SableAradia Progress Report

Author of the Wyrd West Chronicles and the Toy Soldier Saga. Mother of Bunnies, Eater of Pickles, Friend of Nerds, First of her Name.

Tree of Life (Starseed)

Trees of Life are often so vast they become worlds of their own, and their Starseeds are the ships that made space travel possible.

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Airts

Airts are the currents of the energies of raw creation, having a special relationship with time, space, gravity & magic.

1206 words
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The Cataclysm

The people of the Wyrd West are aware that once, the world used to be different. Then something happened. The descendants of the survivors call this event "the Cataclysm."

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Wormholes & Portals

The powerful Airts that form wormholes and portals make interstellar travel possible.

2002 words
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Gravity Wells

Gravity wells are a concentration of Airts that coalesce around large celestial bodies and starfaring engines.

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Discovering the Toy Soldier Saga

The Toy Soldier Saga is a fantasy space opera universe.

1958 words
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Toy Soldier Saga Series

The Toy Soldier Saga is a fantasy space opera series of forthcoming novels & published and forthcoming short fiction.

1384 words
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The Queen's Dirk

Elven Star-Pilot Shaundar Sunfall wants a chance to prove himself in battle. He's going to get it.

5193 words
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The Queen's Dirk, Part 2

When the Avalonian Navy ship the Queen's Dirk investigates ship sightings in a planet's rings, they find more than they bargained for.

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The Queen's Dirk, Part 3

The battle is joined! The Queen's Dirk must survive combat with ten orc ships & escape to warn their homeworld.

2131 words
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The Queen's Dirk, Part 4

Will the Queen's Dirk survive a battle against overwhelming odds? If it does, what price victory?

2080 words
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The Queen's Dirk, Part 5

The conclusion of The Queen's Dirk.

2720 words
7 likes

Etheric Membrane

An etheric membrane is a bubble, or envelope, of breathable, pressurized air that collects around a Starfaring Engine.

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Starfaring Engines

A starfaring engine is a natural or magical engine that drives a starfaring ship.

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Avalonian Imperial Navy

The Avalonian Imperial Navy is an interstellar space navy populated entirely by elves from numerous worlds.

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Articles of War

The Articles of War are a set of rules, and punishable offenses, that were established to govern conduct within the Avalonian Imperial Navy. It is the Navy code of law.

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Elf

Elves are a humanoid sentient species who have spread throughout much of Known Space.

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The Affirmation of Avalon

The Affirmation of Avalon is a poem that has come to represent a growing movement towards elven reunification and overcoming ethnic and political barriers.

2955 words
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Alfar

Descending mostly from the ancient nobility of elvenkind, Alfar still tend to hold many of the positions of power within elven nations.

3695 words
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Sidhe

The Sidhe, commonly known as moon elves, are all about freedom of expression.

3060 words
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Graf

Graf is a strong orcish stimulating drink, always served at the morning meal and often served throughout the day.

1031 words
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Ryll

Ryll is the name for an orcish meat-and-egg pie with mushrooms; what we might call a quiche lorraine.

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SableAradia Progress so far

53799 words 537.99% completed!

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Hi! I'm Diane Morrison, a short and long-form fiction hybrid author and editor. I'm one of the creators of the Game of Tomes. I like pickles and bluegrass, and hate talking about myself. An avid National Novel Writing Month participant and gaming geek, I am proudly Canadian and proudly LGBTQ. I co-host a podcast, If This Goes On (Don't Panic), where I get to interview some of my favourite authors and other interesting people in the SFF field. Under my pen name "Sable Aradia" I am a successful Pagan author, a musician, and a Twitch streamer (writing, worldbuilding, RPGs). I live with my partners and our furbaby kittehs in Vernon, BC, where I was born and raised.   I'm here to share the worlds of my fiction, and my hubby Erin Righ is adapting them to RPG systems, starting with Pathfinder. You can also read my fiction right here on the site by subscribing to my Patreon.

Sable Aradia & Erin Righ

Broadcasting Info
We broadcast several time a week about writing, RPGs, science fiction and fantasy, and of course, World Anvil.

Regular Schedule

Sundays 11 AM PST/PDT (3 hrs)
Sable's Worldforge - World Anvil worldbuilding
Sundays 6 PM PST/PDT (3-4 hrs)
Toy Soldiers: Old School - Pathfinder RPG campaign in the Toy Soldier Saga
Tuesdays 2 PM PST/PDT (2 hrs)
Ask an Old GM - Erin answers Game Mastering & RPG questions
Tuesdays 5 PM PST/PDT (3 hrs)
Diane Actually Writes - writing sprints, World Anvil, and chill
Wednesdays 11 AM PST/PDT (3 hrs)
Diane Writes - writing, word sprints, and writing questions answered
Thursdays 5 PM PST/PDT (3 hrs)
Diane Actually Writes - writing sprints, World Anvil, and chill
Fridays 2 PM PST/PDT (2 hrs)
Ask an Old GM - Erin answers Game Mastering & RPG questions
Saturdays 2 PM PST/PDT (2.5 hrs)
Write with Erin (and Sometimes Diane) - writing sprints, World Anvil, and chill
 

