by C.F. Welburn | Aug 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
We all recall the good old days when the dark lord was omnipresent and cast a sinister shadow over the land; and any number of Bond villains have taught us that plotting global domination and living in a volcano is cool. Well, technically Sauron had a volcano lair...
by C.F. Welburn | Aug 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
Life aboard a ship was much more glamorous in the stories. Stories also smelt better. The vintage wine turned out to be less vintage, more vinegar than Murdak had led him to believe, and the window in his cabin was little more than a chink of grimy light. Neither was...
by C.F. Welburn | Aug 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Close my eyes and I can still see Tolkien’s lonely mountain flanked by Smaug, and Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea deserves to be framed on a wall. (Interestingly enough I read somewhere that the whole concept of Earthsea started by drawing the map, and then...
by C.F. Welburn | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
At the risk of controversy, I pose the following question: Has it become cliché to write about elves, dragons and orcs? Don’t get me wrong, I love Tolkien. I was weaned on elves and goblins and sought the elusive female dwarf as much as the next guy… But now as a...
by C.F. Welburn | Jul 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
When Balagir awakens at the fire with no recollection of his past, he discovers he is an ashen—a mysterious group of black-eyed vagabonds, addicted to the smoke they must pay the ghostly piper in exchange for power. But danger lurks beyond every hub. Distrustful...
by C.F. Welburn | Jul 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s here. The Ashen Levels is done and ready to go! The release dates are as follows: Fledgling – July 2018 Journeyman – August 2018 Adept – September 2018 Hero – October 2018 Paragon – November 2018 Awake from the fire and heed...
