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Featured Novel

The Storm Winds of Glazglubin

"There's a monster in every man, boy. Within me, there is a host, and one day, it'll be yours to command." Too often these days, Kenji's mind turns to the words of his accursed father. When he fled the Old Country, he thought he had left the monsters behind, but now he sees them every day in the eyes of his friend and mentor. His world is about to crumble in a spasm of eldritch magic, and though he can see the face of his undoing so clearly in his nightmares, deep down, he knows that the first blow has already been struck.
As the tendrils of a soul plague lay claim on Aqualon's oldest and most powerful magocracy, the Lord of Wind, Kenji Sokolow, is cast down from his high tower, pressed to rally whatever forces he can find. But first, he has to survive...

Featured Short Story

The Black Priest of Rastrowel

A gripping short story from the life of Lyn, a young girl in the care of two HJT Ferries, ships mages for hire, which operate from their office on the island of Rastrowel, the highly religious birth place of the Church of Pure Souls.

Faced with prejudice against mages every day, Lyn's winning personality and innocence keep her well within the good graces of her peers, until a Black Priest, an inquisitor of the Church takes notice of her...

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A Synopsis of the World

Seventeen centuries of peace have allowed the people of Aqualon to flourish. Since the Great War, now known as the Age of Heroes, when the Old Gods rose up once more in vain, the world has become prosperous: powerful magocracies in the Middle Lands are going through a magical industrial revolution and rich tapestries of cultures flourish in the Yamato Mountain Range and the Seventeen Yonder Islands. These lie in the Corsic Ocean of the Ocean Belt beyond the 150 kilometer band of iron, the Iron Belt, which rings the planet around its equator.

And isolated from the rest: two technocracies so far beyond them that they could be thought to live in a world of their own. They are divided by their opposing views on integrating magic and technology, yet united in their quest for knowledge.

But who would have thought that none of these would start the next great war?

Browse Aqualon's countless lore articles below: Fantasy, Scifi, Horror, Mystery; there is enough to suit any palate and sate any appetite.

Aqualon Short Stories

Serialized

The Black Priest of Rastrowel

Prose | Aug 19, 2019

A short story about the little girl Lyn, who lives with her uncle, an HJT ferry (a magus that protects ships), his apprentice Makani, and the mysterious Lady Wisp in a lighthouse hut on the island of Rastrowel. The first HJT Ferry Tale. ~ 5325 Words

A short story from the life of Lyn, the adopted child of two HJT Ferries, which operate from their office on Rastrowel, the highly religious birth place of the Church of Pure Souls. Faced with prejudice against mages every day, Lyn's winning personality and innocence keeps her well within the good graces of her peers, until a Black Priest, an inquisitor of the Church takes notice of her...

The Daily Lives of Aqualon's Patrons

Generic article | Jan 27, 2019

Dive into a plethora of monthly serials telling the tales of various people on Aqualon, based on the Patrons who support this project.

Patrons of Aqualon, January 2019

The Animancer, vol. 1: Facing the Storm

Prose | Jan 25, 2019

After a lucrative haul at the port of Black Steel, Captain Elizabeth Keen is steering the Temptress towards Kiln; but dark clouds in the distance await the ship... ~ 2713 Words

Based on the adventures of the Waking the Animancer writing contest winners, this serialization documents the campaign from the point of view of Captain Elizabeth Keen; at least for the time being. Traveling aboard her pirate ship, the odd assortment of characters she has taken charge of become embroiled in the war for Jamphel Yeshe when the Birth of Balsibart comes to light and the pirates of the Corsic Ocean scramble to take possession of the then abandoned coca and poppy fields of the island...

Stand-alone Stories, Poetry, and Anthologies

One Hundred Fantastic Facts Come to Life

Generic article | Jan 25, 2019

Facts about Aqualon and little stories attached to them.

Tale #1: On the Signing of the Null Concord
Tale #2: The Mighty Brammenwoods
Tale #3: The Glade of Druith
Tale #4: The Gate at the Mountaintop
Tale #5: Keepers, Blades, and Elements
Tale #6: Jump!
Tale #7: Bits and Bytes, Allocate and Divide
Tale #8: Dearest Vincent
Tale #9: The Stacks of Fulgrath
Tale #10: The Velvet Scholia
Tale #11: Wisteria and Green-Leaf Jasmine
Tale #12: The White Death
Tale #13: The Second Deal
Tale #14: Svalbrynd Chain Gang

Tale #15: Ironclad People

Prose | Aug 18, 2020

From ~One Hundred Fantastic Facts Come to Life~. ~ 1138 Words

Glint, by Heinrich Thadeus Borgerat

Document | Jan 25, 2019

The book that, unintentionally, inspired the founding of the Church of Pure Souls. ~ 3539 Words

A famous Aqualonian book and theater play re-envisioning the Vinclav myth in the style of Goethe's Faust.

Stray in the Void

Prose | Jan 25, 2019

A ballad about the thin line between nihilism and the quest for enlightement by the poet Drahoslav of Glazglubin. ~ 538 Words

Drahoslav, one of the Grand Sages of yore, wrote this ballad to describe not only certain experiences in his life, but the shape his mind space had taken during his meditation. It is common for people that seek out their own soulscape to envision their mind space as a great vast emptiness, containing the Great Gate somewhere within.

Saxum is the largest written collection of Nordic myths, legends, stories, poems, and songs that has ever been printed. It gained quite some popularity in the Great Land during the current Age of Gears and Elements, inspiring much interest in the culture of the northern tribes.