One Last Knight. A Series of Short Stories.

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Welcome back to the gates of Enverdolmal!

Five days to Christmas!

If you are into -or don't celebrate- that sort of thing.

Happy holidays if you are not!

I hope that this finds you well and that you continue to be well throughout the remainder of this year. 

It has been a tough one...one that I would not care to repeat, but I am alive to speak about it, yeah?

I am grateful for that.

I have a few more Character Dives for you today, and I will be sure to get the others out just as soon as I can! 

You have my word. 

I hope that 2025 is amazing for whoever is reading this.

Life has been hard enough, and we all could use a break.

Maybe I will get the chance to start working on a physical form of this book with the coming of the new year, something that you all can hold in your hands!

Until then?

Well, we seem to be doing just fine here!

And even if/when that happens, you will always be able to read along for free online, that is also a promise that I will stick to no matter what.

One Last Knight has hit 66.14K Views in English, 46.09K in Spanish, and another 5.53K in German!

You all have been amazing, and I can't thank you enough for your continued love and loyalty!

I won't keep you any longer, I'll see you all back here soon enough!

Enjoy!

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"Fatal melodies. Part 1."

Character: Lucas Neelaca AKA: Lucasa Nell.

Species: Human.

Class: Bard. Mercenary. 

Nation: Luzu, Crater Coast Collective. 

Age: 38 HLS.

Weapon: Triple-necked Kora guitar.

-Enchanted Fae silk scarf.

-6x Throwing blades. 

Origin:

Born and raised as Lucas Neelaca, the intrepid Bard would leave his hometown behind with nothing to his name but his small hand-guitar, the robes upon his back, and a head full of lofty dreams. 

His head was also full of lumps, bruises, and small cuts...

The robes upon his back were torn and tattered...

The hand-guitar was in two pieces...

The gang that was hot on his heels had once been his employer. 

Like many before them, they had once trusted the man they had known as "Lucasa Nell: The Great Showmen! "

Like many before them, they had inevitably come to find that he was much more of a con man than anything. 

Lucas had always had a way with words both literally and figuratively. 

He would often use this gift to his advantage in situations that would otherwise be very much against him. 

Like this one.

But alas, this group was already enraged, and he had no instrument with which to work his craft.

From a very young age, he had come to realize that not only was he extraordinarily charismatic, but he too was supernaturally persuasive.

His Aether pool was deep, and his spells were potent and subtly infused into his voice. 

He could speak things into existence to an extent, allowing him to "summon" different types of objects and even humans/humanoids in the form of solid Aether constructs. 

The night that he had left his hometown had not been one in which he had given the greatest act...

The gang had paid him well for his show that night, and he had in turn paid a few of his own men to help him scam the gang out of a lot more.

Unfortunately for Lucas, he would come to find that men who can be bought, can be bought.

Just as the cue was due to be launched, he was betrayed and ambushed.

With every spell at his disposal on full display, and every ounce of his skill being called upon and tested, the lone undercover Mercenary had just managed to escape with his life. 

He would be driven from Luzu and bid never to return. 

He would return often and always under a different disguise, collecting information or even completing bounties under one of many said disguises.

He would travel the world for nearly two decades, learning and mastering hundreds of songs, chants, and poems.

He would find love and leave lovers.

He would build quite the name and reputation for himself as not only a phenomenal Bard and a masterful Mercenary but also a womanizer and swindler of men. 

That reputation would lead him to a small, dank bar in the dead of night, in hunt of a lone and elusive Necromantic woman. 

Abilities: 

-Lucasa can infuse both his voice and instruments with his Aether, giving him the ability to manifest spells and summon constructs composed of solidified Aether. These constructs can move about and act outside of his influence if they are donated enough of his Aether and intention. 

-Master Musician and Poet.

-Expert knife throwing.

-Expert hand-to-hand combatant. 

Stats:

Strength: 6.5/10.

Stamina: 7.5/10.

Agility: 6.5/10.

Dexterity: 8.5/10.

Intellect: 8.5/10.

Aether: 6/10.

Resilience: 7/10.

