Outlining Again: Snowflake Method, Pt. 5.3 – All About Elayne

Knightess of Nowhere Name: Elayne (no last name) Age: Elayne appears to be in her late twenties but in truth she died long ago. She is undead now and effectively immortal but does not know exactly how old she really is. Place of Birth: It’s strange… for some reason, Elayne has no idea where she …

Outlining Again: Snowflake Method, Pt. 5.2 – All About Ziegander

Name: Ziegander (no last name) Age: 43 eons. No, really. Death doesn’t come easily to one chained directly to The Spider’s web. Place of Birth: We called it Earthsong back then… I think it went by a different name there for a while… … …We were good… I’ll never know what set him off… See, …

Outlining Again: Snowflake Method, Pt. 5.1 – All About Len

My Novel’s Main Squeeze Name: Len (no last name) Age: Len was 23 when she was married and still looks that age. She is undead and effectively immortal and honestly doesn’t know how old she is anymore. Place of Birth: Does it matter anymore? It’s gone. Fine. Lothersburg. Father Lother had been travelling a long …

Dragonscarred of Ticonderos, Pt. 6 – Alo Pagtria, the Sovereign City-States of the Southern Desert

In the far south, beyond the reach of Ticonderos’ tallest, most treacherous mountains, lies the mysterious and scorching heat of the Kingdom of the Alo Pagtria. United by faith, by tradition, by loss, by perseverance and power of will, three once-independent city-states are now ruled by a fourth Sovereign State providing order, security, and prosperity …

Dragonscarred of Ticonderos, Pt. 5.5 – A Brief (ish) History of the Native Peoples of Ticonderos and the Founding of the Alo Pagtria.

Rallied together by millennia of tradition that had been trampled for centuries not only by the Dragonlord but other conquerors before him, the Alo Pagtria, a term that is used both to refer to the desert city-states in general but also to their people, redefined themselves in the spiritual iconography and heart of their native …

Dragonscarred of Ticonderos, Pt. 5 – Thanolund, the Kingdom of God atop a Cursed Mountain

Ticonderos is dominated by a range of perilous mountains that carve their way out of the northern tundras and stretch all the way into the southern desert, their huge, unforgiving crags reaching their claws near to every coastline on the continent. As such, precious little area is left for forests, plains, savannahs, or other more …

Dragonscarred of Ticonderos, Pt. 4 – Zelos, the Kingdom of the Western Coast

A flourishing, wealthy country of booming trade, daring seacaptains, and mighty warriors, Zelos is ruled by Celdas Celafir, the shrewd and daunting King of the Coin, from his hilltop fortress, Khodashmindas, overlooking the bustling mining city of Alacasba. Zelos is the source of the most widely accepted currency on Ticonderos and is easily the most …

Dragonscarred of Ticonderos, Pt. 3 – Domhnath, the Eastern Realm of Wonders

A region of beautiful complexity, Domhnath is filled with lush, green forests and surrounded by wonders on all sides. The Shrouded Mountains to the west, the Glimmertide Coast, Cerulean Sea, and the Sphinx’s Roost to the east, across the Trollsrush to the north lies the Frozen Heart of the Oreiad Empire, and to the south …

The Dragonscarred of Ticonderos, Pt. 2 – Kingspeace, the Tattered Heart of a Crumbling Continent

All of the territory south of the arctic regions of the Ice-Heart Empress and Peltast’s Kingdom are referred to collectively by the northern humans and Oreiad alike as “The South,” but the Dragonscarred that dwell there subdivide those lands. There the humans refer to the dry bluffs and vast desert south of the High Mountains …

The Dragonscarred of Ticonderos, Pt. 1 – Elnard, Kingdom of the Northwest Tundra

Scattered human realms, recently independent from a tyrant, warring, politicking, and backstabbing one another for control of six powerful dragon scales. In the years after the Dragonlord’s defeat, the Dragonscarred have reconsolidated power a handful of times as wars of military might as well as political and even religious ideology continued to scorch the earth …