Castillion Chronicles

All Ethan wanted to do was take his girlfriend to Pixelcon and watch the release coverage for Serra Online, a virtual role-playing game. The game sounded better than Ethan could imagine, from new classes to unstoppable magics, but the icing on the cake was a chance to be one of the first to play it. After an easy decision to play a gladiator, he woke up in a new world separated from the one he loves the most. Stephanie only went to that gaming convention to appease her boyfriend, and somehow ended up stranded in a strange world controlled by magic. Lost and traumatized, she has one goal, to find Ethan. For security? Maybe. For love? Possibly. To skin him alive for dragging her into this god-forsaken place? Most likely. While both Ethan and Stephanie have the same desire, their paths back to each other could not be further apart. What will a tank do when he is separated from his pocket-cleric? What is a healer to do when she is lost in a cruel and unforgiving world? Get a dog and start a collection of plucked-out eyeballs, of course.

Exium screwed up…surprise, surprise... In his attempt to save Hearthmire and make the surrounding land safe for Tialha, he made an even greater enemy than he ever thought possible. After an ultimatum of sorts, Exium must embark on a journey to the kingdom of Tolengard to broker peace or risk watching everything he worked for burn. Tialha is still getting used to having both her tank and name back within her control when the situation dictated circumstances and left her to rebuild from the ruins of the siege while managing a frightened population looking to her for direction. Separated again, Exium, Tialha, and Zeke will have to rely on old allies and make a few new ones to guarantee the survival of Hearthmire and everyone who calls this settlement their home.

King Larels made a catastrophic error by bringing an army to a Terraformer fight, resulting in his swift defeat by a Castillion Shard and a rapid return to respawn via the mile-long express route. While Hearthmire celebrated an unexpected victory, Exium grappled with the heavy toll of the battle, including the irreplaceable loss of numerous lives and Tialha's sacrifice to ensure he could continue the fight. As questions arose concerning Turcery's motivations behind the truce between both settlements, the Gladiator grew fed up with waiting around for the consequences of his actions to sneak up behind him with a baseball bat. Unable to set foot across Tolengard's borders less risk the wrath of Serra, Exium took a play out of Earth's trusty handbook. When in doubt, find someone else to do your dirty work. Stuck in the Astral Plane and oblivious to the proxy war happening in real-time, Tialha must figure out how to return to Hearthmire despite a Harlequin named Francis keeping her there to battle against her deepest fears and insecurities. Both Exium and Tialha will have to decide what lengths they are willing to endure so Hearthmire may remain safe, even if that means traveling to the Demon Realm to stop Turcery and his sinister plans.