KnightofTempest

Chapter 104

After taking Timber Hall, we spent a day or so taking the rest of Wode Lands before moving on to deal with Saltpans. It didn't take long afterward since most folks surrendered as soon as we arrived at their villages. Of course, besides Timber Hall, Midgeside, and Knightsbridge, there was only one other town of note in Wode Lands, that of Woolpen, a town built on the the raising and shearing of ...

Map of the Eastern Mediteranean-278 BC

Here's the closer look at the Eastern Mediteranean, since the big map is a bit fiddly there. It's just an updated version of the old map. Hopefully between this and the big map, you guys can composite a better picture of what the World Looks like in Two-Seventy-Eight BC.

The Legend for This Map is as Follows:

Purple: Epirus

Light Purple: Epirote Clients

Gray-Blue: Ait...

Map of the Known World-278 BC

Still not a hundred percent happy with this, but you guys deserve a look at the wider world. I'll do a more zoomed-in map of the Eastern Mediterranean in a separate post so as not to confuse you all with the legend.

For this map, the Legend is as Follows:

Purple: Epirus

Light Purple: Epirote Clients

Gray-Blue: Aitolian League

Blood Red: Sparta

Orange: Ma...

Scenes From Elsewhere (Minor Powers III)

While victorious in the War against Athens, Sparta and the Aitolian League would have very different situations post-war. The Aitolian League would largely manage to digest Boeotia without much in the way of issues. The Nature of its status as a Federal League of City States did much to soothe any tensions, and Boeotians and Aitolians had a number of cultural traits in common, which helped to e...

Chapter 62

Captain Henryk Liszka of the Achilles Two-Class Gunboat Pan Tadeusz watched on as his DropShip took its place in Low Orbit over the fortification lines that were to be his target for this bombardment. There was a small frown on his face as he did so, knowing that such a bombardment went against the Ares Conventions. Such a thing had not been ordered since Early in the Second Succe...

Chapter 22

It was as we had made it partway to Seahearth, sailing on the Hammerdown out of Jannathstaad, that we saw the first signs of something gone horribly awry. The wreckage of a ship that had clearly been sunk not too long ago floated like so much driftwood on the waves. Looking at what was left of the ship, I could see that it had been a Coaster, a type of small sailing ship meant for hauling carg...

Images for Chapter Twenty-One

All right, here we have images for some of the new characters from the last chapter. These guys are all going to come up again in the future. In the case of the Three Thanes, they'll be commanding contingents in the big battles with the Umberlants of Cadfael Island. In the case of Halfdan Whiteshirt, he's going to become a recurring nemesis for Robar due to how Robar showed him up at the feast....

Images for Chapter Sixteen

Here we see images of the three new players as of the last chapter. Erika Nightly and Jessie Nyan, our Heroes latest Allies, along with Takeda Ken, another Tyger Claw Middle Manager. Jessia and Erika are fairly new to the Solo Game, so they could do a lot worse than riding the wave of Big E's Success. Meanwhile, Ken is actually a lot more honorable than a guy like Jotaro was. He takes his cues ...

Chapter 16

As we entered Lizzie's, we were met at the door by Punchin' Judy, who seemed anxious. That wasn't like her, from what I knew, and the relief that spread across her face as we entered wasn't like her either.

"Ernie! Man, am I glad to see you!" Grinned Judy.

"What's the sitch, Punchin' Judy?" I questioned, nodding at her.

"You know what? I'm so glad to see you, I'm gonna ignore ...

Chapter 94

What followed was Chizuru relaying the events she'd been granted a vision of by the power of the Yata Mirror. That in and of itself was interesting, as the Yata Mirror, Yasakani Jewel, and Kusanagi Blade were all divine relics carried into battle by the Grandson of Amaterasu, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, as he attempted to unify the various individual chiefdoms and were supposedly entrusted to three clans...

Interlude: The Ministry Delegation

Ambrosius Basilikos Black was a Junior Attache to the Goblin Liason Office and had been assigned to the delegation heading to meet with King Ragnuk the Twelfth of the Goblin Nation. Unfortunately for him, Ambrosius Black had neither the reputation nor the authority to gainsay Undersecretary Umbridge on her various plans for the delegation. It didn't fill him with confidence that the Undersecret...

Chapter 18

The initial landings on Kataki were done by General Yan, Chen, and Gyalpo Pehar and his First Prime, Konchok. In the first six hours of the invasion, they had landed around the Cities of Phrulkhor Sacha, Dug Khang, and Mar Khangpa and begun the attack. The numerous workshops in these three cities provided Finished Components, Chemicals, and Agricultural Products to the Capital City of Gser Pho ...

Images for Chapter Nine

This should give some indication of the Ambiance of this last chapter. It's all very Aliens, very sinister. Even the stuff that Rugulo found to help him out, the Plasma Disruptor Pistol, fires a sinister-looking green energy bolt. Hopefully, the eerieness came through in the writing.

At any rate, the next chapter will have the final confrontation with Arkillo, then we can move on from Tal...

Chapter 9

The Interior of the Crashed Khundian Destroyer was a mess. Square Hallways partially filled with rubble and sand were sometimes lit by natural light emanating from holes in the hull and, every once in a while, by the glow of advanced emergency chemical lights whose decades-long lifespans had yet to fully run down. It lent the whole thing an eerie vibe that spoke more of a horror movie than anyt...

Images for Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen

All right, here, we see some of the players of the last two chapters. I've been sitting on the image of Pu-Phi-Su for a couple of weeks now. He's going to be important going forward as yet another point of contact with the Tok'ra. The rest I've more or less figured out the prompts for in the past couple of days.

