Volgarius, inside a certain Psionic Enclave Tower in the planet’s fourth super-sector. Hope Hiro continues listening as Aspirator Raavul begins educating her newest disciple, Initiator Ferral, on the absolute basics of psionic growth. The classroom’s master levitates an inch off the ground and floats back and forth while she talks, commanding a certain air of…
A brown-haired woman and her black-haired friend quietly walk through the Fortress of Retribution’s bustling city streets. The brown-haired one shyly glances from side to side, visibly uncomfortable and even a little frightened by all the hubbub, while her friend appears much more relaxed, but also focused on making sure her shy companion feels safe….
The world of Volgarius. Within the top twenty levels of the Founder’s Thumb, a couple dozen humans, a Minotaur, and a Demon Emperor all rest within a comfortable, recently-built communal space. Built in a single day by some above-average Technopaths, it offers luxurious sleeping arrangements for the soldiers who originally came to protect Jason’s life,…
Raphael closes his eyes and begins to speak. "In the beginning, there was only the Creator and the Void. Then, my Father made me, his first son. He named me Raphael. He gave me light. He showed me the creation of our galaxy. He told me to be fruitful and spread the seed of life."…
Unarin stares off quietly into the distance. His eyes gloss over slightly. "Lucifer. The Demon Emperor of Providence." "For hundreds of millennia, long before we Volgrim marked Earth as a planet worthy of note, we had already explored the limits of our humble galaxy. We had marked thousands of life-bearing worlds with interest." "The species…
Thousands of lightyears away, aboard the Founder’s Spear. Jason slowly sets a datapad on the table between himself and Unarin. He closes his eyes and massages the bridge of his nose and forehead. Several seconds pass as he quietly digests the reading material Unarin gave him. Before long, he pulls his hand away and opens…
Abby skips along gaily while excitedly chattering to Bael about this or that. When they pass through the Warpgate into the Core, several people give Bael dirty looks and vicious glares, no doubt due to his perfect facsimile of Emperor Ose. Even though everyone knows he’s actually Bael, they can’t help feeling resentment over his…
Mara, the Duke of Collection, assists more than two hundred humans in a new construction project as they rapidly build up a brand new apartment complex, just as shiny and beautiful as all the others in the nearby vicinity. This particular structure, located on the northwestern side of the Fortress of Retribution’s outer limits, sits…
Aspirator Raavul guides the next group of students to the front of the class. This time, the ones she calls up are Primal Psions, and their numbers greatly exceed the Body Enhancers, with twenty-seven of them in total, consisting of more than a quarter of her entire class. Hope levitates in the back corner of…
The world of Volgarius, in one of the seemingly infinite stratoscrapers somewhere on the planet. Tired and fed up with the insanely boring bottom-level of Volgrim society, Hope ultimately manages to find a rare moment of privacy. He returns to his human form, then turns himself invisible and ethereal, like a ghost. He uses his…
