The World Stones

Tiny lions, deep-sea fish, 2-meter-long lobsters, a damn mosasaur, and more!

Time for a massive update on the creatures of Andaril! Granted, I’ve already made many of these a while ago, but seeing as I added half a dozen more today, I figured it was only fitting to make an update here too.

(Also, the main book has made tons of progress again; yes, I rewrote the first third once again, but in my defence, it IS a lot better now!)

Behold, the new creatures!

Felines:

• Pygmy Lion: a nocturnal, housecat-sized melanistic lion that hunts small rodents, birds, and tree-dwelling marsupials
• Zebra Cat: a super-fast and active, striking cat with zebra stripes, kept by rich royals as pets

Fish/Aquatic:

• Sea Tyrant: a mosasaur-like apex predator terrorizing coastal shipping routes
• Blue Pearl Lobster: a colossal, long-lived cobalt-blue lobster that grows to two meters in size, weighing as much as two men combined
• Rockjaw: a tanky, armored dunkleosteus-like fish the size of a sturgeon
• Crocfish: a foul-tasting (like iron and chalk) pike-sized riverbed ambush predator that frequently bites the feet of people that pass through.
• Red Pike: a rust-colored freshwater ambush predator specifically adapted to high-iron, tannin-rich lakes
• Pink Glowfish: a tiny, semi-translucent deep-sea fish that drifts in massive bioluminescent schools

Insects:

• Devilfly: a panther-sized Etherian demon dragonfly with a crocodile-tier bite force and a pressurized, explosive gas bladder. Swarms in the thousands to wipe out settlements.
• Tyrian Queen Morph: a giant 40cm butterfly with biting mandibles for EATING flowers (instead of a proboscis). Hunted to near extinction because of its color (demonic superstition for purple)

Birds:

• Bullet Bird: a coastal, blue kingfisher-like bird that uses air magic to blast off like a blind kamikaze bullet when a threat comes at them (their main predator is the Red Argent)
• Messenger Raven: cracked-out ravens bred specifically for communication and intelligence, kept loyal through psychoactive kibble, feasting on carrion (translation: eats dead soldiers)

For more information on all the stuff I just talked about, please check out the full wiki entries on the World Stones Wiki: theworldstones.com

Accurace Physics for Andaril and the World Stones, new Side Story, and more!

Once again, I am caught up in severe worldbuilders disease, but fret not, all of it is “absolutely” VITAL to the story! So, what did I actually do this time? Tl:dr, I made the planet accurate to physics, finished the Skellington side story, and overcomplicated the World Stones themselves to get them to fit neatly within modern physics!

Andaril (The Planet of TWS)

After hyperfixating on space, I naturally had to make Andaril scientifically accurate as a planet! Problem? It was a smaller planet that I still wanted to act virtually identical to Earth, i.e. same gravity, atmospheric pressure, day length, etc.

I solved this by making the planet rotate slightly slower, added the same mass for the atmosphere (though tweaking the composition so that bigger creatures have more oxygen and can fly easier), and made the planetary core much denser than on Earth, which fixes the gravity problem, and adds a neat bonus of strong Aurora Borealis (through a stronger magnetosphere).

So, without further ado, here is the full scientific data of Andaril!

Planetary stats

• Diameter: 8,807.6 km
  • Radius: 4,403.8 km
• Circumference: 27,670 km
• Surface area: 243M km² (vs. Earth’s 510M km²)
  • Population modifier (e.g., converting the population density/rarity of Earth creatures to Andaril, and vice versa): 48%
  • Oceanic depth (avg): 4.5km (deepest point is 15km)
• Volume: 357B km³
• Mass: 2.85 * 10²⁴ kg (48% of Earth’s mass)
  • The higher density, as caused by more, heavier metals in the core (7.98 g/cm³ vs Earth’s 5.51 g/cm³), is what gives the planet the same gravity as Earth, despite the smaller size of the planet, albeit with a stronger magnetosphere
  • Gravity: 9.81 m/s²
    • Escape velocity: 9.29km/s (vs. Earth’s 11.18 km/s)
• Rotational speed: 1,153 km/h (equatorial) -> Days are 24h long
• Axial tilt: 18° -> milder seasons than on Earth (23.5°)
• Atmosphere: 1 Bar, 17°C, 35% O₂, 61.8% N, 3% Ar, 0.2% CO₂
• Moon(s): Andaril has a rocky moon the size of Pluto, with a diameter of 2,404km, and a distance from Andaril of 266,000 km

