Hello everyone, this is ESB ‘Stringfellow,’ and I am Iron-something-or-other, and this is...
The Author Telling You That He Is Going To TriCon!!
What’s a TriCon, you may ask? It basically boils down to a little slice of the more popularly known Comic Con (tm), right here in the Wild and Wonderful state of West Virginia! For one day, people from the tri-state area of Huntington, WV gather to celebrate their love of comics, games, costuming, toys and all things nerdy.
And yours truly has his very own booth there, where I’ll be selling copies of my books, giving away prizes and artwork done by my sister, on Saturday, June 3rd! Here’s to hoping to another excellent year, where I see many great costumes, buy posters and toys, and maybe even sell a few things myself.
Wish me luck, True Believers! (Shout-out to Stan Lee)
Sincerely, ESB ‘Stringfellow’
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Friday, June 2, 2017
An Epic Map to an Epic Tale
Hello everyone, this is ESB ‘Stringfellow,’ and I will burn any talking map I come across, and this is...
The Map of the Continent of Trino!!
As promised from last time, I am putting up a map of Trino, the continent that Cyan and Magus call their home.
Here’s a bit of Trino history: It was founded by a man named Morbez Fredyle from over eight hundred years in the past, where he and other world travelers settled so that they could claim a Promised Land. They set off to escape a cruel and evil king, hoping to find a place that had beauty, water and a Garden Eden, and upon discovering the continent that would one day become Trino, they believed that they had found such a land.
Morbez Fredyle ruled the newly found land, alongside his wife, Jana, for only a short time before he was killed by pirates, and the rulership of the lands went to his three children, divided evenly and fairly, with each one having their respective domain named after them.
First, there was Palasanctus Fredyle, the oldest of Morbez and Jana’s children. He was a warrior of virtue, honor and unwavering sense of justice, mixed with compassion and respect for all living things that were good, and a staunch enemy of all things evil and dark. The land that he called his own is known as the Kingdom of Evergreen, which is the land in the northeast section of the map. In this land, produce is bountiful and full of greater taste than that grown in other parts of the world, or even on other parts of the Trino Continent. Even the grass is seen as more lush, softer and more green than other places. Thus, the aspect of a Garden of Eden is fulfilled in the Palasanctus Kingdom.
Cyan and Magus hail from Palasanctus, and it should be noted that many of its knights and samurai (yes, the two cultures, as well as many others, coexist) and mages take a lot after their founder, being highly noble and taking their duties very seriously.
Next, there is the middle child, Nobilis Fredyle. He was a man who greatly admired the animals, both magical and non-magical alike, and he was the type to hunt animals for the pure thrill of the chase, though never killing whenever it was not needed. He would chase a deer for miles, catch it and allow it to flee again. He was a man of the wilderness, and the lands that came to be his own was the wildest part of the entire continent. Veiled in a constant fog and full of many rivers and lakes, his land is known as the Kingdom of Water, which is the whole southern part of the map. Because of its vast amounts of water, the Nobilis Kingdom easily checked off the plentiful water requirement of the Promised Land belief.
However, it is not all water-parks and beach houses (not that there are any of those). The Nobilis Kingdom is home to the most deadly monsters on the Trino Continent, meaning that the people who live there are the most hardy and ruthless of hunters, soldiers and even those descended from barbarians. You might get things like unicorns, hippocampi and seraphims, but there are also anzus, griffins and hudrodraco. Regardless of the monsters, this only helps the people of Nobilis to be the toughest Trinites, boasting great soldiers, warrior monks, kings, queens and heroes.
Finally, there was the youngest child of Morbez and Jana, and her name was Caelestis Fredyle. She had the sharpest mind and the quickest wit, which was only equaled by her skill with the bow and arrow. She had a love for the environment, from mountains to forests, from the largest beast to the smallest insect. She saw beauty in about everything, even in places where others failed. To her, the world was a canvas, and nature was the masterful artwork. She led with strength, love and courage, and the lands that would become her personal homeland is known as the Kingdom of Beauty. It was not because Caelestis herself was beautiful, but because her domain was beautiful, even if others did not quite grasp it when they would first see it. You see, what makes her kingdom (queendom?) so unique is that it is completely made of crystal. Every plant, from the mightiest tree to the tiniest blade of grass, was crystalized, giving the lands a form unlike anything else in the world. Hues of purple, red, blue and many others give the Caelestis Kingdom an otherworldly appearance, some would say heavenly, and this gives the final requirement that makes Trino the much sought after Promised Land.
Another interesting thing about the Caelestis Kingdom is that it has the most proficient and gifted magic users on the entire continent. There are mages in the other two kingdoms, but Caelestis is where all of the best magic schools and magical research is at, creating many of the best wizards and magically infused cities. In fact, because of their grand skills in magical construction, the people of Caelestis have created the biggest city on all of Trino, the Capital City Bellus, a marvelous place that many travelers come from all over the continent to see.
In a language that comes from a nearby island, Trino means Three Nations.
In Path of a Hero, Cyan and Magus do not see everything that their homeland has to offer, being far too big to cover in just one book (even if it is almost six hundred pages). But they do traverse across all three kingdoms, seeing many people, making new friends, fighting new monsters, and gaining new enemies.
