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Chapter 13 Release Dates

Hey all! These are the definitive release dates for CH13 ✨

• Public release: June 28

• Patreon tier 1 early access: June 25

• Patreon tier 2 early access: June 22

• Patreon tier 3 early access: June 18

Keep in mind the early access version may not be fully finished or proofread on release, as I may add or remove bits and pieces of it bef...

X's (?) Character Snippet: A and D Gossiping in CH11 (X's Route)

This was a really fun prompt that someone suggested, so I had to take a crack at it, and since it's a canon POV scene I figured it'd be nice to make it available to all tiers too! Just A and D being Coworkers while X and the Crown are having their dramatic reunion lmao. I put a question mark in the title of this post because technically this is told from A's POV, but it only happens on the X romance route, so ???

I just chucked it into X's category for ease lol

2025-05-19 01:26:48 +0000 UTC View Post

Release Date(ish)

Hi all, I've been having pretty great progress with CH13 in the past week so I wanted to let you know the release date is planned for June as of now! By the end of May I'll give you a specific date, but I'm thinking somewhere mid-June would be realistic.

As such you won't get any more extensive progress updates until then since I don't want to give spoilers for the entire chapter lol. You can read the previous ones by using the tags (like 'preview' and 'progress update'). But I'll post ...

Thoughts?

Hey all, hope your week has been going well!!

I've been going all in on CH13 the past week and in the past couple days I've somehow managed to write 3k words per day, so I'm feeling great about my progress 💖 But that aside, the reason for this post is: I literally don't know what to write for character/romance snippets this month since all the LI POV scenes have been completed lol.

So I thought I should ask if you all have any ideas that you'd like to see for this month! Here's...

Chapter 13 Preview, Part 5

This one is in line with the preview I posted during the last progress update, one of the cases your Crown will be handling and deciding on this chapter! Let's take a look 👀

“Why not redirect the sewers into the river?” an official suggests.

From across the aisle, Minister of Rites turns red in the face as he turns to face the other official. “You wish to defile our rivers with human waste? They are sacred!”

“So is the element of water,” the offic...

2025-04-29 03:08:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Weekly Progress Update [21/APR]

Hello, hello!! Hope your April has been going well so far 💖

I'm still chugging along on this chapter, but I'm at that unenviable point in the writing process where the same scene has multiple variations so it feels like I'm stuck in the same spot for weeks even though I am actually making progress 🥲

In case you didn't know, CH12's very lengthy process aside, for all the previous chapters I've generally given myself 3-4 months per update, and it seems like CH13 will take clos...

X's Character Snippet: Chapter 12, Part 1

I owe you guys a progress update because I skipped last week's, so that should be coming in the next couple days, but in the meantime, here's this snippet for X!

This one was the most fun to write so far because I got to fill in a scene that happened "off-screen" so to speak. It's a brief interaction between X and Ziryan, with X telling them to deliver the message the Crown gets (and pestering Ziryan a little bit on top of that lol). It's a couple hundred words longer than the usual sni...

A's Romance Snippet: Chapter 12, Part 2

I would have posted this earlier but the snippet somehow ended up going from the planned 500 words to doubling to 1k words lol. No idea how that happened, it's like I love writing romance scenes or something 🤪

Here's the link!!

Enjoy 💖

A's Character Snippet: Chapter 12, Part 1

As promised, here's part one for A's POV of CH12! Much like with R, this assumes the high romance version of their route on that chapter. I might go back and do the low romance version as well, but I'll have to think about it 🤔

Here's the link! The tier 3 file has also been updated with it, check the pinned post for the right link to that one.

Enjoy, and you can expe...

Chapter 13 Preview, Part 4 (R and D)

I've been working on more LI specific scenes over the past week, so these two seemed good ones to share! The R one is specifically for their romance route, while D's is a scene that is plot-dependent (you'll see what I mean), but of course D romancers get a special variation of it as well 👀

“This is a pressing matter,” the official insists. “As we all well know, $rtitle $rname never received a formal education at a distinguished school. Instead, all $rtheir tutelage...