At any rate, I'll have the next chapter out either today or tomorrow, where w...

Chapter 61

The First Challenge we faced on landing was the outer fortifications. This network of bunkers, redoubts, trenches, and weapons emplacements formed what was effectively a defensive line, the first of three cutting across the southern edge of the Plain of the Rim Worlds Republic and blocking access to Amaris City. Of course, Amaris City itself wasn't simply protected by these rings of outer forti...

Chapter 15

"You want us to come with you to talk Biz with the Mox? Why?" Questioned Jackie as we sat talking in our usual booth in El Coyote Cojo.

"Because we need to present more than just me if we wanna get the best deal, Jaquito. There's Preem Eddies at stake." I pointed out.

"Why? I mean, I get the basic theory, but why would the Mox care about Jackie and I? They know you, sort of. As far ...

Scenes From Elsewhere (Seleucids III)

With Peace in Istria and Egypt, Antiokos I Asianos could focus once again on expansion elsewhere. His Puppet in the Levant, Meleager, the Great King of Phonecia, was building an all new, heavier Army to go with his Veteran Navy. This, Antiokos would help fund, train, and equip. In Antiokos' Mind, Meleager's Client State would be the perfect base from which to launch a conquest of the Nabataean ...

Chapter 93

The Red Room was a place in the middle of Roppongi, a nightclub set up by the Anjougumi once they'd consolidated after their flight from Shinjuku after the Ichi Slayings Incident forced them out of Shinjuku. The Place was tucked away next to a larger theatre that was showing a double feature, the Drama Double Bind and the Science Fiction Horror-Comedy Mant, which I thought was an odd pairing, b...

Chapter 103

Timber Hall was a larger town than a place like Midgeside or the Market Town of Knightsbridge that we had needed to take yesterday. Roughly thirteen thousand people lived in its confines along the banks of the Holywater River compared to Midgeside's Seven thousand or Knightsbridge's Ten thousand. It would be a lot more difficult than taking Knightsbridge as well, as Ser Jaremy of Knightsbridge ...

Chapter 40

I waited outside the Headmaster's Office as he debriefed Daphne. Dumbledore had taken us straight to his Office using Fawkes' Phoenix-specific version of Apparition. He'd debriefed Harry first, then taken Daphne in, leaving me for last. I sighed as I stood on the landing, rubbing my face from the exhaustion. It was now after one in the morning and I'd been up for twenty-one hours straight. Fort...

Chapter 39

As Daphne and I floated down on our brooms, and Harry and Ron climbed down on the Indian Climbing Rope, I grabbed some of my Alchemical Spark Solution from my Mokeskin Pouch and wiped it on my wand while Daphne used one hand to guide her broom down and another to cast Lumos. This revealed that we were descending down a stone shaft into a cavern-like part of the Undercroft, yes, but also woke up...

Chapter 38

The next week went by quickly. Magnus Gamp kept up my sparring, but we took a break from Alchemy and Wandlore to cover Ancient Runes and Arithmancy. Unfortunately, if I wanted to know about constellations, Magnus Gamp said that I could ask Professor Sinistra about them. That was apparently what she was there for and not what he had to teach me in tutoring. This week, he had me learning the Futh...

Chapter 21

The Great Hall of the Jarl's Fortress of Jannathstaad was full of warriors. Over two hundred warriors, not including Jarl Ullr Finehair and Prince Magnus Ullrsson, or my own group packed the numerous trestle tables that had been set up to fill the hall for the Victory Feast. The noise of this many warriors feasting was added to by the clinking of glasses and horns of mead and the strumming on a...

Chapter 17

Shenwrab Miwo had three worlds to conquer, Kataki, Sa Dong, and Laska. Of them, Kataki was the Capital World. It was there that all his workshops and cities were, along with his Shipyard. The City of Gser Pho Brang on Kataki was the nerve center of Shenwrab Miwo's Domain, centered around his Golden-Roofed Palace. It was also where the most resistance would occur, which was why I was taking the ...

Chapter 8

The first wreck I entered was an old one, though the shape of it was familiar. A Tuffle Core Ship from back before the Saiyan-Tuffle War. It looked partly-organic as some Late-War Tuffle technology tended to do. If I remembered what the gestation tank had beamed into my brain about it all correctly, the Tuffles had begun amping up their biotechnology in the last phase of the War as a way to inc...

Images for Chapter Seven

All right, took me a bit, but I finally got around to adding the images for this story's last chapter. To be honest, getting AI Art Generators to put out half-decent images for this story has been a bitch and a half. I may put a pause on future images if it keeps up.

At any rate, I'll have the next chapter up at some point before Monday where we'll finally get to see Arkillo for the first...

Images for Chapter Fourteen

Here are the images for Chapter Fourteen. Unfortunately, I couldn't get any of the Image Generators to properly spit out something even close to the new armored vests. You're just gonna have to do things the old-fashioned way on that front and use your imagination.

At any rate, I'll have the next chapter out at some point next week. Gonna get to doing chapters for my other stories now. 2025-02-21 12:37:09 +0000 UTC View Post

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Chapter 14

Celebrations at El Coyote Cojo lasted well into the night and didn't just involve Jackie, V, and Myself either. Not only did Misty join us after she finished up at Vik's for the day, but we had people coming in and out of the bar to pay their respects. Not just Valentinos Members either, but regular civilians. Almost everyone in this part of Heywood had either lost someone to Sixth Street's con...