The World Stones

Two New Races + 9 New Types of Demons Added to the Wiki!

Been a while again, huh, so here’s a nice update package!

I added two new humanoid races to the mortal plane (where the humans live). Both are naturally fully fleshed out with their own appearances, characteristics, culture etc, which you can find on their wiki pages.

As well as the two new races, we also have a whopping nine new demon species that live “in harmony” in Etheria. Stay tuned for book two and three to see those guys in action (as long as I finish the first one first, heh).

Two new races

First, we have the reclusive, urban-legend-producing Nautians, fully aquatic humanoids with blue skin and yellow eyes, not to be confused with the Navi from Avatar, these guys can’t breathe air! They live in symbiosis with the rest of the aquatic fauna, such as sharks, whales, etc. These guys have a natural ability to use water magic to propel themselves throughout the ocean. In terms of their culture, they worship the great blue Ancient Dragon of the South.

Next, we have the Insectoids, genetically engineered half-human, half-butterflies, created using the Stone of Creation in ancient times as a way to punish criminals. Somehow, this race of insect-like people were able to reproduce (albeit by laying eggs), and survive multiple millennia!

• Nautian
  • Entirely aquatic, reclusive humanoids with blue skin and glowing yellow eyes, characterized by water magic affinity and symbiosis with marine fauna.
• Insectoid
  • Genetically engineered half-human, half-butterfly hybrid species with a social structure centered around individuals’ wing-size and ultraviolet color appeal.

Demons of Etheria

As there are so many new demons added, ranging from four-meter-tall walking battering rams to flying gremlins the size of a housecat, and each with varying degrees of sentience and cognition (from animals to smart human-like demons), I decided to have semi short descriptions for each of them instead of a longer rundown.

Click on a name below to get to their wiki page!

• Fledgeling
  • Something in between a housecat and a dragon, with the attitude of a chihuahua. Fledgelings have wings, sharp claws, and a keen eyesight, all tools they use when hunting smaller prey.
• Boneborn
  • The most common demon; skeletal foot soldiers and workers with magilite fortified bones for added resistance. Has a natural resistance to slashing and piercing but is quite vulnerable to blunt trauma.
• Ratling
  • Small, highly agile, rat-like demons with keen olfactory senses and a natural knack for stealth; they serve as the assassins and scouts of Etheria.
• Barkskin
  • Demons composed entirely out of animated wood. They are highly resistant to slashing and crushing damage, but vulnerable to fire, and of course axes… Soaking these guys in water makes them harder to burn.
• Arachnoid
  • Spiderlike humanoid demons. Their six extra appendages (arms) stemming from their back enable them to climb walls or wield multiple weapons with great speed and ferocity.
• Minotaurid
  • 3-metre-tall, heavily muscled, bull-like demons with a culture emphasizing the survival of the fittest through tests of physical combat.
• Chaos Golem
  • Towering constructs of obsidian or magnetite, created to be tanky, living battering rams. Chaos Golems are capable of knocking down even most stone walls, and are nearly impervious to slashing, piercing, and magical damage. They can however be shattered with sufficient force.
• Spectral
  • Rare, Pseudo-physical shadowy beings; half shadow, half matter. They’re the fastest of the demons, able to match even Captains and Commanders in terms of speed. On top of that, spectrals are capable of phasing through objects (e.g., incoming swords and arrows).
• Culan
  • Rare, horned and single-eyed demons specifically made to have a high magical potential (mana), allowing them to wield potent magic. Unlike humans, they are not limited to a single element by their magilite plexus.

For more information on the various demons and races inhabiting the world, go check out their full entries on the World Stones Wiki: theworldstones.com

Technology, Companies, Creatures, Characters, and more!

Been a while since the last update, huh. Well, good thing today is a big one, and I really mean its a big one.

The wiki has a whopping 7 new characters, 2 new creatures, 4 new plants, 4 new companies or organizations, 11 new pieces of technology, equipment, or products, and a whole new historical event + a bunch of minor tweaks.

