#scion wan yamazaki

[aethryos]

I'm alive!

The pandemic really did a number on my creativity. I've had a book loaded, waiting for a final edit for 2 years. But dealing with this garbage makes fussing over grammar small.

That said, I've done the final edit. Now I need to create the cover art and hit publish.

To borrow a quote:

But a story is never late, nor early. It arrives precisely when it means to.

Scionic Cycle: The Pact

about:

Wan struggles with his PTSD from Oddrisc taking over his body. After torching a barracks and a temple in his sleep, he leaves for the Hi'umajra Plateau. It is a valley tucked away between two mountain ranges that is devoid of all magical qi. 

Wan hopes that this lack of qi will make Oddrisc and the nightmares go away. While there, he comes across three refugees fleeing violence in Yaosai Jin. The locals become hostile to the refugees and attempt to lynch the trio. Wan steps in to stop them and becomes a wanted man in the process. Can Wan escape the valley with the refugees? Can he escape Oddrisc and find inner peace?

Scionic Cycle: The Pact is the 4 book in the Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon series.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life

Two rivals are forced to work together. Wan is the Scion, the reincarnated spirit who has access to all the elemental magic. Sun is a martial arts master with a chip on their shoulder. After Wan is mind controlled, they search for the cult behind an attack. Will they be able to work together to take down the menace?Along the way, they befriend Tupilek, a doctor from the North Pole, Aloma, the mayor of a self-made, safe space called the Village, and Fen, a genderqueer inventor.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death

A year after Hitumo was stopped at the Fire Temple, Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Sun find that he wasn't acting alone. With information from the temple, they set off to Fen and Wan's birth islands to uncover more secrets. Can they stop the terror behind the mind control?All five struggle with PTSD as they dig into this mystery. Wan is experiencing horrible migraines. Tupilek went home to deal with depression. Aloma talks about her recovery. Fen built a new arm to replace the one they lost. Sun's struggles with a spirit who haunts her dreams. Can they come together to support each other?

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth

Following the immediate aftermath of the Northern Zephyr Hub Massacre, Wan finds himself under the control of the ancient spirit Oddrisc. Oddrisc has Wan trying to free the giant skeleton spirit, the Gashadokuro. Sun’s spirit awakens in the Spectral Realm, separated from his body. With his connection to the ancient spirit Nymaroh, he needs to find harmony with his body, unlock his chakras, and stop Oddrisc. Can Wan fight through Oddrisc’s control and save himself? Will Sun be accepted as he transitions to his true self? Will Oddrisc release the Skeleton? Can Sun save Wan and stop Oddrisc?

[aroaceaunt]

We have a world inspired by Avatar the Last Airbender. There is a valley between two mountain ranges where there is no magic. This is common knowledge for a millennia. No one knows why.

It's a large plateau high in the mountains. I've nicknamed it fantasy Canada. Wild, rugged, and isolated. When Wan (MC) goes there, it's the dead of winter. He goes there hoping that he won't have magic.

Wan is the Dark Scion. He has access to all the magic. Because of PTSD from the previous books, he is starting massive fires in his sleep. He hoped being there would stop this.

He was wrong

WBW Free Space

I wanna hear about whatever neat worldbuilding tidbits yall wanna share. Consider this your invitation to ramble!

[aethryos]

Presenting 🥁

Scionic Cycle: The Pact

Wan struggles with his PTSD from Oddrisc taking over his body. After torching a barracks and a temple in his sleep, he leaves for the Hi'umajra Plateau. It is a valley tucked away between two mountain ranges that is devoid of all magical qi.

Wan hopes that this lack of qi will make Oddrisc and the nightmares go away.

While there, he comes across three refugees fleeing violence in Yaosai Jin. The locals become hostile to the refugees and attempt to lynch the trio. Wan steps in to stop them and becomes a wanted man in the process.

Can Wan escape the valley with the refugees? Can he escape Oddrisc and find inner peace?

[aethryos]

Not NaNo update

I coincidentally have the energy to write again. This isn’t because of NaNoWriMo. My mental health is on the upswing, so we got to ride this wave.

