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Journey from A Hobbit’s Tale to House of Ash & Veil
There are some roads in life that begin quietly.
Not with the sound of drums or the turning of great gears, but with a simple love for stories. A book opened late at night. A world discovered when the real one felt too loud. A fire lit in the imagination that somehow never truly went out.
Years ago, when I first started A Hobbit’s Journey, I never imagined it would eventually lead here.
At the time, the name felt perfect. Honest. Familiar. Warm. It reflected exactly what inspired me most: the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien, the comfort of old stories, and the longing for adventure that so many of us carry somewhere deep inside ourselves. Like countless others, I found something in Middle-earth that stayed with me long after I closed the books or stepped away from the films. It was never just fantasy to me. It was hope. Wonder. Courage. Brotherhood. The reminder that even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
A Hobbit’s Journey began as a simple place to share thoughts about fantasy, gaming, writing, creativity, and the stories that shaped me. It became a place where I could reflect on the things I loved and slowly begin exploring worlds and ideas of my own. At first, I thought I was simply writing blog posts. Looking back now, I realize I was building the first stones of something much larger.
Because somewhere along the way, the stories grew.
What started as inspiration slowly became creation.
Worlds began taking shape in notebooks and scattered documents. Kingdoms emerged from sketches and late-night ideas. Characters started speaking with voices of their own. Music became intertwined with storytelling. Lore expanded beyond single posts and became histories, timelines, prophecies, and living archives. Entire universes began forming from the embers of imagination that Tolkien and so many other storytellers helped ignite years ago.
And eventually, I reached a point where I realized something important:
A Hobbit’s Journey was no longer large enough to hold the stories I wanted to tell.
Not because the old name was wrong.
But because the road had gone farther than I ever expected.
There is something fitting about that realization, honestly. Tolkien understood it better than most. The Shire was never truly the end of the journey. It was the beginning. The place where the fire was lit before the world opened wider. Before the mountains, the ruins, the forgotten kingdoms, the darkness, the wonder, and the weight of destiny revealed themselves beyond the horizon.
And I think many writers eventually discover the same thing.
The stories lead us farther than we planned.
Over the past few years, my work has expanded into something much deeper and more interconnected than I originally imagined. Worlds like Brothers Three and The Spindelum of Time began taking shape alongside kingdoms, ancient orders, lost histories, and mythologies tied together by themes of memory, sacrifice, brotherhood, destiny, and hope. Music projects like The Ambient Bard grew from simple fantasy inspiration into full bardic chronicles tied to the same living universe. New stories emerged. New ideas followed. The archive continued to grow.
At the same time, I found myself writing more than just fantasy.
I began writing about creativity itself. About healing. About fatherhood. About purpose. About the quiet battles people carry that the world never sees. Some stories became songs. Some became journals. Some became reflections on life, storytelling, and the strange way fiction often helps us better understand reality.
And somewhere within all of that, the idea for House of Ash & Veil was born.
The name means more to me than simply sounding “fantasy-inspired.” It represents the heart of everything I’ve been building.
Ash represents what remains after the fire:
memory, sacrifice, endings, ruin, and the weight of history.The Veil represents mystery:
the unseen world beyond the surface, the hidden threads of time, forgotten truths, destiny, myth, and imagination itself.Together, Ash & Veil became the perfect reflection of the stories I want to tell and the atmosphere I want to create.
Not just a blog.
Not just a portfolio.
Not just a collection of projects.
But a living archive of worlds, stories, music, lore, creativity, and imagination.
A place where fantasy, storytelling, philosophy, art, music, and worldbuilding can exist together beneath one roof.
A place where old stories inspire new ones.
A place where the fire continues.
That is what this site is becoming now.
