Sparkatale

I absolutely adore everything about this! 

From the title, to the cover art, to the chapter itself. So it has been seven years since the events of our last novel and I can tell that Sylvia had been hiding behind the illusion of Medea for so long. I was asking myself of how she was summoned by Arlen when he thought of her as dead, but then we discover Sylvia had been living under an illusion spell ( very nice touch by the way!) 

There his also been new additions to the group ( those who do not know of their commander's true identity) it'll be interesting to see how they add to the story. The renaming of the Ackbl Ightkn after what had happened seven years previous was nice and I prefer how it is now, actually. Their title seems more...noble. 

And of course - the Giver and the Taker. They were a very nice concept, executed perfectly. Their trade and offers really made me glue my eyes to the words because I wanted to see just what would happen - and the brief imagined reunion between Sylvia and Medea ( after knowing all they have been true) seemed emotional and bittersweet! Will Sylvia have any memories of her now, or was that the price of knowledge about the Eamersdr? 

I loved this, and this served as a reminder that you were much more in control writing about this series than I will ever be ^^'

I'm so glad you liked it! Your opinion on this story in particular is the one I look to the most :D I was afraid I might have butchered it, guess not! *phew

We'll definitely be learning more to the new additions of Sylvia's party. Jedrick, and Alvan will play key roles in it. However, Sylvia's chapter was merely played the role of being a prologue to get readers understanding just where about the world of Rongholdst had gone after the events of our story. So that'll be the only POV on her side that we'll get to see, unfortunately. In a way, it was me saying good-bye to writing her character :'(

The Giver and The Taker were a bit of a gamble for me as well. I wanted to make the temple seem as sacred as possible, and that seemed a bit impossible with simply writing a bit of atmosphere. So I threw them in there, and that's how they came out. I enjoyed them for the most part, and I'm going to leave them a bit open-ended. Are they Gods? Or are they simply a race forgotten in time like the Eamersdr? Even I don't know. The price Sylvia had to pay for gaining knowledge was steep. In order to learn something she had to teach something in return, so yes, her memories of Medea were completely taken away. 

And I think not. I'll kindly remind you that the concept of our collab was the one you made up :D And that you basically guided us through the plot. I just threw some ideas out there that stuck. So you were definitely the mad-genius behind the whole thing. Plus, you created the language. I applaud your brilliance, sir!