Couldn't post on Friday and the weekend was busy, so here, two for one! Raiagamor's getting ready for the new arrivals he expects, and our friends are busy learning from THEIR new friends! ----- Chapter 21. He divested himself of the constricting ceremonial armor with a sigh of pleasure. Of all the minor annoyances of pretending to be the General, Ares Incarnate, it was perhaps that armor that was the worst. Not only was it an impediment to the flowing free movement he preferred, it also incorporated, rather unavoidably, a [ Continue reading... ]
GODSWAR: The Spear of Athena, Chapter 14
February 24, 2021 By Leave a Comment
And we haven't seen what Raiagamor has been up to lately... ----- Chapter 14. "We have found them." Raiagamor could not blame Deimos for wearing a self-satisfied expression; it was a great achievement indeed, and especially so given what Deimos had gone through before. "You know where the Camp-Bels went to ground?" "We do. Even once we realized they had survived, they had left many subtle false trails, but one of our scouts finally located them. They are in a very well-hidden and defended redoubt not far from Amoni Agapis, [ Continue reading... ]
GODSWAR: The Spear of Athena, Chapter 9
February 12, 2021 By 2 Comments
Time to look in on our adversary and see that he's thinking ahead... ----- Chapter 9. He stood atop Mistveil Peak, looking out from Aegeia to the north and west. Somewhere out there, he knew, the armies of the Sauran King and the Archmage were confronting those of Kerlamion. That would be a battle to see. And one that would likely allow him to steal countless souls for power. Unfortunately, I don't have time for such amusements. Raiagamor had come here for a far different and much more urgent purpose. He extended claws rarely [ Continue reading... ]
GODSWAR: The Spear of Athena, Chapter 5
February 3, 2021 By Leave a Comment
And of course where there are heroes there are usually villains... ----- Chapter 5. Raiagamor smiled in quiet amusement, watching Kerlamion, the so-called King of All Hells, directing the actions of his wide-flung plan. Kerlamion did not realize that the entirety of his actions, of the plan itself, were mere distractions, parts of a shadow-play by the true King, Raiagamor's King, to allow him to reach a goal that even Raiagamor could only guess. No comments, my little tenant? he mused. No thoughts on seeing the world being [ Continue reading... ]
GODSWAR: The Mask of Ares, Chapter 21
June 22, 2020 By 1 Comment
Today's the last chapter to be posted, and we see our adversary in a bad mood... ----- Chapter 21. He stood over the open grave with his fists clenched, such venom boiling in his veins that there were claws starting to cut their way into his palms. Gritting teeth that had gone pointed, he took hold of his anger and forced it, immaterial step by immaterial step, back into the cage he had forged over the millennia to hold it. There were times to let it free … but not now, not here, where his transformation into something [ Continue reading... ]
GODSWAR: The Mask of Ares, Chapter 13
June 3, 2020 By Leave a Comment
We should look in on what the OTHER side is up to... ----- Chapter 13. "Lord Ares!" He turned towards the call, seeing one of the Ekprospos coming towards him. With an annoying effort, he recalled her name. Artemisia Igemon, that was it. "Lady Artemisia," he said, inclining his head. "How can I be of service?" She smiled slightly up at him; General Aloysius, his incarnate form, was a man of heroic stature indeed, so even the fact that the night-haired woman topped six and a half feet left her nearly four inches [ Continue reading... ]
GODSWAR: The Mask of Ares, Chapter 3
May 11, 2020 By Leave a Comment
For every set of heroes, we need a villain... ----- Chapter 3. "I will be meditating in my chambers," Ares said to Phobos. "Please, no interruptions unless it is a matter of life and death." Or it will surely become one, he thought as Phobos bowed deeply to him. Ares – or, now that he was in private, he who had taken Ares for himself – barred the door, both with physical bolts and a touch of godspower. Even the new Deimos and Phobos knew very little about what he did when he was "meditating." They were, of course, [ Continue reading... ]
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