What an honour!! Massive thanks to @onegoodauthor for the exquisite trailer made for A Raven's Tale after coming 1st Place in The Guilded Raven Awards for their fanfiction category. Please do take a peek. 

Welcome to the revised version of 'A Raven's Tale'. 

While this is the 4rth book in the Sarah & Khadgar Chronicles, it is a story which, I hope, can also be enjoyed as a tale in its own right - particularly for those who do not wish to go through the entire series.

It has undergone a major re-edit. The story, while I still claim it was and still is one of my favourites in the series, was not without some truly awful prose. That combined with heinously long chapters qualified it for some serious re-working. 

This has resulted in the story going from 22 chapters to 69  - gives you an idea of how long the original chapters were! 

Oh, my God! 

Don't even go there!

Anyway, I have to say this latest version is vastly improved. It is trimmed, tighter, more coherent. I confess, I stumbled over a good few faux pas as well, and have ironed them out to the best of my ability (always room for improvement though) so, all in all, it should be a more pleasant reading experience.

I'd actually forgotten how goddamn funny it was in parts too, and I had a good old chuckle over some of the raven's exploits. 

The initial inspiration for this story is rather macabre - so you have been warned! Here goes:

I woke one morning to find my cat had delivered a present - yes, you guessed it - a raven. Sadly, the poor bird did not survive Loki's feline game of tag, and I had to lay it to rest in the garden - RIP (Raven in Pieces).

Here's a pic of the culprit, Loki, by the way. Looks like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, eh?

That aside, other inspirations:  - World of Warcraft, (of course) my own creations in the universe (of course), but ALSO James Herbert's Fluke. 

WHAT?! Yes, the tale of a man reincarnated as a dog played a big part in helping me come up with the story. 

A Raven's Tale takes you on a magical adventure, seen through the eyes of - surprise! - a raven, who is more than he seems. You meet all sorts of characters and beasties as the bird goes through a journey of self-discovery, inexplicably drawn to a place in the north, until he finally finds his way home. 

I have tried really hard to make this work as a stand-alone story, so it will hopefully also appeal to people not of the gaming community.

So, without further ado, please proceed to the story and let me know what you think. If you are returning for a further dose of this tale, THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! THANK YOU!! I would love to hear how you think it compares to the original version. 

All comments, questions and votes welcome.

No portion of this book may be translated, reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from AJ Wright/NightElflady. ABSOLUTELY NO TRANSLATIONS PERMITTED!! If you try, know this: I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. And I will find you! And I will bring you down!

My characters are MY creations, which have taken me a long time to create, do not disrespect that.

NPC's and lore references from the Warcraft universe are owned by Blizzard Entertainment Inc. Warcraft, World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment Inc.

My O/C's and their story development/interactions are strictly mine. All Rights Reserved © AJ Wright/NightElflady

Music accredited to composers/performers as named within the chapters.

Images, some edits, are of other artists/photographers works -all credit goes to original artists.

Otherwise:

All Rights Reserved © AJ Wright/NightElflady 

PS: Not all the tracks I chose for this story are included in the chapters any more, but if you would like to hear the full soundtrack I chose, you can find it here: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0BSmbo7f8hNUQj0RcdH5CJ?si=XFuK-GndSKiWpyg5IznGuA

Alternatively, just open the Spotify app and type in A Raven's Tale in the search box. Enjoy!

AWARDS

Delighted to announce A RAVEN'S TALE came in 2nd Place in the Special Category of THE GUILDED RAVEN AWARDS 2021 for Best Blurb

And today, 4rth March 2021, I received notification I had won 1ST PLACE in their Fanfiction Category.