AN: This is going to be the last week of 7 posts. I'm out of manic 'start of book' energy, and I'm going down to a more sustainable 5 per week. There's a good chance that, like in BTDEM, that number will drop as the series gets larger. Still, I believe I'll be ending with 40 chapters in 40 days, which is solid.
I like the time I've been posting. 5 a week naturally dovetails to M-F schedule.
Enjoy!
============
Characters –
Erik Morsin
2025-11-10 13:00:14 +0000 UTC
View Post
Who’s who:
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Leona Thorne: 5th year Commander of Dragon house. Long black hair, casually throws around huge amounts of magical power.
Christopher Mau: The black cat. 3rd year Dragon student. Possibly has nine lives. Unusually lucky and dexterous.
Beatrix Brynwyll: 3rd year d...
2025-11-09 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
View Post
Who’s who
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Leona Thorne: 5th year Commander of Dragon house. Long black hair, casually throws around huge amounts of magical power.
Christopher Mau: The black cat. 3rd year Dragon student. Possibly has nine lives. Unusually lucky and dexterous.
Beatrix Brynwyll: 3rd year dr...
2025-11-08 13:00:06 +0000 UTC
View Post
Who’s who
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Leona Thorne: 5th year Commander of Dragon house. Long black hair, casually throws around huge amounts of magical power.
=================
Entry X – Of the Rising and the First Assault
A week passed. Then a scream.
One corpse, then dozens, then hundreds. The dead ...
2025-11-07 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
View Post
Who’s who:
Professor Myra Mistvale: Mind Magic professor from Camelot. Gave Hazel her letter, and a very stern lecture.
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his violin.
Lance Thalorien: Grandson of the headmaster. “Just wait until my grandfather hears about this!”
Sora Park: Erik’s loyal friend. Loves flying. An absolute broombrain.
2025-11-06 13:00:10 +0000 UTC
View Post
Who’s who (There’s a lot of people this chapter):
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Hazel Winslow: Ran away from an abusive cult. Awoke as a natural mind mage.
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his violin.
Sora Park: Erik’s loyal friend. Loves flying. An absolute br...
2025-11-05 13:00:08 +0000 UTC
View Post
Who’s who:
Professor Cedric Cold: Overweight Combat class professor. Ran orientation. Sword foci.
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his violin.
Vivian Merryweather: An expert on all things color, fashion, and of the hea...
2025-11-04 13:00:09 +0000 UTC
View Post
Who’s who:
Professor Cedric Cold: Overweight Combat class professor. Ran orientation. Sword foci.
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Hazel Winslow: Ran away from an abusive cult. Awoke as a natural mind mage.
Kevin Moon: Light bigot, wants to make sure Felix and Hazel are with 'the right pe...
2025-11-03 13:00:13 +0000 UTC
View Post
Characters!
Cedric Cold: Combat professor at Camelot. Overeats at dinner. Uses a sword as his conduit.
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Lance Thalorien: Grandson of the headmaster. “Just wait until my grandfather hears about this!”
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his...
2025-11-02 13:00:10 +0000 UTC
View Post
Characters!
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Hazel Winslow: Ran away from an abusive cult. Awoke as a natural mind mage.
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his violin.
Sora Park: Erik’s loyal friend. Loves flying. An absolute broombrain.
Vivian Merryweather
2025-11-01 13:00:15 +0000 UTC
View Post
STUFF IS COMING OUT WOOO!!
I don't have an epilogue chapter for you. I DO have a small snippet of the webcomic that was made to help test everything. NSFW, in 4 parts. Lewd, not crude.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sL2JIFNOgAWhv-x8jy2zpzYpx4NH1Y87&usp=drive_fs
2025-10-31 18:15:58 +0000 UTC
View Post
At the last minute!
It's not quite spooky.
I will say, the artist decided to push the boundaries more than usual, and this is the toned down version. Still, it's a little more than usual.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GjwplLulMPXGv-99JEmnNIWZeAoKqMMl&usp=drive_fs
2025-10-31 18:09:23 +0000 UTC
View Post
Characters!
