows where the trees stood as mute sentinels guiding visitors along the gently winding pathway to the center.
Fancy, Calen though...
2025-04-23 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe battle raged across the plaza as Ali spent mana in intense study, a clash between the level ninety-eight Soul Monk who could sprint on air and punch with her soul, healing whenever she needed against a ferocious troll warrior, fearless in combat, sprouting bone axes from his ...
2025-04-22 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMato’s mind drifted, but it wasn’t the drifting of inattention. The presence of the grand tree spread far and wide, emphasizing a diffused awareness that understood and experienced broadly, rather than the focused awareness of animals and humanoids, clutching to their petty goals...
2025-04-20 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe maelstrom of roaring mana hammered through her brain like an all-consuming torrent on its way to being devoured by the vortex of the Shrine of the Ancient Grove. And that was just what was happening nearby; Ali’s mind was crammed with every single ripple or wrinkle of mana ...
2025-04-19 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Chapter 2/2 today.
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Naia’s membrane shivered with the frustration of being forced to feel her entire array of slimes slowly crumbling against the onslaught of the plants. Sadness soaked through her being. For days, she had struggled to defend the passages...
2025-04-18 14:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Chapter 1/2 today.
These individually came out a little shorter that I typically release, so you get two at once.
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Vivian sat calmly, not allowing her satisfaction to spill out into her expression as she quietly studied the other council...
2025-04-18 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Two releases today - one chapter and a status sheet. This is the second release - go back one if you missed the chapter.
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Name: Aliandra Amariel
Race: Fae
Titles: [Ancient], Rift Warden, Savior of Aman Rak
Active Buffs: Empo...
A/N: Two releases today - one chapter and a full stat sheet (coming next).
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“What do you guys think?” Ali asked, having a hard time keeping the excitement out of her voice.
“You wanted something for your minions,” Malika said.
“Yes,...
2025-04-17 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHer notifications remained silent, so she returned to the list of paths and picked her second one. She tried to balance them out carefully, weighing up the pros and cons, and how much she used each trait, but it was a challenging balancing act, and in the end, she went with Arcan...
2025-04-16 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post