Hey!
Welcome back, one and all, to the weird, wild, and wondrous world of Enverdolmal!
I hope that you all have been doing well!
I was told that this series will not be published on Webnovel because it is too hard to follow...
Hmm.
I don't think I know what that means, but I like the direction we are heading in, lol.
I know the story is a bit... Choppy...
But it all makes more and more sense as new chapter parts drop and connect, you know?
Mayhap I am just not meant for the mainstream, and you know something?
I don't mind that at all.
I would love to get a physical book printed for the readers who care for such a thing, but I don't mind this series being free forever.
It is my legacy.
It may not be much of one...
But it is all that I have, and I am proud of it.
I will be going back to polish up the chapters of Volume 01 so that they are more digestible and have fewer grammatical errors.
For YOU.
Not for Webnovel.
Thank you all kindly for your patience with me and this ever-growing world of mine.
I am so sorry for the prolonged time between these new drops; I've just been extremely busy with packing and readying myself to move in less than two days!
I HATE MOVING!
But it is a part of my new journey, and I am very ready!
Or... JUST ABOUT AS READY AS I WILL EVER BE!
I promise to get right back to this series and lock in for you all just as soon as I am settled into my new place, yeah?
I love and appreciate all of you, and I can't thank you enough for just over 50K views across the English/Spanish/German readership, and I couldn't be happier or more grateful!
I have a nugget of information for you, but I promise I will be back soon enough with more for you all to chew on!
A couple of Character Dives for a couple of my favorite characters who have made the official leap from Leafaria to the pages of One Last Knight!
I will see you back here soon enough, yeah?
And off we go!
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Here is a recap of some of the finer details concerning the way ages work.
I hope it helps!
Lifespans are a bit weird here in Enverdolmal :-) Nothing too crazy, though I assure you.
A year is known as an SC or "Sun Cycle," and one SC is 366 days (give or take)
One day-night cycle is 28 hours, about 30 additional hours a year when compared to our real-world calendar.
HLS- Human Lifespan.
Humans: 1x1 Sun Cycle. = 1 year, or one rotation around the Sun.
Dwarfs: 3x HLS. The average Dwarf will live 3 times longer than the average human.
Elves: 4x1HLS. The average Elf will live 4 times longer than the average human.
Goblins: 2x1 HLS. The average Goblin will live twice as long as the average human.
Orcis: 2.5x1 HLS. The average Orcis will live 2.5 times longer than the average human.
Ogre: 3x1 HLS. The average Ogre will live 3 times longer than the average human.
Ordin: (Goblin/Orcis hybrid. Randomized physical characteristics based on parental species.) 3.5x1 HLS. The average Ordin will live 3 times longer than the average human.
Dwarfym: (Human/Dwarf hybrid who retains Human height and features.) 2x HLS. The average Dwarfym will live twice as long as the average human.
Tinker-Kin: (Dwarf/Human hybrid who retains Dwarven height and features.) 1.5x HLS. The average Tinker-Kin will live 1.5 times longer than the average human.
Changeling: ??? HLS.
Elfym: (Elf and Human genetics are always harmonized if the pregnancy makes it to the second trimester. A rare happenstance. Neither bloodline's characteristics show more physically than the other.) 2.5x HLS. The average Elfym will live 2.5 times longer than the average human.
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Character: Luemalissa Ivy.
Species: Human.
Class: Druid Herbalist.
Nation: Seether, Crayosia.
Age: 42 HLS.
Weapons: Rock-root staff.
- Bottomless satchel.
- Shroom smoke bombs.
- Troll-moss cloak.
- Aether-bladed Sickles.
Origin:
Born to nomadic, magically inclined parents, Luemalissa was named after Lumaleza, a long-standing, powerful nation far east of Crayosia, over the Deep Stone Sea in the land known as Enverdolmal.
As a child, she constantly hunted for knowledge and adventure, and her supportive parents never stifled that inspiration. Luemalissa would study hard the ways of the land, and she soon grew into a sharp and bold-minded young woman with a habit of rebelling against the systems that be.
Unfortunately, the world around her was not always so welcoming to the whims and innocence of a young and blooming girl, and her rebellious streak would soon catch up to her.
