With the prospect of the day off for the celebration of the foundation of this fine nation, I was able to nap through the evening and then spent the wee hours getting a significant amount of writing done on Chapter 2 of TKoH. Another round or two like this and I’ll have the chapter finished easily.

While I was working on the chapter, I made some changes to the overall timeline of the world. You see, a major even in the Dwarves’ history is the Five Hundred Years’ War in the Barklai Mountains against the Trolls and Gargoyles. This war ended with what became known as the Oreads’ Curse. The Oreads could no longer bear the damage being done to the mountains and so cursed the three races so that they would turn to stone by the light of the sun. This didn’t only apply to the Dwarves, Trolls and Gargoyles of the Barklai Mountains but those all over the world. This lasted until the Dwarven warrior-king Vesu managed to subdue a Fae emissary to the surface and forced the Oreads to lift the curse on the Dwarfkind. Originally this happened only a couple hundred years after the curse was first placed on the Dwarves, but I decided that it would need to take more than just one lifetime (by Dwarven standards, as Dwarves in the Tellus Arc live to around 200 on average) to really explain the long-lasting effects on Dwarven culture. Instead of the 12th Century of the Second Age, Vesu’s rise was moved to the 2nd Century of the Third Age, adding about 500 years to the time the Dwarves were cursed. Of course, it would take time for heralds from Arkh Barkun to seek out the other Dwarven communities scattered across the world, and that was once anyone actually took a mind to concern themselves with their brethren abroad. I have to imagine there had to be a case or two of Dwarves being sentenced to death by exile, only to find themselves with a new lease on life.

Anyway, that’s enough Dwarven history for now. A lot of older peripheral materials are going to require some rewrites, but I’ll try to stay focused on the task at hand until I get the chapter done. Stay tuned.

I made some progress on Chapter 2 of TKoH, just a bit under quota, but when I tried to get some more written, being only half-awake and much pestered by the office productivity specialist, I decided to pack it in. I’m pretty confident I can get the chapter done by the deadline, so we’ll see how it goes. Stay tuned.

I didn’t make any story progress, but I was working on the map of Lower Midgard. Usually getting the maps detailed is something that gets done in the preproduction phase, but with all the work going into the game system, I never got much past a broad strokes concept. I expect to be working more on this in the near future, but now I need to turn my attention to TKoH. Stay tuned.

I finished Chapter 17 of RttW, so I’ve met my goal for the week. I’d like to get started on Chapter 18 over the weekend, but I’ve got other stuff to do as well. We’ll see what gets done. Stay tuned.

I made more progress on Chapter 17 of RttW. One more push and I should have it done, so everything’s on track. Maybe I can get a start on Chapter 18 while I’m at it. Stay tuned.

I’m continuing to move along in Chapter 17 of RttW. Actually made quota for a change. I should be able to make the deadline at this rate. Stay tuned.

I made a little progress but not much on Chapter 17 of RttW, but I was also doing some additional research, so it’s something related to the task at hand. I should have my current load of work-work wrapped up soon, so hopefully I can put a little more effort into writing. Stay tuned.

I made some more progress on Chapter 17 of RttW. Didn’t quite make quota due to a lapse in consciousness, but progress is progress. I’ll see what more I can get done. Stay tuned.

Well, I managed to solve the bucket problem and now we have a variety of buckets that have been added to the Item List. With this and some feasibility calculations having been sorted out, I was able to continue in Chapter 17 of RttW a bit. I should be able to get through the chapter to make my deadline this time around, but I’m lagging behind on the update post and I’ve got actual work deadlines to mind as well. I should join the circus with the sort of juggling I have to do. Stay tuned.

Well, I didn’t make any progress on the story. Besides the bucket problem I was still working to resolve, I then had to deal with my computer not letting me save because I was supposedly out of memory, despite having nearly 8 gigs available. I had been running a dual-boot machine, but I never use the Windows partition, so I decided to nuke that and open up that half of my hard drive. Doing backups, making a new boot disk, then reapportioning the hard drive took up much of the evening, with the rest mostly spent with me being unconscious. This of course means that I won’t be making my deadline, so we’ll just have to push it to next week. I will try to continue my work over the weekend as my energy level and the office productivity specialist permit.

In other news, while my kiddos have been doing in-class work on their group projects, I’ve been reading the Eddas, so that will be helping with TKoH. That’s at least something productive. Anyway, I’ll be getting back to work. Stay tuned.