Chapter 70
Gift From Gods
"Do I really need to toss bodies at it until it croaks?" Sylas groaned in frustration, shooting himself back into the tree, sitting down. A year and a half—that's how much time he left at the Thrall. That was his estimate, anyway. Somewher...
2021-11-04 00:22:47 +0000 UTC View Post
been a while since I painted but I'm slowly getting back into it. Don't take these sketches as gospels on the appearance of a character as they're just rough orientations for me (eye/hair color, skin, etc.) Since I absolutely suck ass at drawing handsome & good looking people, I can never rea...
2021-11-02 23:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 69
A Year
Sylas sighed, staring into the chilly, ashen, nightly sky. They’d failed. Well, it was a certainty they’d fail—not even for a breath of time did he expect for them to succeed on the first try. However, he did have hopes in them lastin...
2021-11-02 23:25:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 68
Battle of the Monsters (II)
The quaking grew only larger and more thunderous the closer the behemoth approached. Inevitably, Sylas began seeing the first signs of it—the toppling trees in the distance. One by one they fell, rolling to the sides, opening ...
2021-11-01 22:26:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 67
Battle of the Monsters (I)
Preparations for the battle were in full swing. Tenner and Derrek managed to rally some twenty-five able-bodied men, some of them even servants and were doing their best to beat the people in shape. Though both knew that these tw...
2021-10-31 21:30:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 66
Guardians of Humanity
Sylas’ rigorous work on his body paid off—he was actually capable of keeping up with Tenner and Derrek. Well, kind of. The two still routinely took breaks specifically for him, but he wasn’t dragging them down too much,...
2021-10-30 20:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 65
No Rest For the Wicked
Sylas was frustrated—so much so he wanted to stuff his head into a pillow and scream till he croaked. There wasn’t a loop within which something didn't go terribly wrong. Though he should have expected it, he didn't expe...
2021-10-30 20:58:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 64
Another Time
Both Valen and Sylas rushed out of the palanquin, aghast, with even the latter feeling an abject level of horror for a moment. Quickly recovering, he immediately rushed to the front, leaving the mindless Prince behind. What mattered right now ...
2021-10-29 22:55:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 63
Everfrost
Following a night of rest and another day and night of tallying and organizing everything, the entourage turned around and headed back toward the castle, nearly a hundred men and some twenty women stronger than when they departed. By Sylas’ cal...
2021-10-28 22:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 62
Secrets Beholden to the Deaf
Sylas and Derrek sat at the far edge of the encampment, between them a roaring campfire surrounded by emptied glasses of ale and mead and wine that were leftover from the camp’s natives. The two stared at each other in silenc...
2021-10-27 23:38:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 61
Altar of Sacrifice
The world became still for a moment, as though the whole of the battlefield witnessed what just happened. At least, in Sylas’ eyes, it seemed so. The time slowed down to a crawl as his mind began to reject his action. But he held it. H...
2021-10-26 22:47:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 60
Red For Blood, White For Snow
Unlike the previous time, this go-around Sylas elected not to be a moron and came to travel directly with the Prince. In fact, the two shared a palanquin and were being carried forth proper. It was a strange sensation, part sh...
2021-10-26 20:27:56 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59
Bonds
Sylas sat in yet another meeting, this one determining the final preparations for their trek toward the east and the camp. They got the exact location from Tebek, and even the rough estimates on the number of men there—some eighty able-bodied men a...
2021-10-25 23:56:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58
Heart’s Ripple
Your reward, Ripple Stance, will begin its transference momentarily.
You may experience mild discomfort and pain. Please endure.
Beginning… 0.1%... 0.2%...
Though asleep, Sylas was consciousâ€...
2021-10-24 21:46:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57
Fury
Sylas woke up back in the forest, surrounded by the chattering trio. For a moment, he was calm. Collected. Proper. But… just for a moment. Before the trio even knew what was happening, Sylas roared at the top of his lungs and heaved to his feet, ste...