One day after a particularly long hike in the forest that surrounded her family home, she would return only to find that her parents had been slain by a pair of murderers whom she could not identify beyond the veil of their deep, dark cloaks.
Her whole world had been literally burned to the ground, and despite her best efforts, she was left beaten and broken to die beside the burning home that was her former life.
Why they simply didn't kill her, she would never know, but she would know this:
They very well should have.
Luemalissa would recover fully and train herself beyond the martial and magical abilities that she had both learned and inherited from her parents.
She would travel the land in search of answers, and her quest for knowledge and vengeance would see her settling in a large and heavily militarized Dwarven city called Seether.
From there, she would study and gather information from the many travelers and merchants who passed through the city, seeking to one day come across anything she could find to lead her to those who took her parents' lives.
Luemalissa would go on to adopt the daughter of her long-lost sister, raising the young girl to be a skilled and dangerous fighter in her own right.
The girl would grow up to be very much like Luemalissa was as a child, a fact that would surely bite the woman in the rear as it became more and more obvious.
Her life and world would be turned upside down when a child with a strange tail and another with weird blue skin would walk into her herbal shop.
Abilities:
- Master of Herbology.
- Expert hand-to-hand combatant.
- Mid-range teleportation spells.
- Can summon Aetheral animals.
- Elemental spells.
- Runic spells.
- Sigils.
- Master Bow staff combatant.
Stats:
Strength: 4.5/10.
Stamina: 7/10.
Agility: 8/10.
Dexterity: 6.5/10.
Intellect: 9/10.
Aether: 8/10.
Resilience: 4/10.
Resistance: (High magic) 7.5/10. (Low magic): 9.5/10.
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Character: Airyos Lindyntree.
Species: Elf.
Class: Ranger Captain. Eagle Talon, R.L.R.C. Mountain Region Team.
Nation: Elwood, Crayosia.
Age: 80 HLS. 20 Elven years.
Weapons: Dual-edged long sword.
- Kunai x6
- Length of Hyper-light platinum chain.
- R.L.R.C. issued mid-sized crossbow.
- Dual Dirks.
Origin:
Airyos was the top student in his Razor Leaf Ranger Company training class.
He was the most skilled swordsman.
The best hand-to-hand combatant.
The most talented Elf on the Archery range.
He had humbled all his instructors in one way or another, and none of it affected his moral compass.
Airyos was naturally good at anything he put his mind to, and that deep, immovable sense of duty, honor, and work ethic earned him the rank he held today.
By 20 HLS, he had been tasked with holding the line on the western front in the great and all-consuming war that ravaged Crayosia. His latest orders would have him spearheading a counteroffensive operation in the heavily wooded western reaches known as Leafaria.
There, a small village was being besieged by a roving army of supernatural origin known only as "The Shicato", its leader a long-dead Draconian king retooled as an undead puppet.
Airyos would lose more than half his team that day.
He would barely escape with his own life.
He would be greatly celebrated as a war hero, but he would live with the nightmares from that day forward.
After reuniting with a handful of his companions whom he had thought killed in that same war, Airyos and these friends would leave Crayosia for good and the Elven kingdom of Pikia, seeking new lives and duties in a wild and seemingly ever-expanding world to the far east known as Enverdolmal.
Abilities:
- Master Swordsman.
- Expert hand-to-hand combatant.
- Mid-level Elemental magic spells.
- Extraordinary speed, dexterity, and agility.
- Feather-light shift. Can transform himself into a state in which he is fully or partially composed of fine white feathers.
Stats:
Strength: 6/10.
Stamina: 8.5/10.
Agility: 10/10.
Dexterity: 9/10.
Intellect: 7/10.
Aether: 5.5/10.
Resilience: 5/10.
Resistance: (High magic) 7.5/10. (Low magic): 8.5/10.
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HEY!
Welcome back!
I know that wasn't much, BUT I GOT YOU!
I will be back before you know it!
Please read or reread Volume 01 and Leafaria in the meantime, and refresh those memories!
And/or head over to my Insta and Facebook and inbox me some of your character ideas!
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEM AND HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU, NO MATTER WHAT LANGUAGE YOU SPEAK!!!!!
I love and appreciate you all, and I will be back to drop a new Chapter part soon enough, yeah?
Safe travels, Folks.
And as always:
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Stay healthy.
Stay vigilant.
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