KnightofTempest

Chapter 41

As my Grand Ducal Council gathered together once again, I sat in the meeting room waiting for them while reading a report. This one had been forwarded to me by Minister Kowalski on the situation in the Second Principality of Rasalhague. It was an overview of their current crisis since they couldn't decide on a Prince. The presumed frontrunner prior to the events surrounding their independence h...

Chapter 11

The Steam Tunnels under the second level of Olympus ain't as pretty as the rest of the damned place in Jackie's humble opinion. Of course, ain't no way that a utility tunnel was gonna compete with the Homes and Temples of Gods on the aesthetics front, but Jackie was sorta blown away at how close his assessment of the place was. Shit looked just like the sorta tunnels and sewers under Gotham, ju...

Prologue

I found myself in a Diner seated across from an older-looking blonde woman. Funny, I don't remember coming to a diner, last I recalled, I'd gone to sleep early to get an early start for D&D Tomorrow, since I had to be on the road by ten to get to my buddy's place in time to set up. Why exactly was I in a diner? Was this a dream? If so, why did it look like something I definitely wouldn't ha...

Chapter 19

It wasn't long after the taking of the Fort and the first repulsing of the Gimi immortals before a second attack from the direction of Gimi Port was mustered. Perhaps an hour and a half after, if Bikki had to guess. This time, instead of a simple raid by Ostrich Horse Cavalry, however, the enemy was going all out. Certainly, the remaining Ostrich Horse Riders in their Steel Lamellar Armor armed...

Chapter 31

Component Storage was indeed a mess. Not ninety seconds after I entered the shattered corridor with its sparking light fixtures and cracked walls, the first hint of what exactly had happened in here manifested itself when a blast door shut behind me, sealing me inside the corridor and a pair of turrets folded out of two of the scorched wall panels. With a whine of a charging laser, the turrets ...

Chapter 74

Raiden charged and as he did, I leaped up over him. His running tackle missed me by inches and he dove head-first into a table, smashing the solid mahogany in half with his face as he did so. I landed behind him and blurred into a Senshippou as he stood back up, the Chi-powered rush saw me practically glide across the floor to smash into him with a Chi-enhanced front kick and straight punch com...

Chapter 71

Downtime between Phase One and Phase Two of Operation: Grass Cutter was only a few days. Mostly, it was spent going over the intel and equipment looted from the Base and healing our wounded, though neither exactly applied to me. Instead, I was back to what I'd been doing previously, making sure everyone had everything they needed and sorting out disputes. Fortunately, nobody was spoiling for a ...

Chapter 90

It was two days before all had arrived, though Jalhabar Xho and Prince Perros were not the last to arrive. Interestingly, that honor went to the Lords of the Three Sisters. Lords Sunderland, Borrel, Longthorpe, and Torrent had apparently decided that since my agreement with them allowed my ships to use their ports in a time of war, they would be better off simply declaring for Stannis alongside...

Chapter 13

The rest of the Week Proceeded in a flurry of socializing, training, and studying. I mostly kept up my training on Occlumency, Leglimency, and the Dead Moment on my own, but also added training in Psychometry in preparation for Sunday's attempt to figure out whatever Daphne wanted me to use my Mind Arts on. By the end of the week, I had gotten more incremental improvement on the first three. It...

Map of the Sphere: 3026

The Grand Duchy of New Ålborg is the light purple at the very top of the map.

You'll also note the Second Principality of Rasalhague in Ice Blue between the Lyrans and Combine. It's smaller than it would have been in canon due to independence coming a decade early.

Other changes from the Third Succession War, such as the FWL Conquest of the Duchy of Bithnia and the FedSuns Conquest...

Chapter 40

The day opened with bombardment. Aerospace Fighters from the fleet came down en-masse to swarm the Grimfort and degrade its defensive capabilities, while the full might of fourteen regiments' artillery battalions opened up, firing shell after shell. Under such a thunder of guns, even Hendrik Grimm and his remaining Rim Worlds Republic Army and SLDF Machines could only hunker down and try to rid...

