Housekeeping!

Welcome to 2018, Champions! I hope 2017 ended nicely for you. Personally, I’m in the middle of a cleaning spree–I just deep cleaned my bathroom last night, and I have seen and smelled things no person should…

We have A LOT of free books and fun things happening this January, Enthroned is first up and will be free from 1/4 through 1/8. There’s a handful of others that I will make a specific post about in the future, but today we’re doing some basic housekeeping!

For starters, the Frog Princess freebies have been moved to the “Extras” page under the For Champions tab. (Pro tip: if you can’t find a freebie any more, it will for certain be found in the extras page. Sometimes I have to change links, and I don’t bother to update the old blog post links, just the extras page.

Speaking of which, the amazing Champion Chloe found a long lost Magical Beings Rehabilitation Center short, Taking Care of Business! You can click on the title for a link, but it has also been relocated to the freebies section as well. A big thank you to Chloe, who went over some of my most ancient blog posts to find it!

In other awesome-champion news, I have some fanart to share!

This lovely drawing was done by a Champion who wishes to be known as “Rakel-wanna-be!”

There’s a lot I love about this image–Elise herself, her uniform, her desk–but what really blows me away is the detail. That’s the Arcainian flag you see tucked behind the desk, and Elise’s much hated gold flute by her feet. (I laughed for several minutes when I saw that flute!) But the most perfect of all are the two love letters on the ground–one is from Falk and the other form Rune. Way to go, “Rakel-wanna-be”! You did an amazing job, and I’m so honored you chose to draw Elise!

That’s it for today! I’ll be back soon with the list of Free Books for January, and the cover reveal for Twelve Dancing Princesses. Until then, enjoy the new year, Champions.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween, Champions! I hope you all had fun this holiday and with Trick-or-Treating! I dressed my dog up like a bumblebee when I was handing out candy. It was more fun than it should have been.

I’m happy to announce that in the spirit of the day, I am releasing a new Magical Beings’ Rehabilitation Center freebie, Trick or Treat. It’s a fun, lighthearted piece of fluff that will hopefully make you laugh and chortle along with Morgan.

That’s it for today, Champions! Thanks for reading, and enjoy the short!

Dökkàlfar Trivia

Farewell to the MBRC? has been out for a few days now. I think I’m all caught up on sending out the extra chapter for review, however, I had two reviewers who requested the extra chapter. I tried to send it to you but I got delivery failure notices. So if you sent me an email over 48 hours ago and I haven’t responded with the extra chapter, please send it to me again!

OK, on to fun things! Farewell to the MBRC? was a challenge for me because I needed to find new magical races/beings to poke fun of, and to be a part of the story. The new race that was most central to the story were the Dökkàlfar. Dökkàlfar come from Norse mythology and translates to dark elves. There are different theories about what Norse dark elves are. Some say they might be a kind of dwarf because they are said to live in the earth and are described as swarthy. It seems unlikely, though, because there are Ljósálfar–light elves who live in the heavens. Modern culture–most notably the video gaming industry–has made dark elves into extremely attractive elves who usually have purple colored skin, silver hair, and spikey armor and weapons.

I wanted to make my Dökkàlfar more of a mish-mash, so I made them reasonably attractive with ash colored skin and colorless hair. However, I had to give dark elves the customary kick-in-the-pants that I give all the MBRC races. So Krad Temero did for Dökkàlfar what Madeline and Dave do for Vampires. He, when cursed anyway, makes them much less “Hollywood-ified” (Which is a word because I say it is) and a lot more dorky. The Dökkàlfar actually suffered a lot of dorkiness that I couldn’t easily fit in the story, but I still consider the facts to be true. For instance…

Krad–if you haven’t guessed already–walked around wearing clothes far too big for him because they were his clothes from before he was cursed. (Did you really think he would deign to acknowledge his new childish stature and go out to buy new clothes to fit him? Pfffft!) Also, during his imprisonment at the MBRC, Krad becomes a total comic-book junkie after Morgan gives him an X-Men comic book. Ethan’s date ideas were terrible because he was relying on a date-book he bought from a second-hand store. The date-book was organized by season, but Ethan didn’t comprehend that and plucked the ice cream and zoo dates from the summer section.

That’s all for today, Champions. Thanks for reading!