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L.L. Stephens
Apr 4, 20223 min
The Triempery Series at a Glance
I wrote the Triempery Revelations series over a period of more than 20 years. As such, it is a sweeping, many-layered tale with a host of...
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L.L. Stephens
Sep 246 min
Grapevines, Arrays, and the Meeting of Minds
You’re in the world of the Triempery and you wish to share a bit of news. Good news about someone’s improving health, perhaps. Or bad...
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L.L. Stephens
Sep 67 min
Character Notes: Legon Rebiran--Shield to Dorilian's Sword
Legon is an important secondary character in the Triempery series and is one of a handful of characters who appear in every book. He...
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L.L. Stephens
Sep 32 min
Map of Dazunor-Rannuli
Dazunor-Rannuli is the preeminent city of Essera, its greatest Rill port and economic engine. In addition to having the largest...
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L.L. Stephens
Sep 16 min
Character Notes: Aubrey Amundda
Aubrey Amundda is a secondary character in The Kheld King , does not appear in The Second Stone , and becomes a main character in The God...
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L.L. Stephens
Aug 2212 min
Tidbits and Easter Eggs: Epigraphs
Though they first appear in Book 3: The Second Stone , epigraphs—the short bits that appear at the start of each chapter—were a part of...
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L.L. Stephens
Aug 157 min
Excerpt: The Walled City
A lot happens in The Walled City (Book 5 of the Triempery Revelations series) to a lot of characters. Dorilian is finally doing what way...
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L.L. Stephens
Aug 134 min
What Kind of Name is That?
Naming conventions in fantasy take lots of forms. My goal in the Triempery series as I wrote it was to create a cohesive framework for...
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L.L. Stephens
May 207 min
The Dog Men
The Hen Kyon people of the Kragh (Aryata hen kyon, ‘doglike’) are among the most ancient of the races of the Second Creation. They...
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L.L. Stephens
Apr 106 min
The Many-Faced Mother and the Father of War
Khelds first appear early in the Triempery series, in Sordaneon. In that book they are seen primarily through Dorilian's rather hostile...
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L.L. Stephens
Apr 43 min
LORE: The Rill Stone
I can’t believe I haven’t done a lore post yet on the Rill Stone. It is only the first artifact to appear in the series and it appears in...
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L.L. Stephens
Apr 328 min
Short Story: Blood Scent
CONTENT WARNING: Blood and gore; violence. Sensitive readers might find parts of this story disturbing. Note to Triempery series readers:...
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L.L. Stephens
Mar 284 min
Excerpt: The God Spear
SPOILER WARNING: Reading this excerpt will mildly spoil the opening chapters of The God Spear. It will not spoil main plot points. But it...
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L.L. Stephens
Mar 182 min
What's Going On in This Cover?
This post might contain some spoilers for earlier books in the series, so consider yourself warned. The main goal of cover art is to draw...
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L.L. Stephens
Feb 291 min
The God Spear Cometh
Yes, I have been away from this website for a while. Sometimes life gets cluttered. Other times, however, it gets painful. I lost my...
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L.L. Stephens
Jun 29, 20238 min
The Other Side of the Story: Minor Characters
Have you ever fallen hard for one (or more) of the less main characters in a book or series? You know the ones. Take Lord of the Rings:...
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L.L. Stephens
May 8, 20231 min
Character Art
It started with this. One of the ideas tossed about for cover art for The Second Stone was this one of Dorilian and Hans in a standoff....
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L.L. Stephens
Mar 17, 20235 min
LORE: The Gweroyen Sword
Some of the lore and artifacts of the Triempery have yet to be visited. Their time simply hasn’t come just yet. One of these is the...
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L.L. Stephens
Mar 12, 20233 min
Where to Start Reading the Triempery Revelations
Now that The Second Stone is being published next month, and three books in this six-book series will be out, readers might reasonably...
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