The Road To Grandeur

Chapter 34: Running Away, Chapter 35: Slicy's Tale

Sun, 12 Jan 2020 21:00:00 +0000

Jayde confronts the bozrac, but a creature that can phase through solid objects is impossible to stop. Also, the final chapter of the book tells of a next story to be told.

Chapter 33: Reunions

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 06:00:00 +0000

Jayde and Sarah finally meet. Cameron is sure something unexpected will happen, and it does. However, this is not the only unexpected meeting, and when Slicy and Cameron meet, both immediately draw blades. Unfortunately, both have a history, and the Dark King is coming.

Chapter 32: Slicy

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Jayde encounters Slicy, an eccentric assassin deep within the Assassin's Order. She discovers that her history and many of the past events have been leading toward a terrifying and sinister end.

Chapter 31: Hunter

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Sarah goes to Cameron's clinic and is evaluated, revealing some frighting discoveries.

Chapter 30: Assassins' Order

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Jayde has a delivery in the Thieves' District to an old friend of Yow Li. Apparently other individuals have seen her skills as well. She then comes to an ominous building and discovers she must go deep within the Assassin's order.

Chapter 29: Pull

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Sarah feels an unfamiliar pull after waking up from her encounter with the Diviner. After a brief discussion, they realize drastic measures may have to be taken.

Chapter 28: Excessive Conjuring

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Jayde tries to conjure a bit too much and pays the price

Chapter 27: Seer

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Sarah meets madam Fiona, a Seer with an amazing gift. She reveals a truth that will change everything. Also she's an amazing cook.

Chapter 26: Unveil

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Mrs. Crass feels a disturbance. Finn tastes victory.

Chapter 25: Chosen

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Sarah and Kevin discuss their past, and Sarah is given a shocking revelation.

Chapter 24: Conjuring

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Jayde has been training to conjure for a month, though most of her time has been spent running errands for the Conjuring order. Yow Li meets with her and discusses her potential and takes her as his personal student. Jayde flourishes.

Chapter 23: Trust

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:00:00 +0000

After the tournament, Mullet and Keven take jobs with Sarah at the Picky Pixie. Mullet, however, receives little trust from the pixie troop. Then, one evening, a particularly untrusting pixie named Tali gets assaulted and Mullet does everything he can to save her life.

Chapter 22: Orders

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 17:00:00 +0000

While Cameron and Marl get supplies, Jayde and Marie explore Grandeur and the different magical orders. Jayde soon discovers that there is a multitude of different directions to hone abilities. After several stops, Jayde discoveres her magical calling, but she might have discovered a dangerous path best left untaken.

Chapter 21: Hobgoblins and Secrets

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Cameron, Jayde, Marie and the rest discuss how to clean their new place. Esmeralda explains that in Grandeur, the hobgoblins can clean anything, but not without a price. After convincing the hobgoblins to clean their place, Cameron and Marie reveal a few secrets that might completely change how Jayde sees them.

Chapter 20: The Tournament Ends

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:00:00 +0000

Marl and Marie fight in the enormous tournament, but a new fight erupts, one where other members of the party are fighting for their lives.

Chapter 19: Higher Stakes

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 05:00:00 +0000

An assassin watches in the shadows. Waiting and watching and scheming. But... who is it?

Chapter 18: A Crowd Gathers

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Marl and Marie enter the tournament, which becomes brutal quickly when they win a match but the competitor sinks a metal hammer into Marl's side. They meet Kevin, a lanky co-competitor, and an odd man selling "taters."

Chapter 17: Relocation

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Marie and Jayde reveal more than desired in an inn that forces you to tell the truth. They then meet with a representative from the DATT, which at first seems like the answer to all of their problems. He offers them a building in a fantastic location. But, this building comes with serious problems.

Chapter 16: Assassin

Sat, 31 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Mrs. Crass takes her chance to kill the storyteller that went by the name Kafe Mean. The bozrac can not be stopped, but still, something goes horribly wrong, not for the bozrac though. Terrible decisions reap terrible consequences.

Chapter 15: Rescuing the Shop

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Sarah, John, and Lucy finally make it back to Grandeur only to find that the shop owner, Jenny, has made a terrible mistake. She has posted a sign explaining that the Picky Pixie needs guards, and the shop is currently about to open with nothing to stop anyone from taking all of their valuable jewelry. She forgot that the shop is deep in the Thieve's district. A huge crowd of ruffians surrounds the shop and Sarah has to do something before the shop is overrun.

