Emerald of the Green Dragon Dancer Tribe. Yeah, you've seen her. She's that girl lurking in the forest, all blonde curls and curves and big shiny axe, mercilessly hunting down any vampire foolhardy enough to set foot under one of her trees…
Wait, what's that? You haven't seen her? You weren't looking? You'd never presume? Darn right! She's deadly.
Born twenty seven years ago under a red moon in the crack of summer, Emerald became a problem the moment she could walk, run, and throw rocks at...
Let's talk about monsters. Because like, Halloween is the perfect time to talk about those, right?
There are a few monsters in the Shadow series. Some nicer than others - but the ultimate monster (at least for now) is Pierus, King of the Muses. I mean, he's old, he's grumpy, he talks (at least in my head) in a ridiculously inappropriate posh English accent, sure. But it's more than that: he single-minded and driven by a purpose that nobody even Shadow could even guess at, because nobody else...
Here's a map of Shadow. You might notice, if you look closely, that the coastal regions appear to have been named by a somewhat fearful cartographer - which leads us to today's Shadow Fact.
Shadow Fact 356:
In the year 1986 (approximately 1884 in human time), a group of muses set out from Shadow City to map the whole of Shadow. Several Freakin Fairies, intensely interested in this process and hoping to open up some trade routes, applied to join the expedition. However, the muses refused on the...
Hi, my name is Vlad!
Hey, man. How are you? No, I mean really? Everything okay? If not, you want to talk about it? Seriously, I'm here to listen, because your feelings are valid.
Let me tell you a little about myself. My name's Vlad, and I'm an Ethical Vampire.
Please stop laughing, it's really very hurtful. I'm totally serious.
Look, I won't go into how it happened, because that story is being told in the Shadow series. You'll see me pop in from Shadow Book 3: Shiny Things, which is a totally...