“But the law of this place demands that no man shall go armed through the streets, save for his dagger.
All law-abiding strangers are welcome in Brymstone.” An officer appears dressed in a fine coat of mail. “Have you lawful business in Brymstone?” the surly guard demands, while his mate scuttles away to the gatehouse. Short, single-edged swords hang at their belts. Each wears a leather cuirass and holds a staff surmounted by a coat of arms. One is tall and surly looking, the other stout and balding. At the city gate, two guards eye you warily. Grizzled trappers with their pack ponies and overladen carts, swaying down the ruts. Red-cheeked country folk herding geese to market. Strong walls are its flanks, tight-packed rooftops its scales, and the haze of wood smoke its breath. There it is, at last, a sprawl of a place, like a sleeping dragon. A curious taint of smoke, rotting fish and seaweed, stale urine, tar and the unmistakeable whiff of greed. Grimy children and scrawny chickens run in the road.īrymstone is smelt before it is seen. Tumbledown shacks huddle round smithies, loom houses, and dyers’ vats. The ill-made road rises over the high and windswept moor before descending into a country of neat farmsteads and rich meadows. The lone inn is soon lost in a fold of the wild, rolling heathlands.
“If you get there, head for the First and Last – the beds there are nearly as good as ours”. On days like this you’re best not to leave it for anything,” he adds. Give themselves airs too – though they’re no better nor I.” He looked anxiously at the already darkening sky. “They’re a sly lot there – have the silver out of your purse and the boots off your feet as soon as look at you. “Making for Brymstone are you?” the innkeeper asked. I hope you and yours are well, and happy. Assuming no catastrophes, I think we might still get this one released in 2021 too… but early 2022 is more likely. I’ll be sending some detailed feedback out to Robert right after I finish editing Cursed King, so next month hopefully. Hopefully September release.Īs for Brymstone? I have the first draft of the manuscript and am loving it so far. What does all this mean for a release date? Let’s say August to finish editing and art, and start layout. He’s ALSO self-isolating right now so these are phone pics hence the imperfect focusing as compared to a scanner. The other is still working, but I should have his work in and edited within the next few weeks.Ĭhris Catterall, our new Art Director, has kindly given me a couple of teaser pieces of his art so far for the book. One of them has finished his 2nd draft, and I’m largely happy with it without need for further edits. I brought in two writers (excluding the two who weren’t able to continue) to add a few more personalities and adventure hooks, rounding the book out so it includes some more general source material for Thuland. I have the editing process almost complete to turn it into a final draft (two minor tweaks still to make). Fortunately the main author, Jonathan Hicks, has been hale and hearty so far as I know, and has finished his 2nd draft of the main adventure. Mostly I deal with SKG’s writers, not our artists, but I can say that on the Cursed King project, we’ve had one writer loose a lot of time due to Covid, and another two had to drop out of the project entirely.
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For me and mine, that’s involved learning how to do my job remotely home-schooling my stepkid helping my partner through their Covid sickness and then their subsequent Long Covid (more than a year later, they’re still under the weather, but finally have a referral to a specialist clinic). But the pandemic has absolutely hit all of us hard, even if we didn’t catch it (I didn’t, so far, thankfully). As I write this, I’m self-isolating for the second time this month, thanks to a probably erroneous ping on the app last Thursday. (EDIT: looks like WordPress messes with the proportions of pictures please click on each to get the correct appearance!)
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