Quote of the month

“Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.” – H. P. Lovecraft

Avatar: Seven Havens - Behold Avatar Pavi

"Only the Avatar can master all four elements, and bring balance to the world." Behold not Avatar Korra but her successor and reincarnation Avatar Pavi in the much-changed world of Avatar: Seven Havens.

I have started Dragon Song, the third and final book of Ava Richardson's Deadweed Dragons

I have started Dragon Song, the third and final book of Ava Richardson's Deadweed Dragons.

There is none like Dayie in all the Southern Kingdom, for only she can save it with her blended song and magic. Dragons alone are not enough, not even with Torvald's aid, for the Sea Witch's malice runs deep as the roots of her Deadweed. So tis time for some detective work, for only by learning all the truths of her past can this castaway turned slave turned great Dragon Rider of mighty Zarr save her home and friends.

I have finished Dragon Magic, Book Two of Ava Richardson's Deadweed Dragons

I have finished Dragon Magic, Book Two of Ava Richardson's Deadweed Dragons.

There is an intelligence behind this evil: this Deadweed that hunts the living like tentacles and the Water Wraiths that are a bubbling, drowning, malice. A power, a will, a person far from the South yet seeks to consume them all and has nearly succeeded. Akeem, his Wild Company, and even the Dagfan Training Hall Riders did well, yet it was Dayie and Zarr who turned to the trick. One has heard the phrase "fighting fire with fire", but fighting water with water is a new one on me. Yet the victory is a pyrrhic one, and it will take a witch to fight a witch. A Dragon Witch, to coin a phrase, for Akeem is right: there is none like Dayie in all the Southern Kingdom.

hoofbeats...

(The sound of distant thunder drawing ever nearer) clip clop clip clop clip clop clip clop...hoofbeats...

A little over two months and counting until Falling in a Sea of Stars, book #8 of Kristen Britain's Green Rider series comes out! By all the gods of Sacoridia, it will good to see Rider Swordmaster Sir Karigan G'ladheon, Dama Cearing Asai'riel a'Santanara, again!!

Clip clop clip clop clip clop clip clop...hoofbeats... 

20 years a proud RuneScape player!

20 years ago this week I began the game RuneScape, beginning, unbeknownst to me, a continuing age of my life. An MMO of deep (book-worthy) plots augmented by rich characters and the wondrous ever expanding world of Gielinor, I want to thank Jonah (Evilspirit44), and Sam and Henry for convincing me to play (which was no easy task, if I recall aright).

The game has changed much over the past two decades years in countless ways, with graphic improvements, vast thickening of plots, and a "new" combat system that drove away many close-minded players alongside several new skills and geographical locations. Yet even not Questlines that began before I started playing are at last coming to triumphant conclusion. I view the game - a continuing relic of my early childhood - as I would a dear book, making it an important part of my life. Indeed, it was critical Escapism during the COVID Pandemic.

A toast to Jagex and the game they created! A toast to another fabulous decade!

I have started Dragon Magic, Book Two of Ava Richardson's Deadweed Dragons

I have started Dragon Magic, Book Two of Ava Richardson's Deadweed Dragons.

Training Dragons is hard work, specially after they have had a nasty time of it, and the Dagfan Training Halls is still filled with hard-headed people who seem to think Dragon Riding is like horsebreaking and riding. So tis off to the Fury Mountains to work with Akeem and his Wild Company who seem to have a process that at least works. Add Binshee tribal and Council of Southern Lords politics and prejudice though, to say nothing of the Deadweed which is definitely higher than humans on the food chain and can even best Dragons... Well, Dayie and Zarr will have to turn on the charm and learn her magic before the South is overrun.