Variant Schedule

Last Thursday of each month 11 AM PST/PDT (1 hr)
State of the Multiverse - Sable & Erin community stream --(Wyrd West, Toy Soldier Saga)
  Game of Tomes House Leader - House Lapin (Sable)
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Some Reviews:

The Wyrd West

"Saskatchewan gunslinger elves in a world vividly real and detailed. Morrison shows us a rarely explored Weird West landscape." --Cat Rambo, Nebula & World Fantasy Award winning author   "A book friend told me about this world of gunfighting elves and I knew I was hooked! Then the writing was great, and that was a bonus!" -- Shane's Book Club   "I had no idea what to expect when I started 'Showdown'.I was initially put off by the capitalizations of what I took for time worn stereotypes: the Desperado, the Gunslinger, etc. Then Graeme let us see his elven ears and I was THERE. From that point on a black hole couldn't have sucked me out of the story. Horses with opinions? A Gnome pitching a line to a Gunslinger's sister? A ghost offering advice to that same Gunslinger? Oh, yeah, I'm definitely into this world." --Bonnie Milani, author of Home World and Liquid Gambit.   "I loved this book. It was like Fallout meets Firefly meets Supernatural meets Shannara. . . I found myself wanting to know much more about the world the author has created . . . It is packed full of good characterization, a steady plot, and worldbuilding you can really sink your teeth into." -- Katje van Loon, author of Bellica and Stranger Skies   "A+ world-building in this one. The Wyrd West is set in the post-apocalyptic Canadian prairies-a new wild west only with magic. Alongside the traditional gunslingers, desperados, First Nations people, saloon owners and courtesans, there are also necromancers, elves, gnomes, Mantis-folk, and some steampunk technology. Even the common elements have been tweaked to be just a little different-the courtesan's guild runs a spy network and the saloon owner has a prosthetic hand. I especially enjoyed the gunslingers' magic and code of honour: the Mark of Cain they wear after killing a bandit, the vigil to the Lord and Lady, the blessed ammunition." -- On Spec Magazine
 

Toy Soldier Saga

A Few Good Elves

 
A Few Good Elves is one of the best SFF military stories I've ever read. The world is both logical and imaginative, with a heavy dose of just plain great characters and an adventure to match. There is no lack of humor, darkness, struggle and success in this tale which combines the high fantasy of Lord of the Rings with the naval drama of Master & Commander. The main character has struggles that build an elven culture which results in an epic world - just the right size for a war story that keeps you on the edge of your seat. This book is a great read. No matter what genre you favor, there is something for you to love.
— Sarah Buhrman, Author of The Runespells series
 
I really enjoyed this. It’s a completely different space faring experience. Very beautiful descriptions. Real characters with lots of depth. Great job! I can’t wait for the next one.
— Sara L. Skroh
 
Elves ... Orcs ... and the magical science of them sailing through space makes this book as amazing as the beautiful depth of the characters that grips you to its pages until the very end!
— K. S. Bishoff
 

Eye of the Storm

 
"Shaundar Sunfall is in a foreign place pretending to be someone he is not. Yet as he gets closer to his "pretend" wife he realizes he has feelings for a woman he is not supposed to care for. This was an interesting story and I wasn't sure exactly what was going on at the beginning and I almost felt as though it belonged within a greater story. I liked the chemistry between the two and I am curious to see what happens with Shaundar's mission." -- Rebecca A.   "Eye of the Storm by Diane Morrison stood out for me. I liked the elf/orc dynamic." -- TL Clark, author   "Amongst my favorites were the story by Diane Morrison (man oh man, I wished that were a full-length novel -- I'd buy it without hesitation!)" -- Amazon Customer

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Interests & Hobbies

Witchcraft, the occult, music, classic sci-fi

Favorite Movies

Star Wars, Star Trek, Dune, the Dollars Trilogy, the Avengers movies, Dark City

Favorite TV Series

Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Firefly, The Mandalorian, Game of Thrones

Favorite Books

The Honorverse novels, the Valdemar series, Watership Down, the Pern novels, the Vorkosigan Saga, the Dune series, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Ender's Game, The Forever War, the Vorkosigan Saga, A Song of Ice & Fire

Favorite Writers

Margaret Atwood, Anne McCaffrey, C.J. Cherryh, David Weber, Eric Flint, Mercedes Lackey, Lois McMaster Bujold

Favorite Games

D&D (pretty much any edition,) Pathfinder, Starfinder, Shadowrun, Mechwarrior, Battletech, Star Wars, DC Heroes, Marvel Universe