Chapter 17

As Shi Hou and Evening Rabbit traveled on the back of their phantom steed, they focused themselves on fleeing. The Dragonbloods who were after them would need to recover their Circle Mates and that would give them time. Plus the sorcery that was used to summon the steed also gave it a tireless stride and knowledge of the direction they wished to go, so all they had to do was focus on regaining ...

Chapter 73

South Town was an interesting mixture of cultures. Carved out of the Bayous of Cajun Country, it started life as a French Coastal Fort guarding the westward approaches to New Orleans from English Privateers out of the Tri-Island Area, as the Governors of Melee Island were known for handing out letters of marque and reprisal to attack French and Spanish shipping in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbe...

Chapter 10

Jackie charged Deimos with the Strong-Maned Pig Charges the Boar Hunter Technique. The Technique was the sorta power that'd multiply damage from attacks coming outta a charge three-fold. Only catch was that it didn't do jack shit for accuracy, so if you missed or your opponent dodged, you were shit outta luck, with wasted Chi and an opening to your sides for any asshole to slip a blow in while ...

Known Minor Powers of the Milky Way as of Nineteen-Ninety-Eight

Introduction

Now we turn to the known Minor Powers of the Milky Way as of the moment. As previously stated, these would be small pocket realms of up to a dozen worlds each. Such powers rise and fall all the time, as the Goa'uld abandoned worlds or discover new empires to conquer. Those who stand the test of time often either have some unique quirk, like the Ionic Weap...

Chapter 47

As we lined up opposite the enemy near Coronea, I couldn't help but realize how backward much of the Boeotian and Athenian Allied Force was. Very few of them possessed weapons of high-quality iron, and those that did generally did so only based on trade with parties acting as middlemen. If that wasn't enough, they appeared to not have updated their tactics since the days of Alexander. Whereas m...

Chapter 70

Shikamaru wasn't too alarmed at the sudden downing of several members of their platoon in a surprise assault by bombs of smoke-type ninjutsu. Sure, the platoon he'd been a part of had been damaged in the opening gambit, but running into someone who uses smoke ninjutsu was a lot easier for him to deal with than anything else. It helped that Shikamaru had a Futon Jutsu that would equalize such a ...

Chapter 89

It had finally happened. Civil War was here, and only a month later than canon. Fortunately, it seemed that we would be minus at least one King, as Vizimir had reported that Bronn and his Brute Squad had managed to ensure every person on their list had made it out of King's Landing alive. Even now, Ned Stark was making his way to White Harbor aboard a ship, while his Son and Daughters had alrea...

Chapter 12

Today, I had the morning all to myself, then the afternoon was Dueling Club, followed by lessons with Magnus Gamp in the evening. It was a pretty full day after the morning, and I doubted I'd get much in the way of training in once I had to leave for Dueling Club. That, unfortunately, meant skipping breakfast. Thankfully, my trunk provided a solution in the form of cured meats, smoked cheese, a...

Chapter 39

Dadaocheng City was on fire. If not literally, then it was definitely on fire physically as a pair of factions contested the city. Between stragglers from defeated units, fortress troops, and the Ninth Pesht Regulars, Alexander Kurita had pulled together a number of Provisional Combined Arms Battlgroups to contest Dadaocheng City against the First Oberon Guards and First Ferris Guards. These ba...

Known Regional Powers of the Milky Way as of Nineteen-Ninety-Eight

Introduction

As stated earlier, these regional powers have more than a dozen systems under their control and tend to be organized, advanced, militarily capable, or some combination thereof. At least enough so as to pose a significant challenge to any of the fifteen major Goa'uld System Lords. They still survive via the Pirhanna Principle, which again is the fact that any...