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Vivian Merryweather: An expert on all things color, fashion, and of the heart. Gets seasick easily.
Alexandria Renard: Wants to be the next Morgana Le Fay. Can’t speak louder than a whisper.
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play...
2025-10-31 13:00:10 +0000 UTC
View Post
Characters!
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Hazel Winslow: Ran away from an abusive cult. Awoke as a natural mind mage.
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his violin.
Sora Park: Erik’s loyal friend. Loves flying. An absolute broombrain.
Vivian Merryweather
2025-10-30 13:00:13 +0000 UTC
View Post
Characters!
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Hazel Winslow: Ran away from an abusive cult. Awoke as a natural mind mage.
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his violin.
Sora Park: Erik’s loyal friend. Loves flying. An absolute broombrain.
Vivian Merryweather
2025-10-29 13:00:13 +0000 UTC
View Post
Characters!
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed. Hard worker, knows the price of everything.
Hazel Winslow: Ran away from an abusive cult. Awoke as a natural mind mage.
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his violin.
Sora Park: Erik’s loyal friend. Loves flying. An absolute broombrain.
==================<...
2025-10-28 13:00:12 +0000 UTC
View Post
AN: Posts will be going live at 2PM my time, instead of 4PM. That way I'm actually sitting down and working when posts go live. My kid comes home right before 4, and I like chatting with people over the launch. It was also daylight's savings just now, so if the schedule seems wonky, it is. I might switch to 3PM instead... we'll see how the new time works for me.
=====
Characters!
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic ex...
2025-10-27 13:00:21 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hey all!
Song of the Gift-Giver is now life on Royal road! Please come on over, follow, favorite, rate, and review! https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/137312/song-of-the-gift-giver
Now look, I know you're probably wondering "Selkie, why? We're on Patreon already. How does this help you?"
It's pure algorithm stuff. Royal Road rewards growth, and I'd love to capture readers...
2025-10-27 10:59:26 +0000 UTC
View Post
Characters!
Erik Morsin: Heir to the Duchy of the Emerald Isle. Just wants to play his violin.
Sora Park: Erik’s loyal friend. Loves flying.
Vivian Merryweather: An expert on all things color, fashion, and of the heart. Gets seasick easily.
Maeve Morsin: Erik’s mother. Duchess of Ireland in Logres
Bjorn Morsin: Erik’s father. Regent of Ireland in Logres
The Seven Skeletons: Members of the fateful voyage, their service continues even into unlife.
2025-10-26 13:08:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
Character Notes:
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed.
Hazel Winslow: Ran away from an abusive cult. Awoke as a natural mind mage.
Professor Myra Mistvale: Mind Magic professor from Camelot. Gave Hazel her letter, and a very stern lecture.
Professor Paracelsus: The Immortal Alchemist. Teaches Rituals at Camelot. The professor that told Felix magic existed.
Entry I – Of the New World and Hope Reborn
2025-10-25 14:00:09 +0000 UTC
View Post
AN: I've got a lot of characters, very fast. I'm going to take a leaf out of several other author's books, and have brief one-liners about them at the start of the chapter, so your memory is refreshed.
Felix Sutter: Poor boy living in Sacramento, recently found out magic existed.
Paracelsus: The Immortal Alchemist. Teaches at Camelot. The professor that told Felix magic existed.
Entry VI – Of Avalon and the Dimensions Unbroken
Not all lay upon the loo...
2025-10-24 14:00:19 +0000 UTC
View Post
Hey all!
I realize I've been sending a lot of characters at you very quickly. For those of you unsure of who you ACTUALLY need to care about and track, vs who's just filler. There's some MINOR spoilers for tomorrows chapter.
I'm not going to call the other characters throwaways - they'll be used to expand the world between semesters - but you don't need to think about them too hard right now. They're mostly to flavour the other characters and have them 'bounce off of' right now. ...