All of those entries have dedicated, long and detailed pages for what/who they are, how they function, and a crap ton of extra information.

The main character’s (Kiryu Ardoladd’s) second name has been completely changed as well!

As for the book itself, I have made substantial progress on the second draft of the first third of the first book (that’s a mouthful), and I am already near the end of chapter four. It has been refined, and is a lot better than the original ever was. When it comes out (god knows when), I’m certain you will enjoy it!

Anyway, here’s the more detailed breakdown of what’s new!

New Characters

• Eira Everfrost
  • The Daughter of Destruction, Guardian of the Stone of Destruction, Hero of the Chaos Times (alongside Lumare & Kaligo).
• The Elder
  • The Oldest still living sentient being in the world.
• Indra
  • The Beastmaster Albinar/Abscondita that escaped the Hidden Cove.
• Sentinel
  • Elite Warrior of the First Legion, Captain of the Sentinel Squad.
• Nero Blackwood
  • Famous Monster Hunter, Leader of the Order of the Black Rose.
• Alric Ironhart
  • The Count of Ironrock.
• Ashir Barak
  • The Richest Person in the World, Head of the Barak Trading Conglomerate.

New Creatures

• Chaos Wyrm
  • 150m-long beast of Etheria.
• Yellow-Streaked Bass
  • Common Yellow Fish.

New Flora

• Azureberry
  • Euphoric neon-blue berry, made into Azure Blue beverage.
• Crimsonberry
  • Bitter, poisonous red berry, made into Bitter Red (alcoholic beverage).
• Corpse Rose
  • Pitch Black Rose, given to people as a death threat.
• Golden Grapes
  • Rare tropical grapes made into the expensive Golden Exotica wine.

New Historical Event

I added the very first historical event, the Creation of the world itself by the god Atlas. This event occurred over 5,000 years ago, during which the very land, the seas, and all the creatures and monsters were created.

New Companies & Organizations

• The Barak Trading Conglomerate
  • The largest and most successful trading company in the world, facilitating a whopping 25% of the world’s trade.
• The Dew Drop
  • The main news organization in the Lumare Empire (also the name of its newspaper).
• The Lumare Citizen’s Bureau
  • The official organization providing state services within the Lumare Empire (firefighting, citizenship, hospitals, schooling, etc.).
• The Order of the Black Rose
  • Grey organization offering contract warriors, assassins, and monster hunters for anyone willing to pay.

New Technology, Equipment, & Products

• Dragonsbane
  • The Main Character’s Sword, Kiryu Ardoladd’s adamantite sword.
• Iridium-Flarestone Engine (IF Engine)
  • Magimechanical/magielectrical engine, used to power various machinery.
• Iridium-Flarestone Battery (IF Battery)
  • Magielectrical battery.
• Flarestone Bomb
  • Handheld magical grenades/bombs.
• Magilite Bomb
  • Nuclear doomsday device.
• Flarestone Light
  • Magielectric lightbulbs.
• Flarestone Torch
  • Handheld flarestone light, useful for exploring caves.
• Iridium Network
  • Network of iridium cables that enables the use of magical energy for appliances.
• Steam Rifle
  • Handheld or mounted magimechanical rifle, fires bolts of fire/water magic.
• Azure Blue
  • Expensive, mildly addictive, euphoric beverage
• Bitter Red
  • Bitter and citrussy, somewhat cheap alcoholic beverage

Tweaks + New Second Name for the Main Character

I also tweaked a bunch of minor things, character entries, names, history etc. to make them as accurate and cohesive as possible.

As well as that, I changed the main character’s (Kiryu Ardoladd’s) second name, the name he gets when he becomes a citizen of the Lumare Empire;

Noe Kazuki ( = Mist, hope for peace), has now been changed to Renji Caldara (Ren = lotus/samurai warrior/love/goodness, caldera = lake formed when a volcano erupts and collapses in on itself).

