Aegis-Aegir, apprentice to the wizard Phandale the Wise, accidentally teleports himself to a frozen arctic known as the Aurorean Wastes. With no direction on where to go he must find his way home. The Aurorean Wastes are a frigid land inundated by permafrost and beset by supernatural storms brought about by the world's Aurora Borealis touching entirely too close to the planet's surface. The Aurorean Wastes are a place few humans dare to tread for the land is known to twist its inhabitants into strange facsimiles of their former selves. How did the Aurorean Wastes come to be? How can beauty like the Aurora Borealis be put to such cruel ends? How is a man to get out? These questions and many more must be answered by Aegis-Aegir if he is ever to return home. There are nine separate stories covering the travels of Aegis-Aegir in the Aurorean Wastes. Each story is ten chapters long. The cover art was made on commission by Whitakerillustrations on Instagram.com. Please show some love for her work, she did a fantastic job on this piece. Her page can be found at https://www.instagram.com/whitakerillustrations. The Adventures of Aegis-Aegir, and other such fantasy stories of mine take place on the planet of Jarn. The world of Jarn is set in the same universe as Earth, specifically one spiral arm over in the Milky Way Galaxy. As a planet in our universe, Jarn's physics mirror that of our world. Religion is a matter of faith, magic is a force of nature to be studied, and the two other sentient species who inhabit Jarn, beside humans, are subject to the principles of evolution and adaptation. The Adventures of Aegis-Aegir in the Aurorean Wastes are heavily inspired by fantasy works such as The Dying Earth by Jack Vance as well as historical expeditions such as Lewis & Clark or the Klondike Gold Rush.
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