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The Walled City: First Chapter
The Walled City , Book 5 of the Triempery Revelations series, is a chonky, battle-filled book. It starts out on a hopeful note, however,...

L.L. Stephens
Dec 2, 20245 min read
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Leur and Vllyr
In the lore of the Triempery Revelations, it all started here. This origin story is in the series but it is present in bits and pieces,...

L.L. Stephens
Nov 29, 20248 min read
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Character Notes: Arne Anseldson--Whatever It Takes
Though he doesn’t make his appearance until Book 3, The Second Stone , Arne is a key character in the Triempery Revelations series. His...

L.L. Stephens
Nov 21, 20248 min read
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The Three Debens
Legendary founders, both gods and mortal, anchor the Sordaneon dynasty. First of those founders was, of course, Derlon, one of the...

L.L. Stephens
Nov 19, 202411 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Sep 24, 20246 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Sep 6, 20247 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Sep 3, 20242 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Sep 1, 20246 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Aug 22, 202412 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Aug 15, 20247 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Aug 13, 20244 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
May 20, 20247 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 10, 20246 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 4, 20243 min read
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Short Story: Blood Scent
CONTENT WARNING: Blood and gore; violence. Sensitive readers might find parts of this story disturbing. Note to Triempery series readers:...

L.L. Stephens
Apr 3, 202428 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Mar 28, 20244 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Mar 18, 20242 min read
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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...

L.L. Stephens
Feb 29, 20241 min read
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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:...

L.L. Stephens
Jun 29, 20238 min read
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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....

L.L. Stephens
May 8, 20231 min read
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