Resistance: High Magic: 4.5/10.

Low Magic: 6.5/10.

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"Fatal melodies. Part 1."

Character: Steletha Finch. AKA: Shade.

Species: Elfym Zombie.

Class: Necromancer. 

Nation: Luzu, Crater Coast Collective.

Age: Infinite. 

Weapon:

-Human Bone clubs.

-Human bone wand.

-Human hair whip.

Origin:

A woman scorned will never die.

Steletha would become that and so much more.

She had studied well in her youth, mastering several forms of forbidden dark magics and necromancy to further the field of medical science for her ever-curious people.

The King of the Elves caught wind of some of her cruel and strange experiments and she was swiftly cast out of the land of the Elves, warned never to return on the burden of death as the stubborn Elf could not see how her works could benefit his people. 

Born and raised in and among the Elves and Humanoids of Lustria East up until that point, Steletha would be cast from her home with nothing but what she could carry.

She would go on to explore the world at large, her journeys taking her far and wide until she crossed paths with a young, handsome Bard, in a run-down and water-logged bandit town called Luzu. 

She would open a small herbal shop in a dark and damp alley in this city of low lives and Seamen, selling what she could brew, to whoever would have it.

Her life would change forever after a whirlwind relationship with that aforementioned handsome Bard, one that would leave her alone, desperate, delusional, and eventually dead on the cold, hard floor, in the back room of her little shop...

She would awaken from her death six days after her suicide and dark spells were all cast.

Her newly risen, deeply evil, and horribly vengeful flesh would hunt that man down until it had its revenge...

Steletha was gone.

Shade had been born. 

Abilities:

-High magic Necromancy.

-Brawler combatant.

-Whip mastery.

-Low magic elemental spells. 

-Hellz gate scream. A sonic blast of scorching hot air and shards of molten brimstone. 

Stats:

Strength: 7.5/10.

Stamina: 7/10.

Agility: 8/10.

Dexterity: 6.5/10.

Intellect: 5.5/10.

Aether: 8.5/10.

Resilience: 7/10.

Resistance: High Magic: 7.5/10.

Low Magic: 9/10.

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"Special Presentation. An astronaut in the ocean. Part 1."

Character: Noncha Launt. AKA: Noko, The West Wind. 

Species: Tinker-kin. 

Class: Mind Mage: Telekinetic. 

Nation: Becherave, Lumaleza. 

Age: 7 HLS or 9.5 Tinker-kin years.

Weapon: Single oversized platinum nunchaku.

-Battle kit: Platinum-lined vest, forearm guards, and shin guards. These garbs are crafted in a manner that allows them to absorb and disperse kinetic energy via the platinum micro-weave mesh that lines these pieces of light armor. 

Enchanted Black silk mask: Can negate environmental heat and cold.

4x Choky-smoke bombs: Crafted by Neeka and composed of crushed mustard seeds, dried chili flakes, and fine wheat flour.

Origin: 

Noncha had always been a sickly and meek child.

From birth, his life had been turbulent, as not even the staff of Irgenia's Magistrates of Mages could figure out what it was that the boy suffered from.

His head would pound with unyielding migraines.

His body would retain very little muscle.

His immune system seemed to be far weaker than average. 

His parents had refused to give up hope on him, they nursed him and taught him over and over and how to walk and jump and run, but he would inevitably fall ill once more.

With time the boy grew a bit stronger, and when his mother was suddenly beset with a second child, his health began to improve as the pregnancy progressed. 

By the time his little brother was born, his health had all but peaked.

The headaches were gone,

His bones and muscles grew stronger and healthier,

And in a strange turn of events, his mind suddenly developed the ability to lift and manipulate objects in his environment. 

Noncha would go on to become one half of the titular team of Noko and Captain Kneecaps which consists of himself and his nearly infallible little brother.

Abilities:

-Expert manipulation and control over his telekinetic abilities. Noko can lift and move up to ten times his own weight (roughly 700 pounds) and at a distance of up to eight yards in any direction. 

-Nunchaku expert.

