MasterGhandalf

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Welcome back, everyone, to the next installment of my ongoing space fantasy saga Realm of the Stars! For those just joining us, this is the third volume of a series I pitch as "Star Wars meets King Arthur meets Dune" and is the ending of the initial trilogy I have in mind (though I still have plans for more works in this universe!) - if you're looking for the Arthurian parallels, then this story's events would roughly correspond to Arthur's war with Rome. If you're interested in checking out the previous installments of this series, then Volume I is here, Volume II is here and some character portraits are here. And here we go! Prologue and Dramatis Personae:

I've been playing around with some character portrait creators lately, and managed to get some images I'm fairly happy with for some of the main characters from my Star Wars meets King Arthur meets Dune space fantasy saga Realm of the Stars. The program I used for these is Rinmaru Games' Mega Fantasy Avatar Creator; it's geared more towards conventional fantasy than space opera, but Realm of the Stars has enough of a fantasy type aesthetic I thought it worked pretty well. If you're interested in checking the stories out, Volume I, The Unclaimed Crown is here and Volume II, The Endangered Crown is here. Anyway, here we go! Arta: Karani: Mardoban: Pakorus: Midaia: and Latharna: And for those of you who've been following along with this saga as I've been posting it here, I've begun work on Volume III and intend to start posting on Friday!

Revised OP to include recent updates, mostly from State of the Sanderson 2019 and Stormlight 4 release announcement.

New chapter! With this one, I officially pass 50,000 words total and thus meet my NaNo goal; I therefore won't be updating as frequently from here on out, though I do still hope to continue with this at a somewhat slower pace. A big thanks to everyone who's been following along!

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New chapter! Also slight revision to the title.

Hell, everyone! MasterGhandalf here with my second-ever NaNo project (I sat out last year due to various real-life issues; in 2017, I posted the first volume of my ongoing space opera/Arthurian re imagining Realm of the Stars). This year, I'm doing a project I'd been toying with for a while in my long-time favorite genre, high fantasy. This one is deliberately supposed to be evocative of "classic" fantasy, but with a twist - where a lot of high fantasy takes it's inspiration from Lord of the Rings, this one is inspired by "The New Shadow", a sequel to LotR that Tolkien wrote about a chapter of late in life and then abandoned. Basically, the idea is that the "dark lord" figure rose again and was defeated for good about a century ago, but his legacy and a few of his minions are still out there, while the "good guy" kingdom has started to crack around the edges, with noble ideals giving way to ruthless ambition. Just because the dark lord is dead doesn't mean evil is gone for good. And of course, when human evil and supernatural evil meet, bad things are in store. And it's deliberately designed to have a lot of the fantasy tropes I personally love - intrigue! Adventure! Epic quests! Cool magic! Dark elves (long a guilty pleasure of mine)! If that sounds cool to you, strap in. Feed back, as ever, is appreciated.

Thanks for the reminder on that one! Added to original post.

Epilogue! My thanks to everyone who's stuck with me (and Arta, Latharna, Pakorus and company) though this journey, and apologies again for the erratic update schedule. If anyone has comments or feedback, they're much appreciated. Thanks again!

Awesome - thanks for the info and links! I'd somehow either missed or forgotten the bit about the Sixth of the Dusk sequel as well. Adding that!

I'd probably put that as an extension of the "Short Fiction" category; going to go ahead and add it to the original post though!

Being currently engaged in a re-read of the Era 1 Mistborn trilogy (and eagerly following the updates on the Rhythm of War progress bar) has gotten me thinking about Brandon's future plans for the Cosmere and trying to piece together everything he has planned out (and has revealed publicly, obviously). It's been established for a while that the core Cosmere arc consists of Mistborn, Stormlight and eventually Dragonsteel (I've seen some people also list Elantris as "core Cosmere" though I've not seen a direct WoB on this one EDIT: Now I have) with the other works as side stories (though still important - ie Khriss comes from White Sand, Warbreaker is a stealth prequel introducing some key characters for Stormlight). This is my current understanding of what future Cosmere projects look like: Roshar Rhythm of War, currently being written, release set for Nov. 17 2020. Stormlight 5, end of the first arc, coming after The Lost Metal, tentatively planned for Fall 2023 Stormlight 6-10, second Stormlight arc. Scadrial The Lost Metal, end of Era 2, coming after Rhythm of War, tentatively planned for fall 2021 Era 3, Modern Mistborn, coming some point after Stormlight 5, trilogy. Cyberpunk Mistborn, potentially between Era 3 and 4, Brandon doesn't know for sure if he'll do this and if so in how much detail. Era 4, Mistborn in Space, far-off, the chronological endpoint of the Cosmere, Hoid will be a main character, trilogy. Sel Elantris 2-3, coming after Stormlight 5, will apparently reveal some important Cosmere info that will need to get out there before the later Mistborn books. Nalthis Nightblood, sequel to Warbreaker, still far off at this point. Taldain Future graphic novels, the first being a graphic novel series continuing Khriss's story and taking place on Nightside. Brandon may write Taldain prose novels at some point, isn't sure (all from DragonCon 2019). Threnody The Dust Brigade (tentative title), full novel, might come between Stormlight arcs, probably farther off. Unknown Shardworlds Aether of Night, Brandon still wants to do something with this, will likely be rewritten from the ground up as a lot of elements from the current draft ended up cannibalized in other works. State of the Sanderson 2019 indicates this is currently plotted as a trilogy. "Secret Standalone Cosmere Novel" mentioned in State of the Sanderson 2019 "YA Cosmere Novel with Magic Kites" mentioned in State of the Sanderson 2019 Yolen Dragonsteel/Liar of Partinel, prequel to the Cosmere, Hoid/original Shardvessels backstory, probably a ways off (after everything but Mistborn Era 4), State of the Sanderson 2019 indicates it's currently envisioned as a trilogy (originally planned to be longer, but a lot of content ended up in Stormlight instead). Short Fiction Brandon has mentioned various short stories and novellas that might show up at some point, including a Rysn novella (Wandersail) a Rock novella, a Silverlight novella, a Sixth of the Dusk sequel and Silence Divine (though recent comments indicate this one may be in doubt now). Potential for further collection(s) in the vein of Arcanum Unbounded. Per State of the Sanderson 2019, the Cosmere is currently forecasted as containing approx. 35 full-length novels (though this doesn't seem to figure in the YA novel or the "Secret Standalone" if my count is correct), of which eleven have currently been published. This all is my understanding for where future Cosmere projects are standing at the moment. Does anyone else know of anything major that I've missed out on, or any information that I have here that's out of date or just plain wrong? Thought I'd try to get this all laid out and make sure I had a good grasp on where things were heading and (roughly) when, and that it might be helpful to see in general. Thank you!

New chapter! Almost done.