I’m currently working on books 4 and 5 of my Scionic Cycle series. The main writing is done for B4 and I’m into the infinite editing mode. It’s all about picking apart my grammar. I’m feeling better about the story than I did in August when I finished the latest draft. The only thing that changed was my attitude.

I’m ~2,300 words into the first draft of B5. I plotted out a 2,700 outline yesterday. This doesn’t count as NaNo because the word count goal is ~20K. I’m also more concerned about wrapping up B4.

Feeling good. I hope it lasts.

A recap of Books 1-3 and a preview of B4, plot to 5, and how it will wrap up in 6 below the cut

The Scionic Cycle series is inspired by Avatar: the Last Airbender, but explicitly queer and set with 1940′s tech as the best tech there is. The main cast has 2 cishet men (you can’t have just one, that’s tokenism), a butch lesbian, an autistic, asexual, and genderqueer person, and an ace trans man.

B1: Life. Scion Wan is mind controlled by someone and it is up to the group to find out who did this and stop them. Sun Ching leads the investigation. They find the man responsible for a bunch of kidnappings in Attla City and stop him from controlling Wan.

B2: Death. The crew deals with their trauma from B1 in different ways in the year between books. They all come back together once it is revealed the Big Bad was part of a cult trying to bring back an ancient evil spirit, Oddrisc. Wan gets captured and tortured so that he can meld with the spirit. Sun sets out to rescue him, and learns about themself in the process.

B3: Rebirth. Sun comes out as a transgender man and surprises the world as the Light Scion. Wan is the Dark Scion and is being forced to free Oddrisc. His name changed to Kun, the Light Scion sets out to unlock all of his powers so that he can stop Wan.

All three are available for Kindle here.

Book 4: the Pact is about Wan’s PTSD from the torture he endured in the previous trilogy. He goes off to fantasy Canada in the middle of winter to die. While there, he stops a town from executing 3 refugees. Now entangled in the mess, he must take the refugees out of the mountain valley.

B5 is about Kun’s downfall. He thinks he’s the hero, but he is woefully unprepared for what that entails. In an effort to help a major city, he turns into a tyrant.

B6 is about Wan stopping and rescuing Kun.

[aethryos]

Scionic Cycle: Characters – Scion Wan Yamazaki

1 of 2 main characters

Cisgender, heterosexual male

18 years-old

Original Element: Fire

Conflagration citizen 

He is a celebrity

Body type

Medium height

Sinewy muscles

Japanese

Japanese Bruce Lee

[image of a slide with info above. collage of: Tony Stark, arms wide, with text- Keep Calm Cause I Am the Chosen One, Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender with fire behind him, Bruce Lee, Japanese Flag]

[aethryos]

OC Interview Tag Game - Scion Wan

tagged by@agwitow

​We previously interviewed Sun Ching. Today I Scion Wan Yamazki from the story Scionic Cycle in studio. It has been one year since the events of the climax of Book 1. We are talking to him today before Book 2 begins.

Sorry to interrupt, but it’s Master Scion Wan Yamazaki.

1. How are you doing today, Master Scion?

Excited. Aloma contacted me today. She wants to reconvene the group. I haven’t seen anyone in six or so months.

2. You ready to answer some questions?

I’m always ready to answer questions.

3. How do you feel about your name? Your surname?

My name comes from the first Scion, Scion Wan. She didn’t know when I was born that I was going to be the Scion. It’s a neat coincidence.

4. Is there anything you’d like to thank your author for?  

Being awesome. After the raid on the temple a year ago, I’ve been able to master my water qi. I’ve been able to learn non-magical martial arts. I didn’t realize how much punching someone hurt.

You understand that you are a main character in your book?

I’m the main character of the world. When you are the Scion, the only person in the entire world who has access to all the magic, you are the main character. It’s amazing.

5. You can only eat three foods for the rest of your life, what are they?

Rice, veggies, and spices. You can make anything tasty with the right spices.

6. Have you ever done or said anything that surprised your author?

AEthryos? Naw. I’m pretty easy to read.