-Can induce migraine-like headaches in combatants who are within his telekinetic range -eight yards- for extended periods of time. 

-Noko's Echo: Noko can enter the "corridors" of his opponent's mind and force them into life-like replays of their memories. This takes extensive focus, but the illusion is so real that the opponent is often trapped until they can be assisted by some outside force.

Stats:

Strength: 3.5/10.

Stamina: 6/10.

Agility: 7/10.

Dexterity: 9/10.

Intellect: 9/10.

Aether: 8.5/10.

Resilience: 4/10.

Resistance: High Magic: 8.5/10.

Low Magic: 7.5/10.

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"Special Presentation. An astronaut in the ocean. Part 1."

Character: Neeka Launt. AKA: The Snow. AKA: Captain Kneecaps. 

Species: Tinker-kin.

Class: Elite Brawler.

Nation: Becherave, Lumaleza. 

Age: 5 HLS or 7.5 Tinker-kin years. 

Weapon: Single oversized platinum nunchaku.

-Battle kit: Platinum-plated elbow and knee pads: Can absorb kinetic energy which Neeka can channel into his nunchaku for devastating counterattacks. 

Enchanted Black silk mask: Can negate environmental heat and cold.

4x Skit-skat bombs: Composed of unknown and random animal and monster...droppings, Neeka's custom flash powder, and a handful of sharpened pebbles.

Origin:

Neeka was a strange and gifted child.

From birth he had been much stronger than the average child, even having almost killed both of his parents on separate occasions due to him incidentally underestimating his own strength. 

Neeka was faster, stronger, and more agile than any child to be born in the town of Becherave thus far. His birth also marked the day that nearly all of his elder brother's physical ailments would suddenly and permanently vanish. 

No one could explain this, nor could they understand what made the young boy so far from ordinary. With time he would only grow stronger still and that strength would aid him greatly in his chosen hobby. 

What Neeka lacked in brain power, he more than made up for in might.

By the time he was five years old, he could lift a full-grown man with relative ease. He would practice his hand-to-hand combat with Noncha, teaching his elder brother the ways of the nunchaku. Ways that he had learned, honed, and modified while helping his father farm their fields. 

Neeka would go on to convince his elder brother that it would be an awesome idea to become secret guardians for their secluded town, as they were not very often blessed with the presence of Knights or any other real law enforcement outside of the humble town guard. 

With the sudden arrival and encroachment of the Bloody Bucket Boys, it didn't take much to get him to agree. 

Abilities:

-Expert hand-to-hand brawler.

-Supernatural strength, speed, and agility. 

-Nunchaku master.

-Can flood his system with Aether to either hasten or slow his perception of the world around him. This is akin to a massive boost in his adrenaline which in turn heightens his speed and reflexes.

-Captain Clones: Neeka has a unique ability that lets him make a clone of himself after he takes enough physical damage. This clone is fully self-aware and can do anything that Neeka can do including this cloning ability.

Stats:

Strength: 8.5/10.

Stamina: 8.5/10.

Agility: 9/10.

Dexterity: 7/10.

Intellect: 5/10.

Aether: 5/10.

Resilience: 8.5/10.

Resistance: High Magic: 3/10.

Low Magic: 5/10.

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I hope that this is enough to hold you all over till the new year!

If not?

Well...

I don't know!

A random chapter MAY or MAY NOT drop before December 1st lol

My birthday is December 31st, so I may be busy doing absolutely nothing lbvs.

I don't really care for my birthday, but I will make the best of it as I tend to.

A bottle of good wine, and a bit of weed, and I'll be just fine.

I may even pump another chapter out for you all!

Either way, If I don't see you all back here before the countdown, HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

I love you all...

Seriously.

You have no idea how much you have done for me, and the amount of shit you all have gotten me through just by returning to read my weird little tales...

Maybe comment sometime lbvs.

I'll send a free copy of the book to the super early readers lol.

If I ever hear from you that is lmao.

See you all on the flip side, yeah?

Safe travels my friends.

And as always,

Stay safe.

 Stay healthy.

 Stay vigilant.

-Redd.