12.10.2025

• Bveriudur: 11th Month of the Northern Calendar, 31 Days long, the darkest of the autumnal season, often associated with dark spirits, warlocks and witches often find it easier to commune with their patrons, hold their secret Sabbats away from civilization.
• Soulreavers: Unsullied undead where the soul imprisoned within the vessel keeps it from rotting away. The imprisoned souls are slowly stripped off their faculties, gradually become an extension of the necromancer, in some cases, erudite wizards theorize they become a second, spare body for the necromancer. Though how they achieve keeping the soul from passing on, remains a secret to most.
• Atropos: Dominus of Death’s Hunger, a Dread Regent of the Black Meadows in the Umbral Domains, one suspected as the chief patron of former Regent-President Daemerius who left the former capital of Arghyria infested with undead and servants of the Dominus hungering for anima, souls of the living. Despite its horrid reputation of a ceaseless appetite for souls, one of the most cordial of the Dread Regents.
• Ang-Thaughtur: Towering capital of Northern-Eoran under the full jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Naireanth. A gargantuan spire spanning nearly a thousand kilometers across the Oidcherin Meadows, whilst scraping the passing clouds with its flat, pronged 350th top level. The oldest structure, predating even the natives of the continent, built by the Higher Courts of the Fae, who occupied not the city, merely resided there during their jaunts into the mortal realm. Later, they allowed their ‘children’ to settle and sprawl within, then when the Heleionians arrived, took the city in the Hundred-Year Siege, and now reside there themselves, mingled with the descendants of the first fey-touched. 

1. Not much to report. The unedited version of the Spookinktober story is up on Subscribestar, started working on the editing, hopefully next week all four will be up. 
2. For that, the editing on the December story falters a bit. Also begin some preliminary outlining on the November story/tales.

                                        05.10.2025

• Myeinus: 32-day long month of Spring in the Heartland Calendar. Named after the Goddess of Magic and Magnificence.
• Aurorinus: 33-day long month of Winter in the Heartland Calendar. Named after the Goddess of Dawn, Love and Wisdom venerated in the Heartland nations. In the North and South, recognized as the Goddess who heralds new beginnings, the Lady of Hope. 
• Snow-Scaled Coven I: The largest coven of the North, rivals to the Black Rose Order. Founded in the first centuries of the First Demonic Crusade, established by the skielfrith house of Dreahal who first befriended their winged cousins, rode them into battle against the fiendish hordes. First started out as a knightly coven of their kin, worshipping Aurhmangr, the Great Dragon God of Heleion, mate of Myelia. Though he remained chief amongst their worshipped deities, once they grew in power, gobbled up the smaller covens, incorporated the worship of their deities. 
  • Hvirtvia Host: The greatest branch of the Snow-Scaled Coven, ever present in all their heimrads (holdings). Created by Ragnaerh of House Dreahal in the last centuries when his own brother turned against his own family, his own world. For 27 centuries, he led the Host into myriads of battles across the north, before he fell as one of the many who attempted uniting the north during those tumultuous eons. A task which he failed when Freianna withdrew her coven and aid, for reasons lost to history. Presently, it is led by Hersith Sigenoroth, Husband of Lythienne, a daughter of House Dreahal, Hersith of the Black Roses. 
• The Higher Court of Night and Darkness: Higher Court ruled by the Countess of Night, Darkness and all that lurks under Her Veil. Including the bestial predators hunting during the night, spiders who lurk in the dark recesses of Heleion, and the indigenous folk of Eoran, blessed by her essence. Their realm is recognized as Duskfall, a realm of endless night, where the leaves emanate a tenebrous light, a gargantuan silvery disk replicates the grace of the Moon. Known to descend upon the Umbrillien Hinterlands on every 24th of Veitrundur, where her worshippers flock, challenging themselves on a long pilgrimage through the hinterland. It is believed by the native feyfolk of the North, that amongst her many gifts to them, the longer nights each winter and autumn were her greatest. 

• So, as of now writing (Saturday that is) the Spookinktober story is almost finished with its unedited version. The last tale remains, one a bit ‘experimental’ in its structure. An idea I wanted to do for a long time in a short story format. Just never put myself to it, believing this structure fits longer stories better. For reasons.
• Then next week I plan to upload early access to the unedited tales first, then start editing them. The unedited early access will come in one day, the edited as I finish editing them. Story sits at almost 10k words. So, it may take a little while.
• And lastly, the December story, I hope to finish too, and move on editing the last three or four chapters, then add a few more segments. 
• Speaking of which, these segments of the Deal of the Revolution will focus on secondary characters or minor, practically red-shirts in the Umbrillien Hinterland. The early ones are all ambushes between the Black Roses, Dusk Weavers and the Separatists hiding there. As the story ramps up, these ambushes shift into skirmishes, battles as the goal of the Separatists lie in the old and renovated forth in the heart of hinterland.

