I'm really sorry everyone who is reading and enjoying this series.

It's just that I have a lot going on in my life and compared to the first stretch, my daily output has just been dropping a lot.

So, I have to apologise and tell all of you that I really appreciate the support, the ratings and the comments!

And that I'm sorry the revisions took way longer than I expected.

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Anyway, now that we're caught up, I will be releasing chapters with new plot! So I hope some of the original readers of Cursed Era have stuck around or come back and I promise there won't be big revisions like this... for at least a while(?).

Summary of changes in the revised version

- Tilvrade is younger now, only 7 as of the latest chapter even though the events after the time skip remain largely the same

- Tilvrade's swordsmanship ethos was flipped. Tilvrade is really excited about his technique and skills and is aiming to take after his dad, who he respects and hopes to emulate

- Tilvrade has only done the sharpening experiment and is planning to do a stasis rune experiment over the summer. The heat rune has been removed.

- Note the magic system matured a bit, and I swapped out most references to arrays with runes. Both runes and arrays have a part to play, but runes will be more common.

- Earlier on in the story the time spent in the duke's palace in Gristol was cut from 2 years to 1 winter

- There were a few additions of minor evens such as the peddler getting mad about a shipment of wheat and appealing to Lord Scafel and Viscount Ikburr

- A new fairy tale was introduced with references to the Church of the Sun to lead into the discussion with the Klisimian

- The days of the week system was removed in favour of plain english. The titles were also phased into english versions.

- Some of the memories were smoothed out a bit... though I'll probably have to do more work on this when I revise Cursed Era next. Hoping to do this later rather than sooner so that I can advance the plot somewhat first.

- The character Naenie who was only mentioned in the original draft was replaced with a male character called Nayen who is training to be Tilvrade's valet and apprentice

Release rate

I'm aiming for 3 chapters a week... but I'll have to see how it goes. I don't have any chapter reserve, so I'll see what I can write and update you with how it's going in the chapter notes.

Pacing

If you think that now we're getting over Tilly's early years and it's going to get exciting... think again! Pacing shall continue as it has. Tilly has a long way to go yet.

That being said, I do intend to plan some more action in the spring time, when Tilvrade is 8. If you see opportunities for more action or suspense, please tell me since this isn't my strong point!

Family trees

I've been asked to do some family trees for Tilly and some of the other characters so you guys have a quick reference and I think it's a really good idea! Thanks Zazablord and Killashard for the suggestion.

Now, important bit:

Do any of you know of a good family tree visualisation tool or guide I could use? If I'm going to do this, I'd like it to look good, at least... Please tell me!

Update: Here's a family tree for Tilvrade's family, as described to-date. Doesn't include all the characters, just the ones in the family that are mentioned at some point or another.

Edits and reviews

Thanks so much to all of you who have provided me with notes on typos, grammar errors or inconsistencies. I really appreciate that and have applied everything I could!

Special mention for Skooting and Dosithee who both did a ton of work helping me edit Cursed Era!! And notable mentions to Eersc, Validar and blackfear2!

Also, a super big thanks to all the reviewers! I've really appreciated each and every review on Cursed Era and wanted to thank you for your encouragement and the time you took! I hope Cursed Era continues to meet your expectations and gets on a bit after this long time spent on review >_>