7. You have limitless funds, what kind of party are you going to have?

I’m not the party planner. You’ll need to ask my mother. She’s the one who plans the galas at the mansion.

8. Tell us a quick story about something that’s happened to you that not even your author knows about… yet.

As a kid I would sneak out of the estate. I wanted desperately to blend in and be a normal person. I thought people treated me differently because I was rich. Turns out, it’s because I’m the Scion. I was gone two hours before Chikashi, our butler, found me.

9. Do you have a favourite Hero?

Scion Wan. Uh.. the first one, and me of course. Scion Attla was pretty strong.

10. What do you plan to do after this?

I am on my way to meditate up on the mountain cliffs. Then it’s time to pack and head to Attla City!

That’s all the time we have today. Thanks for tuning into this OC Interview!

[aethryos]

Draft 4 of B4

I’ve finished editing draft 2.2 (draft 4?) of the fourth book of Scionic Cycle. There is 17K words. The emotional through line is... off. I like where it’s going, where it is. But it’s missing something.

It always hurts when you cut over a 1000 words, but they were redundant. I said the same thing in a different manner in the chapter right before it. I did move the newer stuff into the next chapter.

I don’t have a title yet. The name holder is Thesis (Wan’s Madness). It’s about Wan dealing with his PTSD from the events of Books 1-3. He struggles with what he did and who that makes him. At the end he accepts who he is and his role in this world. He thinks his previous actions make him evil and he can never be a hero. Then he does selfless and heroic acts to save 3 people five times.

There are 11 chapters. Only 2 chapter titles I’m firm on, which are bolded below.

Demons

The Town of Gandhakkhaan

Camp

Town of Shorakhaan

Nightmare

Parley

Oddrisc

The Plunge

The Passage

Wrong Scion

Dark Champion, Scion Wan

[aethryos]

Scionic Cycle Series Intro - Entire PPT presentation

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon:  Life – Plot Basics

[Image: Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon

AEthryos (logo) 

AEthryos.com]

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon book series

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life [image of cover]

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death [image of cover]  

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth [image of cover]  

Available on Amazon.com for Kindle or paperback

[AEthryos Logo]

About the Author - AEthryos

Asexual, Aromantic, Agender Author and Artist  

Graphic Designer  

Volunteer with PFLAG  

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Inspiration

5 years ago the thought in my head was “What if the Avatar was trans?”

Wrote fanfiction about the next Avatar

Started with trans woman main character

Where are the trans men in pop culture? MC is now a trans man

Possible because Korrasami is canon

Narrative choices

I wanted characters like the people around me

Lots of queer people

I am surrounded by trans/non-binary people, queer people, autistic people, asexual people

I really wanted to show that we are people with wants, needs, hopes, and desires

It’s a fantasy story, not a queer story

[image of the Scionic Cycle globe]

Contemporary, Urban, Fantasy Inspired by Avatar: the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra

1940’s-50’s tech

Primarily in cities

Magic users

Martial arts based

Not wands, staves, staffs or books

4 types of elemental qi [magic]

Earth, Fire, Air, Water

If a person has magic, they only have 1 of these types

the Scion (the chosen one)

Scion has access to all the magic

Reincarnation of previous Scion

Switches between elements every life

[image: drawing of globe, enlarged with location names]

Scionic Cycle: Characters – Scion Wan Yamazaki

1 of 2 main characters

Cisgender, heterosexual male

18 years-old

Original Element: Fire

Conflagration citizen

He is a celebrity

Body type

Medium height

Sinewy muscles

Japanese

Japanese Bruce Lee

[image of a slide with info above. collage of: Tony Stark, arms wide, with text- Keep Calm Cause I Am the Chosen One, Aang from Avatar the Last Airbender with fire behind him, Bruce Lee, Japanese Flag]

Scionic Cycle: Characters –  Dr. Tupilek of the Imaq Tribe of the North 

Cisgender, heterosexual male (You can’t have just 1, otherwise it’s tokenism)

25 years-old

Element: Water qi

Specialization: combining healing qi and blood qi

At forefront of new medical knowledge

From North Pole, Imaq Tribe

Body type

Medium height

“Dad bod”

Inuit

[Image collage: 2 Inuit people in the snow wearing parkas, Dr. James Makokis in an office, Staff of Hermes, open hand with water floating over it, Flag of Nunavut.

