DERIZAN’S JOURNEY:
A STORY BEING WRITTEN

The world of Descending Road holds some stories begun but not yet told. The writing is happening right now, as Derizan and his companions, escaping from a forced march into genocide, grapple with a flight into the unknown.

The new writing, in the form of new scene drafts, will be posted right here as it unfolds. There may be side trips. There may be changes and updates in those scenes as the fugitives struggle through the unfamiliar terrain of Muathen, the main continent of Tarnus.

Also new are some additions to the story’s setting and background. New glossary terms. New characters and relationships. New geography and maps. New articles about this sprawling planet and its wildlife, its weather, and even its ties into alternate worlds. You get it all.

Here's how this works.

All the scenes in Chapter 1 are now here. The story is on its way! The list of new scenes, starting off Chapter 2, will appear below. It will grow. It will change. It’s a living thing.

The drafted first scenes of Chapter 2 are now up!

Scene 43, Derizan and the Pillars of Time, is here.

Scene 44, Into Sirathen, is here.

Scene 45, Ben, is here.

Scene 46, Back Towards Fornonck, is here.

Scene 47, Breaking the Hatch, is here.

Scene 48, Reunion, is here.

Scene 49, Hunting Life, is here.

Scene 50, Ruin, is here.

Scene 51, She Sings, is here.

Scene 52, Meeting Diamann, is here.

Scene 53, The Blackened Wood, is here.

Scene 54, Bunjaian and Munizkara, is here.

Scene 55, Rumbling, is here.

Scene 56, Joining Missions, is here.

Scene 57, Getting to Sleep, is here.

Scene 58, Infiltration, is here.

Scene 59, Thunder, is here.

Scene 60, In Darkness, is here.

So far we have two maps. The map of the Continent of Muathen, and a map of the Sleethe forest where the story is going. More to come.

Here is the growing set of additions to the Descending Road Glossary. (UPDATED AND EXPANDED AS OF 8/3/2024)

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