Book 1 of "A Thread Between Friends"
Novel version coming soon
On the night of an angry full moon in the year 307 AT, a priestess named Nerva of the Qyo Faith vanished with nary a trace, after being exiled from her monastery by order of Monos Oledias of the Purple Orchids.
Listen to that story here:
https://spaceseer.ampwall.com/album/feral-moon-single
In the centuries following the disappearance of the Priestess, the Monos of the Qyo Empire transformed the doctrine of the Qyo Faith from one of peace and friendship into one of forceful, dictatorial rule.
Wister Oledias, in his desire to warp the religious-reality of Qyo citizens across the canyonlands, enforced a violent separation between the flower-folk known as Kylyy, and mushroom-folk of Fulgen kind.
During her time, the Priestess warned of an all-out attack on the lives of the Qyo people of by the Bouquet of Oledias. Even after her death, she was famous for always holding on to hope for the truth of the Qyo doctrine to prevail. To love and respect everyone in celebration of the world's multi-bio diversity.
So famous in fact, that a cult formed around her reserved and somber personality, as well as her kindness towards others of any creed or specie, as remembered through stories of survivors from her Monastery; such is the longevity of a kylyy life if it isn't cut short, as was the fate of the poor Arch-Priestess.
The followers of the Priestess know that they have a long, dreary path to regaining the influence their martyr commanded, an influence that could potentially rival that of Wister Oledias someday.
This path leads to the Feral Forests, on winding hills beyond the Forked River, North of Qyo. If the Nightlilies can make it through the horrors of the Forest, there is a chance they will meet a strange and popular elite within the complex social-class of these woods: Lord Sarmyx, Oyster Mushroom Protector of the Central Feral Forests!
Join us in this telling of Book 1 of our series "A Thread Between Friends", and thank you for listening.
Credits
Feral Moon is a sequel to our single of the same name from 2021, and features a return of the voice talent of Raven Timm as Nerva, the Banished Priestess (and many others) as well as the guitar talents of Nathan Curtis Richardson (Temples U.S., BATH)
Joining us in bringing this epic narrative to life is Alan Azcona of Arcaneum Studios, not to mention the great dungeon synth acts of Seven Black Books and Vukkeg. Together, Arcaneum and spaceseer have crafted our biggest album to date, at almost 70 minutes in length.
https://www.youtube.com/@ArcaneumStudio
The artwork was brought to life by the incredible Droned Artworks, an artist supreme who perfectly captured the mood of this story. We can't thank him enough for his patience and attention to detail, and we couldn't be happier with the final result.
Story, world, characters and music created by spaceseer
Produced by spaceseer and Alan Azcona
spaceseer - Bass, Keys, Synths, Drum Programming, Words
Mushroom synth crafted by spaceseer and Kirk Ward
Nathan Curtis Richardson - Guitar on Tracks 2 and 11
Voice Cast (In Order of Appearance)
Kirk Pip Ward - Lord Sarmyx, Neo Sarmyx
Raven Grabowski Timm - The Banished Priestess, Psilo Cyabin
Charles Timm - Psilo Cyabin
William Fullmer - The Aphid Herder
Timm Kids - Feral Aphids
Kathy Jex - Sister Ciupa
Love and thanks to Kirk Ward, Alan Azcona, Nathan Richardson, Randy Cordner, Tree Smith, Dannay Johnson, Angelica, Aurora and Burrito and our friends and family
Dedicated to the memory of Sophie
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