Joyful June Day 17: River
Young Seregei from my own Swordmasters books, learning to swim in one of the kingdom of Duamelti's legendary thousand rivers.
Today’s challenges: Hands, wet, child
30th May 2026
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Joyful June Day 17: River
Young Seregei from my own Swordmasters books, learning to swim in one of the kingdom of Duamelti's legendary thousand rivers.
Today’s challenges: Hands, wet, child
30th May 2026

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An easy one (hopefully!) to compensate for the last one. It is mentioned in Border Crossing that the four races of elves are related to wood, stone, water and fire respectively. It's clear who the Wood-elves are, stone would be the Mountain-elves, and water would be the Sea-elves, which have not appeared but are mentioned together with Wood-elves as the ancestors of the Mixed-bloods. Who or where are the fire elves? Are they some sort of desert-dwelling elves? And which race did the Irnianam/Valley-elves originally come from?
Happy Christmas and New Year :P
That is a myth, but there were originally four races of elves, which is where it arose from, and it's very wide-spread. The Mountain-elves are actually the ones associated with fire; they were known for metalworking and smithcraft, which formed something of a cycle with the fact that they tended to be warlike (underlining the fire association, since fire is associated with danger and destruction as well as homely images such as the hearthfire - like fire, Mountain-elves made good allies and bad enemies!).
The Valley-elves are actually the ones associated with stone or earth, from an ancient association with the land and farming that they've moved away from since, as well as some associations around unwillingness to change or, as they'd prefer, stability and reliability. It's also stuck because of their long tendency to hold themselves apart from the others and their ability to survive disaster - whatever sweeps over the land, land will still be there.
There are desert elves a long way off from Duamelti; I don't know how much of a factor they'll become!
(A link to the books for anyone playing the home game!)
Swordmasters from Island of Blood finished. Now on to the Lothern Seaguard!
(Cant decide if i should expand the army into one of the Arcane Journal factions, or shoukd just shoot straight and keep to the Grand Army. Advice anyone?)
🔥 Fierce, fearless, and bold—Viking women stood as warriors, leaders, and legends, shaping history with strength and spirit! ⚔️👑
OPM Manga Update 233 Review: Evaluation
I had initially postponed writing this until the next chapter, but I've come to realise I have so much meta to write that it's best I do each chapter individually.
Summary because it's been a moment
The first part of the chapter is set in the mountains above City G where the Council of Swordmasters is based. At their building, the three disciples are reviewing what they've been able to unearth about Sweet Mask. It's precious little, with nothing available before his signing up as a hero. Iaian surmises that this fits in with the information that Bushidrill has been able to uncover on Amai's shifting appearance. They consider that the shape-shifting could be a special power, but in light of his behaviour towards Do-S's hostages, was much more likely a sign of progressive monsterization. Iaian expands on it by recounting what he'd seen of Sweet Mask at the surface when he'd seen a monster struggling to keep its humanity. With surprising empathy, Iaian states that it's often those who've lost something who know its true value. They decide to keep a careful eye on Sweet Mask but say nothing to Atomic for now. Okamaitachi hopes that they end up glad to have kept Sweet Mask's hands clean.
Elsewhere, we see Kamikaze (it is not right to call him Atomic Samurai in this context) and Nichirin paying their respects at a shrine dedicated to successive generations of the Swordmasters. They are accompanied by two young people, here to take the places of the slain Swordmasters. We are treated to Yuta's thoughts of hunting down whatever remains of the Monster Association. Nichirin apologises to the pair to say that if he'd been stronger -- but Shido cuts him short. His father lived by the sword, after all, and falling in battle was an honourable death. Besides, as a bodyguard, seeing Nichirin alive would have pleased him.
Speaking of that, given how gravely Nichirin had been injured, it naturally leads to Kamikaze asking after the old man's health. Nichirin sits on the ground and hitches his robes up to show a pair of cybernetic legs. His entire lower half is now mechanical and he's apparently no worse off for it [Aside: I guess the doctors who butchered Air back in Chapter 182 weren't joking about Metal Knight's skill in cyborg medicine].
He stands up, and, declaring that circulating one's chi through body and weapons made them part of a whole -- artificial bodies included -- unsheathes his sword and slices at an apple that he tossed into the air. The apple is apparently unharmed, but the cliff face in the background is cleaved. The apple falls to the ground, and Shido and Yuta marvel at the accuracy of the old man's cutting the cliff but sparing the apple. Nichirin states that he did cut the apple as well. Kamikaze picks up the apple and explains that this is Nichirin's special technique: it's so fast and finally that the Apple rejoined itself, apparently unharmed. He is relieved the old man is his usual self.
It's now Nichirin's turn to ask him a question. Now that his rival Bang has retired, will Kamikaze stay at the Hero Association? Kamikaze looks wistful for a moment as he recalls himself leading the charge to take down Psykos-Orochi. He says that, indeed, he'd initially gone only to challenge himself, but now he had experienced something that he couldn't get anywhere else. Besides, he still had one more person whose strength he needed to fathom -- we are shown that it is King. He'd decide after then.
As he takes his leave, Nichirin thinks that Kamikaze has changed. Being thrown among a variety of strong fighters with vastly different strengths had broadened his mind. Maybe being a hero wasn't so bad after all. He says that last part out loud to Yuta's puzzlement.
We cut to the hero Association and to Saitama and Genos approaching it. Inside, Forte is putting the finishing touches to a dog house Black Sperm is disgusted, but shelter and food, even if it is only dog food, are what he needs right now, at least until he rebuilds his cell count. Saitama and Genos heave into view and Forte greets them. Black Sperm rushes behind the dog house in well-justified fear. His life wouldn't be worth a scrap of cigarette ash if Genos caught sight of him. Fortunately, Genos is a bit distracted, first by the dog's name, then by the news that Forte lives next door to Saitama. He wastes no time in evicting Forte.
I have a feeling the dog is going to be trouble
Finally, we're in the M-City branch of Mouse Sushi, the cheap rotating sushi place with the infamous nasty t-shirts Saitama loves. Atomic Samurai is there with his disciples, having paid a futile visit to King's residence. There's only one problem with this place: someone keeps taking every plate they have their eye on. After the fatty tuna plate is taken, Atomic stands up to confront the person only to find that is King. The chapter ends with Atomic standing over an anxious King and asking if he could talk to him for a few minutes.
Whew, if you think this is meaty, wait until we get to the meta. Grab a drink!

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It will never not be funny to me that the secret police of the Warhammer High Elves, the dudes that show up in the middle of the night to kick in doors of religious minorities and drag them of screaming to be tortured, look like this:
Becaue clearly nothing say "secret police" like wearing a foot-lenght gown of glittering scale armour, giant two-handed swords, and a highly polished silver buttplug as a hat
Joyful June Day 14: Music
Weyrn from my own Swordmasters books, playing his flute.
Today’s challenges: Hands.
18th May 2026
Joyful June Day 12: Hot drinks
Maelli and Seri from my own Swordmasters books.
Today’s challenges: Hands, head angles, Maelli's profile.
15th May 2026