If you want, you can print a version of this map, or save it and zoom in on it on whatever picture viewer you have, and trace Cyan and Magus’ journey, starting in a little place called Kyutso Village. Forgive my labeling... I used a kind of picture editor that allowed me to label just about everything, even in the tiniest of fonts, so some things are most likely impossible to read, and I can’t even remember what all of the things that I named. Kind of went crazy there, didn’t I? But, for the places that Cyan and Magus do visit, you should be able to find them, from Thrin Village to the Crescent Mountains, from Dyna Village to Grim Island...
Until next time, my dear readers.
Sincerely, ESB ‘Stringfellow’
The Map of the Continent of Trino!!
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| With a map like this, how could you possibly get lost? |
As promised from last time, I am putting up a map of Trino, the continent that Cyan and Magus call their home.
Here’s a bit of Trino history: It was founded by a man named Morbez Fredyle from over eight hundred years in the past, where he and other world travelers settled so that they could claim a Promised Land. They set off to escape a cruel and evil king, hoping to find a place that had beauty, water and a Garden Eden, and upon discovering the continent that would one day become Trino, they believed that they had found such a land.
Morbez Fredyle ruled the newly found land, alongside his wife, Jana, for only a short time before he was killed by pirates, and the rulership of the lands went to his three children, divided evenly and fairly, with each one having their respective domain named after them.
First, there was Palasanctus Fredyle, the oldest of Morbez and Jana’s children. He was a warrior of virtue, honor and unwavering sense of justice, mixed with compassion and respect for all living things that were good, and a staunch enemy of all things evil and dark. The land that he called his own is known as the Kingdom of Evergreen, which is the land in the northeast section of the map. In this land, produce is bountiful and full of greater taste than that grown in other parts of the world, or even on other parts of the Trino Continent. Even the grass is seen as more lush, softer and more green than other places. Thus, the aspect of a Garden of Eden is fulfilled in the Palasanctus Kingdom.
Cyan and Magus hail from Palasanctus, and it should be noted that many of its knights and samurai (yes, the two cultures, as well as many others, coexist) and mages take a lot after their founder, being highly noble and taking their duties very seriously.
Next, there is the middle child, Nobilis Fredyle. He was a man who greatly admired the animals, both magical and non-magical alike, and he was the type to hunt animals for the pure thrill of the chase, though never killing whenever it was not needed. He would chase a deer for miles, catch it and allow it to flee again. He was a man of the wilderness, and the lands that came to be his own was the wildest part of the entire continent. Veiled in a constant fog and full of many rivers and lakes, his land is known as the Kingdom of Water, which is the whole southern part of the map. Because of its vast amounts of water, the Nobilis Kingdom easily checked off the plentiful water requirement of the Promised Land belief.
However, it is not all water-parks and beach houses (not that there are any of those). The Nobilis Kingdom is home to the most deadly monsters on the Trino Continent, meaning that the people who live there are the most hardy and ruthless of hunters, soldiers and even those descended from barbarians. You might get things like unicorns, hippocampi and seraphims, but there are also anzus, griffins and hudrodraco. Regardless of the monsters, this only helps the people of Nobilis to be the toughest Trinites, boasting great soldiers, warrior monks, kings, queens and heroes.
Finally, there was the youngest child of Morbez and Jana, and her name was Caelestis Fredyle. She had the sharpest mind and the quickest wit, which was only equaled by her skill with the bow and arrow. She had a love for the environment, from mountains to forests, from the largest beast to the smallest insect. She saw beauty in about everything, even in places where others failed. To her, the world was a canvas, and nature was the masterful artwork. She led with strength, love and courage, and the lands that would become her personal homeland is known as the Kingdom of Beauty. It was not because Caelestis herself was beautiful, but because her domain was beautiful, even if others did not quite grasp it when they would first see it. You see, what makes her kingdom (queendom?) so unique is that it is completely made of crystal. Every plant, from the mightiest tree to the tiniest blade of grass, was crystalized, giving the lands a form unlike anything else in the world. Hues of purple, red, blue and many others give the Caelestis Kingdom an otherworldly appearance, some would say heavenly, and this gives the final requirement that makes Trino the much sought after Promised Land.
Another interesting thing about the Caelestis Kingdom is that it has the most proficient and gifted magic users on the entire continent. There are mages in the other two kingdoms, but Caelestis is where all of the best magic schools and magical research is at, creating many of the best wizards and magically infused cities. In fact, because of their grand skills in magical construction, the people of Caelestis have created the biggest city on all of Trino, the Capital City Bellus, a marvelous place that many travelers come from all over the continent to see.
In a language that comes from a nearby island, Trino means Three Nations.
In Path of a Hero, Cyan and Magus do not see everything that their homeland has to offer, being far too big to cover in just one book (even if it is almost six hundred pages). But they do traverse across all three kingdoms, seeing many people, making new friends, fighting new monsters, and gaining new enemies.
If you want, you can print a version of this map, or save it and zoom in on it on whatever picture viewer you have, and trace Cyan and Magus’ journey, starting in a little place called Kyutso Village. Forgive my labeling... I used a kind of picture editor that allowed me to label just about everything, even in the tiniest of fonts, so some things are most likely impossible to read, and I can’t even remember what all of the things that I named. Kind of went crazy there, didn’t I? But, for the places that Cyan and Magus do visit, you should be able to find them, from Thrin Village to the Crescent Mountains, from Dyna Village to Grim Island...
Until next time, my dear readers.
Sincerely, ESB ‘Stringfellow’
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