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The Realm: Book One (The Realm):

Set in The Realm, this is the background to all of the other books in the universe. This follows Maryi, Protector of Peace and then Descenter of the Gods, as they try and fail multiple times to capture and perhaps kill Dot, their arch nemesis and their destined ally. Overall, this has accidentally turned from action and fighting to dealing with grief, a lot of salty thoughts, and dying. Main POV Maryi, almost never switches except in the prologue which follows Zemi the Demigod and his subsequent death.

CW: a lot of suicidal idealization, PTSD, racism, classism, a shit ton of other things spouted by Dot, sometimes gratuitous descriptions of dead bodies, death is a theme

Plotting Their Demise (Liann and Nickolas):

Set in Nuham, first book in the Piné Trilogy. Liann is an ambassador for the Pendatan region, and he has a score to settle. Nickolas is the last born child of the Kendran region, which is now run by his brother, the eldest of his three siblings; Nick does not want to be on this political venture in the first place, let alone be dragged into someone else’s scheming. But when this scheming involves a rather intriguing ambassador. . .maybe he could free up his non-existent schedule to help out. Main POV Liann, secondary Nickolas.

CW: transphobia(in only around three(?) scenes I may not even post so), misgendering(like once?),

The Shadows We Hide:

Set in an urban-fantasy-like area with magic and “Harnessers,” who are born corrupted and intertwined with magic. Harnessers are usually rabid and completely inept at understanding others’ emotions but not Daroak, no, he’s nearly human. Alvira really wasn’t trying nor hoping to get kidnapped after her routine night job of killing off Harnessers, but is anyone? Daroak has gotten out, it’s finally happened; all he needs is to get someone to help him. After that it’ll all be fine. POVs: Daroak and Alvira.

CW: self harm, thoughts of self harm, sometimes gratuitous description of dead bodies and blood, suicidal idealization, panic attacks, long periods of isolation, past memories of experimentation.

To Take A Kingdom:

Set in Nuham before all of the other books, it follows the eventual King, Kinder, and his eventual consort/king Umber. Kinder and Umber are each other's other halves, brothers in all senses except blood, bestest of friends. . .except they both kind of want it to be more. They’ve grown up together, schemed together, tried so very hard to not miss the other when they’ve barely left together, everything! Now Umber has another one of his plans, but it’s a lot bigger this time. He wants to stop the war against the People of the forest; the Kingdom of Nuham has encroached on the Peoples’ lands for decades, and now their knights are coming for the Peoples’ precious forests and they just wouldn’t have that. Kinder has to go with him, no matter how many doubts, because this is his other half, and he can’t protect him if he’s muddling around with restless rebels all alone. And then there’s the forest in his throat problem, but he’ll deal with that later. POV Kinder.

CW: racism, xenophobia, (idk where to put it but like they cough up forest shit so if that makes you nervy)

[Unnamed] (Cadion and Damian):

Set in Nuham, many years after Kinder is now King Kinder, and Umber was officially declared his consort who knows how many years ago (most citizens are just waiting for the wedding at this point). Cadion is at a university in Quinnterra, a practicing Hypnotic Mage on the cusp of becoming a Master after nearly twelve years of mage-school; he hasn’t stayed in one place for very long, moving from university to university with his friends just like his parents used to drag him around for their *very important mage work*. Damian works in markets, as his mother, and his mother’s mother, and his mother’s mother’s mot—you get the idea, don’t you? It’s been a while. His mother isn’t exactly the caring type, especially since his sister ran off to gods below knew where eight-or-so years ago. The two of them run into each other during the first week of university, when Cadion needs supplies and gets word from his rather destined to just be a bigot friend Jason. He still holds hope for his friend, and he doesn’t believe it when the man says there’s nothing going on behind the scenes. He surely doesn’t believe it when he sees exactly what’s going on, either. Main POV Cadion, side Damian.

CW: classism, internalized classism, panic attacks, racism (a little), self-mutilation(subject to change, current idea is an empathic monster so…pain).

[Unnamed] (Aaron’s Book):

Set in Nuham, second of three books for the Piné siblings. Lord Aaron has just gotten done with the whole Nickolas-not-wanting-to-be-political-then-suddenly-becoming-very-interested fiasco, and he’s done with being a lord. Well, not really, but he gets this way from time to time; no shock that this time it was because someone decided that they could poison his little brother and get away with it, Nickolas gets into that kind of shit a lot. He’s really taking this to get reacquainted with his people, understand the poisoning on the side, and see Orion again. Orion is a blacksmith born and raised in the mountains, dragged down to the valley closest to the Lord of the land’s manor after becoming his ambassador’s partner, and Aaron’s own later down the line. Scana is the aforementioned ambassador, an outsider inbred with Nuham’s own Quinnterra, and a street fighter when push comes to shove. The three of this rag-tag team get caught up in the local region way more than they should, getting a child off the street(Jackie), meeting foreign lords, ambassadors from other regions, and even the Special Knight Force after a rather unfortunate run-in with bandits. Will they even get home? I have no clue, I’ve only an idea for this tbh.

