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Chapter: 681 - The End of a Long Day

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala took a moment, while watching the Head of the House of the Frost Lance get situated, to manifest some of her iron strategically around the room where it couldn’t be visually seen.Through that, she solidified her hold on the area with her authority and aura. The manner in which she did it didn’t disrupt the auras or authoritative scope of anyone present, partially because that was her desire and partiall...

Chapter: 680 - Much to Discuss

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala regarded Eskau Jern for a long moment in the drawn out silence. Beside her—well nearly ten feet to her side—Head Corinis was holding a perfectly schooled expression.Even so, Tala had honed a pervasive enough perception to put together a few things. First, Head Corinis had had no idea about any of this. So, the House of Iron didn’t make their core tenets widely known. More than that, they must have act...

[CYA] Chapter 114: Plans for the Future

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Chapter: 679 - Audiences

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala found an oddity as she came into the official reception hall of the House of Blood here in Croi.First of all, it was entirely dressed in red stone. The otherwise oppressive, bloody color was broken up skillfully with gold and black gems and stone, seemingly mostly a mix of onyx, obsidian, and dark opal.The House of Blood certainly knew how to make a statement.Second—and a close second at that—was the fa...

[CYA] Chapter 113: Wave 1, Results

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Chapter: 678 - Opportunities

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala sat down to a private meal with Head Corinis, the man seeming quite happy for her company.His private dining room was as white as the celebratory dining hall had been dark, with perfectly smoothed stone composing every surface, rendering them with a near-perfectly reflective finish. The windows allowed in natural light which was more than sufficient given the reflectivity of the stone.His table and chairs w...

Chapter 677 Bonus - Howlton Summit

Chapter: 677 - Of Course You Did

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala stood to the side, gesturing for the small bear-kin to walk through the offered door.He recovered enough to give her an incredulous look at the off-center placement of the portal—they both knew it had been purposeful. Even so, he shook his head and sighed before stepping through and into a small seating area along one of the lesser paths within the sanctum.It wasn’t where they would take their tea, but ...

[CYA] Chapter 112: Wave 1, Final Push

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<Update> Important Dates

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Chapter: 676 - Waking, Sparring, Balance

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala’s eyes snapped open, her mind fully awake at the barest hint of light on the horizon, radiating through the windows into their roomRane was asleep beside her, curled around her and holding her close even in unconsciousness.With a minor flex of her will, she was standing beside the bed, a pillow moved into her place. Even so, Rane clearly noticed something as he contracted inward, squeezing the pillow clos...

[CYA] Chapter 111: Wave 1, Back Inside

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Chapter: 675 - Plans and Authority

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala… had been right. As soon as she confirmed that it was her personal hold that was the source of the Talon’s power, their magical density, there were demands to access it.This, as it turned out, was exactly in line with what Tala had expected, so she had her answer ready. “Unfortunately, my hold and the power within is a strategic war resource, and as such it must be husbanded. I am happy to give you al...

Chapter: 674 - Could Have Gone Better

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala felt a bit bemused at the turn of events. A House of Blood guard was quickly running the ten feet from the door to the back of the Talons waiting at rest behind her, sword already free of his scabbard and drawing back to swing.In the hall beyond, a general alarm was being spun up.The prime sergeant in charge of the three squads of Talons snapped out a command that made no sense to Tala, but she supposed tha...

[CYA] Chapter 110: Wave 1, Endure

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Chapter: 673 - A House Council

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala stood in a surprisingly austere council room within the House of Blood’s complex.The festivities had only ended a few hours earlier, this meeting only delayed enough for the attendees to have gotten cleaned up and changed if they so wished.There were nineteen Pillars and Eskau in attendance, once again without there being overlap except in the case of Head Corinis. Some had not been at the feast, but thei...

[CYA] Chapter 109: Wave 1, Begin

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Chapter: 672 - Welcome Feast

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala sat at the head table for the feast, Rane allowed at her side, while Lea—with Terry on her shoulder—was placed on one of the upper side tables.All the Sappherrous family had to keep their features schooled as Terry performed his usual play at such events, flickering out and back so quickly few could notice as he snatched food from around the room.To Tala’s surprise—though it shouldn’t have been in...

Chapter: 671 - A Ceremonial Welcome

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala almost paused as they reached the top of the stairs out of the final quick-way node on their journey. Each subsequent tunnel had reacted in all but exactly the same manner as the first, the only difference being exactly how much detritus was able to be cleared up by her churning the earth, as it were.As they’d neared the center of the city, the quick-ways had steadily become older and older, so there was ...

[CYA] Chapter 108: The Calm Before

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Chapter: 670 - Travel and Quickways

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala rested on her throne, not because she was tired, but because it was a comfortable place to observe the landscape flashing by below her flying construct as they were carried toward Croi.Rane and Lea were in their own chairs nearby, both reading books, actually. The similarity caused Tala to smile a contented smile, even if which books was quite the difference.She liked her family, and she loved little things...

[CYA] Chapter 107: Wakeful Experimentation

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Chapter: 669 - View of the Doman-Imithe

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala stood beside Rane and Lea—Terry upon Rane’s shoulder this time—facing the obsidian pagoda, the place where she and Thron had been sent into the Doman-Imithe to die… Well, she’d been sent in to die, he’d been sent in to make sure she died and to bring back her stuff.It was not a place of good memories for her, but she was genuinely curious what they would see.Eskau Pallaun wasn’t going to be th...

Chapter: 668 - Meeting with Pillar Sanguis

Previous__________ToC__________NextTala woke slowly, lazily stretching and arching as she pulled her mind from the all too oft neglected land of sleep.While she no longer needed sleep—at least not nearly as much of it since her Refining, and even less now that she’d Reforged—she still enjoyed how refreshed it made her feel, as well as the other benefits.Beside her, Rane slept hard.She doubted she could wake him without a concerted effort, t...

[CYA] Chapter 106: New Uses of Old Skills

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Chapter: 667 Bonus - Ripples of Effect

Previous__________ToC__________NextSanguis sat, rubbing his temples, reluctant to open his eyes and have to face… again… the mountain of papers spread on his desk. It was rather his fault for a few reasons.First, he tended to put off doing such work to only a day per week. As it so happened, that was this day.Second, he kept all the previous papers he suspected would be needed going forward, including missives, which a large majority of these...