The name Renji Caldara better reflects his character and symbolizes his journey, on top of sounding better in other languages. On top of that, it allows for pet names (such as Ren) to be possible, adding to the versatility and ease of pronouncing the name.

Other than that, I added some extra info and pictures for The Allfather Demon, the main antagonist of the series, so be sure to check that out 😉

For the rest of the crap ton of information and pictures, go check out their entries on the official wiki, theworldstones.com!

Added Moths of Destiny & Historical events to the wiki

Update on the book

The second edited draft of the prologue is now completed! On top of that, we have a brand new cover image for the first book! 🙂

History

I fleshed out the history section of the wiki and added two comprehensive pages about the two most important historical events,

1. The Chaos Times, during which a third of the global population perished to the demons that invaded the mortal plane, and…

2. The Lumare-Kaligo war, which has claimed over 300 million lives over its 400-year history, and is still ongoing as of the start of the first book (The World Stones – The Stone of Life & Time).

Moths of Destiny

I added two new lore-important insects to the wiki, one as an omen of death and disaster, the Midnight Moth, and the other an omen of good fortune and success, the Mirror Moth.

• Midnight Moth
• Mirror Moth (Mirror Butterfly)

New Plant

Tied to the Mirror Moth, I added a new plant to the wiki; the beautifully vibrant indigo blue flower, and national flower of the Lumare Empire, the Royals Rose.

• Royals Rose

Maria Quinn – love interest of the main character

I now added a wiki page for the love interest of the main character, the village angel and granddaughter of the village chief of Ironstraw, Maria Quinn.

• Maria Quinn

Sixth Legion Elite Squad added to the wiki

I now added all 10 of the Sixth Legion Elite Warriors to the wiki!

This is the squad where Renji Caldara (Kiryu Ardoladd), i.e. the main character of The World Stones novel trilogy is in; now every one of his comrades has their very own comprehensive wiki page!

We have eccentric characters such as Rosa Lovewood, the nutjob who loves her steam rifle like one would love a person, the meathead and self-proclaimed God of Muscle, Rodrick Stoneforge, and to contrast him – quite possibly the smartest individual in the whole Lumare Empire, if not the world, with an IQ of 195, Apollo Vertarius.

All of these 10 characters now have their very own detailed backstories, goals, and character descriptions, as well as some extra info about their personalities or quirks.

And as a bonus, we now have two new in-depth explained abilities in the wiki; magilite sensing (sensing magilite in a three-dimensional way) as famously performed by Captain Kyros, and magistrength enhancing, a way to enhance physical resistance and muscular strength.

The Sixth Legion Elite Squad

• Captain of the Sixth Legion, Kyros – Mole
  • The leader of the Sixth Legion Elite Squad.
• Renji Caldara (Kiryu Ardoladd) – Phoenix
  • The main character of TWS, Kaligo Commander turned Lumare Elite Warrior.
• Rune Stormhart – Drake
  • The most determined of the Sixth Legion, the zero to hero warrior who started life in the slums.
• Hitori Arglade – Fox
  • The gifted swordsman who trained directly under Captain Wolf.
• Cecilia Mirabon – Hare
  • The bratty and ideological royal.
• Apollo Vertarius – Tortoise
  • The smartest man alive, a famous scientist in the Lumare Empire.
• Ethan Barak – Mouse
  • The younger brother of Captain Stormbringer, the one who will inherit the Barak Trading Conglomerate (worth 80B €).
• Rosa Lovewood – Swallow
  • The nutjob mechanic/sniper that is in love with her steam rifle.
• Tania Tillberg – Crocodile
  • The tomboy, military obsessed girl with an attitude.
• Adam Fendrel – Badger
  • The one seeking to avenge his father’s death by killing Kiryu Ardoladd.
• Rodrick Stoneforge – Bull
  • The meathead that joined the military as a cardio exercise.

