To address the slime in the room and alleviate any worries off the bat, there's still a chapter coming tomorrow and it will be the (or one of the) prologue(s) for volume 2. Yes, this does mean that it is going to be a non-Kori chapter again.
Okay, with that out of the way, I wanted to give you an update on what I'll be...
2026-02-05 21:03:48 +0000 UTC View PostKorse
I swear, if she keeps this up one of us isn’t going to make it to her Class Day, maybe both…
Korse kept his grumblings to himself as he sat alongside the comatose form of his young charge. She’d gone and done something ridiculous again. They didn’t know what exactly she had ...
2026-02-05 06:48:00 +0000 UTC View PostGiven the potential for spoilers, I'm going to lock it to the same access as 94 until that drops to Hatchling tier.
Voices drifted in and out the same as Kori drifted in and out of consciousness. Never quite awakening, simply brushing against the world around her for brief moments.
“I’m honestly not sure what she did this time… if Plk hadn’t sensed something wrong with the mana we probably wouldn’t have found her in time....
2026-01-29 06:49:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe flask’s place on the list seemed especially relevant on that particular day, given what was occurring elsewhere above their heads.
“Do you even remember how to make them, Kori?” Asked Kora.
“Mostly?” She replied, tilting her head as she tried to recall the proportions of the various ingredients. “D...
2026-01-28 08:33:34 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry it's late, posted in the discord chapter releases channel that I was delayed due to a migraine last night. If you're not already on the discord, it's where any adjustments to schedule will be announced.
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Kori and Ortik continued their conversation for a while, talking about her, non-go...
2026-01-15 05:01:21 +0000 UTC View PostBolst asked Kori to keep the secret as well, almost as an afterthought.
Did he forget I was here?
“Just try not to blurt it out if someone brings up the spiders again…” He pleaded.
“Okay, but I want to see all your notes on the spiders! Oh, and any recipes you used their venom in!” Kori’...
2026-01-09 12:01:41 +0000 UTC View PostSince she was apparently going to have to guide Kora down here the following day, Kori insisted that she be the one to take the lead on the way back and that the Elders should only correct her after she made a mistake. They only needed to do so the once, when they had walked for a few hundred meters down a side tunnel that wa...
2026-01-07 08:22:50 +0000 UTC View PostHappy New Years everyone!
It's now officially been a full year since the first chapters of Emberscale Alchemist became available for readers and I have to say I'm blown away by how everything has gone.
The year certainly had its ups and downs, and further downs, but 92 chapters (94 initially, but I merged some of...
2026-01-03 05:46:20 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I'll start with what you want more. there'll be a quick update post made in a few minutes.
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“We were… umm… just making some ointment?” Kori answered, trying, and like usual failing, to not sound guilty of something.
Har simply looked over the no longer neatly arranged eq...
2026-01-03 05:25:00 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time her first day was done, more than a few hours after it should have been done, they had unpacked basically all of the tools and glassware, some of which she still didn’t understand the purpose of. Kori was both exhausted and elated, it was finally beginning to look like what she had imagined she was goin...
2025-12-31 12:12:16 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Last chapter before the holidays, the next will be either Sunday the 28th or Monday the 29th, depending what unexpected familial obligations arise and the following will likely be later in the week, entirely dependent on activities, and in what state they leave me in, on NYE.
Like I said last time, Happy/Merry wha...
2025-12-24 08:03:36 +0000 UTC View PostA/N - So apparently I left this sitting in drafts since Saturday... I was starting to wonder why I hadn't gotten much in the way of comments or notifications on the chapter...
Also this is now the longest single chapter, at nearly 5000 words, so I hope you enjoy. The next will be up the evening of the 23rd, so probably...
2025-12-23 06:00:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe rest of the day went about the same, Blonc corrected her form, they reset their stances, then Kori ended up jabbed with a wooden knife. Sure, there were steps in between like Kori trying to do the same to him or to slip inside his guard or any number of other feints, but the pattern mostly held. It also didn’t alway...
2025-12-17 18:42:26 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time she stumbled into the brood chamber that evening, a few hours after she had been expected, everything hurt. Even if her Status didn’t show she was missing any Health, she was sorely tempted to apply some of her currently limited supply of ointment to her feet just to see if it would help.
There were still ...
