Magiford Quiz Update!

We are a little less than two weeks away from the launch of King’s Queen, the last book in the Gate of Myth and Power trilogy, and I am so excited! I suspect it might still be a little early for the Champions who prefer to read all three books of the trilogy in a row to begin their reading journey, so that means all of us are just…waiting for now. But, hey, I updated the quiz!

Are you a fae, a vampire, a wizard, or a werewolf? Take the quiz and find out! I love quizzes and I love that I get an excuse to expand the Magiford Supernatural quiz with every new series I write in this universe! This year’s update is probably not so surprising considering who the trilogy is about, but I hope you all enjoy it anyway!

This brings our total of possible endings up to seven, so I’m interested to know if your final ending has changed since the first time you took it! When I first released this quiz I got the Fae answer but if I took it now and there was an answer for “a slumbering Vampire Elder” (which there isn’t but maybe I should change that) I would make sure I got that answer because I could nap for a decade now that I FINALLY finished King’s Queen. 😴 (Well…mostly finished. It’s still going through some typo hunts!)

Click here to take the quiz and see the new result.

Many thanks to Champion RayJay for drawing all the beautiful artwork for this quiz. When I first published the quiz I was using cheesy stock photos and having RayJay’s custom illustrations instead is so awesome. 😍

If you are in the mood for more quizzes check out my dedicated quiz page. If you had fun meeting Queen Leila in the Gate of Myth and Power series I recommend you try out the quiz to see which Fae Court you would be part of and see if you’d be a match with her Night Court.

That’s all for today! Thanks for reading, and remember: less than two weeks left, Champions!

Short Story: Regional Committee of Magic Re: Photo Op

Hello Champions! Thank you so much for your patience while you continue to wait for the final book in the Gate of Myth and Power series. When I picked the release date for book 3 I thought I was being generous, but I’m still working furiously on everything and it’s going to be down to the absolute wire to get it ready for you!

While you wait I thought this was a great time to give you a gift! Technically this is a re-gift because I gave this short story away as a thank you to each Champion who filled out my Reader Survey in 2022, but I decided now is a good time to re-share it with everyone!

Click here to read the short story: Regional Committee of Magic Re: Photo Op

This short story utilizes the “letters” format which I’ve done this before with a few others like Between a Queen and Her Colonel and Notes on Elves. Those were a little different since they were actual “letters” and this short story is “emails”. Another big difference is this Magiford short story has more participants so it is much more chaotic then any of the other short stories I’ve written in this style.

What was your favorite part of this short story? Have you ever had an email exchange similar to this chaotic mess with your friends or co-workers?

Character Profile: Charon

Let’s learn more about everyone’s favorite ferryman driver/butler! Important: character profile posts do contain spoilers! If you haven’t read King’s Captive or King’s Shadow, I suggest you wait to read all Gate of Myth and Power character profiles until you finish!

Charon

Loosely inspired by Charon, the ferryman of Hades in Greek Mythology who carried souls across the river Styx into the underworld. Since the Greek myth’s Charon’s appearance varies greatly, I focused more on Charon’s elven characteristics, although I did give him the traditional cloak/hood that a lot of artists today (and in the past century) typically draw on Greek myth Charon. (Our Charon also serves as the official Group Driver as another nod to his mythic counterpart. I thought I was soooo funny when I came up with that.)

Reserved, quiet, and loyal, Charon is quite strong for an elf, and is scary strong for an elf that isn’t a member of a royal line. (Good thing Chloe never realized that, or she would have been even more reluctant to practice!) Charon is so powerful because he, like Noctus, has excellent control over his emotions, and thinks things through first instead of impulsively lashing out as elven society had a tendency to do. (I mean, there’s a reason why fae learned to be so capricious.)

Unfortunately, that strength also means it’s pretty hard for him to make friends, so his only true friends are Aristide, Ker, Noctus, and–now–Chloe.

Despite his crusty exterior, Charon does have deep feelings and will act out of kindness–as Chloe experienced frequently as Ama when Charon was desperate to keep the cat happy in a bid to keep Noctus happy. You can see a similar spark at the end of King’s Shadow when Charon desperately wants to assure Noctus that Chloe is alright, but he’s so dedicated he won’t say anything unless asked.

I had a lot of fun with Charon, as he views his service to Noctus in a very different light than how Celestia of Hall of Blood and Mercy serves Killian Drake, or Skye serves Queen Leila in Court of Midnight and Deception.

So what do you think of Charon now that you know more about him? When you first read about the elves in the Magiford books were you picturing a character like Charon and the rest of the elves in the city?