《Eight》Book 3 Map and Cast of Characters
Advertisement
The City of Albeityel and its Surrounds
This is a map of the area surrounding Albei. The village of Voorhei is to the west of the city, and the Glen a little farther west than that.

Cast of Characters
The following is spoilery, so if for some reason you haven't read the first two books, then you should skip this. To be clear: there are no spoilers for book 3 below, just the first two books.
Earth
First Family
Alejandro Sandoval, grandfather Catalina Sandoval, grandmother Gabriel Sandoval, father Anne Sandoval, mother Miguel Sandoval, younger brother
Also in Sherwood, Oregon were Uncle Miguel Sandoval, Aunt Adela Sandoval, and a gaggle of their children, all first cousins.
Anne’s parents cut her off from the family for marrying Gabriel, so Ollie barely knew them. She moved back to the U.S. to help them after their accident, but that didn’t last long.
Second Family
Helen Corben-Sandoval, wife Alejandra (Alex) Sandoval, daughter Daniel Sandoval, son Daniel Corben, father-in-law Alice Corben, mother-in-law
Diaksha
Third Family
Aluali Eightsson, adopted Biheila, widow, adopted into the family Billisha Eightsdaughter, adopted Felix, a lynx kitten, son of Sun-on-Snow Ikfael, donut-loving spirit of the land, her avatar is an otter Oscar, a lynx kitten, son of Sun-on-Snow Sun-on-Snow, a lynx companion Yuki, the uekisheile
The Village of Voorhei
Akbash Woldecsson, deceased Biaka Kiertiesdaughter, deceased Bindeise the Sugar Maker, deceased Denela, married to Haol, aka Dena Dwilla the Reeve, aka Dwilla Simasdaughter Ghitha Woldecsbrother, deceased Jeseidatchei, a giant dog, aka Jesei Kiertie of Voorhoos, deceased, married to Woldec Koda the Village Head Musastacha the Dog Rider, aka Musa Sheedi the World Speaker Sima Simsson, a wealth farmer and horse breeder, Dwilla’s father Wilo the World Speaker’s Apprentice
The Voorhei Hunter’s Lodge
Benseisu, a hunter on Kesa’s team, aka Ben Borba the Murderer, former leader of a hunter team Grunthen the Hunter, deceased Haoleise Kielegsson, on Mumu’s team, married to Dena, aka Haol Inneioleia the Hunter, former master of the lodge, aka Inleio Integnei, a hunter on Mumu’s team, aka Tegen Kesalei, leader of a hunter team, aka Kesa Mulallamu the Lodge Master, leader of a hunter team, aka Mumu Teila, the other apprentice hunter on Mumu’s team Woldec the Hunter, deceased, married to Kiertie
Advertisement
Albei
Agath of Dolbec’s Rock, a mercenary Banan of Albei, a team leader Imsiikila the Wise, a merchant, aka Uncle Kila Knight Ithia, the land knight overseeing the region around Albei Kulakuta, nephew of Uncle Kila, aka Kuta Kuros the Spear, a hunter on Banan’s team Otwei the Hunter, deceased, formerly of Banan’s team Moon of Dolbec’s Rock, a mercenary Tusulei the Builder, aka Aunt Tulu
Others
Boscun the Wall, deceased, bandit Kaad Keelsson, deceased, bandit Leiluminwei, a spirit of the land, his avatar is a great egret Moonlight Wolf, beloved of Leiluminwei, his pack includes: Chomper, Mouser, Scout, and Swift
Advertisement
- In Serial577 Chapters
Guild Wars
Draco had risen to the top of the world through his exploits in the legendary FIVR game, Boundless.
8 12750 - In Serial151 Chapters
Inverse System
Abandoned by their mother and orphaned by their renowned father's mysterious death at a young age, Rein and Leona Alister lived alone in a small village happy with nothing but each other's company.
