The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow
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And Down Came The Reaper
The children sang: "And Down Came The Reaper..."
As I was born in blood in tears, I was summoned in blood in tears. My senses instantly spread out around me. My summoner was sixteen years old, and she was beautiful in her defiance against her terror. We were surrounded by an army of over a thousand highly trained soldiers. The Keep had surrendered, and yet the army didn't care? They were killing everyone regardless? They were coming to kill my summoner and the twenty children cowering in fear against the wall behind me. The youngest was barely five years old?
I met my summoner's eyes, and my fury matched hers as I whispered. "Who do you want me to kill? And, if I might make a suggestion? The correct answer is 'All of them'!"
To my surprise, my summoner shook her head sadly. "No Reaper! I want you to kill anyone who attempts to kill these children!"
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I picked up the cold lead lump of dead metal in my hand. A drop of blood from the cut on my shoulder dropped to land on the dull blade. It was actively fighting me. It was so heavy, and I had nothing left. My teardrop splashed on the blade a second later.
“Miasma? They’re only children? I mean, seriously? What the hell is wrong with the world? I would make to you an oath? A binding? An oath bound in blood? An oath bound in tears? An oath to protect these children with my life? And if you won't help me, I will die trying!”
The Reaper (From "Tales From The Reaper" / "Terratin Keep")
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The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow
Within That Dark A Single Flame
Delayed To 2026
Book Cover Being Redesigned
Book 1 has gone way over word count and keeps increasing. We now have it down to 680 pages (plan is 600, but it's been split in half twice already).
Books 2-5 are on another level of craziness, and darkness... and constant brainstorming has provided some insane new ideas!
We are still looking for proof-readers aged 12+
later books and spin-off are 15+
FrostWalker / The Sarcophagi is strictly 18+ (no arguments)
Table Of Contents
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More info on Education, Tutorials, Projects and for parents. This is serious Work In Progress.
Respites Calm was the first scene written for the The Dark Is A Cold Lonely Shadow. It was also the first location built in Minecraft. It is the home of the first character created Logan, and the spark that started everything.
An initial picture of Logan, searching for [Spoilers Removed]
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BELOW ARE OLD NOTES OUT OF DATE NOTES AND CONTAIN SPOILERS! MASSIVE SPOILERS! THEY WILL BE REMOVED LATER ONCE ARCHIVED.
The Hub - Lightning King reviews which location from the books to work on/build next in Minecraft.
Survival World - Everyone needs a break. Lightning King and MxSxc1 relax and have fun.
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Books - for which the scope is already due to defy The Lord Of The Rings, and now encompasses 100's (and in fact now 500 million years) of history.
Videos - recorded and edited from Minecraft Footage
Comics - based on the storyboard and book, using screenshots from Minecraft/Blender
The Arena - Minecraft PVP / Co-Op / Mayhem
Map & Builder Tools - Custom setup for super quick build for banners/shields/patterns/armour trims/more - everything you need set up and to hand, dyes, patterns/looms/etc...
Data/Resources/Scripts/Maps - Visit the locations, play the game, battle
Texture Packs/PBR - In order to get quality and what we need for each scene, we create custom texture packs, including PBR. And there are loads!
Education & Tutorial - see below, but also the Tutorial map, instructions, example texture packs and instructions, for anyone wanting to build their own. Documentation/Tutorials are shocking in a lot of cases; we produce our own.
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VIDEO TO LEFT CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!
ON HOLD WHILE WORKING ON BOOK 1 - VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Fight or summon the "Ghost Warden" and some insane combinations never seen before! Most deadly, some just hilarious. Wield the weapons from the book - including Pierce and Dauntilus Armour.
Co-op - Defend yourself and your friends in the Arena
PVP - Player vs Player - with some twists, and summoning of allies, traps, defences, buffs.
PVP God Mode - Creations vs Creations (this will be in a later phase as a lot more complex than initially anticipated)
God vs Player - You control the arena and what it unleashes against the other players...simply the most fun we've ever had!
ON HOLD FOCUS IS ON BOOK 1 - A FEW NFT ARE AVAILABLE ON ENJIN.
Every character, location, weapon, armour set, item, faction, etc, will have its own NFT/Trading Card. Each one will have multiple levels...and worth! Ownership of these provides freebies, access, books, comics, soundtracks, videos, chapters, screenshots, alpha and beta access and testing, etc, and collecting full sets will provide additional bonuses.