Tag Archives: fantasy

Xavier Tempest: Lord of Nyte

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

This was a character who joined the series later than many of the others, but has risen pretty high up the ranks. In the book, Xavier Tempest is a nobleman that would hire Clyde to help him and has now … Continue reading →

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Drama in the Genres

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

Young Adult– Drama with acne and hormones Historical–  Drama trying to teach you about the past Fantasy–  Drama caused by a dragon or wizard Science Fiction–  Drama . . . in . . . SPACE! Thriller–  Drama with suspense Horror–  … Continue reading →

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Gregorio Roman: The Half-Blind Hermit

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

Gregorio Roman gets that picture because he’s the oldest of the characters and kind of shows his age.  He’s a gnome who has stayed in his lair doing experiments to the point where his eyes have trouble with candlelight.  There … Continue reading →

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Promoting a New Series in the Same World

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

Back in 2013, I began blogging to promote Legends of Windemere and the ideas for blog posts came flowing.  The monsters, characters, magic system, kingdoms, lore, and everything had yet to see the light of day.  I introduced people to Windemere … Continue reading →

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Elemental Uses: Earth Can Be Fun

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

The last of this element series is one that doesn’t get as much attention as the others because it has a lot of limitations.  Earth isn’t an element that can be rationalized very easily if it comes from the human … Continue reading →

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Mab: The Dark Mistress

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

Mab is the only character from War of Nytefall who has already been introduced to readers.  She appeared in Legends of Windemere: The Mercenary Prince and kind of helped Delvin.  This showed an older, more mature, not as friendly version of this … Continue reading →

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Elemental Uses: Water the Tri-Form Element

Posted on February 7, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

Water users tend to fall into one of three categories with a third rarely showing up.  I’m going to divide it up that way instead of what I did before.  Mostly because water is an element that is infamous for … Continue reading →

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Elemental Uses: The Versatile Wind

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

Unlike fire, wind is used with a lot of versatility.  Many times, you’ll find characters specializing in one style like flight, wind blasts, weather manipulation, or lightning.  That last one is a strange part because it’s a wind/fire combo, but … Continue reading →

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Elemental Uses: Fire Is More Than Destruction

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

Today and next week, I’m going to be doing some posts on the classical Four Element system that gets used in magic a lot.  Not only going through the history, but showing various ways to use it.  Typically, you see … Continue reading →

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Clyde: Progenitor of the Dawn Fangs

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Charles Yallowitz

War of Nytefall is very much about Clyde because he was the first character I came up with and the adventure is based around him.  He is a vampiric thief whose execution by the Followers of the Sun is interrupted … Continue reading →

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