Hey there everyone!
I just wanted to let you all know about a 35-post short story I wrote and illustrated on Instagram as a spin-off to my SideQuesters Illustrated Novelette.
It features a little-known bit of Adelgladian history in which the deposed future Sorcerer King Bartleby retakes his throne by impersonating a Goblin, allying with the Goblins of The Southern Pass, and using their forces to cast-out the man who usurped his kingdom. Throughout his adventure, Bartleby learns to accept his own significant magical talent and unites the Goblins with the other races of the region, ushering in a new era of peace.
Check out the first chapter below:
“Shit, man, things’ve really turned sideways on us on this one, haven’t they Dunkan?” the man asked the little Goblin as he ran his hand nervously over the top of his wavy brown hair.
You ain’t wrong Boss! the Goblin agreed eagerly. They sure have!
“Yeah, they sure as fuck have,” the man continued as he started to pace to relieve the tension building in his wiry body. He was only in his early 20’s but he had experienced more than enough stress to know how to cope with it on-the-fly.
He patted his vest hoping for an old smoke that might have gotten forgotten at some point during the last two years in prison but he found nothing. He gave a few more pats to his shoulder to put out a lingering blaze of blue flame that he noticed out of the corner of his eye before glancing at the pile of twisted metal splayed across the old stone tile floor and wondering briefly if the guard might have a spare cigarette tucked in one of the little pouches strung across his chest like a bandoleer.
“Fuck,” he mumbled to himself as much as to the Goblin as he turned away from the heap. “Alright, let’s think this through.”
Always a good plan, Boss! Thinkin’s what you do best!