[drawing of a dark skin man with a toque, glasses, blue bow tie, and blue polo shirt

[photo: Anthony Johnson and James Makokis are an Indigenous, two-spirit couple won The Amazing Race Canada (Sept. 11, 2019)]

Scionic Cycle: Characters – Ayya Aloma 

Butch lesbian with a crimson mohawk

Mid 30’s?

Element: Air qi

High ranking monk in the Zephyrs

Tibetan monks

World peace keepers with quasi-military

Mayor of the Village

Small neighborhood in Attla City

Self-made, safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals

Advocate for queer rights within city

Body type

Medium height

Thin body from flying

Tibetan

[collage: woman with red mohawk, Tibetan monk, person flying in a full body wing suit, Tibetan flag, Philly pride flag, Lesbian flag - orange to pink

[drawing: dark skin woman with red hair in a mohawk smiling and holding up peace sign in front of the lesbian flag]

Scionic Cycle: Characters – Noble Zifen, a.k.a. Fen 

Autistic, demisexual, genderqueer person.

They/them pronouns

Inspiration – Genderqueer Nicola Tesla

17 years-old

Element: Electricity

Subtype of fire

Has no fire qi, only electricity

Inventor

Born in Conflagration. Now lives in the Village

Body type

Medium height

Japanese

[image collage: background is the  ENIAC  computer, man with prosthetic arm holding a drill, grant imahara, nicola tesla, japanese flag, rainbow infinity symbol with “autism acceptance” written overtop, genderqueer flag, demisexual flag

[drawing of a light skin person with glasses wearing overalls and yellow shirt in front of nonbinary flag]

Scionic Cycle: Characters – Sun Ching 

Asexual, gender non-conforming woman

18 years-old

No qi

So fascinated by qi that she dedicated her life to learning the martial arts of the elements

Master of Earth qi martial arts

Proficient at Fire and Air

Former citizen of city-state Yaosai Jin

Body type

Short, stout

Thick muscular body

Biracial: Chinese and Indian

Binds her chest

Magical world = magical binders (author note: don’t bind and exercise)

[collage: martial artist posing with bo staff, Becky Lynch of WWE holding arms out wide with text “Come at me bro,” Indian Olympian  Mary Kom   flexing with right hand out in victory, Indian Olympian  Karnam Malleswari lifting weights, China/India flags, man wearing binder, asexual flag]

Wait, you are missing the trans character. Where is he?

Scionic Cycle: Characters – Kun Ching

Asexual, transgender man

18 years-old

Light Scion - All the qi

So fascinated by qi that he dedicated his life to learning the martial arts of the elements

Master of Earth qi martial arts

Proficient at Fire and Air

Former citizen of city-state Yaosai Jin

Body type

Short, stout

Thick muscular body

Biracial: Chinese and Indian

Binds his chest

Magical world = magical binders (author note: don’t bind and exercise)

Kun is a trans man.

In denial of his gender identity in the first book

The first book doesn’t bring up his dysphoria directly.

Second book subplot is him reconciling his gender identity.

Third book - his coming out

[collage: martial artist posing with bo staff, Becky Lynch of WWE  holding arms out wide with text “Come at me bro,” Indian Olympian  Mary  Kom   flexing with right hand out in victory, Indian Olympian  Karnam  Malleswari lifting weights, China/India flags, man wearing binder,  asexual flag

drawing: dark skin man with bandage on right cheek, wearing an open, green button down, shirt and a green shirt underneath, in front of transgender flag and wearing asexual button]

