Scales

Chapter Nineteen | Table of Contents | Chapter Twenty (Part II)

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Gorgrael finally deigned to show up and the book became a good deal more readable.

( Reader Post & Reflections )

With that out of the way, let me go on with the next chapter!

( This is actually good! Only rain does not dent your eyes. )

Chapter Eighteen (Part I) | Table of Contents | Chapter Nineteen

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Faraday was put under a spell, the Sentinels revealed themselves, and we had some general unpleasantness.

( Reader Post & Reflections )

On to the rest of the chapter, then!

Also, a content warning for bullying.

( And Faraday is pressed into something she would have done either way. I guess Douglass needed to have the pettiness in here. )

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, I looked through half of the glossary, and I ended up naming the continents of this world. Now for the reader post:

( Reader Post & Reflections )

( I have never done anything like this before, so... look at the pretty map! )

Chapter Seventeen (Part I) | Table of Contents | Peek at the Glossary (Part I)

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, we finally got underway again and got a little bit of information about the Icarii and Avar. Now for the reader post:

( Reader Post & Reflections )

On to the rest of the chapter, then!

( More worldbuilding failure! And Axis and Faraday kiss. )

Chapter Fifteen (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Seventeen (Part I)

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Faraday was shown a vision and we had some very strange scenes. Let me see… I do not have any reader post this time, except for Chessy’s improved take on Faraday listening to the tree.

Let me begin at once, then!

( Douglass, I like *nuance* in my books. Care to give some? )

Chapter Fourteen (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Fifteen (Part II)

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Before we begin, let me show the reader post:

( Reflections & Reader Post )

Onto the next chapter, then!

( We need something more than mind-readings to keep us invested, Douglass. )

Chapter Thirteen | Table of Contents | Chapter Fourteen (Part II)

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Axis and co. made it through the Silent Woman Woods to the Silent Woman Keep, and they met up with Ogden.

Before we begin, I would like to make a note regarding the schedule: I will do up to chapter 20 of this book, and I will do chapter 21 together with the SCSF.

With that out of the way, let us begin!

( We finally get some information! Too bad that it makes little sense. And we have some “comic relief”. )

Chapter Eleven | Table of Contents | Chapter Thirteen

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, Faraday found out about Embeth’s affair, and we had some nice bonding. Let us see what happens now!

( Oooh, scary deer man! )

Chapter Nine | Table of Contents | Chapter Eleven

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, our protagonists readied themselves to go on a journey, and we saw how we are supposed to favour Axis over Borneheld.

( I am confident that this will pick up within several chapters. For now, enjoy the boredom. )

Chapter Three (Part I) | Table of Contents | Chapters Four and Five

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, we met Axis’ secret lover. Let us see what happens now!

( See Axis' recurring nightmare, and get a peek at our (ostensible) main villain in this entry, as that is all there is to see here. )

Chapter Two (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Three (Part I)

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, we heard Axis’ backstory and we also saw him for the first time. Let us get into it!

There is a scene break after the story, and we cut to Axis’ POV.

( Is this the kind of person we are supposed to like as a protagonist? Also, the map might easily be the best thing here. )

Chapter One (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter Two (Part II)

NRSG: A good day, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Before this, we spent an entire chapter with three people talking in a tower. This time, we will meet one of our protagonists! How exciting!

( Though Douglass seems to care more about us knowing everything about the festivities. And apparently, men should de-curl their hair after 45. )

Prologue (Part II) | Table of Contents | Chapter One (Part II)

NRSG: A good day, everyone, and welcome back to BattleAxe! Last time, we followed Ameld and Rivkah as one of them died and the other survived, which in both cases was tied in with pregnancies. This time, we see what this setting is exactly like.

( Only we will not even hear what the central conflict *is* yet. Because dragging out the beginning as long as possible is certain to engage readers. )

Table of Contents | Prologue (Part II)

I’ve probably mentioned this before, but I would like to do the Axis Trilogy and its sequels as one of my sporking projects. But, before I begin, I do need to know what’s exactly in them. And to do that, I’m about to begin with a live-read of these books. So, here is the Nimble Rascally Summer Green-Parakeet (NRSG)!

NRSG: So you have seriously begun with this? And you have even invited me? You are certainly generous. And, from what I have heard, this ought to be interesting, to say the least. Certainly less boring than End of Ends, in any case.

Scales: Okay, you can do the prologue, plus chapters 1-19 of this book, and then the SCSF will take over. You’ll also be back for the end of Pilgrim, and the beginning of Crusader.

NRSG: That seems quite alright to me. Do you promise to only interfere when necessary, and not to change our schedule around too much?

Scales: I promise.

NRSG: Good. Let us begin with BattleAxe, then.

Content Warning: Mention of Abortion

( The beginning of a very, very long series, and it is clearly indicative of what will come. )