The Anger of the Beast
Enigma often returns from his travels with stories of the many things he has seen. After one particular excursion, he told his apprentice a tale of performers pushing their bodies to the limits in a ring, for the amusement of the crowds. Even better, he...
Edmund’s Beach Body
"Drink it in, Morty. I know how much ya love it!" Mortimer could only smile, his plan coming together perfectly. As the pack on his back slipped off, gently impacting the sand next to Edmund's, he grinned. Though his boyfriend's chiseled musculature posing in front of...
The Start to Reconciliation
Once again, LittleBadWolf was available on short notice for this incredible piece illustrating this story, back in January of 2024. There were a few lingering plot threads to resolve, one of them being the relationship between Edmund and Azurium. The Case of the Titan Syndicate drew...
Greater Than Friendship
As always, LittleBadWolf was available on short notice to take on this commission, back in November of 2023. I had been laying the groundwork to solidify Morty and Edmund as a romantic pair for years prior to this, and with Edmund taking a mental and...
A Friendly Flying Competition
Located in the center of its region of the multiverse, the plane of Crossroads is often visited by travelers from other worlds. One of them happens to be Sir Richard the Protector, a dragonkin knight from another plane who has worked with Detective Enigma a...
A Summer’s Reprieve
Though this piece from LittleBadWolf was posted in August of 2023, the original title of the YCH, Summer Fireworks, put me in the mind of American Independence Day. It made me think of how a similar holiday would work in Magistrum City, so I cooked...
Peak Training
Among the more physically-oriented students of the Magistrum, like the ones in its martial arts program, it's become a common practice to head into the nearby mountain ranges to train once they've been certified to go out into the wilderness without an escort. With the...
A New Trailblazer
By the time this piece, illustrated with one of LittleBadWolf's YCHs back in July of 2023, was started, I had already decided that I would turn the friendship I had been developing with Edmund and Mortimer into a relationship. And in that context, I had...
Night of Revelation – Part 2(/3)
Once again, LittleBadWolf stepped up to do an illustration for this part of "Night of Revelation", this time back in April of 2023. Writing fight scenes isn't my area of expertise, but I remember reading some advice that I tried to keep in mind during the...
Just the Way You Are
Even though the actual story for this piece, by Marsel-Defender back in April of 2023, was penned the day before I originally uploaded it, I had been playing around with the concepts of it in my head for some time prior. I question often if I've...