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Love Through Lifetimes

As the sole survivor of Cuey during the Night of Terror, Elpis has lived hiding his existence from the oppressive Scorcan Empire and watching the expansion of the Fray—a rot inside the invisible sacred Thread that gives Karanans their magic and connects them to each other and to the land. When his uncle, the village chief, falls ill with a deadly disease, Elpis follows an insurgent all the way to the secret Crimson Guard stronghold in Moonflower Mountain looking for a medicine forbidden by Scorcan law due to its magical nature.

Now Elpis will enter a world where Thread magic is not just accepted, it is necessary for the survival of the group. Despite lacking this magic, Elpis piques the attention of Rytar, the mysterious leader of the Crimson Guard, entangling their fates in a way that threatens to shift the balance of the Thread and the destiny of Karana.

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What is an illustrated webnovel? What should I expect?
An illustrated webnovel can mean many things, but in my case it's the child of webcomics and webnovels. I started publishing TGT as a webcomic a few years ago, but the format just wasn't doing it for me in a creative sense. I love writing novels and I love narrative illustration, so I decided to combine them. Because, why not? Each chapter of TGT contains prose and multiple illustrations that merge my knowledge of cartooning, illustration, and creative writing, to adapt to my multiple interests and to my brain's way of telling stories.

When are you planning to release new chapters? Will I be able to read the whole story all at once or will it be serialized?
The webnovel will be serialized, meaning chapters will be released once a month. As time progresses and I build a buffer, frequency of chapters will increase to twice a month.

Will the webnovel be available for free?
For now, I am planning to make at least the first few chapters free to read a month after publishing them on the Gold Tier. I might decide later on to make the rest of the chapters free to read after some time if there is enough interest. However, I will note that by signing up for the Gold Tier, you'll get access to so much more content each month aside from the webnovel: sketches, process work, studies, notes, etc. It's designed for people who really enjoy what I do and can't wait to see more of my work, including the messy behind-the-scenes stuff.