Maya respected Flint but often worried her favourite human was stupid. He repeatedly put himself at risk to help people that weren’t a part of the pack. She understood he had close friends, but then Flint did the same for strangers or people he didn’t particularly like. Maya often wondered wh...
2021-04-27 22:04:58 +0000 UTC View PostFlint had neither seen nor heard of insects so big before. Metallic chitin with an oily sheen covered their backs. The colours reflecting off them changed as the disappearing sunlight hit the dark armour at varying angles. Ugly pincers covered grew out of their hideous faces, and spikes covered t...
2021-04-27 21:58:24 +0000 UTC View PostInitially, Flint wanted to keep enemy casualties to a minimum. After Bluelake killed one of the young guards, everyone, including Winona, gave up on restraint. Instead, they took advantage of the inquisitor’s confusion and maimed anyone that got in their way. The fight had moved out of Flints...
2021-04-27 21:53:45 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Flint worked on improving the quality of life around the fort and make it habitable for the new residents, Winona had focused her attention on the inner and outer guard. Following her instructions, Flint had placed multiple totems throughout Woodson Territory. He had placed two of each at t...
2021-04-26 17:37:52 +0000 UTC View PostFlint heard Bjorn’s howling and the bloodhounds barks long before he reached the wall. They sounded excited and worried simultaneously. Due to his focus on the fort, Flint hadn’t made much progress with the new dogs. They appeared to follow Maya and Bjorn but still stayed an arm’s length fr...
2021-04-25 10:56:51 +0000 UTC View PostObjective III Complete!
The Heartstone grants you two ability upgrade stones.
Use them however you feel fit.
You have awakened the Sleeping Fort! Saving the Saviour has progressed to the next stage.
[Objective I]
Repair the Woodson Fo...
“I’m surprised Miss Lya is willing to let that oaf stay in power,” Flint commented, tearing his eyes away from the table. Adam had just disappeared down the repaired stairs carrying her. Percy had followed but Jerome was still around. Flint ignored the still wide-eyed young man and let him ...
2021-04-24 09:34:16 +0000 UTC View PostAdam wasn’t joking when he said it would only take a couple of minutes. Unlike the panel by the external defences, the stones around the inside gate were broken, letting the elements have their way. What rust didn’t cover had worn away. The inner mechanisms made little sense to Fli...
2021-04-23 23:19:32 +0000 UTC View Post[Author's notes: You raised some valid points and I accept I didn't do a good job of portraying Flint's thought process in this scenario. I've made a few tweaks and chapter 40 will expand on it. The intention was to show Mr Mayor as a massive dick and Flint holding his tongue for political reason...
2021-04-23 14:40:55 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Flint entered the fort and found close to a hundred eyes watching him, he was glad for his growing beard. Despite the many hours of working in the son, people claimed his skin was smooth like a child’s. It didn’t matter that he had a square, well-defined jaw. Most people who didn’t kno...
2021-04-21 08:13:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe following morning, Flint woke to his bedroll and shirt soaked in sweat. Maya had returned during the night, and when she found Bjorn in her place laid out next to Flint, she had piled on across the pair. Even though Flint enjoyed being a part of the dogpile, his body was much too hot. He craw...
2021-04-20 22:11:28 +0000 UTC View PostEven though the gardens at the top of the slope could’ve benefited from the nutrients in the dead slavers’ bodies, Flint got the new guard to bury them outside the walls. He didn’t feel right about grinding up human bones and wanted to spare the children the sight. It was likely most of the...
2021-04-20 22:06:52 +0000 UTC View PostAs Maya understood more, her curiosity increased. She’d recently learned the word curiosity, but it never felt like enough. Maya understood hunger a lot better. It was apparent that her human—Flint—was making changes to her body and mind. However, he didn’t understand how much was changin...
2021-04-19 22:27:08 +0000 UTC View PostClass quest completed!
Choose one of the following skill stones.
Flint felt like a dog that needed a good shake. A shiver ran down his spine on seein...
2021-04-18 12:43:09 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Winona’s declaration and seeing Maya transform, the rest of the fae lined up to the Heartstone. There were more brownies, plains nymphs, and a couple of more kinds he didn’t recognise. One of them was unnaturally skinny and had blue-tinted skin, and another might as well have been human...
