Thanks for reading Triple Strength. If you have made it this far, you must still enjoy it. I am still enjoying writing it. I hope you are working on increasing your Physical, Mental and Spiritual Strength as much as Wiremu is.

What is coming up?

For this next Novela-length section, I am labelling it book 3.5 as it is the excursion of Ruku and Gwaed into Northport. Blood and Death as Gwaed seeks revenge. I am going to increase the release rate as I have built a buffer, and I know people are keen to get back to Wiremu and Tabitha.

I am writing about Wiremu and Tabitha now. They are monster-hunting their way south to Kirghiz. Wiremu is also, finally, putting some effort into his Spy Class and the associated and neglected skills. Tabitha is making coin and causing trouble.

Book 3.5 Blood and Death

In this section with Ruku and Gwaed, you will learn more about

bonds, alchemy, and how Gwaed got her reputation. You will also learn more about the Slave Class. Yes, this is some of the information Wiremu needs.

If you choose to skip this and wait for Wiremu, you will still find out which ONE of them returns, but you won’t find out why.

Names

If you haven’t worked out the naming conventions I am using, here is some background for you.

Humans.

Humans are usually using English names. The Empire is mostly human, so they are English. There are exceptions like Ört, who have spent a lot of time with other races.

Dwarves.

Dwarves are Scandinavian mythology, so I am using Scandinavian names for people and towns. Sometimes I look up common people's names, and sometimes I use google translate to find names. For example, translate Ört and Kryddor from Norwegian.

Orc.

Orc names are based on Slovenian. That was a bit of a random choice on my part. I blame Koza and Velikan.

Elf.

Elf names are based on the Welsh. I just liked the way they spelt things.

Mer

The Mer are based on the south pacific languages. Sione is a very common Samoan name. Wiremu is, in fact, a very common Maori name. I had intended to have more Maori culture, but then he got abducted by an evil empire and ended up in a Dwarf / Orc / Human Kingdom.

Catkin

The Catkin names are Tamil (South India) because I once visited there for a few weeks. Several decades ago. There are a lot of other Animal kin races, and names will vary wildly depending on the animal and where it is found. For example, Wolf kin are probably North American languages. Desert animal kin will probably be from languages around the Sahara, Kalahari, etc. I am thinking desert as we will be reentering the Empire from the south, which means skirting the edge of the Great Desert. See the rough map in the post-chapter notes below.

Avion

You haven’t seen the Avions yet except in passing. There are as many variations of Avions as there are Mer. They rule the skies and have the only air travel system available. Their names will come from Asian languages.

If you want to message me, it is better on my discord channel - see below in the post-chapter notes.

Enjoy.