Billiam

Forgot to post this here earlier. You may have noticed Talonis is now on indefinite hiatus. I predict it'll be on hiatus for more than two years, most likely it'll return after I graduate. This is due to what I've learnt; the simple fact that I needed to plan everything out better before I started doing scheduled releases. What I want for Talonis is for it to be a fun fantasy adventure, that also has complex character flaws, character developments, and character relationships. My goals and what I'm going to be working on are as listed:
          • Plan out every event, and write everything that happens down so that I don't forget. I've learned the details matter.
          • Properly plan (and write down!) character traits, flaws, developments (when they happen, why, and for what purpose)
          • I've come to realise my characters don't have goals. They're hard to root for in any sense or care about because they don't have something clear that they're striving for. This is something I will consider and properly write down.
          • I will have to work on my art, and how fast I can draw a single panel. Ideally, I'd like Talonis to be drawn consistently in the style of something almost like Solo Levelling's manhwa. To put it simply, characters are simple but well drawn. I'd also like to heavily focus on environmental art, considering it will determine if the fantastical world of Saroa is appropriately showed off or not. Boring fantasy worlds are, well, boring.
          • Plan out Saroa more. I've been making up names of cities, countries, landmarks, etc. as I write. Can't be doing that anymore.
          • Plan out the power system more. I'm not currently satisfied with it.
          
          I may be posting occasional updates regarding what I've been working on, mainly just to let you know this isn't a dead project.

CHAPTER RELEASE SCHEDULE
          
          Hey everyone. Chapters are now going release monthly, starting this Sunday. 
          This means: 
          Chapter 8 - 18/8/24
          Chapter 9 - 18/9/24
          Chapter 10  - 18/9/24
          etc...
          
          Look forward to it!
          
          
          
          (making it monthly is the only way my lazy ass has any hopes of releasing consistently)

The title 'Legends of Saroa' has been changed to 'Talonis'. Why? I can't tell ;) 
          
          Just know there is a reason for it. It isn't just some random made-up word I thought sounded sufficiently edgy.
          
          When is chapter 8? After the heat death of the universe, maybe. 

woops I forgor 

I'm finally on winter break! I only have two weeks but I'll try to write three or more chapters in that time. I hope you realise I want to spend as much time as I can to decide what's going to happen in these chapters and how that affects the story going forward. I want Legends of Saroa to be as good as it can be (for my writing level lol) so I can't exactly pump out a chapter every day. Anyways, read the rework if you haven't already, I guess.

Very happy to announce that the general rework is completed and I've released chapter 7 as well. Please, PLEASE reread it. Entire personalities have been changed, and you'll miss out on a lot of context going forward if you don't. I hope you all enjoy it. 

Hey all, this is a bit of an important notice. First of all, I'd like to apologise for the time I've been taking with chapter 6. To put it simply, it was a loss of motivation. I can promise you, though, that chapter 6 will definitely be out tomorrow. Now, importantly, after chapter 6 releases, Legends of Saroa (all of the current chapters) will be getting a general rework, to be completed before chapter 7 can begin production. This will take a while, as I want to sort out and properly define the personality of my characters, the emotions they're going through and how/when that affects them. If you think that isn't re-read worthy, then I'll also be adding some major chunks of content to some chapters, so I really do urge you to reread Legends of Saroa when the rework is finished. When it is finished, I will make another announcement post. Thank you all for continuing to read my book.

We're done with the action for now. The next few chapters will be more focused on character building and the relationship between the characters, as well as world building. I hope you stick around, even when the chapters aren't just big cool fights.

Wassup people, I'd like you to inform you all that I'm deleting the info chapter. 
          I'm doing this because, in retrospect, I feel it was a mistake. I'm passionate about world building, and from this point on, I'm determined to follow the 'show don't tell' technique to the best of my ability. 
          Note that this will be the first of many mistakes. I am not a professional writer, and this is my first work, which I'm doing in my free time. Thank you to all of my supporters and readers for taking the time out of their days to read my book as I write it.