What Started the Great War? Rethinking Its True Beginning
The Hidden Origins of the Great War: A Century or a Myth? By Staff Reporter, Fernwall Gazette | Amerian 1, 580 When the official histories mark 470 CE as the start of the Great War—centered on the Sudaani Empire's last-ditch invasion of Ameran Indi—they…
Middle Class Life in Fernwall, Part III — The Accident
Police Inspector Barbara Cole first appears in Raven's Tears and her story continues throughout the Raven & the Iris Series. In this series of shorts, which we're titiling "middle class life in Fernwall", we go back in time to Barbara's preparations…
Middle Class Life in Fernwall, Part II — Of Deals & Uniforms
Police Inspector Barbara Cole first appears in Raven's Tears and her story continues throughout the Raven & the Iris Series. In this series of shorts we go back in time to Barbara's preparations to become a police detective, and take a peek at what…
North Across the Caspian
This photo might have been taken from a riverboat traveling north across the Caspian River. The picture looks north to the hills that separate the Caspian Valley from the highlands of Nothern Cascadia. On the left hand side, where the meadow meets the…
Raven’s Tears: Sir Eric Wilkinson-Foster, a Romantasy Writer’s Dream
Eric Wilkinson-Foster is a supporting character introduced in the romantasy novel Raven's Tears as a potential love interest for Lady Angelique Blakesly.
The Back Alleys of Old Castle
If you've looked at our map of Fernwall, you'll see that at the far south end of the city are the back alleys of Old Castle, which are in the district of Old Castle. It was once the proud City of Fernwall. In those days, Merchants Island was was still a…
That Dreadful Back Street
In every city, it seems there is that dreadful backstreet. That's true of Western Angels, in the City of Fernwall, we well. It's well known for its old, narrow, winding streets and back alleys as, it is for the ubiquitous "brownstone" for which the city…
From the Walls of the Mighty Fortress
You know, I don't even remember where I took this photo; but it may as well be from from the walls of the mighty fortress of Par-Isen, which many Guardian Paladins came to call "The Fortress" during the Great War. Located at the southern end of the…
Middle Class Life in Fernwall — Part I
Police Inspector Barbara Cole first appears in Raven's Tears and her story continues throughout the Raven & the Iris Series. In this series of shorts, which we're titling "Middle Class Life in Fernwall" we go back in time to Barbara's preparations to…