
by The Spellwright
Your theories were right, my love: there is another world beyond the ice! If only you had survived the crossing... And now I'm alone in this land with its strange language and stranger magic. But never mind all that! I will find a way to bring your body home, my love, so that your soul can be called back to the mortal realm. So that we can be reunited. Going home will require me to gather resources and build influence with the local powers. Thankfully, there are a surprising number of opportunities here for a woman who can manipulate the aether like I can. In any other circumstances, I'd be tempted to stay and see what I might make of myself. But that would mean abandoning you, my love, my heart. And that is the one thing I can never do. Forever yours,Why Shollin What to expect:- A slow-burn fantasy told over eight novella-length journals- A powerful protagonist balancing brilliance, grief, and madness- Dynamic magic and a society built on advanced enchantments- A focus on intrigue, with almost no combat until Volume 3- An unreliable narrator, conflicting desires, and a whole heap of questionable decisions- Updates on Mondays and Thursdays
| # | Title | Words |
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| 1 | Entry 1: The World Beyond the Ice | 0 |
| 2 | Entry 2: The Waning Sun | 0 |
| 3 | Entry 3: First Words | 0 |
| 4 | Entry 4: Valia's Watch | 0 |
| 5 | Entry 5: Not Quite Fitting In | 0 |
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| Entry 6: Tensday Mass |
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| 7 | Entry 7: First Lesson | 0 |
| 8 | Entry 8: The Help She Really Needs | 0 |
| 9 | Entry 9: Persuasion | 0 |
| 10 | Entry 10: A Social Evening | 0 |
| 11 | Entry 11: The Breaking Point | 0 |
| 12 | Entry 12: The Accident | 0 |
| 13 | Entry 13: Impossible Spellcraft | 0 |
| 14 | Entry 14: The Offer | 0 |
| 15 | Entry 15: Schools of Magic | 0 |
| 16 | Entry 16: Clinic Day | 0 |
| 17 | Entry 17: Godsfeast | 0 |
| 18 | Entry 18: Memory and Mastery | 0 |
| 19 | Entry 19: A Ruinous Opportunity | 0 |
| 20 | Entry 20: Flight | 0 |
| 21 | Entry 21: Struggle | 0 |
| 22 | Entry 22: The Audience | 0 |
| 23 | Entry 23: Histories Near and Far | 0 |
| 24 | Entry 24: Fine Dining | 0 |
| 25 | Entry 25: The Seaborne Suite | 0 |
| 26 | Entry 26: The Lord Governor's Physicians | 0 |
| 27 | Entry 27: Jacque's Place | 0 |
| 28 | Entry 28: Heart-to-Heart | 0 |
| 29 | Entry 29: Four Conversations | 0 |
| 30 | Entry 30: A Sudden Departure | 0 |
| 31 | Entry 31: Lady Kailenne | 0 |
| 32 | Entry 32: Bone Matron | 0 |
| 33 | Entry 33: Corpses of Guntao | 0 |
| 34 | Entry 34: Freeing the Bones of Her Love | 0 |
| 35 | Entry 35: Unwelcome Condolences | 0 |
| 36 | Entry 36: A Conversation with His Ghost | 0 |
| 37 | Entry 37: Incriminating Objects | 0 |
| 38 | Entry 38: The Sea Vault Heist | 0 |
| 39 | Entry 39: Wilderness | 0 |
| 40 | Entry 40: Valia's Wrath | 0 |
| 41 | Entry 41: A New Kind of Human | 0 |
| 42 | Entry 42: Diplomacy at Godsfeast | 0 |
| 43 | Entry 43: The Dart of Ire | 0 |
| 44 | Entry 44: Thurin Bulwark | 0 |
| 45 | Entry 45: Ambush | 0 |
| 46 | Entry 46: Viser | 0 |
| 47 | Entry 47: The Great General | 0 |
| 48 | Entry 48: An Ordinary Village | 0 |
| 49 | Entry 49: The Grand Strategy | 0 |
| 50 | Entry 50: Names and Faces | 0 |
| 51 | Entry 51: Springing the Trap | 0 |
| 52 | Entry 52: The Siege | 0 |
| 53 | Entry 53: Midnight Raid | 0 |
| 54 | Entry 54: The General's Wrath | 0 |
| 55 | Entry 55: The Lives of Commoners | 0 |
| 56 | Entry 56: Closing Wounds | 0 |
| 57 | Entry 57: A Normal Moment | 0 |
| 58 | Entry 58: Before the Battle | 0 |
| 59 | Entry 59: Blood in the Streets | 0 |
| 60 | Entry 60: The Falcon | 0 |
| 61 | Entry 61: Fealty | 0 |
| 62 | Entry 62: Arix City | 0 |
| 63 | Entry 63: The Ash Queen's Court | 0 |
| 64 | Entry 64: A Question of Loyalty | 0 |
| 65 | Entry 65: The Undying Flame | 0 |
| 66 | Entry 66: The Council of Brimhold | 0 |
| 67 | Entry 67: Heretic | 0 |
| 68 | Entry 68: The Campaign | 0 |
| 69 | Entry 69: Gods and Scions | 0 |
| 70 | Entry 70: The Battle of Nortbend | 0 |
| 71 | Entry 71: Ashen Faces | 0 |
| 72 | Entry 72: Drought in the City of Fire | 0 |
| 73 | Entry 73: Feet on the Ground | 0 |
| 74 | Entry 74: Assassins | 0 |
| 75 | Entry 75: Friends of Why | 0 |
| 76 | Entry 76: Privileges and Responsibilities | 0 |
| 77 | Entry 77: The Argument for Power | 0 |
| 78 | Entry 78: Valia's Gaze | — |
| 79 | Entry 79: Portrait of a Dead Man | — |
| 80 | Entry 80: Leaving the Court | — |
| 81 | Entry 81: The Scion in Chains | — |
| 82 | Entry 82: A Bitter Ally | — |
| 83 | Entry 83: The House of Why | — |
| 84 | Entry 84: Governor or Regent or Something Else | — |
| 85 | Entry 85: Empty Stomachs, Empty Coffers | — |
| 86 | Entry 86: My Friend's Foot on My Throat | — |
| 87 | Entry 87: Forced Prosperity | — |
| 88 | Entry 88: A Study in Power | — |