{"id":24423,"date":"1999-04-01T08:39:32","date_gmt":"1999-04-01T13:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tellest.com\/?p=24423"},"modified":"2021-04-02T08:09:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T12:09:12","slug":"new-book-incoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/new-book-incoming\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book Incoming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ladies and gentlemen, it has been over a year since Tellest has released a book.\u00a0 It’s true.\u00a0 2020 hit us all pretty hard, and while Tellest did write through the first half of The Whispers<\/em> (with plans to return there, of course), the last book that came out was in 2019, with Heart of the Forest<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Well, this year we are back in business.<\/p>\n

I’ve been working on this story for the last several months, and I’m finally ready to unveil it.\u00a0 I’ve been telling people about it on my newsletter for what feels like forever, and they’ve been getting little snippets of it here and there.\u00a0 But today, I get to really lay it all out.<\/p>\n

I typically tell stories where one character is at the forefront.\u00a0 He or she may meet other people that become part of the action, but I wanted to tell a story that encompassed a lot of people, and their experiences.\u00a0 As Tellest is a story about heroes, I wanted to also talk about people who we wouldn’t normally see as heroes, and who definitely wouldn’t see themselves as such.\u00a0 Most of them are affected by the Strain, but in ways that are a little unconventional.\u00a0 Let’s learn a little more about them, shall we?<\/p>\n

Frederic D’Aprile – The leader of the group.\u00a0 Frederic doesn’t have powers, but he’s been around powered people long enough to know how to make the best out of their skills.\u00a0 Due to unfortunate circumstances, after all the real heroes he knows have been captured by a growing force of dark agents with a hatred for magic and diversity, he must put together a team of ragtag would-be heroes with some…peculiar abilities.<\/p>\n

Quicksand – Leonell has had a rough go of it over the last few years.\u00a0 He lost his father, and then subsequently lost the man who took him in and treated him as a son.\u00a0 That man’s biological son really does not care for Leonell, and makes him sleep in the shed within the pig pen.\u00a0 Leonell plays along because he doesn’t want people to know his secret: that he has the Strain.\u00a0 Leonell has the ability to manipulate the earth\u2014but only where he is standing.<\/p>\n

Spark – Poor Mireya learned early on that her power was very destructive.\u00a0 After an accident at home, in a city where people were already hateful of those with powers, she used fire magic by accident and burned a building down.\u00a0 To make matters worse, it was a building owned by her family, and she dreaded what her father would do to her if she found out.\u00a0 She ran, and took up shelter far away.\u00a0 Since then, Mireya hasn’t been able to use her powers effectively\u2014due in no small part to the fact that the fire she summons burns her as well.<\/p>\n

Bubbles – Caira is a little bit different.\u00a0 The daughter of an elf and a gnome, this diminutive would-be hero doesn’t contend with too much of a broken home compared to the other heroes.\u00a0 She lives with her father in a cabin in the woods, but he’s overly protective, and hasn’t allowed her to live much of a life.\u00a0 But when adventure calls, she’s ready to charge forth.\u00a0 Caira has the ability to summon magical bubbles!<\/p>\n

Ointment – Nellie returns us to a tragic character who has pretty much lost everything.\u00a0 She’s on her own out in the wilderness, trying to survive as best she can when she’s discovered.\u00a0 When Frederic finds her, she instantly takes to the group, and explains her power: she can’t heal anyone, but she can take away the sting of their pain.<\/p>\n

The Wizard – Of course, Frederic can’t do everything on his own.\u00a0 He needs someone with an understanding of the Strain; someone who hasn’t been captured (or was able to escape) from the nefarious mercenaries roaming the land.\u00a0 Luckily for Frederic, he’s happened upon an unconventional wizard.<\/p>\n

And who is this wizard, you ask?\u00a0 Why, none other than one of our favorite characters to play with, Bixby Alladocious.\u00a0 For those unfamiliar with Bixby, allow me to explain.\u00a0 Bixby first appeared in a Tellest story in his eponymous debut, Bixby Alladocious and the Lady of Life and Death.\u00a0 Bixby has a most peculiar ability.\u00a0 When he dies, his soul reconstitutes, creating a new body for him that waits for him in the Nexus.\u00a0 It just so happens that Bixby dies a lot.\u00a0 What better partner to have then someone who can shrug off the greatest of wounds, the nastiest of diseases, poisons and infections, the toes most stubbed?<\/p>\n

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Together, this group of six plans on making a difference across the country they call home, and wrenching it back from the hands of those who would desecrate it.\u00a0 This is only the first adventure, with many more to come.\u00a0 Will you come along and join up with these brave people?<\/p>\n

Will you join D’Aprile’s Fools?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ladies and gentlemen, it has been over a year since Tellest has released a book.\u00a0 It’s true.\u00a0 2020 hit us all pretty hard, and while Tellest did write through the first half of The Whispers (with plans to return there, of course), the last book that came out was in 2019, with Heart of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[346],"tags":[1263,2438,272,2441,2440,2439],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Featured-DF.png","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1UVey-6lV","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24423"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24430,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24423\/revisions\/24430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}