Hello Book Ravens, it has been such a long time since I've actually done any major updates. For that, I want to start off by apologizing. I let things kinda get in the way and change the directive. BUT that is the past and the present is now and the future is coming so let's get underway!!540Please respect copyright.PENANAJRoaexenOe
As you know, I broke off from WoF, SoF, and RiT work to focus on Ravenlight over the last few months. Gotta say, that paid off big time. I recently wrapped up my FINAL (unless Beta Readers say otherwise) edits and rewrites. Reviews have been pouring in ultra-positive, which is just great. That means I can push forward to other projects while setting up a Fall 2020 release of the first novel.540Please respect copyright.PENANAoPBs1SAPz4
Now what does that mean for the future?540Please respect copyright.PENANAShYzCiOrTI
Well, this week I've been getting back into all my secondary projects, and I am so ready to start them back up! Now I wanna start off by saying I feel bad for posting the many chapters I've made for WoF and SoF cuzzzzzzzz I'm about to do some changes to them, which I will outline in detail below.540Please respect copyright.PENANAQ21Hbspiuy
Now there aren't going to be many rewrites. I think the content as is is about where it should be. Not quite Ravenlight quality but not lacking either. HOWEVER... I have, while DnD-ing some of this stuff and thinking about how it'll play into the overall Celestial Universe, opted to make changes. As I said, I'll detail them below now with some summaries.540Please respect copyright.PENANAU6aHjdJl9r
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Sins of Fate:540Please respect copyright.PENANANOwNkUheFi
Time to get the messy one out of the way first. Let's be real, I tried going in a 'for kids!' direction, probably blew it off at some point, and I just wanna write a whacky story that isn't too sinister like some of my other works. That said, I also want it to fit in line with the Celestial Universe. Sins of Fate has MANY lore changes coming its way, which will impact the direction of the story and plot. In fact I might scrap most of the chapters currently floating out there after the first 8 or so that introduce everyone, depending on my thoughts upon rereading.540Please respect copyright.PENANAzRyBiHtdv7
The first big change will be the lore as I said, primarily the various realms. Before this week I was still at odds with how I set the system up, including Heaven and Hell, then Elysium and the Underworld. In the DnD stuff (which I use to test ideas), Heaven and Hell have been around for forever. I've used Gods and Devils, and even planned to use them540Please respect copyright.PENANAyARhDExklB
Problem is, I always felt at odds about having such OP characters. You'd think "ZOMGS, A GOD, thass gotta be super strong" and really, yeah, and that's the problem. At the same time, people who died can just pop up in Heaven or Hell doing whatever (or Elysium or the Underworld living second lives). It cheapened everything.540Please respect copyright.PENANAhZZPSaj58S
Simple solution, remove Heaven and Hell.540Please respect copyright.PENANACmcoj92r4B
Problem, I have certain 'otherworldly' races that need something like Heaven or Hell to properly exist. You don't see them now but Angels and Fallen Angels are BIG in my later plans. Plus Darkling, I've mentioned them in WoF and SoF both. They are just a big problem that mortals alone could not handle. And let's be real, Angels and Fallen Angels and Darkling, even Demons to some extent... I don't wanna remove them, they're FUN.540Please respect copyright.PENANAhDSKetFgt4
So, enter the changes. First of all, Elysium and the Underworld still exist; however I am removing their role as part of Heaven and Hell or as gateways. Heaven and Hell, they are gone, I am not using them. Instead Elysium and the Underworld will be 2 sides of the Celestial River in a sense where species called the Celestials dwell.540Please respect copyright.PENANAUKsxwWEvyq
Elysium- Well, it'll be about the same, Celestials and all that fighting the supernatural just no Heaven or Hell. Gods have been removed and Celestials are no longer the afterlives of the living. They are their own race/species whose lore you will find out about in time.540Please respect copyright.PENANACWAfzw8EVC
As for Angels... well I don't want them to be "oh servants of the Gods" even though that's what Angels traditionally are. Instead they will be a 2nd species that dwell in Elysium whose lore you will also find out about in time.540Please respect copyright.PENANAYvK97zl91N
Underworld- Well, it's basically like Hell except it isn't. There are natives which are 'demons' whose lore, as you probably guessed, you'll find out about in time.540Please respect copyright.PENANAdqMV5vmXMY
This might seem minor but the above really lets me cut the afterlife and OP deities out of the stories, while keeping the cool stuff I want.540Please respect copyright.PENANA12WjoMAjvg
Naturally, that'll be a lot of rewriting especially since I want to take it in another direction. This might involve me, yet again, dumping the story one final time and rewriting it. I'm not positive on this yet, stay tuned to my Twitter for updates (or for updates here).540Please respect copyright.PENANAFowHqAOmKV
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Wings of Freedom:540Please respect copyright.PENANAaNKEwtxh4L
Now the changes to this one will be minor. I have skimmed through most of WoF at this point and I think it holds up well. Only thing is I want to do some minor changes, mostly involving the Ranking System of the Holy Empire. Let's be real, A-Class is right below S-Class, S is the step up. S-Class are supposed to be these top class guys who could nuke a city with their power, yet the guys ranked right below them (Sinno's Gang) are getting beat by an immortal dufus in one chapter who can barely blow up a doll house.540Please respect copyright.PENANASrQNx6RMzP
As such, I will be rewriting their ranks and probably adding more filler.540Please respect copyright.PENANAWsSxwz6d6Z
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When all is said and done, I am going to probably be damaging my Alexander Frost 'brand' by making a butt load of changes. Fortunately, not a lot of people seem to be following things as they are now so I'm going to nip this early. I will probably start pulling chapters during the remainder of this week and reposting them as necessary.540Please respect copyright.PENANAmSehBJbrM2
Those that have changes will have a * in the title to clarify that. Then in the comments, I will detail what was changed and explain why. I'll try to knock that out today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday), hitting one series one day and the other the next.540Please respect copyright.PENANA6xm7L8EwJe
This will all be done as soon as it can as I am 110% satisfied with the lore changes. As I said, most of WoF is fine other than minor changes... and then SoF might get totally wiped off the board depending on what the Lore Changes mess up. WoF will be first since that is minor compared to what I'm probably going to have to do to SoF.540Please respect copyright.PENANAWOySDGHZCu
Once more I apologize, coming back and doing this. Frequent updates will be posted to my Twitter @FrostedSapphire as I perform these updates.540Please respect copyright.PENANAzOsbwAkZOw
As for new content or rather future chapters, bit difficult to say. Well come June I am still planning on moving West. The life changes would pretty quickly block my ability to write and keep up with things so I have no definite "content will resume this day" but I'm thinking about August right now. It'd be foolish to write the remainder of April, get 6-10 chapters written for each series, drop them in May and into June, and then oh hey I can't write because new job and life style changes.540Please respect copyright.PENANAS1t1sD4eYP
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So that's that. RiT will come in time, Ravenlight side content will come in time, lot of things will come in time as I figure them out. With that I guess keep checking back for updates and uh, I'll do what I can to keep you up to date~540Please respect copyright.PENANAFE6vgoEVQC