Welcome to
Avarthrel

Avarthrel… a world of mystery and high magic – yet, it’s a world which, on a passing glance, actually doesn’t look very weird at all, now that you think of it. It is a world where humankind strives for universal peace and everyone’s well-being – well, at least that seems to be the general idea, even when it doesn’t always seem to happen. It is a world where skilled magicians devise new and exciting ways to utilise the magical forces around the planet. It is a world where amazing scientific and technological discoveries are made by both humans and elves quite frequently… who knows – with some luck, in a few hundred years, people might still remember how these weird inventions work. Ordinary people might not rely on magic or technology that much. Oh well, there are still plenty of constant things to rely on. Monsters of various sorts looking for an easy dinner in the deep woods. Gods are meddling with the matters of the mortals. (More introductionary words…)

Avarthrel… is what I might call a “yet another fantasy world”. Not the first, nor always the most original, nor even the best world overall, however you may define that – but certainly one that, I hope, warrants a look. Most importantly, I’ve had fun creating it. That’s all it takes, right?

My intention has been to develop Avarthrel as a “generic” high fantasy world with a small dash of steampunk and “weird new machinery”; you’ll probably find a lot of familiar things in here if you’re familiar with the genres. Yet, I hope the world lends itself to a lot of things; I started from good old-fashioned orc slaughter and have tried drama and comedy and romance and… well, I’m not sure what the heck some of these scribblings could be called. What this boils down to is that it’s good for Stuff.

In these web pages, which regrettably don’t have much of interesting introductionary material, you will find some of the stories I’ve written. Some of these are not so good, but I’m quite happy with the others. Remember, I’m just an amateur who most certainly can’t afford an editor. Despite of that little flaw, I don’t think these things are completely awful though. I’m learning as I go. Since I’m obviously not the Greatest Flawless Author Ever Lived, feedback of any kind is always appreciated.

Have a fun journey!

—WWWWolf

Contents

  • Introduction: Some explanation of why this world is as weird as it is.
  • World: A bit on the world and the folks who inhabit it.
  • Stories: Short stories and novellas set in the world. This is why you came here, right?
  • Games: Stories can also be interactive. Regrettably, they’re not very interactive yet, but I’m working on that too!
  • Software: I’m a geek, so I have written some software to make my writing process smoother.
  • Blog: An interblag! It’s about writing, and geeky stuff that has to do with writing! It’s one of those writing blogs, you see.
  • Comics: Not much yet, but more is brewing.
  • Thanks and applauses: I wouldn’t have come this far without some help!
  • Avarthrel Licence: Boring legalese. Yes, this is an open fantasy world; you can use it, too!
  • Recommendations: If you liked Avarthrel, here’s a few other things that proved to be quite inspirational…

Avarthrel stuff elsewhere

I keep posting stories to deviantART and Elfwood. Links to these can be found in the story pages. For Avarthrel-themed artwork that I made, be sure to check out my Avarthel gallery in deviantArt.

Be also sure to check out Kara the Assassin, a web comic that was sort of sneakily started in July 2009. There’s not much of it yet, but I hope I will make more of it. A lot more.

There’s also now an identi.ca group if you’re into this microblogging thingy.

What’s going on in the blog?

Most of the interesting goings-on can be read in the Avarthrel Blog, which is updated occasionally. In addition to news regarding the development of the world, the blog also has hopefully interesting pondering on writing and writing-related software.

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A peek at recent work

While my Git repository of in-progress stuff isn’t open to public (Got to keep some suspense in, at least, and I take it you aren’t interested in my most inexcusable brainfarts ever in their most gruesome glory), I have here a nice peek at the most recent updates to my Stuff.

  • Stuff on SMoBH (2010-06-29)
  • My broken FATE char gen (2010-06-29)
  • Merging some story stuff (2010-06-13)
  • Moved story to subdir. Calculations. (2010-06-13)
  • More on astronomy story (2010-06-12)

Latest updates to this web site

  • Added favicon (2010-06-30)
  • Faira added to the KtA characters page (2010-06-06)
  • Updated KtA #1 picture (2010-06-06)
  • New page in KtA mirror (2010-06-06)
  • Added two pages to KtA mirror (2010-05-25)