8 626 - In Serial20 Chapters
Sword System Academia
2/17 NOTICE: I'm putting this on hiatus, possibly permanently. I didn't want to spam with an "update chapter", so hopefully here and in the story blurb will get enough eyeballs. There are a couple reasons for ending SSA for now. 1) I wrote the next chapter but wasn't happy with it. I've been less and less satisfied with SSA's quality the more I thought about it. Part of the reason is... 2) I am seriously thinking about trying to publish some novels to help pay the bills, since I don't have my other source of income anymore. I have never asked for anything from SSA readers, no money, not even a review or rating. SSA is written for fun to amuse myself, primarily, and I would kind of feel bad actually charging someone money for something as unserious as that. I don't think it is good enough to ask anything in return. To use an analogy from music, SSA is more like a jam session with a bunch of friends. You're just chiling and having fun playing some music. I mean, if you are Mozart or even Eminem, your jam session is good enough to sell, but for an amateur beginner like myself, haha, no. If I want to publish something, I feel like I need to go the proper route of practice and rehearsals, which might be more similar to a classical concert performance. With SSA, I work from worldbuilding notes and a loose outline, but what you are essentially getting is the first draft with lots of so-called pantsing. Pushing out a web novel like this also means it is very difficult to go back and improve things without breaking everything else downstream. I wanted to try this "jamming" approach, as it was a good way to teach me about another aspect of writing, but to move forward, I think I need to hone my "classical" techniques, which emphasize rewriting, or at least, revising outlines. 3) While I intend to try to make $$$, my actual current goal is to "get gud". I've spent a lot of time recently trying to understand the self-publishing industry, and I'm pretty sure I can make some money by using short-term strategies with my current amateur skill level. But I've seen too many authors come and go/burnout, and really, the only way that I think I can enjoy writing and still make money on a long-term basis is to become a better writer. And the next step for me, which I haven't done much before, is to spend more time on rewriting and outlines. That is pretty much antithetical to the way SSA is developing. I've always been kind of 20/80 plotting/pantsing, but I want to spend a lot more time outlining before I even start writing. SSA jam sessions don't really fit my goal anymore. If you're curious about what's next, read on... Among other regrets, I regret not finishing SSA. It's the first story I've dropped, but then again, it's the first web novel I've attempted, so I suppose that's not a surprise. I don't think traditional web novel formats suit me that well. The whole SSA story I had loosely planned (beyond a first book or major arc) is way too large as well. Big story = good for neverending webnovel with Patreons, bad for penniless and fickle writer like me. I am currently outlining a complete trilogy to another story in great detail. I want the story to end concisely, and I also want the chance to really spend a lot of time on the full outline to spot pacing problems, character issues, lost themes, and so on. I'll still share this story on RR. What I intend to do is finish book 1, flash-publish the whole thing here for a few weeks, then publish on the big Zon. Repeat for books 2 and 3. The upcoming story will be about crafting heroes. The backdrop is an isekai-like setting, where elves will summon humans to their world as heroes, but the whole hero crafting business is still in its infancy. The elven mage researchers are figuring out how to imbue heroes with power, while the heroes are trying to figure out how to use the powers that they gain. Humans are the best hero templates because they are blank and have no intrinsic magic. Or at least that what the elves thought. The human MC has his own secrets... There will be some similarities with litrpgs, but I would call it more a progression fantasy or gamelit story. For example, the stats are very low, at least initially. Say we have a stat called Str. Going from Str = 1 to Str = 2 is a huge deal. Also, going from Dex = 0 to Dex = 1 is an even bigger deal. I guess you could call it a "low-stat litrpg", haha. Also, the heroes won't be gaining stats simply by killing things or leveling up. You can't increase stats arbitrarily, either. There will be rules to how stats can increase, and how they work with each other. The elven mages will be figuring out these rules in order to craft stronger and stronger heroes. Some inspiration will be from cultivation magic systems, but there won't be overt cultivation, at least for now. A theme I really want to explore is the idea of interactions. That includes things like hero crafter vs hero, tactics vs strategy, skill synergies, racial interactions (dwarves, elves, etc), and son. Yeah, so hero crafting. I'm super excited about this project and venturing into publishing. If you want to check out the upcoming story, you can follow my RR author profile to see when it drops here. Finally... THANK YOU TO EVERYONE! I'm very sorry that SSA is stopping, but I hope at least some of you will find the next story at least as enjoyable, if not more. Thanks to all the readers who gave SSA a shot. Big hug or solid fistbump to all of you, whichever you prefer! I hope this message is not a downer but an upper, because I am psyched!! -purlcray -------------- BLURB: Talen, youngest Master of the Koroi, makes his way to the Empire's capital to salvage his clan's fate. But the bustling city has few opportunities for the traditionalist. For the old sword clans are fading. With the rise of alchemy, gold can purchase strength that ordinarily took years of training to cultivate. Sword artists, once rare and accomplished, are quickly growing in number, especially among the wealthy noble class. Even with such alchemy, though, no one has advanced to the rank of Grandmaster in countless years. Talen's true dream is to walk the path of a sword artist to the very end while fulfilling his clan duties. And then the Swordgeists return, fabled founders of all sword arts, gods who had touched the world long ago and vanished. These myths turned into reality warn of a coming threat. Alongside this warning, they issue an invitation to the Sword System Academy, a path to power beyond the mortal realm. But first, they will hold an entrance exam... Story notes:Sword System Academia blends elements of western and asian fantasy such as xianxia and litrpg. I took parts from different genres I enjoyed and twisted them into my own creation. There will be an explicit system, both of the litrpg kind and the hard(ish) magic kind, but it is embedded within an academic structure that will develop over the course of the story. This is my attempt to design a unique type of system, the System Academia.
8 153 - In Serial43 Chapters
My Life in Dragon Ball
Rai is now back on Earth. As an Omnipotent being, it get boring sometime especially now when his wives is out exploring Earth and having some 'girls time' without him. To get some entertainment, Rai decide to send some poor soul to anther world. That lucky person is Ken Lee, a Neet and an orphan. I don't own Dragon Ball or any series related to it. I made this for fun and entertainment only.I also don't own the picture. I found it on deviantart.com by a guy name Akaggi and modify it a bit.
8 237 - In Serial64 Chapters
Inumaki Toge x Reader
youre an ordinary girl who recently joined jujutsu tech to become a jujutsu sorcerer, in hopes of making the world a better place. - the story starts around episode 6, where itadori yuuji 'died'- it will also follow the original story line of the show jujutsu kaisen> main aspects: fluff, angsti hope you will enjoy reading this :)[started on march 10th 2021] [completed on april 9th 2021]
8 99 - In Serial6 Chapters
Strawberry blonde
Logan is the Mrs. Popular at her school.Tyson is Mr. Playboy at his school.What happen when they get paired for the famous baby project?Read more to find out
8 146