2025-03-23 21:30:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Personality Cheat Sheet for the Crown

I don't think anyone actually asked for this, but considering how many people replay the game to try out different routes and Crowns, I have now added a cheat sheet functionality that shows you which choices get you points for which personality trait! Should make it easier to customize your Crown on repeat playthroughs, though of course, for first time players I recommend they play it with the cheat sheet off.

Restart the game from the starting screen, and you should get an option to tu...

Weekly Progress Update [11/MAR]

Making this one a freebie since I couldn't write any proper updates for February 🫡

I've finished the opening scene with Bazo and am almost done with the court scene as well! I'm still writing more slowly than I would like, but I feel more energetic and productive now that Spring is nearing, so hopefully I will be able to finish up the chapter between this month and April 🙏🏼

This chapter is a big one for set-up, which is probably why it's taking me more effort than usual. ...

Chapter 13 Preview, Part 3 (X Romance)

Like promised, the continuation of the X preview 👀

As expected, $xname anticipates your move and leaps easily to the side. A tap of $xtheir wooden sword against your spine tells you $xthey has already won--yet neither of you stop.

It's expected, perhaps, that this was how it would go. Usually you stop sparring once your partner wins, but knowing how outmatched you are, the both of you continue on.

For every misstep, you get a tap of $xname's sword somewhere e...

2025-03-01 01:04:37 +0000 UTC View Post

Reminder!

My Patreon charges everyone on the 1st of every month, so if you pledged in the past week and don't want to get charged again remember to cancel! Or if you miss the boat, send me a DM after the 1st and I'll refund you 🙏

Also for those of you waiting on the 2nd X preview, I'll be uploading that one tomorrow for all tiers 👀

D's Romance Snippet: Chapter 12, Part 2

This is a direct continuation of the first half of the snippet I released for tier 2+ last week, so they've both been merged into the same scene. Basically, I just pasted part 2 onto the end of part 1, as you are meant to read it all in one go.

With both parts together it's about ~1.6k words and it includes a minor flavor text option choosing between assertive and passive Crowns!

2025-02-28 02:17:44 +0000 UTC View Post

D's Character Snippet: Chapter 12, Part 1

Man I struggled to find a stopping point for this snippet since D's romance scene is a continuous one. I had to chop it in half, essentially. The second half will be for tier 3!

Here's the link.

Enjoy 💖

Chapter 13 Preview, Part 2 (X Romance)

This one's just a little snippet since I'm making it a freebie, I'll post a bigger one for paid members some time next week 💖 And D's first snippet of their CH12 POV will be posted this Sunday as well!

“Come on, show me,” $xname taunts, the two of you circling each other. $cxthey smirks at you, eyes glimmering in challenge. “Don’t worry, I’ll go easy on you.”

“Oh, will you?” You briefly readjust your grip on your wooden dagger, every muscle in your ...

2025-02-22 04:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 13 Preview, Part 1 (A Romance)

Hey all, hope your February has been going well!!

I've been a bit busy the past couple weeks as I took on some writing commissions (not related to AToC and solely a one time thing for some irl acquaintances) for some extra cash, but I didn't think it'd take me this long to take care of 😩

I did chip away a little bit more at CH13 in between though- not enough for a proper progress report, but definitely enough to share a fun preview with some Crown lore/backstory!!

The oth...

R's Romance Snippet: Chapter 12, Part 2

For some reason I thought the end of the month was on Sunday, so I got a little bit of a scare when I noticed the end of the month is actually today lol. Thankfully I already planned for some time to write the snippet today, so I managed it!

This is part two of R's POV scene, specifically the make-out at the end of the chapter 👀 I think I'm starting to get a feel for how sexually suggestive future romance scenes will get without crossing the line, too, so that has been ...

