As excited as the Lions had been when Leon had first offered them the transformation enchantment, it was nothing compared to how quickly and enthusiastically they took to learning and constructing the enchantment in their soul realms. The day after winning their loyalty by the sword, he won it ag...
2023-03-01 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“He can’t be trusted,” the Jaguar growled.
“Why not?” Leon asked. “I found him sincere enough.”
“That he built up a force of Inquisitors is reason enough,” the Jaguar vehemently responded. “The Tribes see to their internal affairs, he has no right to force himself ...
2023-02-27 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostBlood poured down his face and hot pain lanced through his mind, but Leon stood on the sands of the Lions’ arena, pride swelling in his chest. Though he’d only won the duel because Menander had set the standard for victory at first blood—the injury given to him by the Thunderer being far an...
2023-02-24 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe duels following the first couple of rounds proceeded apace, Menander having little patience for waiting around. Almost as soon as he confirmed who won each round, he would announce the next.
Following Marcus and Alcander came Rain-Dancer, and it was here that Leon’s side suffered thei...
2023-02-22 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFrom the moment Menander decided that to win the support of the Lion Tribe, each side would have to fight, both Leon and the Thunderer’s respective people began to square up. Leon’s side had more ninth-tiers, but since the Thunderer himself was tenth-tier, the odds were hardly skewed in eithe...
2023-02-20 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLion territory was what Leon had been told to expect, but more besides. Lion cities were sprawling places, with wide streets separating dense clusters of tall buildings. The Lions built out of stone, having established quite a few quarries throughout their territory, in which many of their people...
2023-02-17 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostLeon didn’t expect too much from the Hesperidic Apples during this harvest. Most of his people had ascended to their current tiers relatively recently, meaning it would be a while before they ascended again.
This time, however, he was surprised. Not only did Anshu—who’d returned from ...
2023-02-15 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“… looked like a giant serpent’s maw, and I could do nothing but stare into it for days because my workers refused to enter,” Cassandra explained as Leon and Elise walked into the sitting room.
From what Leon had gathered, she’d been in there with the Grand Druid and Anastasios fo...
2023-02-13 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostLeon, Nestor, and the Director quickly went through the other five arks as quickly as they were able. As much as Nestor professed that he wasn’t interested in them, however, he couldn’t help but take a quick look at some of their more important systems while they were there. Unfortunately, th...
2023-02-10 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt was with brazen confidence that Leon walked into the Director’s office, Nestor at his side. He received quite a few curious looks from people not just in the Hexagon but throughout Occulara, but he ignored them all. Nestor was ‘only’ a golem, after all, which was of interest, but not con...
2023-02-08 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“Just keep an eye on the Bears,” Leon said. “It’s clear to me now that they’re going to be our biggest problem.”
“Agreed,” the Jaguar responded with a deep frown. “As much as it pains me to think so ill of a brother Tribe, the past few years have proven such concern is war...
2023-02-06 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe return to Raikoraki was glorious. They were coming back victorious, the eastern flank of the Heart-Stabbing Hawk’s territory secured against further monster incursions for at least a little while, and the elders and Chiefs who were a part of the mission were coming back with new powers.
... 2023-02-03 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLeon, Valeria, Maia, and Red tore off after the roc, with Singer and Cloud not far behind. The latter two had to pull the Lightning Lances back into their soul realms, so they were a minute or two behind Leon and his small group as they pursued the roc-in-human-form back into the mountains.
Leon, Singer-in-Caves, and Cloud-Runner split the sky in avian form, the two Hawks flanking Leon’s much larger body—he’d assumed his natural form rather than the Thunderbird’s form as it amplified his power more than simply copying his Ancestor did. Below them flew Red in wyvern form, dwa...
2023-01-30 16:00:59 +0000 UTC View PostLeon and Singer-in-Caves danced in the sky for a long time. The sheer joy of flight in avian form was indescribable, especially now that Leon had someone to truly share it with. Flight using magic just wasn’t the same as feeling the wind in his feathers.
That being said, it wasn’t long ...
