Last summer, in the Author's note of chapter 24, I wrote:
"I'm going on a holiday and I don't know if I'll have much time to write while I'm there. [...] It would be cool if I could finish the Dracherwold story arc before I leave, but I can't promise anything; I find it hard to estimate how many more pages the arc will take."
Yeah. I suppose that one would rank pretty high on my list of most inaccurate expectations, seeing as I went on that holiday last August.
Now, more than six months later, I finally did finish the Dracherwold arc. Since we're getting closer and closer to the final battle against Darfith, I wanted to give you awesome people an update on my intent for the rest of the story.
For a long time, I've been planning what would happen in the final battle. It's going to cause a major change in at least one character's life, and that change will have a tremendous impact on Garowain as a whole. Originally, I wanted to tell this story in this book, after the battle against Darfith. However, my imagination has a tendency to blow plot ideas out of proportion.*
In the meantime, my mind has developed a setting, a rough plot and a couple of characters for the story after the battle against Darfith. I've come to the conclusion that all this material can easily fill a whole book. So, in short, Prince of Dragons is going to have a sequel.
So basically, book 1 will tell the story of Enorwin's quest and the battle against Darfith. Book 2 will detail the events after the battle. Both stories have their own plot, which led me to the decision to split up the story, but the events in book 2 are caused by the events in book 1, and several subplots from book 1 will continue in book 2.
That's what I wanted to let you know for now. As I said, we're getting closer to the final battle of this book, but I can't promise how much longer it will take. However, now you have a vague idea of where I intend to go with this story.
Thank you for all your support and for making it this far into the story. You've all been a great source of motivation for me to keep working on this story, and some of you have been here from the start. You are awesome, readers.
~HeroicPenguin
* Evidence: the eventual duration of the Dracherwold arc, which I originally intended to span only a few chapters
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Prince of Dragons
FantasyThe country of Garowain used to be a land of chivalry, honour and bravery. But that was the past. At some point, the knights, protectors of the people, turned into thugs. The just kings turned into tyrants. The dragons almost disappeared, leaving be...
