And so ends Three Arrivals. It comes to 9933 words. I sort of wish I could’ve eked another 77 out of it, but in editing I tend to take things out instead of putting them in. You may have noticed … Continue reading →

Profaning by various parts of the Twelve is relatively common, particularly among the upper class and moreso among mages. Given that I’m not given to being particularly profane, and that the average human doesn’t believe in a hell to damn … Continue reading →

I probably made a mess of what I was trying to do with this entry. Oh well. Could be worse. For what it’s worth, this is also the longest entry so far: wc calls it 756 words. On a somewhat … Continue reading →

I’ll give you three guesses on Captain Eriksson’s first name.

Eirik. To echo an annotation from one of my favorite webcomics, one of the words in this entry is more important than the rest. This one and the last one were a bit shorter than the rest. They go back … Continue reading →

The last of the Rakel entries for Three Arrivals. On Thursday we’ll see what the strange fellow on the boat’s been up to. I said I was going to talk about something you probably already knew today, but I’m still … Continue reading →

Woohoo, update number 10! Break out the bubbly! I demand fireworks and large statues in my honor! Silliness aside, this is the last update I wrote before I started posting. As of this post, the ‘many’ in Many Words is … Continue reading →

We passed the 5,000-word mark today. It’s Monday evening (which is to say less than twelve hours from the time at which this post is supposed to go live), and I’m only scheduling this entry just now. Thanks to a … Continue reading →

We’re now halfway through Three Arrivals, and on such a cliche-sounding title, too. There’s no particular societal prohibition on which clothes women can wear in Lägraltvärld, trousers[1] being a practical garment for all sorts of manual labor, something which humanity … Continue reading →

Conjuring is two things: first, the magic of stuff and its manipulation. Eventually you’ll see some examples of that half. Second, enchanting. I’d say more, but I can’t right now. I’d say more about why I can’t right now, but … Continue reading →