New abilities

• Magilite Sensing
  • A way to sense the environment, people, and magic in a faster, three-dimensional way, similar to eyesight.
• Magistrength Enhancing
  • A way to enhance physical resistance and muscular power through magic.

6/10 Captains added to the wiki

I now finished adding six of the planned ten of the Captains of the Lumare Empire to the wiki, including the most skilled swordsman in the entire empire, Wolf (captain of the Fourth Legion), both the Royal Knight and Royal Wizard (captains of the second and first legions respectively), and others.

I also added the base pages for the Elite Squads for each of the currently added Legion Captains. There I will add the Elite Warriors wiki pages.

Over the coming days/weeks, I shall add the character pages for the Elite Warriors, starting with the Sixth Legion Elite and working my way up to the First Legion Elite Squad.

Related to Captain of the Fifth Legion, Typhoon, I also added a page to the wiki about hydrocellular reconstruction; in other words, the process of using water magic to seal otherwise fatal injuries.

The Captains

• Captain of the First Legion, Royal Wizard Kline Snowden
• Captain of the Second Legion, Royal Knight Emery Snowden
• Captain of the Third Legion, Stormbringer
• Captain of the Fourth Legion, Wolf
• Captain of the Fifth Legion, Typhoon
• Captain of the Sixth Legion, Kyros
  • This is the Legion that the main character Kiryu Ardoladd (Renji Caldara) shall be in.

Back from Hiatus

I just finished my entrance exams and am now back in the game, ready to push out more new content to the wiki!

I recently added a bunch of new things, including a page for 10 new different types of magic/elements (on top of fire & water magic)!

On top of that, I added 3 new creatures, from the docile and sympathetic mushroom goblins, to the terrifying and rare mountain golems. Related to the mushroom goblins, I added a new mushroom, the potent poisonous and psychedelic Mystic’s Crown mushroom.

Then, I added a bunch of different conditions and diseases, most importantly the drawback that limits the careless use of magic – mana overload.

New Creatures

• Mushroom Goblin
• Silvershell Crab
• Mountain Golem

Elements/magic type

• Fire
• Water
• Earth
• Air
• Light
• Darkness
• Lightning
• Metal
• Creation
• Life & Time
• Destruction
• Healing

Flora

• Mystic’s Crown Mushroom

Conditions, diseases, and abilities

• Age reversal
• Age stasis
• Mana Buildup Syndrome (MBS)
• Mana Overload
• Magilite Imbalance (MI)
• Magic Disease (mana leech parasite)

Ancient Dragons, 10 New creatures

This week, I focused on adding nearly all remaining creatures from my OneNote to the wiki website!

All ancient dragons have been added! I added the first creature to the Etheria creature page, the Titan Mantis; a three-meter-tall mantis with bladed arms, created by the Allfather Demon using the Stone of Creation.

I added the first fish to the wiki; the silvery “bullet of the ocean”, the red argent. I added the midnight-black horse breed that is legendary for its strength, speed, and courage in battle, the singing horse. I added the fantastical highland flying ox! And lastly, I added the goblin deity shrouded in mystery, the Warden of the Forest.

New Creatures

• The Winter Dragon
• The Red Dragon of the West
• The Green Dragon of the East
• The Black Dragon of the North
• The Blue Dragon of the South
• The Warden of the Forest
• Titan Mantis
• Highland Flying Ox
• Singing Horse
• Red Argent

Elemental Spirits & Orcs added to the wiki!

Today, I added the great elemental spirits, Karak and Media, created by Kaligo and Lumare during the Kaligo-Lumare war 400 years ago.

I also fleshed out the swamp creatures by adding the rotted-flesh-eating rot orcs, their pets; the swamp beasts, and their competition, the swamp orcs.

New Creatures

• Karak – The Spirit of Fire
• Media – The Spirit of Water
• Swamp Orc
• Rot Orc
  • Rot Chambers
• Swamp Beast

New Nations, History, Culture and more!