CW: slight polyphobia, PTSD, past child abuse, slight alcohol abuse, potentially triggering talk about being trans(everyone supports Jackson, it’s just a bit…complicated for a little).

Freddie the Alien:

Set in Nuham with the Special Knight Forces, who we actually meet in To Take A Kingdom. This is after, when they’ve finally got orders to come home. This all starts with Pete, or Sir Knight Paetoire, who is the “leader” of the group. It’s really more of a trio who think and move so intertwined that they’re fluent in each other’s body language, facial tics, and everything in between. Pete finds a young boy on a farm scared, shaking in his boots outside of the main house. Turns out the man who “owned” him was beating on another farm hand who didn’t do their job right. While Pete cannot save the man’s own son by Knightly decree, he can save the poor boy outside. Freddie isn’t from here, not at all, and he’s not sure how he got here. He does know that he wants to be human worse than anything. Fen is the Lady Knight of the group, hard outer shell and slightly harder inside, she’s the strategist but not a leader. She really cares, just shows it rather than tells. Then there’s Sir Knight Vianne. Cursed as some might say, they’ve been stuck to the two other knights for gods below know how long with only one relief: they’re deaf. Gifted from a mage, they’ve got some nice hearing aids, but gods they’re whiny; they usually speak in sign special to the three knights and eventually Freddie, as it’s an amalgamation of different signs throughout their years. POV switches between the four, but it’s mainly Pete.

CW: internalized xenophobia(he wants to be human and has taken that to mean that everything else that isn’t sucks), ableism,

When the Wick Burns Out:

- brief content warning - mentioned rape in blurb

Soon after the new king is instated—King Kinder—Torin gets a visit from a former “friend” of her mother’s. Torin is a kind yet ruthless soul, known to have been taking care of her region long before her mother died. Her mother was a druggie, sex addict, alcoholic, everything since her “husband”—really more of a one time thing but then she got pregnant with Torin and everything kind of spiraled—left. Torin leaned on the other leads of regions she thought she could count on, Lord Michael, a sleazy son of a bitch that deserves everything bad; and Lady Daine, who paid this “friend” of Torin’s mother to kill her off to weaken the Pendatan region and perhaps take it for herself—Torin is a rather influential noble at this point, though it has mostly been anonymous. In the shortest of short terms, this “friend” raped her. This novella is about Torin’s rise to Pendatan Ladyship, and about her relationship with Lord Kine and his ambassador, Sara Antonio, who is Liann’s mother. This is before Liann transitions and therefore we see little Liann and his struggles while he is ~12, although it is mostly background noise to Torin working through everything with Sara and Kine while distancing herself from the others—purposefully. Kine is tired, slightly anxious, and probably clinically alone except for his jigsaw family. When he sees Torin in need, he can’t not lend a hand to the sinking ship, even if that ship is scared of him from the get go. POV Torin.

CW: rape, PTSD, nightmares from past trauma, panic attacks, victim blaming, internalized victim blaming, slut shaming

Impulsive Decisions - [Link to Entity List]

Set in The Realm during the darker times but before Maryi joins Dot and while Hazel is still “missing,” it follows a trio of “Scrappers” who are trying to gain information on entities and their creators. Scrappers are the trackers of entities; the judge, jury, and executioners; the stalkers; whatever they claim to be, they slay entities throughout their regions of the realm and are usually somewhat nomadic. This takes place/starts in Nemesis, specifically in a rather prosperous coastal city where shitty cars are available. Our main character and first-person POV is Idon, a former Scrapper before they attempted a suicide mission and got turned into a vampire—which are in The Realm, but slightly different. His best friend/sibling Killian, or Kills, disapproves of Louis and is still a Scrapper; they say the only reason they haven’t killed Louis is because he means so much to Idon. Then there’s the vampire in question. Louis hadn’t intended to turn Idon, but when he saw him barely breathing and near death in a way a human wouldn’t live through, he did what he had to. In a diner, the trio are peacefully talking over plans for upcoming hangouts when a strange thing walks in. It isn’t human, it speaks in static-filled speech: a Splitter. Entities roaming the streets of a well protected city. Something has to be done, whether everyone participating want to or not.