I like this one, the first appearance of Ebonhollow's wall of forgotten souls; a dark monument to the disappeared and the turned-up-dead of the district's eerie history.

From chapter 7 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade"

Thanks so much :)) that means a lot on a difficult week. Just a scribble, but I knocked this out a couple months back when I first started this project :))

From chapter 6 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade."

Back to the world-building text for this one.
From the entry on the Elves of Erstwhile

From chapter 2 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade"

Only one mention of "clay" and we're heading back to the world-building text for it.
From the entry on the Dwarves of Kelidalr

From chapter 9 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade"

From chapter 29 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade"

Some context for this one. Elara's nightmares are worse than ever, escalating to vivid experiences of her own death. Her roommates, sensing her distress, cancel plans to spend the day together, when who should knock at their door but Cassian...

I think I like writing writers because when I'm having a bad writing day, I can pass it on to them instead 😅

From chapter 20 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade"

I don't have "smash" but I do have "crash," and that rhymes, so it's basically the same 😅
I shared the second half of this moment recently, here's the first half!
From chapter 3 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade"

From chapter 5 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade"

Thank you :))

Cheating a little bit on this one, I don't have "pipe" but I do have "drain."
From chapter 3 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade." After being attacked on her way home, Elara is saved(?) by a chilling encounter with the Ebonhollow Gloamhound;

From chapter 9 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade." After resisting for days on end, Elara returns to the coffee shop and finds herself drawn immediately back into Cassian's oddly hypnotic orbit.

Back to the world-building text on this one.
From the entry on Caph, the Maw Unsealed. Demon Prince of hunger, excess and the devouring of all things;

From chapter 17 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade" :))

This is one of my favourite Elara/Maddie moments that makes me wish both their stories would go in different directions :')
From chapter 12 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade."

From chapter 9 of "Dark Wings: The Thirteenth Shade"

Definitely got this one :)) it's in my world-building document well over two hundred times 😅
From the entry on world history and, specifically, the Bloodless Rebellion; which saw the matriarchal warriors of the Valkyra secede from humanity and declare independence