For the next twenty four hours all mandibles were placed into work teams and we worked like only insects can to prepare ourselves for the inevitable retribution that would come. As of this moment, the termites, and by extension the kaarmodo, don't know that we've arrived, not a single termite cam...
2021-12-29 10:31:30 +0000 UTC View Post3400 words. Sorry it's late!
"Wake up you lazy sacks of bones. Time to get moving."
Rogil emphasised his words with a few targeted shoves with the side of his boot. Not enough to cause any harm, but enough to get his team moving. When he reached the rat's s...
2021-12-28 07:10:06 +0000 UTC View Post
I've commissioned quite a few images from talented artist Socs who you can find on the discord. This uncoloured sketch of Invidia was so good I had to share it!
Look how happy he is to see you!
(Also added my incredible reference image which I drew myself. I'll l...
2021-12-27 10:15:21 +0000 UTC View Post[These filthy termites have been busy…] I complain.
[I'll say,] Sarah agrees, [they've dug all through this area. I'm not sure ten thousand of us is going to be enough.]
[It'll have to be. The Colony has sent the best and brightest down here, which is going to make us more vulnerabl...
2021-12-27 05:17:38 +0000 UTC View PostMeant to post this yesterday but got sidetracked. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it! Catch you all next week!
The battle frenzy of the Colony was an ephemeral thing. Once the termites were gone, their Biomass consumed and scent wiped away, my siblings and I...
2021-12-24 05:10:32 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas and all that folks! Hope everyone is getting a break and some rest!
No quarter. No mercy. No hesitation. No remorse.
There can be only one.
Suffer not the termite to live.
[No, we don't need to get settled or any such thing. We came to kill termites, lead us to the front, we are keen to begin the work,] I tell the Grove Keeper,...
2021-12-20 04:27:47 +0000 UTC View PostTyron started awake and found the indistinct outline of Aryll standing over him.
"Come on rodent, you're on watch."
He blinked a few times as his thought slowly caught up with the situation. Right, he was on watch tonight so the others could rest. He nodded in the dark and the scout p...
2021-12-20 02:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe first stratum is filled with beasts of all kinds. Vicious growls and the sounds of battle ring constantly here, in this, the weakest area of the Dungeon.
The second is filled with shadow and cold and death. A place of darkness where creatures of spun shadow swim and crawl t...
2021-12-18 03:53:58 +0000 UTC View PostThere are no precise records of how old the Mother Tree may actually be. Without being present to see her spawn within the Dungeon it wouldn't be possible to know this information. Along with the more secretive, long-lived nature of plant monsters it isn't difficult to understand why document...
2021-12-15 04:44:21 +0000 UTC View PostOnce the council meeting ends it's almost as if I feel a gear shift within the Colony. By the time I make it back to Orpule the change has already occurred and ants who I thought couldn't possibly work any faster are zipping about like possessed creatures. A steady flow of burning determination c...
2021-12-14 05:09:33 +0000 UTC View PostEditing done for Volume 1 yooooooooo. Still a long way from release since they need to do their own edit and get a bunch of things ready on their end, but it's such a relief to have it out of my hands for the time being. This week I'm going to do my best to pump out extra chaps to catch y...
2021-12-13 10:15:07 +0000 UTC View PostMaybe post the right chapter this time...
Rogil bellowed, his war cry little more than a guttural roar that rattled the leaves overhead as he brought his greatsword down in a mighty slash. The monster squealed before him, its rage and desperation palpable in the air but he ...
2021-12-13 03:26:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe word 'termites' rattles around in my head like an out of control, rage inducing pinball. If I had a lip it would be curled! If I could hiss, I would hiss! Which is weird, since I don't really have anything against termites per se, yet I feel an overwhelming need to rend flooding me. Look! My ...
2021-12-10 07:35:41 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the lack of Chrysalis updates so far this week. The publisher has asked that I hand over the manuscript as soon as I can and I've put everything else on hold until I manage to pump the thing out. Once it's out of my hair though, things will settle back down and I'll be able to get back ...
2021-12-08 09:34:32 +0000 UTC View PostBit more world building. Necromancy soon(ish), I promise!
"Tell me you aren't serious, Dove."