Scionic Cycle: Secondary Characters – Chetana of the Zephyrs & Bao of Deserete 

Chetana

Military Police with the Zephyrs

Element: Air

Bisexual

Indian

Bao

Percussionist in Qi Stones

Element: Earth

Bisexual

Chinese

[drawing: Chetana -dark skin woman in red sleeveless shirt holding peace sign and in front of the Philly pride flag and bisexual pin on shirt

drawing: Bao -dark skin woman with green hair, wearing green shirt and black vest, in front of bisexual flag and wearing Philly pride pin]

Scionic Cycle: Main Cast & Relationships 

Here is our main cast: Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Kun, Chetana, and Bao

Relationships: Kun and Fen, Aloma and Bao, Tupilek and Chetana

[main cast images: previous drawings of Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Kun, Chetana, and Bao

[relationship images: previous drawings in pairs: Kun and Fen,  Aloma and Bao, Tupilek and Chetana]

Scionic Cycle: Dual Protagonists – Wan and Kun 

Set up as yin and yang to each other.

Wan privileged. Kun has worked for everything

Wan is the Scion. Kun wishes he had qi

Wan is flashy and charismatic. Kun is gruff and calculating

Wan is naive. Kun is worldly

Equal in overall strength and skills

Kun is the Light Scion, Wan is the Dark Scion

Unintentional pop culture equivalents

Superman (Wan) and Batman (Kun)

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon:  Life – Plot Basics 

Fantasy Murder Mystery

Wan and Sun are both sent to the South Pole to learn water qi.

There Wan gets mind controlled

Find who did the mind control and why

Themes

Horrors of mind control

Respect

Humility

Friendship

LGBTQ

[image: Book cover -silhouette of a head in profile with a lightning bolt running up their neck, person standing holding a bo staff, also in silhouette, on yellow background. Title on top: Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life, author name, AEthryos, on bottom left]

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon:  Death – Plot Basics 

Fantasy Spy Thriller

One year has passed since the climax of Life

New info from the climax

Who was behind the Big Bad of Life

Why the mind control?

Themes

PTSD

Depression and suicide

Biological Families

Found Family

Abuse

Kun’s Trans Identity

[image: book cover -three-sided pyramid with shadow to left, color washed out beige, title: Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death]

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon:  Rebirth – Plot Basics 

Heroes Journey/Corruption

Happens immediately after the climax of Death

Themes

PTSD

Healng from Trauma

Kun’s coming out story where he struggles— and he’s done.

Kun’s heroes journey where he learns to unlock his potential

Wan’s abuse and how it makes him do horrible things

Light Scion and the Dark Scion

Love, romantic and brotherly

[image: book cover -yin/yang style emblem with light green face on left side and dark red face on right on a beige background, title: Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth, AEthryos logo on bottom right]

Scionic Cycle: Quick Stats 

Life is Small Gods (Terry Pratchett) long at 82,000+ words

2 total rewrites [3 versions total], 3 major edit changes in V3

22 Chapters

Average 3,700 words/chapter

Death is Good Omens (Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman) long at 106,000+ words

3 total rewrites [4 versions total], 4 major edits of V4

31 chapters

Average 3,400 words/chapter

Rebirth is Small Gods (Terry Pratchett) long at 86,000+ words

2 total rewrites [3 versions total], 3 major edits of V3

33 chapters

Average 2,700 words/chapter

Original names: Avatar, Student, Water, Air, Fire (Wan, Kun, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen)

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon book series

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life [image of cover]

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death [image of cover]  

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth [image of cover]  

Available on Amazon.com for Kindle or paperback

[aethryos]

Back to the keyboard

I set up, edited, and added to the third draft my WIP. It is the fourth book in my Scion Cycle series. It follows Wan as he deals with the cPTSD from being tortured by Oddrisc. A few quick numbers

Word Count: 18k

Chapter count: 11

Uses of the word “explodified”: 2

And then I dropped 1800+ words on book 5, which is a spy novel about the corruption of Kun into a tyrant.

I haven’t written for 3+ hours in a long time. Today I wrote for 12.