Skellington

Before I traumatize you with heavy astrophysics and string theory, I want to mention that I FINALLY got the Skellington side story completed! You can now read it on the side-stories page of the wiki!

Centuries after serving as a pawn of the Allfather Demon, a boneborn warrior who survived the Chaos Times tells the story of how he gained a true soul, and how he learned what it meant to be alive as something tragically ‘different’, and ultimately, how he answered the questions of what, and who he is.

Click here to read more:

The World Stones, the 10D Hyper-Objects

Now, the heavy astrophysics, many-worlds-interpretation of quantum mechanics, and complex string theory! (Sorry…)

The World Stones are without a doubt immensely powerful primordial magical objects, but what if they still followed the laws of physics? Well, that was what I wanted to have them do, but… I had a whole list of problems to solve:

• The laws of thermodynamics
• The law of conservation of energy
• Energy requirements -> needs a ton of mass-energy
  • How an object with such mass doesn’t collapse into a black hole
• How you can hold such an object in your hand like a stone
• The distinct glow of the stones
• Paradoxes involved with time manipulation (e.g., grandfather paradox)
• Time-travel and the spatial-drift problem (traveling back in time would need to account for planetary, solar, and galactic orbit)
• Visions of the past/future/other worlds, and how they could function
• Healing through time-reversal without violating either thermodynamics, causality, or any other physical law, nor causing any paradoxes
• The hard problem of consciousness itself…

So… Behold… The ‘totally-not-overcomplicated’ answer to all those problems! The World Stones are actually 10-dimensional hyper-objects!

Now hear me out! This works for a whole list of reasons.

1. It allows the World Stones to have the equivalent mass of a dwarf galaxy, while keeping the apparent physical mass (and subsequent inertia) at the same size of a small pebble. This is fully within the bounds of string theory (which posits that while the other fundamental forces are “closed strings”, gravity might be an “open string”, capable of wandering into the higher dimensional “bulk”).

2. This also makes the objects fully indestructible (because the energy to destroy them requires the amount of energy to destroy a physical object with the mass of a galaxy)

3. It allows me to explain the distinct glows through Hawking Radiation (of the immense mass leaking through to the 3rd dimension)

4. It gives the stones perfect thermal superconductivity (becuase of the galactic thermal-mass)

5. It gives the Stones the energy (E=mc²) required for their abilities.

6. Most importantly, it explains how the Stones don’t collapse into black holes!

7. Being 10-dimensional objects, it also explains how they can change their shape (appearing bigger, smaller, a completely different shape, weight, etc.), which they do by merely altering how they intersect with the 3rd dimension (like how a sphere passing through a 2D plane becomes bigger and smaller depending on the intersected circle’s size).

Without being 10-dimensional objects, it would’ve also been quite difficult to explain the mechanics of their abilities; the absolute disintegration/destruction and creation out of thin air of the Stones of Destruction and Creation, would otherwise violate the Law of Conservation of Energy (can neither be created nor destroyed).

Instead of ‘destroying’ matter, the Stones of Destruction simply absorbs the energy/mass into its higher dimensional structure, while the Stone of Creation does the opposite, weaving matter out of the matter/energy it takes from its higher dimensional structure.

