So to start off, I want to apologize for not posting anything last week. There was no reason for this besides my laziness and as my loyal readers, you deserve better. Hopefully this week’s post will make up for the lack of new content from last week. But in more exciting news, I finished doing my in-depth look over of the interior layout of the book and have sent it back to the editors with less than 25 changes, so hopefully I’ll have the next one by the middle of next week. I’m getting really excited guys about the upcoming release and can’t wait to start getting your feedback on the book. It’s going to be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Chapters/Indigo, so be sure to leave your reviews on these sites (in this case quantity over quality is a good thing) no matter if they’re good or bad reviews-I’m always welcome to constructive criticism.
But now on to more important things; as I said earlier, I hope this makes up for not posting last week. Here are five secrets about the world of Bolfodier that are not found in The Kanta Chronicles, but affect it all the same.
Though he cannot remember her name, the girl that Pan took to his bed after Sabrina left him was named Brandi. She was a tavern wench/prostitute that had come to Terang hoping for a different life. But upon finding herself in the Nifehan’s bed on her first night in Terang, she fell into despair. While Pan slept, Brandi snuck away back to the place she’d been planning on staying at, grabbed her things and returned to her home. Once there, she promptly jumped off a cliff to escape her depression at being a whore.
While it is mentioned that Pandora’s tomb is the oldest and strongest of the Lady of the Night strongholds, it is never mentioned where the others are or how numerous they are. In total, there are five strongholds: Pandora’s tomb, the Hollow Mountains, the Vigmece Pyramid in Nefas, the giant forest in northern Ichmensch and in the Temple of the Goddess. With the exception of Pandora’s tomb, these strongholds are not exclusively in the possession of the Ladies of the Night. The Hollow Mountains are ruled by the Intunerica, who are aware of and slightly annoyed by the fact that they must share their home. The Vigmece Pyramid was once the site of the clan’s sadistic rituals and has been heavily guarded since their demise. The giant forest of northern Ichmensch is wild territory and many fear what is inside-even some Ladies of the Night. And final, the Temple of the Goddess is reserved only for the true queens of the Ladies of the Night as a private sanctuary.
The Intunerica are a secretive race of female assassins that base out of the Hollow Mountains. Though they are quite reclusive, secretive, and arrogant, every generation or so they would adopt a child to be taught their ways. No one knows how they would choose this child, or why this single act of ‘charity’ would be done by these women, but all agree why it stopped over a thousand years ago. Isabelle Megta was the last child the Intunerica adopted. It is said that her hatred for men disturbed even them and because they helped to create one of the evilest women of all time, they decided to give up this act of ‘charity’ to ensure that evil would never be unleashed upon Bolfodier again.
Although not all Royal families in Bolfodier have magic as most people think of magic, there is one bit of magic they all possess. Whenever new rulers of any country in Bolfodier are crowned, a jolt runs through the bodies of every other ruler that alerts them to the new ruler. Each country has its own jolt, allowing for a distinction between the many countries. Also, the jolts feel different depending if a king or queen is being crowned.
While many people gifted with magic today believe the magic circles of the Star of Death and Moon of Life are taken from Clowia as that is where most magic circles were designed, that is a lie. They are in fact magic circles created by Pandora for the Ladies of the Night many centuries before the creation of the circles from Clowia. A Lady of the Night in fact revealed the two circles to an outsider, and upon figuring out what she had done, the other Ladies of the Night killed her for revealing one of their greatest secrets. Unfortunately for them, they could not stop the spread of the circles as the strength they give to those using them is great. And sources of great power, like magic circles, spread quickly through Bolfodier.
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