2021-04-18 08:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostFlint only needed to spare one cart and horse for the humans. The group consisted of the elderly and a couple of young mothers. Most of them expressed their distaste of fae and refused to reside next to them. The rest worried Flint didn’t have the means to protect the fort. Fortunately, none of...
2021-04-17 12:14:48 +0000 UTC View PostFlint didn’t take any prisoners. Maya had ravaged her opponents and Bjorn had crushed his opponent. The Viking man Adam disarmed had suffered grievous injuries and could’ve survived following medical treatment. However, Flint didn’t think slavers were deserving of compassion. He could find ...
2021-04-16 23:32:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I understand I didn't do the best job of describing Lea's Slumber and the Sleeping Fort. I plan to go back and fix that, but here's a little something for you guys for now. It shows how I imagine the surrounding topography and why the villagers believe they're safe.
Origins of the L...
2021-04-16 21:12:12 +0000 UTC View PostFlint took a moment to take in his surroundings as he reloaded the crossbow. Adam stood by the gate mechanism with a dead Iron Army soldier lay at his feet. Two armed Vikings remained facing him. Before opening the gates, Adam had hidden a giant war hammer and shield behind the gate mechanism. Fl...
2021-04-16 07:25:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe gates to Lea’s Slumber opened not long after sunrise. Flint watched from atop the wall as the Iron Army soldiers and the Vikings burst into action, breaking camp and putting out fires. The latter dug old, unpolished armour from their carts and put them on.
“The bastards must’ve fo...
2021-04-16 07:23:24 +0000 UTC View PostFlint didn’t need or want the village’s permission. Yet he sought Miss Lya’s council. The dogs stayed on the wall. Their howls carried much further ever since he improved their physiology with [Guide Growth]. If anything went wrong, they’d keep him in the know. Winona and Adam stayed in t...
2021-04-16 07:22:50 +0000 UTC View PostExcited to get his hands on another crafting skill stone, Flint jumped headfirst into creating deterrents to slow down attackers. It took an afternoon and another day of work to finish the bridge. It felt like a stable enough structure, but Flint’s experience suggested that it heavily relied on...
2021-04-14 23:14:58 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s the saying?” Winona asked, furrowing her eyebrows and staring at the fire. “That’s right! I know it’s like beating a dead horse, but you should talk to the villagers again.”
No one had attacked the fort during the night, and Flint wanted to enjoy his breakfast in peace...
2021-04-14 16:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostFlint and Winona were out of breath by the time they got to the wall—Winona more so than him. Mage’s weren’t known for training their bodies as much as their minds and arcane skills. They often relied on spells to bolster their physical prowess. Flint recalled Winona’s bolts reducing in n...
2021-04-14 16:27:22 +0000 UTC View PostThe following morning, Adam left the camp at first light. It took some convincing, but Bjorn followed him. Flint didn’t like relying on Miss Lya’s charity for vegetables. Fortunately, his new friends didn’t either. Since the soil around the inner walls were soft and tillable, it was ideal f...
2021-04-14 16:15:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt took Flint and Adam three days of endless work to finish the wall. Having company didn’t just make the work go faster but made it more pleasant too. Adam didn’t talk much but still managed to be great company. He made faces, juggled the cumbersome building blocks, and hummed.
On thei...
2021-04-14 00:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostFlint clenched his jaw and broke into a run. He had told himself that attacks two nights in a row were unlikely. However, if his hypothesis was correct and he had captured a powerful high fae, her allies would come looking for him.
An entire rest day might’ve been too much.
Flint’s skin crawled as he ventured below the building. Something felt off about the air. He couldn’t tell whether it was years of stale air or he needed to worry about sinister entities. Mushrooms grew out of cracks below the stairs. Given the rubble untidily piled around them, Flint guessed...
2021-04-11 10:03:26 +0000 UTC View Post[Guide Growth] helped Maya reach the first groove in [Control]. Flint estimated he had enough sand to get [Mind] there too, but he didn’t want his best girl fragile.
“Maya is plenty intelligent already,” Flint said, thinking out loud. He studied the [Mind Sector] wishing a book would ...
2021-04-11 00:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post