Tag: rootstocksaga

Where is Nigel? Where is this delightfully dangerous Pit? Good questions. The answer would be a spoiler. You’ll recognize this setting when it appears much later in Legend of the Storm Hawks. More importantly, what’s all this talk about awakening Edmund’s potential? The fundamental theme of Rootstock Saga is...

An old drunk slouched in a tavern chair. An old woman delivering prisoners’ meals to the Prophet’s Box. Nigel is a master of disguises. When he later meets Peder at Falkender Theater, he offers Rootstock Saga’s first mention of Phoenix Island. Remember the name. Lake Jura is the largest...

Childhood abuse leaves scars. In Legend of the Storm Hawks, the Iverach siblings Calum, Isobel, and Rosalee wake and face each new day with the wariness of survivors. Innocence shattered. Trust betrayed. Abuse begets abuse. It’s a cycle more terrible than any fiction can portray. I drew from personal...

Religion. The religions portrayed in Rootstock Saga are fictional. Any similarity to current day religions is derivative and not intentional. That said, the Orthodoxy is the most widespread religion in Legend of the Storm Hawks. As the one true faith, the Orthodoxy’s authority extends beyond the boundaries of kingdoms,...

Legend of the Storm Hawks is primarily set in the island kingdom Innis, but this chapter acknowledges the wider expanse of the Rootstock Saga world. East of the island Kingdom of Innis, across the Erusian Sea, are the Ten Kingdoms of Erusa. Cadron, Dore, and Pannot are the only...

Though Rootstock Saga traverses the globe, Legend of the Storm Hawks takes place almost entirely within the Kingdom of Innis. Before Joren Falkender invaded and conquered the Isle of Rhynn in the year 4000 WC, seven powerful clans ruled within their own independent regions. The two southernmost regions fell...

All the Legend of the Storm Hawks end-of-chapter extras are listed here. Be forewarned some may contain SPOILERS if sampled ahead of the book....

Nigel is a master of disguise. In this opening chapter, as an old drunk in a tweed cap, he blends into the scenery. Though he recognizes the Storm Hawks by name, this is the first time he has met them, and they do not yet realize they’ve crossed paths...

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An ember burns crimson beneath the black coals. A fire left for dead, forgotten. I crouch and cup my hands. I remember its promise. In the rush of my breath, the ember glows brighter. It remembers, too. Nigel WilloughbyLegend of the Storm Hawks...