[aethryos]

Hurt by JKR? I have 2 books staring a trans man and his genderqueer partner. It's a fantasy story inspired by Avatar.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death

Kun Ching

Asexual, transgender man

18 years-old

No qi

So fascinated by qi that he dedicated his life to learning the martial arts of the elements

Master of Earth qi martial arts

Proficient at Fire and Air

Former citizen of city-state Yaosai Jin

Body type: Short, stout, Thick muscular body

Biracial: Chinese and Indian

Binds his chest

Magical world = magical binders

Kun is a trans man. In denial of his gender identity in the first book. The first book doesn’t bring up his dysphoria directly. Second book subplot is him reconciling his gender identity.

Fen of the Village

Autistic, demisexual, genderqueer person. 

Inspiration – Genderqueer Nicola Tesla

17 years-old

Element: Electricity. Subtype of fire. Has no fire qi, only electricity

Inventor 

Born in Conflagration. Now lives in the Village

Body type

Medium height

Japanese

Ayya Aloma of the Zephyrs

Butch lesbian with a crimson mohawk

Mid 30’s?

Element: Air qi

High ranking monk in the Zephyrs: Tibetan monks, World peace keepers with quasi-military

Mayor of the Village

Small neighborhood in Attla City 

Self-made, safe space for LGBTQ+ individuals

Advocate for queer rights within city

Body type

Medium height

Thin body from flying

Tibetan

Scion Wan Yamazaki

1 of 2 main characters

Cisgender, heterosexual male

18 years-old

Original Element: Fire

Conflagration citizen 

He is a celebrity

Body type: Medium height

Sinewy muscles

Japanese

Japanese Bruce Lee

Dr. Tupilek

Cisgender, heterosexual male

25 years-old

Element: Water qi

Specialization: healing qi and blood qi

At forefront of new medical knowledge

From North Pole tribe Imaq

Body type

Medium height

“Dad bod”

Inuit

[info on photo to far right] Anthony Johnson and James Makokis are an Indigenous, two-spirit couple won The Amazing Race Canada (Sept. 11 Cole Burston/The Canadian Press)

[aethryos]

Scionic Cycle: Characters – Scion Wan Yamazaki

•1 of 2 main characters

•Cisgender, heterosexual male

•18 years-old

•Original Element: Fire

•Conflagration citizen

•He is a celebrity

•Body type

•Medium height

•Sinewy muscles

•Japanese

•Japanese Bruce Lee

(Images of Wan's inspiration including Avatar Aang, Tony Stark with the words "Keep calm, caus I am the chosen one, Bruce Lee, and a Japanese flag. Drawing of Wan)

[aethryos]

Character profile: Scion Wan Yamazaki

[aethryos]

Scionic Cycle character: Master Scion Wan Yamazaki

Wan is the Scion. The Scion is the reincarnation of a powerful person who has access to all the elemental magic. He is a brash, confident young man sent to learn his last element, water from a master at the Sikkitock Tribe.

[aethryos]

Scionic Cycle Interview - Question 1

Hello. I am here today to share my interview questions with the cast of Scionic Cycle. In studio we have Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Sun, Chetana, and Bao.

How many different places have you lived?

Wan: I’ve lived in one place, my family's mansion on Yamazaki Island.

Sun: Yes, his family owns an island.

Wan: That’s what happens when you’re the Scion.

Fen: To be fair, my birth family owns the island next to his. They bought it off his family several years ago.

Tupilek: Three places. I’m from the Imaq Tribe at the North Pole. I lived in Nerriungnerk, the capital of the South Pole while studying medicine. Now I live in the Village.

Aloma: The Zephyrs are nomads. We wander from temple to temple throughout the year. The two places I have stayed the longest is the Northern Zephyr Hub for two years and the Village for 3.

Fen: I lived on my family island and the Village.

Sun: I’ve rooted at three places longer than a year. I was raised in Yaosai Jin. I stayed at the Western Nimbus Center for two years. I’ve been living in the Village now for 10 months.

Chetana: I’m a Zephyr, too. The longest I’ve stayed anywhere is in the Village. It’s been 18 months.

Bao: Traveling musician. I don’t stay anywhere for more than a week.

[aethryos]

Character flaws: Wan

Bold your character's flaws. I'll be doing a character from my book, Scionic Cycle.

