The Wayward Witch Chronicles, Act 1: "Welcome to the Show"

First came a parting, then a promise. But when that promise is broken by betrayal, the witch Norui is lost, her disappearance a haunting mystery to her friends.

Enter Allen West, an Investigator for the Bureau of Magic Regulations, who hunts down illegal magickers. A series of missing adventurers leads him to the very ruins where Norui has been imprisoned for a hundred years.

Freeing her means challenging the enigmatic Whistler, a powerful illusionist whose twisted games blur the lines between reality and nightmare. In his domain, every step could be their last, and they have only a single night to defeat him.

But as West and Norui join forces, their greatest threat may not be the dark forces that threaten their lives, but their fellow adventurers, whose loyalties are as uncertain as the shifting illusions surrounding them. As the night draws on, they must decide if they can trust each other- or if their journey will end in ruin.

Prepare to enter a world where survival demands more than just courage- it requires a leap of faith. The only way out is through....

Genre: Fantasy adventure
Current written word count: 200k
Fully written chapters: 47
Release schedule: Every Wednesday at 7 am Pacific

You'll probably like it if you like....
- intelligent, good-hearted, magical female protagonists like Zelda (Legend of Zelda), Emilia (Re:Zero), Yuna (Final Fantasy X)
- friendly, self-assured, strong male protagonists like Steven (Steven Universe), Deku (My Hero Academia), Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- the action and personal/interpersonal drama of the Witcher
- the high fantasy adventure and philosophy of mortality themes of Freiren
- the dark undercurrents and life-or-death stakes of Re:Zero
- the character-development focus of authors like Lois McMaster Bujold, Tamora Pierce, Mercedes Lackey