CH13 Update For Free Members

Heya!! I just posted a progress update on my Tumblr blog and on itch.io regarding Chapter 13 for those of you following the page as free members, check it out 🙏🏼

Weekly Progress Update [27/JAN]

Somehow January has both felt like it has taken ages to pass and also as if it went by in the blink of an eye lol

I've still been plugging away at the court scenes, which is possibly why January has felt so damn long for me! The thing is, I had a whole outline planned that was very straightforward, but then my IF dev brain was like "wouldn't it be soooo cool if we added more variations" lol.

Specifically, for R and A! I think I mentioned maybe that they would also get a little cou...

R's Character Snippet: Chapter 12, Part 1

Well, this turned out to be more work than I had planned, as I forgot to consider that R's scenes have variations for reserved/flirtatious and assertive/passive Crowns. So I had to revisit those as well to write this snippet.

But it's done now, and it was fun to write from their perspective! This part is the cheek kiss (high romance variation) that happens before they and the Crown go their separate ways for the day. Part 2 (which is tier 3 only) will include the make-out sesh that happ...

Development Sneak Peek

I meant to get this one out yesterday but I needed some time to actually write more for the chapter before picking out little preview snippets to show off haha.

If you've read the previous two progress updates for this month, you'll know I've been working on the big court scene that's going to happen in the first half of the chapter, and I've been chipping away at it over the past week.

Honestly, coming up with the public petitions was super fun, and while they deal mostly with se...

Weekly Progress Update [12/JAN]

I'm free of being horribly ill!

It only took a week but god it's so nice not to feel like shit again. I'm still a bit fatigued from it all so I didn't do as much as I wanted- I got started on writing CH13 with a modest 3k words, and have started to chip away at the court scene for this chapter.

I hope you all remember how you chose to handle Bazo's absence from your Crown's coronation, because depending on your previous choice, there will be very exp...

Weekly Progress Report [05/JAN]

Hey all! Hope the new year has been treating you well so far 💖

Or at least, better than mine lol. In case you didn't see my post about it on Tumblr, I've spent half the week horribly sick, so it wasn't the most productive start for me on CH13 unfortunately.

Mostly what I managed to do this week is put together an outline for CH13. If you've read previous progress updates/seen previous previews for CH12, you might remember that in the original draft, CH12 included a court scene ...

Revamped Patreon Tiers & Content

Hey all, hope you're doing well in these last days running up to the end of the year!

I've been doing a lot of thinking of what direction to go into with the Patreon after the complete burn-out I had focusing on constantly putting out bonus content, and I've decided I need to re-prioritize. Work on CH12 went so much smoother after I put a temporary pause on writing the character snippets, and I think that says a lot about how much it's been hampering my productivity regarding the actual...

Early Access for Tier 1

Hey all, I just unlocked the post for CH12 early access for tier 1! As I said before, the only thing missing from the chapter at the moment is A's low romance route, but other than that it's complete. I'm expecting I'll be able to add it tomorrow or the day of the public release.

If you notice any bugs, like coding errors or typos or pronoun mistakes etc, please report it through 2024-12-26 18:01:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Access for Tier 2

Hey all, I just unlocked the post for CH12 early access for tier 2! As I said before, the only thing missing from the chapter at the moment is A's low romance route, but other than that it's complete. I'm expecting I'll be able to add it some time this week.

Happy holidays! 💖

Bug Update

TY to the people who submitted the coding typo in R's route in CH11!! It's fixed now and you should be able to continue the route 💖

Based on another report I also fixed some errors regarding the conversation with Siham and Ishrah, as well as a mishap that had R show up at the end of A's route 🙏🏼

Early Access Update

Hellooo, hope you all have been enjoying CH12 💖

I updated the file as I finished adding X's low romance variations (they're pretty minor though), and also finally added A's high romance route! All that's left now is to add A's low romance route which is a pretty big variation, similar to R's low romance, and then CH12 will be fully completed 🫡

Also, huge thank you to those who have been submitting 2024-12-21 04:51:32 +0000 UTC View Post