Weekly Update and Some Worldbuilding:

• Umbrillien Hinterlands: A lush and dense terrain in the south-eastern regions of Northern Eoran, situated between the two most prominent mountains. Once in the ancient times, before the colonists arrived, the Fey of the Night and Darkness ruled from here, her children living under the gloomy forests, the sloping mounds and hills, barrows. Then with time, first the natives tried settling, escaping from the Grauburgians and Esparnians, then later the Grauburgians themselves built a fort to cull the dangerous feybeasts lurking in the shadows. Since the Colonial War, the Black Roses inherited the fort, and the task to hunt monsters. Though now, they must contend with Separatists too, hiding somewhere, striking from below.
• Naurdpoint: A port city built upon the jagged, icy walls of a glacial crater on the western shores of Northern Eoran, at its northernmost point. The sister city of Sraurpoint, controlled by the Black Roses who maintain a small host to keep the peace. Under the governance of Hersith Ra'an, leader of the Halgufaeth Host of the Black Roses.
• Esparnian Monarchy: The fourth largest nation in the Heartlands after the Franchoin Republic, The Tyrnalan Theocracy, and the Arghyrian Republic. Situated in the south-west, borders the Anwon Khanate, and parts of Franchoin and Arghyria. Ruled by a Royal Family, governed by a council, and recently formed a Myelian Militant Coven from the remnants of the Sakhrath-Ib-Anath. 
• Raven Eyes of the Black Rose: Founded a few decades before the Coven of the Forsaken attacked the Black Roses academy in the Eptirrion Mountain range - allegedly. Serves the interests of the Black Rose Order/Coven primarily, secondarily the Draunneath Alliance. Their tasks include counterintelligence, infiltration, assassination, information gathering, bribery, sabotage. Led by Hersith Lythienne, though the other Hersiths' themselves received their own Eyes, and Hersith Kaguyari even invested her own Shinobiaths to expand the branch. Their ranks include the Nattriar or in common tongue, the Nightguard, the lowest rank. Their tasks range from guarding assets, act as guards upon the Eyes' stealth vessels to form commando units alongside the Daomaorns and Eyes. Or even Skjaldmaeriths and Varangriaths. 
• Umbral Archons: The intelligence corps of the Heartland Alliance, recruiting the best of their best to further their interests. 

• So first things first. For August, a Bound Diaries story, a new concept based story, that as of now goes War Stories [creatively named] and a two-part short story, a sort of prelude to the southern storyline I'm planning.
• The Bound Diaries I just finished this week, nearly 5k words. A story set in the above mentioned Naurdpoint, involving two Raven Eyes and an Umbral Archon, called Inigo the Esparnian Shadow. Though what he is doing in the north of Eoran, that is a secret for now. But it will be part of another, smaller storyline involving the underworld of Heleion.
• All three stories for August need a bit of editing, a bit more for the War Stories, whilst the other two, just some minor edits. Maybe even cut downs here and there. 
• And as we entered the eight month, I start with some updates on the December story. As of now, it reached the fifth chapter. The plan is eight chapters, but I may slap on a ninth, though it is quite lengthy already, at 20k words nearly. The first four chapters have been edited, things got already rewritten and the last two will follow too. May start to upload early access chapters. Not sure yet. May leave it to November. 
• The story itself will involve Emilior, who ordered one of the cabal agents to confiscate a certain artifice of utter destruction from a Grauburgian deep sea vessel. Now said weapon he finally found a worthy buyer for, a separatist, an old feyfolk generalissimo who wasn't quite fond of the Nairenthian taking the whole north, not allowing it to join the United Republics. And these certain rowdy separatists may hide in the infamous Umbrillien Hinterland, where skirmishes, ambushes start escalating as they aim to take the fort in the heart from the Black Roses. 
• From the Black Roses side just some characters that will feature: Astrydril who comes to aid Maleern and Arvindel, Hersith Katinkah a towering dark dracorith, and Arlettil from a side story set in the Second Era of Mending. One of 2024's october stories. There is also Vjeriina, a subordinate of Astrydril featured a long time ago, introduced in the same chapter as Selindrae. 
• And that is all for this week's update, besides these updates may come on saturdays or sundays too.