2025-10-23 20:28:55 +0000 UTC
View Post
In the hour before dawn, Alaric Morsin, traitor and coward, choked on his own blood, taken in sleep.
Dorian Morsin, storm-eyed and bitter, reached for his focus -
Too late.
Bjorn's axe split his spine.
No mercy was shown.
The children cried out - once.
Then only the crackle of fire remained.
Bjorn left with ash on his boots and silence behind.
The Saga of Bjorn, Verse 18
=========
There was no need to build a scaffold. There was no need ...
2025-10-23 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
View Post
Ten winters and more did Bjorn ride the storm-winds of war.
His axe, forged from the soul-heart of a northern bear, drank deep.
In blood and thunder he taught himself the tongue of runes,
Not from scroll, but from scream.
He carved spellwork in flesh and fire, earning magic by mastery of death.
He slew Thornak the Leechking, whose breath rotted bone, with his axe through the throat.
He dragged Vorthuun, the Maw Below, from the trench of the world and fed it stee...
2025-10-22 14:00:10 +0000 UTC
View Post
A bargain was struck.
Erik Morsin, now a boy of great potential and darker legacy,
Was engaged to Lady Alexandria Renard,
A noble of wide lineage and dangerous charm.
With this bond,
The Morsins tied themselves to the very throne they had once defied.
The Saga of Bjorn, Verse 53
Erik pulled his bow across the strings of the violin, the smooth notes of his scale releasing stress and tension that had been building up all week.
This hou...
2025-10-21 14:00:15 +0000 UTC
View Post
AN: Originally I considered starting off Song from Erik's POV, not Felix's. Felix works better because he's new, but quite a few traces of 'I'm starting a series' can be found in Erik's chapters. Hopefully it's new framing on concepts, and not repetitive.
ALSO! WHAT'S THIS!? A CHAPTER ON MONDAY!?
Yes, that's right! I wrote so much last week that I've got a whole SEVEN CHAPTERS FOR YOU ALL. Monday! Tuesday! Wednesday! Thursday! Friday! Saturday! Sunday! Seven days, seven chapters...
2025-10-20 12:52:59 +0000 UTC
View Post
Let the record show that this court is appalled by the jury’s verdict in the matter of The People v. Derek Mallory. The evidence laid bare during this trial left no room for ambiguity. Derek Mallory did not simply commit a crime; he committed an act of cruelty so calculated, so devastating, that it defies comprehension. The disfigurement of a young girl is not just an assault on her body, but on her future, her identity, and her ability to live without fear. That a jury could emerge fro...
2025-10-19 14:00:08 +0000 UTC
View Post
AN: This is a particularly rough chapter, and I don't generally do content warnings, but this one needs all the warnings. Hazel POVs will be quite rare (8 in the whole series? I'll run out of epigraphs if there are anymore...), but a few early establish her character and a lot of the mysteries. Otherwise, she'll look like a gigantic ass-pull.
If you're not up for it, there's a TL'DR at the bottom.
=====
The next thing I saw was this. When the lamb had opened one of the s...
2025-10-18 14:00:14 +0000 UTC
View Post
Entry III – Of the Sundering and the Mercy of Arches
By hand and heart and spell beyond ken, Merlin wrought the Great Sundering. The weave of all things he unmade and rewove, casting the mundane unto one world, and our kind unto another.
Two worlds, alike in place and shape, yet parted as soul from body. No wixen could henceforth be burned by mundane ignorance - for they would no longer see us.
Thus did the world divide, not ...
2025-10-17 09:45:10 +0000 UTC
View Post
AN: Surprise chapter! My writing is going extremely well this week, and I should have 4 or 5 chapters done. As a result, I'm posting 4 chapters this week!
Author note at the end.
=================
Prologue:
These entries I pen upon vellum wrought with silver ink, that they may endure should the world forget. Let those who follow know the truth of what was broken, and why.
Chronicles of the Sundering: A Personal Record by Mine Own Hand by A...
2025-10-16 13:05:14 +0000 UTC
View Post
