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Author: Cal

People of the Wind on Amazon!

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Cal

Great news. People of the Wind is now available on Amazon in both paperback and kindle versions! Glad to see my work finally out there in the great beyond. I will try to always keep the comic available to read
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A narrow path

Posted on September 7, 2019 by Cal

“…and so the Ascendant became the Incarnate, and all who saw her were amazed…“Verse 2410b The room was filled with a thick and strong-smelling fog. Powerful drums like a beating heart echoed all around. The dark room seemed like another
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The butterfly effect of technology

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Cal

An idea. Technology doesn’t progress in the same sequence in Motherland as in real life. People in real life often take for granted that technology progresses as it currently does. Many feel it as this inevitable thing but I disagree.
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Character concepts 4 – armor again

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Cal

Did some more concepts. looking again at a lot of real life designs, these have elements influenced by a variety of asian and middle-eastern pieces from cultures like the Mughals. It’s difficult to come up with original designs that are
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Posted in BLOGTagged armor, cuirass, feudalism, history, knight, mid-asian, mongolian, mughal, resin, spear
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Character concepts 3 – armor

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Cal

(click to view larger) some armor design concepts. on the whole metal is rarely used in Motherland due to a variety of factors, but the majority of regions have access to substitute materials. these alien ‘resin’ compounds are mass-produced from
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Posted in BLOGTagged armor, concept, concept art, cuirass, guard, helmet, history, metal, military, pauldron, plate, resin, soldier, weapon
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The best defense

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Cal

ATTENTIONREWARD OF 800 TO 3000 KEPA TO ANY PERSON OR PERSONS WHO CAN BRING EVIDENCE OF THE CAPTURE OR KILLING OF KAVAN PIRATES AND SHIPS IN THE WEST SANDHAN TO THE AUTHORITIES OF VALKAPA. PLEASE REPORT TO GUILD OUTLETS AT
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Posted in Culture, Geography, HistoryTagged avato, deltani, guild, kavan, navy, pirates, politics, raiders
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He did not speak

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Cal

“He was the height of two men. He never spoke. His face? His helmet? His head was of resin. The steel man. He was not a man. Armor and sinew as one. Again he did not speak. Acted only. He
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The smell of resin

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Cal

“Rrrgh… …great.” “Hm?” “Messed up. Didn’t get it straight.” “It happens. Just try again. It’s not a big deal.” It was a big deal. Rokur was just being nice. We were on a pretty tight schedule. The client was coming
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Posted in TechnologyTagged armor, blacksmith, conversation, cuirass, dialogue, haidate, manica, pauldron, resin, smith
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Shavali

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Cal

“…it seemed that even the stars were in a rage, and that the fires rained from every corner of the sky, so that in days the wicked kingdom was in ruins. Shavali turned his eyes toward that window of the
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Posted in HistoryTagged gods, history, king, Lore, Shavali, study
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