So there has been
some question about what will come next here on New Iron Age. I am
overall pretty happy with the way The Sleeping Tyrant came
out, and even if it went in some unexpected directions, that’s part
of the fun of working in a serialized format.
One thing it did
that I was not totally happy with was how deep it got into magic
stuff, leaning maybe too hard on the “sorcery” part, rather than
the “sword”. I like that it gave me a framework for the stories,
but I think it got a bit too serialized, and by the end there was no
way for a new reader to know what was happening.
Next year will be,
once again, something different. Tides of War will be a
serial detailing a war between two iron age powers, with the stories
stretching over the entire length of the conflict. But it will not
be focused on the leaders and kings, but on all kinds of people:
common soldiers and warriors, outcasts, criminals, bystanders,
brigands, and others. It will tell the story of a war in a series of
snapshots from all different angles, from the glorious to the base.
You will see characters and events from different perspectives, at
different distances in space and in time, and from different sides.
Two great Thanes will go to war, and that war will devour them.
Next week will be
the second part of “The Cursed Prince”, and then I will be taking
a short break for Xmas and New Years’. Posting on Tides of War
will commence on January 8th. And I know stuff has been
kind of fucked up with Patreon right now, but I still need your
contributions, and I will be striving to add more value for patrons
in the coming year. Stick with me and stay tuned.
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