Well, that's a wrap.
Road of Chaos was exhausting to write and even more exhausting to edit. Ironically, the story was initially envisioned as a short, breather episode. The original plan was for William to travel to the Tournant of Kings. He'd have so side adventures and fight so bandits. The character of Jehair was introduced as a guide with no special plan for her. I began to write the Kata and Sokar arc in Ascon.
Instead, what I got was a continent-spanning conspiracy by organized cri. That combined with a corrupt church. See, the problem was that the villains had to stay relevant sohow. And William's journey was taking him across half a continent, from Artarq to Gel Carn. Over such a distance, the criminal groups ntioned in Dark Drear had to be very powerful. Arkan Lantan, Tavish, and Lach were then introduced as antagonists.
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However, as I wrote, I realized that Jehair knew everyone and was well-liked by everyone. And since she is not stupid, I realized she had to have a hand in everything. This led to the elven conspiracy in Blackfear and also the introduction of Saphra.
All in all, this is one of the longest books I have ever written. It has also been fairly popular, thankfully. Tomorrow, we'll begin the next book in Relma's story. The Tournant of Kings. We'll finally see the tournant William spent all this ti trying to get to. It should be much lighter-hearted.
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