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 Chapter Two: Good Uncle AFTER HE LEFT the kind uncle’s farm before the sun came up, he only had to travel a little further before he saw a wagon being pulled by a big, horned buffalo.  “Uncle!” he called, running towards the wagon. With any luck, and from the direction they were facing, they were heading in the right direction for Nilhin to join him for at least a little bit. He caught up to the driver, and held onto the side of his wagon to keep up with his pace. “Are you heading to Aurumte, uncle?”  “Just on my way back to Villas,” he said. “Where are you headed, kid?”  “Capvita,” Nilhin said. “Perhaps a travelling man such as yourself would know how far that is from Villas?”  “Capvita’s in Seritium,” the man said, bringing his hefty buffalo to a stop. “I can get you to Villas. I suppose you’ve never been to Aurumte, have you? From Keydaya, I’d bet.” Nilhin nodded, and then the man slid over on the front seat of his wagon. “Well, climb on. You can sit in the ...

Chapter One: Departing From The Den HIS MOTHER'S ROOM was stuffy with sickness, but his mother wasn’t well enough to visit the outdoors anymore for fresh air. The opened windows did nothing to help the stifling indoors. Nilhin knelt at the side of the ornate bed meant for his mother to entertain her guests, men who wanted nothing more to rut against his precious mother, unaware of how amazing she truly was. Nilbi, his mother, held his small hands between her own, stroking the back of his knuckles with her thumbs like she had when he was far younger. He was almost fourteen years old -- the age that the aunties had decided he would soon put all the knowledge of human pleasure they taught him to use. Nilhin didn’t want to become a courtesan like his mother, but he didn’t want to leave her either. Due to the complications of her illness, he may not get a choice in the matter.  “You know what I’m going to say,” his mother said, correctly so. Nilhin nodded and pressed his forehead agains...

Currently in the process of writing, editing, and publishing content for "The Romance of the Devil's Mountains." "The Romance of the Devil's Mountains" is a substory that takes place in the larger universe of my serial novel Aether Aevran. It takes place a little less than two thousand years before that story, and is a canonical piece of literature to the characters in Aether Aevran as a pseudo-religious and psedo-historical text. Since "The Romance of th Devil's Mountains" takes place within a fully fictional universe, there are different cultures, places, and other issues that have to be dealt with. Much of this is explained in the story, however it should be noted that TRotDM takes place before the colonization and takeover under Yonhwang and the Agon Empire, so they are unique and free in their culture from outside influence, in a way. "The Romance of the Devil's Mountains" is broken into several substories as it is considered...

   Aether Aevran  is the product of a childhood drenched in fantasy and a lot of Asian media exposure.  Overall summary: Princess Kamides and Prince Raijin, royals of the Agon Empire, are joined by their Naamsnuinn partners in their attempt to right the wrongs of the previous generations, as well as bring prosperity and happiness to the people across the entire universe. They face many challenges along the way, but none of these people are average or willing to give up on helping mankind and beyond no matter what terrors and trials they face.  -  Aether Aevran  has  many  story arcs, and we see the characters change and grow over many years of their lives, so it's difficult to summarize it all at once since there are many different antics they get involved in at wildly different times in their development. I encourage you to visit the summaries for the invididual arcs as well for more information.  Sidenote: my grandfather loves watching...

Comprehensive List of serial/web novel titles written/to be written by Hannah R Jacobs (Hannah Beal), aka Cacoethes.  **  Will be updated regularly  **  "Romance of the Devil's Mountain"  - Web Novel Genre(s): High Fantasy, Romance, Immortal Heroes/Villains, Fairy-tale Elements - Volume One: Huqing - Volume Two: Zhu Wenshi - Volume Three: The Convention - Volume Four: TBD Aether Aevran  - Serial Short Stories Genre(s): Adventure, Action, Young Adult, Romance, Fantasy, Historical-Parallelism - Part 1: Finding The Spirit of Harmony - Part 2: Against the Dragon King - Part 3: The Spirit of War - Part 4: TBD - Part 5: TBD - Second Gen Part 1: TBD Wrong Side of Glory  - Web Novel Genre(s): High Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Romance, Erotic/Sensual (Minor), Action, Adventure - Part One - Part Two - Part Three - TBD Meld Malo  - Web Novel  Genre(s): Low Fantasy/Contemporary Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Romance, Dark, Mild Horror Elements - Part One: Storm of...

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 Currently in the process of writing, editing, and publishing content for  Wrong Side of Glory .  Wrong Side of Glory  is a Web Novel independent of Cacoethes' other series based in the Aether Aevran Universe. It takes place in a land called Aishold, divided into five major territories each ruled by opposing or allied factions of magicians. These factions are often monarchal in nature with an emphasis on the importance of blood. These five major territories are ruled by clans, and they are the oldest clans, so they are thus called the Five Legendary Dynasties.  Not everyone is lucky enough to be born into a clan. Not everyone is lucky to be born magical or even human. The clans originally came together to purge the humans from the sentient beasts that would seek to prey on them, literally called Beasts. These aren't the only threats either. Depending on internal and external, feminine and masculine, energies -- monsters and gods alike can be created from common ...