Month: June 2019

Nodkis has rebuilt fairly well in the last year. The city walls did not really sustain much damage in the attack, nor did the stoutly-built, stone buildings of the north side of town. I enter through the northwestern gate that passes first the grand guild houses for the Farmer’s, Forester’s, and Miner’s guilds—Nodkis’s reason for being. Just beyond, the outer… Read more →

The last tome I am able to read through from Val Maxis’s library is The Combat Mage. It covers casting in close quarters, when being attacked by an armed foe, while bound, while mounted, when grappling, and all other manner of altercations. There is a chapter on the intricacies surrounding counter magic and why it is so difficult. What I… Read more →

I haven’t seen Val Maxis the entire time, though my owl has spotted him on occasion. So much for getting ahead of the report and controlling the message in my favor. Still, I have been valuable to the army so I think I can smooth it out. I may have to suck up my pride for a few weeks, but… Read more →

Arriving back in camp after an uneventful ride, I immediately depart to find Val Maxis. With bad news, it is better to deliver it personally and immediately so as to mitigate its effects. Never let another be the first to speak of one’s failures. I find the area of camp that the other apprentices are staying at but do not… Read more →