This week, I’ve added a BUNCH of new stuff to the wiki, from two new major nations; the desert kingdom of Durania (as well as their religion, founder, currency system), and the jungle nation called the Emerald Enclave (with their own currency, military, etc.).

New nations

• Durania
• Emerald Enclave

New Characters

• Atlas (the God of TWS)
• Solara (Founder of Durania and the religion Solarism)
• Caius Galewind (founder of the Galean mountain kingdom)
• Saber (founder of the Crimson Tide)
• Tatsuo Hinoka (founder of the Ashfall Assassins)

Other new pages (army, currency, religions)

• Emerald Enclave Army
• Emerald Enclave Currency – Sylvarium SY
• Durania’s currency – Solarium
• New metal – Verdium
• Kaligo Empire’s religion – The Flame of Revenge
• Lumare Empire’s religion – Lumarism
• Durania’s religion – Solarism
• Crimson Tide criminal organization
• Ashfall Assassin’s criminal organization

New materials, creatures, & more added to the wiki

This week, I’ve added six new materials to the wiki, and four new creatures as well. Other than that, I’ve done a bunch of minor fixes for the website, such as adding thumbnail images to every, and I mean EVERY page, and a lot more.

New materials

• Magicite
• Melanite
• Albium
• Rosalite
• Royalite
• Ironwood planks (and subsequently Ironwood trees)

New Creatures

• Horned Vampire Mouse
• Magna Deer
• Album – Rare White Magna Deer
• The Destroyer

New races added to the wiki

Over the last few days, I added a bunch of races, each with their own lore and history to the wiki. From the neurotic humans and mistrusting dwarves to the extraordinarily powerful abscondita and demons.

New races

• Human
• Elf
• Dwarf
• Goliathan
• Demon
• Abscondita

New sub-races

• The Ardoladd family
• Royals

More creatures

Today, I added three new small creatures to the TWS wiki, from the cute tuft mouse to the dangerous corpse-feeding vulture fly.

List of new creatures

• Tuft Mouse
• Rubrum Bird
• Vulture Fly

Scales & more creatures

Today, I added 10 more creatures to the wiki, from weak creatures such as the horned earling living in the mountains to legendary creatures such as the Ancient Dragon – The Black Dragon of the North.

On top of that, now EVERY creature has an image depicting their scale/size.

List of new creatures

• Horned Earling
• Mountain Orc
• Forest Goblin
• Forest Troll
• Night Prowler
• Giant
• Emerald Death Viper
• Atumna Drake
• Greater Black Drake
• The Black Dragon of the North

Side Story – Trial By Darkness

Today, I added the very first Side Story to the TWS website! The story of the current Royal Wizard and Royal Knight, Kline and Emery Snowden, detailing their thrilling life-or-death trial, a trial which made them who they are today.

I added a way to download the side story so you can even read it offline.

Anyways, go check out the side story! 🙂

Trial By Darkness

As 13-year-old Kline Snowden and 14-year-old Emery Snowden face their most dangerous challenge yet; the Trial by Darkness, they encounter an unwelcome guest waiting for them in the depths of the cave system.

New Characters

Today, I added a bunch more characters, mostly royals of the Lumare Empire.

I added the two strongest people in the Lumare Empire, the Royal Wizard Kline Snowden, and the Royal Knight Emery Snowden, as well as Emery’s father Conrad Snowden.

In the Lumare Empire, I also added a key character to the main story, Uncle Quinn.