Scion Wan Yamazaki

absent-minded | abusive | addict | aggressive | aimless | alcoholic | anxious | arrogant | audacious | bad liar | bigmouth | bigot | blindly obedient | blunt | callous | childish | chronic heroism | clingy | clumsy | cocky | competitive | corrupt | cowardly | cruel | cynical | delinquent | delusional | dependent | depressed | deranged | disloyal | ditzy | egotistical | envious | erratic | fickle | finicky | flaky | frail | fraudulent | guilt complex | gloomy | gluttonous | gossiper | gruff | gullible | hedonistic | humorless | hypochondriac | hypocritical | idealist | idiotic | ignorant | immature | impatient | incompetent | indecisive | insecure | insensitive | lazy | lewd | liar | lustful | manipulative | masochistic | meddlesome | melodramatic | money-loving | moody | naive | nervous | nosy | ornery |  overprotective | overly sensitive | paranoid | passive-aggressive | perfectionist | pessimist | petty | power-hungry | proud | pushover | reckless | reclusive | remorseless | rigorous | sadistic | sarcastic | senile | selfish | self-martyr | shallow | sociopathic | sore loser | spineless | spiteful | spoiled | stubborn | tactless | temperamental | timid | tone-deaf | traitorous | unathletic | ungracious | unlucky | unsophisticated | untrustworthy | vain | withdrawn | workaholic

[aroaceaunt]

From my writing side

I'm alive!

The pandemic really did a number on my creativity. I've had a book loaded, waiting for a final edit for 2 years. But dealing with this garbage makes fussing over grammar small.

That said, I've done the final edit. Now I need to create the cover art and hit publish.

To borrow a quote:

But a story is never late, nor early. It arrives precisely when it means to.

Scionic Cycle: The Pact

about:

Wan struggles with his PTSD from Oddrisc taking over his body. After torching a barracks and a temple in his sleep, he leaves for the Hi'umajra Plateau. It is a valley tucked away between two mountain ranges that is devoid of all magical qi. 

Wan hopes that this lack of qi will make Oddrisc and the nightmares go away. While there, he comes across three refugees fleeing violence in Yaosai Jin. The locals become hostile to the refugees and attempt to lynch the trio. Wan steps in to stop them and becomes a wanted man in the process. Can Wan escape the valley with the refugees? Can he escape Oddrisc and find inner peace?

Scionic Cycle: The Pact is the 4 book in the Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon series.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Life

Two rivals are forced to work together. Wan is the Scion, the reincarnated spirit who has access to all the elemental magic. Sun is a martial arts master with a chip on their shoulder. After Wan is mind controlled, they search for the cult behind an attack. Will they be able to work together to take down the menace?Along the way, they befriend Tupilek, a doctor from the North Pole, Aloma, the mayor of a self-made, safe space called the Village, and Fen, a genderqueer inventor.

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Death

A year after Hitumo was stopped at the Fire Temple, Wan, Tupilek, Aloma, Fen, Sun find that he wasn't acting alone. With information from the temple, they set off to Fen and Wan's birth islands to uncover more secrets. Can they stop the terror behind the mind control?All five struggle with PTSD as they dig into this mystery. Wan is experiencing horrible migraines. Tupilek went home to deal with depression. Aloma talks about her recovery. Fen built a new arm to replace the one they lost. Sun's struggles with a spirit who haunts her dreams. Can they come together to support each other?

Scionic Cycle: A New Aeon: Rebirth

Following the immediate aftermath of the Northern Zephyr Hub Massacre, Wan finds himself under the control of the ancient spirit Oddrisc. Oddrisc has Wan trying to free the giant skeleton spirit, the Gashadokuro. Sun’s spirit awakens in the Spectral Realm, separated from his body. With his connection to the ancient spirit Nymaroh, he needs to find harmony with his body, unlock his chakras, and stop Oddrisc. Can Wan fight through Oddrisc’s control and save himself? Will Sun be accepted as he transitions to his true self? Will Oddrisc release the Skeleton? Can Sun save Wan and stop Oddrisc?