Chapter IV - The Council Decides

Apologies that this update has been so long in coming; I've been writing quite constantly but haven't had much time to upload it. In this installment we learn more about the peoples of the world and the council finally comes to a decision. There's more written, and it'll be up soon. I hope you enjoy it, please pass on the word to other people as I am hoping to eventually send this manuscript off to agents/publishers, hence feedback is always welcomed too!
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Chapter IV - The Council Continues

More of the council scene in which finally some progress is made. Once things in this scene got moving, I really enjoyed it - it just took a while to get off the ground. I like the character of Fion, and her race, which we'll meet and discuss a little more in the next post.

Chapter IV - He Returns

Finally, we get to be formally introduced to Him. This is the 'Him' whose seat remains empty at the Brazen Boar; the 'Him' whom inspires an almost religious zealotry in a certain class of person... but why is he back? Why is he so venerated? ...or is it fear?

He's still one of my favourite characters to write, I just hope he's as fun to read!

Chapter IV - The Council of Azorius

Apologies for the considerable delay in getting this part out. The writing didn't stall, this particular section just took a lot of reading and re-reading. I'm still not 100% happy with it, but I've never been great at council scenes anyways. There's a lot of politics, arguing, plot-reveal and all of that thrown in with trying to introduce a bucket-load of new and possibly temporary characters whilst keeping it flowing.I'm not 100% happy with it, but I am happy enough with it. Hope you enjoy.

Chapter III - Back to Studies

Things are beginning to accelerate in Castelmaine now. In this installment, Marr and Folk talk for the first time and Gideon reveals a little more of the history of Evalaria. In other news, portals are quite possibly the easiest things to visualise if you've seen them, but one of the hardest things ever to describe!

Chapter III - Reinforcements

Just another short update of the conversation with Gideon and Ealm in the side streets of the Trade District. I think this is the first ever heated conversation/argument I've written that I'm actually happy with. I also hope I've not given away too much of who Ealm actually is... I'm finding it difficult to hold onto that secret - whilst writing this I actually had it directly revealed in the prose, but I edited it out each time. It's something I want to reveal later on as a bit of a twist... Really hope nobody will guess it just yet!

Chapter III - Ealm

Todays update is just a short one, as I wanted to introduce another character into the works. If there's one thing I enjoy in stories that I write, it's a decent sized cast of characters. Over the years I've tried to write many stories down, but I end up getting more excited by another story and decide to write that one instead. My mind likes fresh things, and when I get an idea, I often must do that idea. Thus, I've developed a kind of way of dealing with that - having a cast of many characters that I can cycle through to keep things fresh for me too. I also like the excitement and diversity it can bring. I hope you do too!