Prophecy of Vyrdanor Mini-Wiki

Five shall burn and five shall break,

No single hand the whole shall take.

The throne shall crack, the crown shall fade,

And none shall wield what once was made.

Yet hear this truth, etched deep in thread—

A child shall rise where hope lies dead.

Not just ruler born, nor sovereign bred,

But reckoning, with stars o’erhead.

Of root and flame, of sea and sky,

Of shadow’s hush and light’s reply.

No one element shall they bind,

This soul shall fracture every line.

Not forged for war, nor raised for peace,

But meant to make the breaking cease.

A bridge between, a breath, a scar,

The echo of the realms we are.

So mark the hour, and heed the fall,

The child who bears the strength of all.

The fate we cast, the path we chose…

Will bloom or burn when time reknows.

The Echoes of Shattered Realms covers a large time period and The Echoes of the Prophecy covers an even larger one. While most readers can follow it, I understand it can sometimes be complex or confusing. If you need clarification, I have put together the following timeline!

(PF = Post Fracture / Post the Judges Arrival & the Fracturing of Magic)

The Echoes of Shattered Realms

Prologue
1008 PF

Chapters 1–16
1021 PF

Chapters 17–23
1022–1023 PF

Chapters 24–27
1023 PF

Chapter 28
1023–1024 PF

Chapters 29–30
1024–1027 PF

Chapters 31–40
1027 PF

Chapters 41–55
1027–1028 PF

Chapters 56–58
1028–1029 PF

Epilogue
1029–1037 PF

The Echoes of the Prophecy

Prologue
995–1007 PF

Chapters 1–12
1007–1008 PF

Chapters 13–15
1008 PF

Chapters 16–17
1009–1010 PF

Chapters 18–21
1011 PF

Chapter 22
1011–1014 PF

Chapter 23
1014 PF

Chapter 24
1014–1015 PF

Chapter 25
1015–1020 PF

Chapters 26–28
1020 PF

Chapters 29–33
1020–1021 PF

Chapter 34
1021–1022 PF

Interlude I
1022 PF

Chapters 35–36
1022–1023 PF

Chapters 37–39
1023 PF

Chapter 40
1023–1025 PF

Chapters 41–44
1025 PF

Chapter 45
1025–1026 PF

Chapter 46
1027 PF

Interlude II
1027 PF

Chapters 47–67
1027–1028 PF

Chapters 68–71
1028 PF

Interlude III
1028 PF

Chapters 72–74
1028 PF

Chapters 75–78
1028–1029 PF

Epilogue I
1029–1036 PF

Epilogue II
1036 PF

Eldara - Judge of Light and Truth 

Vescar - Judge of Shadow and Secrets 

Aevorin - Judge of Time and Fate 

Gaior - Judge of Earth and Harvest 

Thundrala - Judge of War and Storms

Mareth - Judge of the Sea and Transformation 

Inara - Judge of Dreams and Creativity 

All Judges are in Vyrdanor at the behest of the Primordial Gods. All Judges used to be mortal—or at least conditionally immortal—and ascended at some point in their past.

A brief note on politics and parallels.

This series contains deliberate parallels to the current political climate of the United States and the wider world. Social injustice, economic imbalance, and the consequences of foreign policy all play out on the page—sometimes quietly, sometimes uncomfortably—always intentionally.

While some believe literature should be apolitical, storytelling has always reflected the systems, conflicts, and power structures of its time. Fantasy does not exist outside of reality; it refracts it.

My work is no exception.

A quick note on diversity and worldbuilding—because it matters to me.

The Echoes of Shattered Realms is set primarily in Vyrdanor, a region that—like many real-world civilizations in earlier centuries—developed in relative geographic and cultural isolation. In its distant past, Vyrdanor was a crossroads—shaped by migration, conquest, trade, intermarriage, and old magic that blurred borders as often as it erased them.

But history has a way of narrowing itself.

Centuries of political consolidation, dynastic rule, religious influence, and prolonged war, slowly pulled Vyrdanor inward. Borders hardened, bloodlines were curated, and alliances became insular. Over millennia, bloodlines mingled through conquest, migration, and old magic, but much of that diversity has been diluted by time, politics, and power.

Like much of this story, that evolution carries real-world political undertones. Without getting into too much detail—for reasons that would drift into spoiler territory—it reflects how societies justify themselves in the name of order and survival, and how those justifications can harden into corruption and power over time.

That contraction is part of the story.

As The Echoes of the Prophecy unfolds, the world expands.

We move beyond Vyrdanor into other realms and cultures—places shaped by different climates, histories, magics, and values. With that expansion comes far greater ethnic and cultural diversity, not added for balance or optics, but emerging naturally from the world’s structure and its long-suppressed connections.

This is intentional.

I care deeply about authenticity—even in fantasy. Empires rise and fall. Power centralizes. Borders are enforced. And when those borders fracture—or are challenged—the world doesn’t just change. 

It reveals itself.

With the release of The Echoes of Shattered Realms, we are only at the beginning of that journey.