2025-12-15 05:50:12 +0000 UTC View PostThere was of course another issue with the choice of knives, Blonc’s argument against them had never failed before, so they didn’t have any practice knives. This meant another trip to see the disagreeable quartermaster, Lhka. Though thankfully Kori was just following along this time and didn’t need to make the request d...
2025-12-12 09:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostShe woke the following morning to the prodding of Losq’s foot. “You’re missing breakfast.” Was all he had to say to dissolve the final few threads of sleep that lingered over her mind. Unfortunately, the images of pastries the idea of breakfast had come to conjure for her during her time in Whatzakt, also dissolved aw...
2025-12-04 04:30:06 +0000 UTC View PostI'm sure you've all been worrying about the lack of posts or updates. I'm sorry for not at least making a post to let you know how things were going. I am having some health issues and over the last month have been dealing with severe insomnia, to the point that I was placed on a sedative. Unfortunately that medication create...
2025-12-04 04:29:01 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry it's late, between the holiday weekend and then being ill for a few days and going about 60 hours with only ~3 hours of sleep, I wasn't able to get much done. I've set aside tomorrow and Monday for writing, so barring unplanned interruptions I'll have more for you soon.
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Kori wanted nothing more th...
2025-10-19 00:08:07 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time the meeting had ended, a rough plan had been made. Kori would be something akin to an apprentice to all of the Elders and none of them at the same time. Ortik would govern her duties and schedule, while each of the others would ensure that she reached the potential she herself had laid claim to.
If she wante...
2025-10-10 21:41:13 +0000 UTC View PostNot so much as a scale brushing against the stone floors could be heard as the assembled Elders stared at the youngling, their faces contorted in confusion at her response. No one spoke, no one moved, no one so much as twitched a tail for several long seconds.
Feeling their stares, the silence dragged on the confidence ...
2025-10-07 02:05:39 +0000 UTC View PostKles’ inflammatory statement rippled through the Elders, many stunned into silence with their jaws hung open, but the pair who’d been the subject of her verbal slap looked more like it had been a physical one.
Har’s jaw opened and closed like he was trying to say something but no sound escaped his maw.
<... 2025-10-03 20:59:31 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I think I've finally figured out the formula.
Maikana + nothing = useless
Maikana + ADHD meds = not useful enough to get writing done.
Maikana + More ADHD meds = Too useful... hyperfocus gets me fixated on the wrong things.
Maikana + ADHD meds and an afternoon espresso = Sweet spot where the wri...
That is the question.
Billing has remained paused since before the summer when I started to have issues keeping chapters coming. In that time there have been issues due to the pause with Apple Pay users and returning members being unable to resubscribe and losing access to chapters that have affected a few of you.
A/N: I'm a bit late on this one, it was fun to write but it is also probably the most dialog heavy chapter I've ever done. It's also the second longest one, with the longest having been the fight itself. I hope you enjoy, and I hope you get the reference of the title, it's probably the least known detail of a very known thin...
2025-09-16 05:11:56 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I'd like to think this is the first chapter back to true form and proper length. It won't even be a long wait for the next, it's already in progress and I'll be finishing it tomorrow for your enjoyment!
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With the camp as secure as it was going to get and everyone still reeling from the previous day’...
2025-09-14 01:56:12 +0000 UTC View PostA/N Another short one. I think there will be another on the weekend and hopefully two next week as well. I'm setting a two a week goal to get back into the groove and will hopefully be back to three before too much longer.
Thanks everyone for your patience and understanding!
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2025-09-05 01:03:41 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry everyone, it's been a bit. A lot of stress and some less than solid medical decisions on my part had me out of commission and struggling for a bit. I can't say I'm 100% yet, but I'm trying. This first chapter back is a bit of a short one, though it's because that's where it was right to end it. I hope to have anoth...
2025-08-21 19:23:15 +0000 UTC View PostSlain?! But I didn’t… it was Zln… wasn’t it?
She sat in stunned silence, barely remembering to keep pressure on the open wound beneath her hands, hoping that the concoctions she’d administered would keep him alive long enough. The flask wasn’t supposed to be lethal, but there it was, big and bold an...
2025-07-25 19:48:43 +0000 UTC View PostIf she weren’t so pre-occupied with herself, she’d have counted another reason that there would be no missing the event she’d just engendered. Namely the screaming and wailing. Some small portion of which originating from the young kobold.
Tears streamed down her scales, drawing lines in the residue that coated th...
2025-07-25 00:29:34 +0000 UTC View Post