2021-10-24 21:46:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 56
Thrall of the Frost
Sylas’ world remained still and calm for a moment—he had done it. Ten stabs… in five seconds. He’d pulled it off—the impossible. His fingers were twitchy, excitement getting to them. He’d done it. Something that seemed beyon...
2021-10-23 22:16:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55
Ten Strikes
Sylas was bent over, heaving, feeling as though his entire body would collapse at any moment. His lungs were on fire, his legs were made out of the lead, and his brain was incapable of stringing together a comprehensive thought. This was all a ...
2021-10-23 20:19:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54
Soldier On
Sylas returned to the castle without much fanfare. Even if there were some major signs of the battle—which undoubtedly there were—he was unable to notice them due to the still-blowing blizzard. There were at least two or three feet of snow o...
2021-10-22 22:37:00 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53
Secrets of the Stone
Sylas stared queerly at the empty air in front of him—well, it was empty to everyone else, to him, it was not. There was a window floating about, not unlike others he’d seen before, informing him of a quest. The quest itself notwit...
2021-10-21 22:31:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52
Answers at Last
Dyn and Sylas sat opposite of one another inside the cramped room, with the former shakily looking about and the latter processing Dyn’s answer still. What followed Sylas’ seemingly innocent question of ‘what were you planning to do w...
2021-10-21 16:32:20 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51
The Harrowing Terror
Sylas was currently observing Tebek as the man relayed the orders around the hole in the wall. It was there, Sylas noticed—the nervousness, the guilt. It was right in front of his eyes but he missed it. In fact, as his plans shifted ...
2021-10-19 16:51:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50
Repeat Offenders
Sylas was humming. Perhaps for the first time since actually coming to this world, he was worry-free. He was happy. Content. One could even say he was magical. As it turned out, after all, the ability to use magic did stay through...
2021-10-18 22:47:59 +0000 UTC View Post
just a quick visual (slightly exaggarated) while I get back into form since I haven't painted in a while :')
2021-10-17 21:37:53 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49
Invisible
Magic wasn’t hard, Sylas learned quickly. It was impossible. He was currently holding onto his head, vacant-eyed, while Derrek shouted wildly inside the shards. He’d broken the man, but couldn’t even care for it as he’d broken himself too...
2021-10-17 21:33:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 48
Headaches Upon Headaches
Sylas sat with a vacant look in his eyes, ‘staring’ at the faintly-greed shard sitting on his desk, and the extremely distorted, handsome face barely visible within. Nothing made sense, he concluded. The world was all manner of...
2021-10-16 21:55:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47
Shard of Ascindium
Sylas’ head hurt—and it wasn’t for any of the normal, everyday reasons for why a head would hurt, such as a lack of sleep(or too much of it), stressful day, or any other number of things that could cause one to grab his head and wo...
2021-10-16 16:36:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46
A Complex World
Sylas sat with a vacant look in his eyes, a cold wind belting against his cheeks, frosting them. And yet, he didn’t even notice. He was lost in thought, tightly holding onto a piece of parchment in his hand. It was his attempt at summariz...
2021-10-15 22:21:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45
Children of the Condemned
Sylas reset the loop. In fact, he restarted it quite a few times since the day Valen, Tenner, and Ryne brought him in. Though it was a bonding ceremony, he didn’t want them to have that image of him in their heads. In p...
2021-10-14 20:49:51 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44
Cold
Sylas snapped awake, back in the forest, a background to the conversation between Valen, Tenner, and Ryne. It took a moment for his mind to catch up to what had happened. One way or another, he died and was returned here. The last thing he recalled…...
2021-10-13 22:20:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43
To Take a Life
Though Sylas shout was loud and awakening, it was still too late. Just as his voice faded into the night, dozens of tents went up in flames, with yet another crescendo of arrows descending. He rushed into the tent, all the while screaming â€...
2021-10-12 20:45:23 +0000 UTC View Post