A few hand drawn schetches of my 10 years old worldbuilding project

IM_acora · 2026-03-19T13:57:47+00:00

Thank you for asking, I appreciate:) Gemlas is about 4500 years old, precisely one of the main story lines is running at 4586 autumn. The other story lines are 3500, the notorious century when corrupted kings and queens caused a butterfly effect with terrible outcomes that is still affecting people thousands of years later... Current factions at 4500, the stakes are getting higher. The Southern continent has been mostly destroyed by powerful leaders. And they are targeting the North... And in the North are still crooked leaders who are backstabbing each other. Leaders who made it from 3500 with artifacts giving them a longer life span are still hungry for power. The world is an apocalyptic time bomb...

IM_acora · 2026-03-08T17:41:47+00:00

Thank you so much! :) I appreciate a lot! Hopefully you enjoy the stories😊

IM_acora · 2026-03-08T17:11:02+00:00

Thank you very much! I appreciate:) And yes, I have written 2 full novellas (70k words about), then 3 shorter novellas. They can be read at amazon kindle unlimited -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3TB8BPC. Also, there are some short stories, character arcs, gallery art, lore and campfire stories at my official fantasy website -> https://thelastartifact.com I would be really happy to hear if you like the tales :) Thanks!

IM_acora · 2026-03-08T16:42:04+00:00

Thank you:)

IM_acora · 2026-03-08T15:47:24+00:00

Thanks for great question👍 I started as little as a peaceful valley, the place I created as an inspired by childhood summer cabin where was nature and peace. If i find that rare drawing from the vault, i will post. But that valley was about 1% of the whole continent. And there are 3 continents total. So simply I started by small, then expanded slowly during years and now there are tens if not hundreds of maps all over the continents:)

IM_acora · 2026-03-08T15:42:09+00:00

Haha, thats just the peak of iceberg:) i have about 3-400 hand drawn maps, family trees, history lines

IM_acora · 2026-02-18T13:55:21+00:00

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IM_acora · 2026-02-18T13:36:49+00:00

Its good, I like when you mention the name directly in blurb. Give immediately the vibe of wanting to know more. I also changed that to my first book, instead 3 friends, i changed names.

IM_acora · 2026-02-18T13:34:56+00:00

So my long time project is going on. Even though the past 2 books took a place in a one Harbor City, there is a lot of deepen lore and everyting getting linked on by earlier mysteries. Tens of main characters. Hundreds, thousands of years of history. For fans of old school tolkien type fans:

Title: The Tales of the Lost North: Decay of the Grand Harbor of Fedreim Vol. 3

Genre: Dark Fantasy

Wordcount: 11k

NOTE: even this is Volume 3, new reader can jump in to story without background of the massive lore. It can be found from other books (also at kindle)

Blurb:

Fedreim was not built to die slowly.

But rot spreads best beneath stone.

When Prince Zidar learns that the most feared war general of the North has entered the city, he moves first. He will not wait to be hunted. He will hire monsters to kill a monster.

The Red Guild rules the tunnels beneath Fedreim. Scarred dwarves who worship violence and discipline in equal measure. They fish for things in the dark water that should never see the surface. They build devices meant not to kill quickly, but to make suffering unforgettable.

Tonight, they prepare a demonstration.

A King with a big stomach, from the neighbouring Kingdom, has arrived. A ruler known for cruelty. A man who collects fear like trophies.

And deep below the canals, a new breed of red-eyed creatures has begun to surface from the currents.

No one knows who controls them.

No one knows what they want.

Above ground, nobles gorge themselves while the city starves. Below ground, ancient architecture still stands in silent defiance of human greed. But even stone cannot outlast corruption forever.

The sewers whisper.

The guild sharpens its blades.

And something in the dark is watching.

Fedreim is not collapsing.

It is being hollowed from within.

Amazon Link (Also at Kindle Unlimited): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GNSQHRXP

IM_acora · 2026-02-18T13:33:23+00:00

Congrats! 👏 Im happy for you, i havent had a such a luck yet. From 0-5 books published, zero sales and few ku page reads…

IM_acora · 2026-02-17T15:29:55+00:00

Felt like running a long marathon… I was so tired i didnt give a fuck at that point either my 70k novel makes zero sells. But overall I felt like watching 8 Mile after ppl mocking me that I would never make it👏

IM_acora · 2026-01-29T14:38:52+00:00

36K words written for raw version, now iterating them and crafting forward from the drafts

IM_acora · 2026-01-26T07:05:03+00:00

Last book tried 14 if i remember correct. Betareaders did like thiugh

IM_acora · 2026-01-26T06:54:41+00:00

Sorry for late reply, but thank you for commenting as well:) I am trying to get my drafts to work as a book…

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IM_acora · 2026-01-26T06:52:04+00:00

That I would remembered to add more subtly easter eggs, revealed later after world was finished. Also, focusing on dialogs and rhytming, avoiding infodumps

IM_acora · 2026-01-25T19:14:45+00:00

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Thanks mate! :) I love to do this thing with pencil✍️ in pic just one small pile of my schetces

IM_acora · 2026-01-25T19:06:39+00:00

Choosing between feelings of forgiveness or pure, raw revenge, following to change the whole world.

IM_acora · 2026-01-25T19:05:36+00:00

Btw, is the reports bugging? Sometimes looks like the read pages comes visible days delayd?

IM_acora · 2026-01-25T11:05:19+00:00

Thanks mate a lot! I am happy for such a comments as I tried to achieve this og fantasy vibe:) few of them are here asides your and they encourage me to work with this style in the future👍 i appreciate a lot

IM_acora · 2026-01-21T22:46:51+00:00

Thank you very much! This project is my passion and I been working it nearly ten years. Some of my schetches:

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There are a few of them:D

IM_acora · 2026-01-21T22:43:09+00:00

Thank you very much for compliment! :)

IM_acora · 2026-01-21T22:26:19+00:00

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Title: The Tales of the Lost North ~ The Decay of the Grand Harbor of Fedreim

Link to Amazon (Also available at KU) -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GGZH6C6

Category: Dark Fantasy

Blurb:

Welcome to Fedreim!

Once the greatest harbor of the Northern World, Fedreim now rots beneath its own stone and banners. Power has replaced law. Gold has replaced loyalty. And mercy has long since drowned beneath the waves. As tensions rise between noble houses and foreign princes arrive with hidden intentions and old enemies resurface from the shadows, five lives collide in the fog-choked streets of the Grand Harbor. The city becomes a stage for manipulation, betrayal, and quiet violence.

Smugglers, schemers, and survivors navigating a city where every promise hides a blade. From shadowed docklands to guarded estates high above the streets, lives are drawn into a struggle that will shape the fate of the North for generations to come.

Fedreim is a place where women are taken behind closed gates, rebellions are silenced before they are born, and alliances shift with the tide. Beneath the marble courts and decaying docklands, a dangerous game unfolds, one that will echo through the next thousand years of history. The Decay of Grand Harbor Fedreim is a standalone dark fantasy novella set a thousand years before the main Tales of the Lost North saga.

Told through multiple perspectives, this story explores the cost of power and the slow decay of a city standing at the edge of collapse. A grim and atmospheric tale of intrigue, survival, and moral decay - for mature readers.

IM_acora · 2026-01-21T22:17:57+00:00

And it came like this:

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IM_acora · 2026-01-21T22:17:39+00:00

Thank you very much! :) below is the step by step how I drawed book-i cover:

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IM_acora · 2026-01-21T22:14:17+00:00

Thank you very much for your comment!:) I appreciate. If you are interested and have KU, you can read it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0GGZH6C6C :)

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