Chapter 30

The Border between Serbia and Symkaria was largely dominated by the Southernmost stretch of the Carpathian Mountains. The Town of Belovo sat in the midst of the Durad Pass, named for the Serbian Ruler who founded the town, as well as the closest Major City, Smederovo, Durad Brankovic, back in the medieval period. The Town itself was built around the Belovo Fortress, a small fortress that held t...

Chapter 69

As we headed down the corridor, I couldn't help but notice that the further in we went, the more bats seemed to be hanging off the ceiling. Frowning, I moved over to Saisu and drew his attention to all of the bats. Unfortunately, he just shook his head at that. Apparently, just the oddity of having a bunch of wild animals in your secret base like this wasn't enough of a red flag to make him rec...

Known Great Powers of the Milky Way as of Nineteen-Ninety-Eight

Introduction:

The Milky Way Galaxy may appear to be almost completely dominated by the Goa'uld Empire, but this is not actually the case. While they certainly control a majority of worlds situated along the Stargate Network, the Network of Stargates makes up only a fraction of worlds in the Milky Way. For instance, the closest Stargate in terms of Light Years to Earth is...

Chapter 16

Shi Hou and Evening Rabbit stayed for a few days in Onehill, gathering supplies and generally getting the lay of the land. Apparently, the Emir of Tulgadan and the Prince of Peshmi were on the verge of war over some sort of recently uncovered Shogunate Era Ruins in the borderland between their territories. Apparently, they'd uncovered some sort of supplemental training camp for Legion Auxiliari...

Ziva No-Clan Character Sheet

Nature: Survivor

Inheritance: 5

Godblooded (Half-Caste Lunar)

Willpower: 7 Essence: 3 Essence Pool: 45 (11)

Valor: 5 Conviction: 5 Temperance: 3 Compassion: 3

STR: 5 Per: 4 APP: 3

Dex: 5 WITS: 4 CHA: 3

STA: 5 INT: 3 MAN: 3

Abilities:

Martial Arts: 5 (Spears, Unarmed, Celestial Martial Arts, Terrestrial Martial Arts, Wrestling)

A...

Evening Rabbit Character Sheet

Motivation: Save Thorns From Tyranny
Caste: Twilight Caste Solar


Willpower: 8 Essence: 3 Essence Pool: 43/17(12)

Valor: 3 Conviction: 4 Compassion: 4 Temperance: 3

STR: 3 PER: 3 APP: 4
DEX: 3 WITS: 4 CHA: 3
STA: 3 INT: 5 MAN: 3

Abilities:

Medicine: 5 (Surgery, Diagnostics, Treatment of Illnesses, Field Medicine)
Occult: 5 (Alchemy, Sorcery, Ide...

Shi Hou Character Sheet

Nature: Survivor
Inheritance: 5
Heritage: Godblooded (Divine)

Willpower: 8 Essence: 3 Essence Pool: 34/17 (17)

Valor: 5 Conviction: 5 Compassion: 5 Temperance: 5

STR: 5 PER: 4 APP: 3
DEX: 5 WITS: 3 CHA: 3
STA: 5 INT: 3 MAN: 3

Abilities:

Martial Arts: 5 (Terrestrial Martial Arts, Bare-Handed, Swords, Polearms)
Athletics: 5 (Jumping, Climbing, Acr...

Chapter 9

Home Base for the Relief Force turned out to be some sorta Temple. The statues of Myrmidons and a specific, helmeted, spear-wielding, Goddess said the whole shebang was a Temple of Athena, but Jackie ain't sure what a temple to the Goddess of Strategy'd be doing on the First Level of Olympus. This whole place seemed to be one giant market, so it don't make a shit ton of sense to have a War Godd...

Chapter 18

Fei-Yan came in with punches at Bikki, rock spikes flying from knuckles, attempting to box the Yonbanjin Prince in, to force him to move in ways that he wanted. Bikki ducked and weaved away from the oncoming storm of missiles, weaving away from jagged spikes of rock more akin to daggers than anything natural. As he turned a leap into a shoulder roll, weaving through spikes shot at him high and ...