Hey folks! Sorry, it's been a few days. The winner of the drawing was Killshard. His character will be an enjoyable one to write into the fiction, though they will not make a full appearance until book two. I have spent these last few days trying to fit them in prior and simply cannot. It will be hinted at for everyone though, a teaser as it were.

I will have a chapter out today, taking me a bit as I am trying very hard to get everything I feel is needed to be added into the last few chapters remaining in this first book. This week it will be completed though.

The night before the final chapter of the book I will post the Total War fiction as well. Now, for those that love that game, I do need to say that I am changing a lot of how it works, in terms of what the player will be doing while keeping in touch with the Universe of Games itself. I think it will be semi-unique while keeping to the core believes involved.

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The release schedule for my month break from SCU will be two chapters a week for the Total War game, both released on Friday or Saturday. I will have a third chapter released in one of the other two fictions I have, Derelict, and Tactics. Randomized day for those two.

Once the month break is finished I will maintain a two chapters a week release schedule for SCU while moving the Total War chapter to the randomized day depending on how I feel with it. I may or may not change that in the coming weeks but that is where I am.

A lot of that depends on the family I am caring for, of course, but things have more or less stabilized enough that nothing out of the ordinary should occur.

Once again, thank you all for enjoying this fiction, and being patient with me. ^.^