So, creation and destruction were somewhat simple to explain physically (hence them being “simple” Dekaspheres, i.e. 10-dimensional spheres), the Stone of Life & Time was a whole different beast…

The issue of time-travel, energy requirements, paradoxes, and consciousness was a bit tricky to solve, let me tell you that. In order to get the math working, I had to make the Stone of Life & Time be an even more complex object, a 10D Hyper-Horn-Torus with a singularity at its center (which functions as an antenna of sorts, a white-hole (opposite of a black hole) to the 0th dimension, which is the “point-field of consciousness“, the “fundamental unbound nothingness” that reality, and physics, is made of. So I could weave in Advaita Vedanta non-duality, obviously!).

Life, consciousness, awareness, intelligence, love, and all that it means to be truly alive, is given by the stone by connecting to this singularity and letting these “consciousness pixels” spew forth into the other dimensions.

The Stone gains its own intelligence and awareness (which is a requirement to process and intelligently function through the higher 4th, 5th, and 6th dimensions) by utilizing the accretion disc analogue of the white-hole, i.e. the pure consciousness flowing out from the center of the white-hole.

So, time travel?… First, let me give you a rundown of the many-worlds-interpretation of quantum mechanics. We exist in the 3rd dimension. The 4th dimension includes the axis of time, where past and future both exist in the present. The 5th dimension includes every possible course of events in THIS universe, whereas the 6th dimension includes every possible starting arrangement of the universe, i.e. every CONCEAVABLE universe.

To grant the user visions of the past or future, the stone merely pulls that information from the 4th dimension. Visions of other worlds moves that into the 5th or 6th dimension.

As for healing, since you can’t just grab a severed arm from yourself in the past to give it to yourself in the future (since then you create the Grandfather Paradox, where if you didn’t have the arm in the past anymore, you couldn’t have lost it in the first place), and grabbing it from a parallel 5th dimension would be quite cruel, I landed on the solution of the stone reading the quantum state of the 5th dimension, overwriting the host universe’s wave function (through quantum entanglement) to match that of the donor universe.

So essentially, if you lose an arm, the stone looks through the 5th dimension to another universe where you didn’t lose it (maybe you evaded a sword at the last minute), and overwrites the quantum-wave-state of your arm in your world to match that of the world where you never lost it, hence preventing the Grandfather paradox!

So… There’s a lot more to it than that, and a lot more information I added to the Stones’ wiki pages, but this post is already FAR too long, so I won’t bore you with the details.

More on the World Stones by clicking this:

Or more on the individual stones by clicking the links below:

For more information on all the stuff I just talked about, please check out the full wiki entries on the World Stones Wiki: theworldstones.com

Planet/World, Magic System, New Characters, and More!

I am FINALLY back from hiatus with some big, meaningful updates! It’s been far too long, but now I finally have time (and energy) to continue working on this beautiful passion project of mine!

Progress on the actual book? Well… Could be better… I had to rewrite the whole thing since I wasn’t happy with it (perhaps a flaw of perfectionism…), but now I am back on track to continue the story, refined and better than ever!

Now enjoy the latest additions to the world/wiki!

Andaril (The Planet of TWS)

Finally I got around to creating and naming the spinning rock that TWS takes place on. Behold, Andaril!

It’s a small planet created by the God of TWS (Atlas), for the sole purpose of incubating his own power (which he distributed to the world as a substance known as Magilite, the very foundation of magic), to evolve into something greater, a power he may eventually need for his millennia-spanning battle against a rival God, the Satan of Earth (yes that one).

The name Andaril comes from the sanskrit words Anda (meaning “egg” or “celestial sphere“), Ri (meaning “to move/reach/rise“) and the hebrew word El (meaning “God“), which together makes it The Ascending Egg of God.

Through the millennia, the name Andaril has slowly morphed into Andril, or casually refered to simply as Ann.

Magic System (Magilite Plexus)

Oh boy, get ready for some neuroscience! Apologies in advance if I went overboard…

The very organ that makes magic possible, the Magilite Plexus! Placed smack dab in the only free space I could find in the brain, inside the ventricles (basically just pockets of CS fluid).