2023-01-27 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a few days of fast flight for Leon’s party to reach the village where the Hawks’ ninth-tier elder had based herself from. It was a fairly large place as far as villages went, with space for some three or four thousand people to live in the cramped longhouses that the Hawks preferred. ...
2023-01-25 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostLeon stood before the Heart-Stabbing Hawks, soaking up their attention. He had thousands of eyes upon him and could sense many more pulses of magic senses from powerful mages not physically present in Raikoraki. Surrounding him were his retainers, with Valeria and Maia standing at his shoulders. ...
2023-01-23 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostStormhollow was a large city. Unlike Raikos, it was populated at all times rather than only serving as a meeting place for any Tribe’s constituent Clans. The massive lake in the center of Kataigida, which the Central Empires called the Lake of the Feathered Demon, yet which the Ten Tribes calle...
2023-01-20 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostLeon walked into the Jaguars’ gathering hall like he owned the place, taking every step with the confidence and assertiveness that he would expect of any King he, himself, would follow. He kept his aura mostly restrained, but let enough magic radiate from himself that no one would struggle to s...
2023-01-18 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Now, the Screaming Eagles are almost here,” Leon said as he wiped the scowl off his face, the meeting with the Thunderer having just concluded, “but before we get to them, I have some questions.”
“I believe we have a few minutes,” Nikolaos said as the hall quietly murmured amon...
2023-01-16 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe Thunderer was an imposing man. Tall and built like the bear that his Tribe had been named for, with short red hair and devilishly handsome looks. He wore an easy smile, his dark eyes narrowed in what seemed like amusement. Leon took note of his aura: on par with that of the Lord Protector and...
2023-01-13 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostIf you didn't notice, I posted a political map of Kataigida on Monday. Check it out here if you haven't already!
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For a week Leon and his party ‘rested’ in Raikos. In tr...
2023-01-11 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Map also attached as download link at the bottom.
It was pointed out to me that having a political map with each Tribe's borders marked would be a good idea. I agreed, and took a couple hours to throw this one together.
Should be self-explanatory, save for the white bit at the e...
2023-01-10 01:36:12 +0000 UTC View Post“… I will not swear my own oath of allegiance until certain issues have been resolved.”
Leon fought a grimace, just barely maintaining his quiet, confident composure. ‘This is going to be a long day,’ he thought. A moment after this thought flit through his mind, however,...
2023-01-09 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAn age of resurgence. Of glory and regaining lost honor. An age of unity that their people had never, not even when they bowed to the Thunderbird, seen before.
Such were the words that the Thunderer always spoke of, words that Hector had needed to hear when he’d first met the man who woul...
2023-01-06 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAfter making his declaration of the return of his Clan, Leon leaped down from the Screaming Eagles’ totem. Even if the specific image he’s been standing on had been his own Ancestor, it still felt disrespectful to remain perched up there while what seemed to be the cream of the Screaming Eagl...
2023-01-04 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post“Captain! We’re being hailed!” shouted one of the bridge crew tracking the oncoming ships.
Leon watched in fascination, wanting to see just how the Ten Tribes communicated amongst themselves in times like these. His only naval experience had been during the Bull Kingdom’s campaign i...
2023-01-02 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostWith the outpost in hand and plans made with the Jaguar, Leon decided that it was time to leave. There wasn’t any point in staying other than to rest, and his people were strong enough that they didn’t need much of that.
‘Better to just get to the ships waiting for us,’ he ...
2022-12-30 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAs Leon walked away from Santiago, he found Alix waiting just outside of the cages. The rest of his retinue who’d come with him were tending to the rest of the recently freed slaves, handing out food and healing spells, and while they were all giving him some curious looks, Alix had been the on...
2022-12-28 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe man Anshu had guarding their door knocked, and Anshu went to open the door, Leon and the rest of his retinue continuing to stand in a semi-circle around the opening. When Anshu opened the door, the man in charge of the smuggling outpost stood there, flanked by half a dozen of his goons. Only ...
2022-12-26 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post