"You think I'd joke about this? By the sweet melons of Selene I wish it wasn't true, but unfortunately the local marshals have 'requested' my assistance for another week. A w...
2021-12-06 10:11:32 +0000 UTC View PostI watch the kaarmodo force turn and walk away with decidedly mixed feelings. Obviously, them leaving is a good thing and should be celebrated. We didn't have to kill any of them, they didn't manage to kill any of us, therefore this can be pencilled in as a win. We have managed to preserve the gar...
2021-12-03 10:51:38 +0000 UTC View PostTwo chaps to catch us up for the week! I enjoyed writing this and fleshing out the kaarmodo a little bit. Fun fact, I actually lived in Indonesia for a while as a kid and I've always loved the komodo dragons. Hope you enjoyed!
Life without the Eldest to guide has been d...
2021-12-01 03:22:42 +0000 UTC View PostRassan'tep looked out over the assembled masses of insect monsters and tasted the air with his tongue. Across the bond he could feel the minds of his attendants stir with trepidation. They had not expected to see so many. In the lead of the insect formation an enormous specimen, larger than the k...
2021-12-01 01:47:39 +0000 UTC View PostDay late, sorry about that. Enjoy! ^^
Cilla turned out to be a talking and likeable companion as the time whiled away. The two continued to chat as those around them cast them odd glances and continued to stand at attention as much as possible.
"So, I thought this was...
2021-11-30 04:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostRassan'tep opened his eyes slowly. The warmth on his scales spread in waves through and penetrated deep into his muscles which nearly drove him back into rest, but the patient, still mind of his attendant helped focus his thoughts.
[What is it, Ammon'sil?]
[You have been asked to acco...
2021-11-28 12:31:25 +0000 UTC View Post"Are you sure that you aren't responsible, Eldest?"
"What are you talking about, Sloan? I've been the soul of caution out here. All of this can be blamed on the plant. How are we supposed to know that the kaarmodo and the bruan'chii are have some sort of dust up?"
The general...
2021-11-27 11:17:30 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a whole Tolly chapter. I didn't intend it to be when I started, but it just kept on going.
I have been in many a dangerous or difficult scenario my dear readers, as well you know! It has been my joy over my forty year career to bring you my tales of adve...
2021-11-24 23:45:24 +0000 UTC View Post"There's something really strange about those things," Brilliant said.
"No kidding?" I reply sarcastically, "I would never have thought that on my own, watching this damn garden of terror explode over the plains."
"That's not what I mean," the much smaller ant waves my complaint aside...
2021-11-24 10:55:51 +0000 UTC View Post"Did you hear about the Necromancer on the run?"
Tyron's ear jerked and he nearly dropped his cutlery when he heard that. He tried to act calm and pass it off with a cough, but he doubted he'd be winning any awards for his acting skills. He continued to eat as he turned his head to better e...
2021-11-21 22:50:30 +0000 UTC View PostDid anyone ever fight an ancient and live to tell the tale? As with all things that occurred during the Rending, it can be very difficult to find reputable sources. Though the Legion had not yet grown to be the global initiative that is has become today, our predecessors did come into contact...
2021-11-21 12:09:17 +0000 UTC View PostNo matter how much he did, there was always more to do, Beyn lamented as faced down a desk full of paper work. Whoever had managed to start creating paper in Renewal was both a blessing and a curse in the priest's opinion. It was so much easier to organise things now, but the sheer number of docu...
2021-11-18 07:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostGoing to start tagging Chrysalis from now on.
She never knew when they might come for her. She would fall asleep in her bed, in the orphanage, alongside the other children who had lost their families, and wake up somewhere else entirely. At first it was confusing, ope...
2021-11-17 22:20:43 +0000 UTC View PostOur mission is more than holy. We are not a religious order, dedicated to the pursuit of an unknown god. Our rituals are not held in service of empty sophistry, symbolism or in deference to imagined forces. Everything is in service to the mission. We remind ourselves of the purpose. We hone o...
2021-11-16 11:46:10 +0000 UTC View PostCatching up with some characters we may or may not have missed. A few more things revealed...
Silence reigned around the table in the Renner household and Elsbeth felt like she could scream. She wanted to leap out of her chair and run out the door, or shake her f...
2021-11-14 22:36:01 +0000 UTC View Post