The magilite plexus is made up of three separate structures; two lateral magilite plexuses (LMP) that integrate information from other brain regions (e.g., memory), and the medial magilite plexus (MMP) that acts as a relay station, eventually directing the “magical commands” through the central canal of the brain stem to the rest of the body and its magilite pathways (i.e., blood vessels and nerves).

Without getting too into the technical details, magic in the world of TWS functions through pathways between the prefrontal cortex (decision making) and the primary visual cortex (visualization), with ties to the hippocampus (memory, which influences the “element”).

Also, since there are pathways between the hippocampus and the eyes, the element that a user has learned/awakened changes the crystalline structure of the iris -> the eyes show which element the user is capable of producing/manipulating (e.g., red=fire, blue=water).

Oh, almost forgot. The limbic system (emotions) also plays an important role in awakening magic, since a powerful affective (emotional) state is required to form the pathway/”groove” to the magilite plexus. This means that strong emotions, such as those when your life is threatened, serve as the trigger for awakening magic.

Evolutionarily, magic is costly, so it should only be used when the alternative is worse. Reckless use will burn out the individual’s cells and brain tissue, resulting in internal bleeding, seizures, and eventually… death.

After visualizing how you want the magic executed (visual cortex) and willfully activating your magic (prefrontal cortex), the signal goes to the peripheral nervous system (and blood vessels), where the magical potential inside the users bodily magilite is converted into another form (e.g., fire, light, electricity, matter creation/manipulation).

While humans have a rudimentary/simple monomagilite plexus, meaning they can only use/awaken a single element of magic throughout their lives, races such as the Albinar have a magilite polyplexus, allowing them to use multiple elements of magic simultaneously.

New Characters (Alvar Vaerin & Skellington)

I also added two new fascinating characters to the world of TWS!:

• Alvar Vaerin: former Elite Warrior of the First Legion, Blue Moon, now a simple elven janitor of the East Itero Lumare Academy, secretly tasked with guarding and monitoring Kiryu Ardoladd (Renji Caldara) during his stay at the academy.
• Mister Skellington: a curious fellow to put it lightly, being the only Boneborn, the only demon at that, that has gained true sentience after coming into contact with the Stone of Life & Time many centuries ago. Today, he spends his days taking care of a group of orphans, learning all about what it means to be alive. (hint, this is the next side story I’m working on!)

Footnote on AI usage

While the rising hate for AI art has me on my toes, ready to get cancelled any minute, I still firmly believe generative AI can be a valuable tool for visualizing what I write about, a way to ENHANCE my creativity by letting me focus on actually writing (my main passion), while visualizing it through carefully curated images. And before you take out your guns and knives, let me explain!

Don’t get me wrong, I hate AI slop as much as the next guy, and the environmental impacts have to be accounted for (despite being largely overestimated), but like any tool, I believe it’s the mind behind the brush that makes all the difference.

Generating images of people with multiple arms and three faces, for the sole purpose of making money, lacking any curation process whatsoever is the problem, NOT the careful, curated process of putting words into an image through hundreds of iterations, until it matches your creative vision.

I am the director of the output, I select what matches my vision, and thus, I am equally the “artist” as a movie director is the creator of their movie. Did they act in it? Did they make the props, edit the scenes? Perhaps not, but they did use the tools and delegation at their disposal to make their vision come true. And that, my friends, is exactly where I stand with AI art.

Ps, that’s enough “anti-AI-hate” ranting for today, ya’ll can rest assured that the images of the Magilite Plexus and the world map were created entirely by yours truly!

Ps 2 (no, not PlayStation 2!), I made the Sixth Legion Elite Squad into physical 3D miniatures! Pretty cool right?! (and Rodrick is even correctly made to scale)

For more information on all the stuff I just talked about, please check out the full wiki entries on the World Stones Wiki: theworldstones.com

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!