To the Kaligo Empire, I added the former Commander of the Third Flame – Lust (Griffin Stonepyre)

New Lumare Empire Characters

• Royal Wizard & Captain of the First Legion (Kline Snowden)
• Royal Knight & Captain of the Second Legion (Emery Snowden)
• Former Royal Wizard, Principal of the Lumare Magic Academy, Supreme Councilor (Conrad Snowden)
• Village chief of Ironstraw Village (Uncle Quinn)

New Kaligo Empire Characters

• Former Commander of the Third Flame – Lust (Griffin Stonepyre)

Oh, and as a bonus, I added a teaser to the first side story, The Trials of Darkness 😉

Commanders of the 7 Flames, The Great Three & Official Instagram

Today was another productive day, I managed to create all other Commanders of the seven flames, The Great Three (most powerful demons in the realm of Etheria), including the main antagonist of the whole book series itself, The Allfather Demon.

Commanders of the Seven Flames:

• 1:st Flame – Envy (Qune Astra)
• 2:nd Flame – Wrath (Leto)
• 3:rd Flame – Lust (Ishana)
• 4:th Flame – Pride (Crimson Knight & Kiryu Ardoladd)
• 5:th Flame – Gluttony (Ragnar)
• 6:th Flame – Sloth (Obsidian)
• 7:th Flame – Greed (Grim)

The Great Three (Demons of Etheria)

• The Allfather Demon, Yami Murasaki (main antagonist of TWS)
• The Guide
• The Great Eye

Instagram 📷

I created a new Instagram page, where I will also post updates on the progress of the story, highlights of new characters (mainly the character art / designs, and announcements).

Antagonist – Qune Astra

Today, I focused on implementing the main villain of the first book, the main antagonist; Commander of the First Flame – Qune Astra.

A mysterious farmer’s boy, who suddenly turned up out of nowhere, taking the spot of the strongest warrior in the entirety of the Kaligo Empire.

He is shrouded in mystery; nobody knows where he came from, who he is or how he is so incredibly powerful.

All anyone knows is that he has a petrifying, almost demonic aura, terrifying even the other Commanders of the Flame with his gaze.

Protagonist & Kaligo Characters

Today, I added a couple more characters to the wiki, mostly to the Kaligo Empire. Now both the protagonist of TWS and the founder of the Fire Empire (Kaligo Empire), is added to the wiki!

New Characters added:

• Kiryu Ardoladd (Renji Caldara) (protagonist)
• Kaligo (Founder of the Kaligo Empire)
• Kouga Ardoladd (Kiryu’s older brother)
• Kazu Ardoladd (Kiryu’s ancestor, Kaligo’s right hand man)

Empires, Armies & Characters

Finally I reached a point where I can begin adding the characters into the website.

I finished the page for both the Lumare and Kaligo Empire’s Armies, I added the pages describing both empires, and even added two characters, Lumare himself and his right hand man – Cadellad.

More Materials, Coins, & Threat Scale

Today, I added more materials, especially those necessary for the currency of both the Lumare and Kaligo Empire’s. I added all the coins to both currencies, as well as more pages explaining the different classifications on the Threat Scale.

Materials

Today, I added a bunch more new materials to the wiki, such as Adamantite, Adamantite-steel, Magilite (the main substance used in the magic of the world) some new ones that will be eventually added, such as Melanite and Albium.

Empires, Kingdoms, Diseases, Etheria, and more

I now added the website foundation for adding new kingdoms, diseases, stuff for the world of Etheria, and a lot more! I still haven’t added the content itself, the creatures and people themselves, and I’m still working hard on making a good foundation for the website. This is all to make it easier to add new content in the future, so STAY TUNED! 🙂

Estimated completion date

I am currently writing the first version of the book (The World Stones – The Stone of Life & Time), and it still has an estimated 2/3 left until it is done and can be sent to editors and eventually published. I estimate that I’ll be done writing the first edition of the book sometime late 2024, but I have no clue how long editors or publishing could take following that.

Magic System

After a bunch of messing around with WordPress, I managed to import (and write some new stuff) for my magic system for the world of TWS. We have a fully fledged magic system now! Including The Three World Stones.

Military Ranking System

I implemented both the Kaligo and Lumare Militaries Ranking Systems, now you can see who has authority over who!