Chapter 14: Grandeur

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 06:00:00 +0000

Cameron, Marie, Jayde, and Marl finally arrive at the city of Grandeur in the middle of the night. The enormous city appears to be a melting pot of every type of creature imaginable. Jayde delights in her new location but feels the urge to leave Cameron and Marie behind, despite all they have done.

Chapter 13: Hatred

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 05:00:00 +0000

Mrs. Crass wasn't always Mrs. Crass. Decades ago she was Leynstra, a woman who commanded power and fear with equal terror. She had magic and authority and nearly ran all of Tenland. That all changed after a man named Kafe Mean met the dictator.

Chapter 12: Relief

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:00:00 +0000

Sarah and the pixies confront the aftermath of the wivari attack. Sarah realizes that she has not been making wise choices and plans to change.

Chapter 11: Rock

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 22:00:00 +0000

Cameron and Marie discuss the future of the ensnared Rock troll, Marl. Marl explains how he was tricked. Jayde befriends the behemoth and he pledges his life to her. Jayde continues to pepper Marie about magic. Marie reveals that magic often creates more problems than it solves.

Chapter 10: Flee

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Sarah learns that pixies have secrets too, especially concerning magic. She is transformed by Lucy into a giant pixie, but her fantasy is cut short when the ferocious wolf-like wivari storm the camp and start destroying everything and everyone. Sarah flees for her life but is mesmerized by a creature with several wivari charging in for the kill.

Chapter 9: Ambush

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 19:00:00 +0000

Marie and Jayde travel through dark woods to Grandeur. A group of bandits ambushes them, only to find out that Marie has a few tricks of her own up her sleeve. Jayde realizes that this simple nurse can really pack a punch until one of the bandits also turns out to be much more than he seemed on the surface.

Chapter 8: Bozrac

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Mrs. Crass makes a deal with a creature from the deepest darkest realms of your nightmares, who just happens to look like a fluffy black kitten.

Chapter 6: Rumors

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +0000

Sarah cannot convince Thaddeus Gumble of the fact that Dr. Sangre might be a vampire. However, her discussions do not go overlooked by others in the town. The pixies get an impromptu lesson in "human," and Sarah gets a lesson in vampires.

Chapter 7: Defiance

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:00:00 +0000

An unruly mob makes it to Dr. Sangre's clinic. Jayde watches helplessly from inside the crowd. Cameron unexpectedly walks into the crowd, confronting them with the fact that he has not been evil, and only has helped the community. The mob nearly becomes convinced of his honor, but chaos reigns with a tragic ending.

Chapter 2: Noble

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Cameron meets his patient, Thaddeus Gumble, who is not very patient. Marie meets Sarah, Gumble's assistant. Jayde finds out little about the strange duo who have befriended her, but they might be more than they seem.

Chapter 3: Happy Smyle Inn

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Esmeralda Smyle opened an inn in the shadiest of locations in the city of Grandeur. However, as an ex-enchantress, she has managed to keep the local riff-raff happy through a series of very clever spells. Three especially shady characters arrive at the inn to purchase a powerful weapon from an unknown character, who turns out to be very different than expected.

Chapter 5: Secrets

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Jayde confronts Dr. Sangre on the rooftop of his clinic, but it does not go as expected. Jayde's shady history is explored, as is the reason for her fascination with magic. Jayde learns that both Cameron and Marie might be more dangerous than expected.

Chapter 4: New Friends

Thu, 06 Jun 2019 02:00:00 +0000

Sarah reminisces about the past few years of change. She used to live in a different country in the woods with her parents before a small army came and burned everything she knew to the ground. She then moved to Grandeur, where she became employed by a pompous nobleman. While there, she became entwined with a troop of pixies who continue to follow her around and count her as a part of their troop. But she has started down a dangerous road, and the pixies realize secrets about people without realizing they are secrets.

Chapter 1: Running

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 20:00:00 +0000

The Road to Grandeur starts off with a bang when a 14-year-old thief named Jayde is running rooftop to rooftop with three people trying to kill her, and she has no idea why. She ends up dangling from a rooftop, but that's when an even shadier character appears.