Welcome to Arla

Long ago, a great domino event occurred in the magical land of Arla. Arlans called it Tokuka Shera, The Great Departure, where the fourteen Arlan Gods abandoned their home, leaving Arlans to exist without them. But before their departure, The Ascension took place, where each God chose one individual to be their Incarnate, by infusing a piece of their essence into their flesh, to lead in their absence—until their return. These Ascended Incarnates were given the keys to their kingdoms, and the divine weapons, secrets, and power they came with it. Until the Gods return, one offspring from each generation, normally the oldest, will be chosen by the essence when ready, marking the end of a reign and the beginning of a new one. 

But it’s been 346 years since the Gods left. So what happens when not only ordinary beings, but beings with god-like powers and divine weapons are left alone, unchecked? Disorder and War. 

Since Tokuka Shera, wars have ravaged the once divine world. Kingdoms have been conquered. Rulers tortured. Beasts slayed. Heroes born. Incarnates killed. 

There was Andelusia’s Conquest. The Great Mushrooming. The Ancestral Clash. The Barren Wars. And recently, the deadliest war in Arlan history, the war that saw the near annihilation of Arla and its people: The Hallow War. But while the war is technically over now, peace is nowhere on the horizon.

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* Separationists and Reclaimants, two rebellious political factions, are rising in the wake of Arla’s near destruction, calling for liberation and independence.

* A beloved Ascended Incarnate Queen finds herself at the center of a forbidden love triangle between an unascended prince and a banished ascended Incarnate, who’ll both do anything to have her all to themselves and the power they crave. 

* In the South, a young, cunning Ascended Incarnate with the power to compel stands to do everything to have what she desires, even if it means choosing Lust over Love. Bloodshed over peace.

Set 45 years after The Hallow War, the Chronicles of Arla tells the interconnecting stories of magical and non magical Arlans who are still reeling from their losses, and desperately trying to pick up the pieces of a once glorious land from the ashes. The stories of murderous, cunning Incarnates and the nightmares (and monsters) that seek to destroy them; The story of a forbidden royal love triangle between an unascended heir who is set to rule a cursed kingdom and a banished ascended Incarnate with no kingdom; and finally, the story of two rebellious political factions rising in power, desperate for revenge, with the help of The Unseen—an immemorial shapeless, faceless being, with its own secrets, agenda, and army.

Join the fun and read along the new transmedia digital fantasy serial about the magical world of Arla where the forests sing, caves speak, and the shadows are alive. Is another war approaching? Which Incarnates will survive? Will the Gods return?