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.