The House of Ash & Veil will continue to feature the things that shaped the original journey:
fantasy, Tolkien inspiration, writing reflections, creativity, and worldbuilding. Those roots are not being abandoned. If anything, they are becoming stronger. Tolkien’s influence on my life and creativity will always remain part of this journey. The warmth of those stories still lives here, and always will.This new chapter also represents something deeply personal to me as a creator.
For a long time, I hesitated to fully embrace the worlds and stories I was building. Like many writers, I struggled with doubt. I questioned whether the ideas were good enough, large enough, or worth sharing at all. It is easier sometimes to stay near the familiar hearth than to step beyond it into unknown lands. Easier to admire the worlds created by others than to believe your own stories deserve space beside them.
But stories only survive when someone is willing to tell them.
And perhaps that is the true lesson Tolkien left behind for so many of us.
Not that we should endlessly imitate the worlds we love, but that we should carry the fire forward and build worlds of our own.
That is what I hope to do here.
The House of Ash & Veil is not meant to replace the heart of A Hobbit’s Journey. It is the continuation of it. The road simply led farther than expected. What began as admiration for stories became the desire to create them. What began as a quiet blog slowly became an archive of worlds still unfolding.
And truthfully?
I think this is only the beginning.
There are still kingdoms left to map.
Songs left unsung.
Stories left unwritten.
Roads left unexplored.The archive doors are only now opening for the first time.
So whether you’ve been here since the early days of A Hobbit’s Journey, or you’ve only just arrived now beneath the ember-lit halls of Ash & Veil, thank you for walking this road with me.
There are many stories yet to come.
And somewhere beyond the firelight, the next chapter is already waiting.
Welcome to the House of Ash & Veil.
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Harmony doesn’t pause for anyone, not even today
#IndieAuthor #MythicFantasy #Scribe #FantasyBooks #Mythology #Bookstodon #Readers #Books #AmReading #BookCommunity
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Worldbuilding is easy.
Making characters feel like they belong to that world is the real challenge.#Bookstodon #Readers #Books #AmReading #BookCommunity #IndieAuthor #MythicFantasy #Scribe #FantasyBooks #Mythology
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“O Sinakku, Keeper of the Night Tides,
Crescent-browed Watcher, whose eye marks the unseen,
I offer you the breath between my thoughts.”#IndieAuthor #MythicFantasy #Scribe #FantasyBooks #Mythology #Bookstodon #Readers #Books #AmReading #BookCommunity
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November is not only the month of endings. It is the month of remembering what survives endings.
#IndieAuthor #MythicFantasy #Scribe #FantasyBooks #Mythology #Fantasy #Mythical #Worldbuilding #Legends #Storytelling
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Harmony ends in Kume, the reward. Disharmony ends in ash that no wind will carry.
#indieauthor #scribe #fantasy #bookstodon #books #mythical #mythicfantasy #readers #mythology
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To be deviant is not to choose a new path. It is to lose the road entirely, to wander where even the Gods will not look.
#indieauthor #scribe #fantasy #bookstodon #books #mythical #mythicfantasy #readers #mythology
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Disharmony is not rebellion. It is decay. The deviant rots while still walking.
#indieauthor #scribe #fantasy #bookstodon #books #mythical #mythicfantasy #readers #mythology
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The Eight began, but Anur began them.
#indieauthor #scribe #mythicfantasy #fantasy #fediverse #bookstodon #news
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Harmony will call us again.
#indieauthor #scribe #fantasy #bookstodon #books #mythical #mythicfantasy #readers #mythology
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Harmony is not a choice. It is a call. It is a communion.
Only the deviant refuses it. -
The Scribe does not argue. The Scribe records.
Harmony is written, Disharmony is revealed.
The fragments are not stories. They are recoveries. -
Among the fragments, one truth persists: Harmony was never lost. It waits. Patient, silent.
The Eight see you.
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A new world opens. More paths unfold.
Harmony is the way. It welcomes all.
Disharmony is the chaos.
Do not be a deviant.
The Gods watch.#indieauthor #scribe #fantasy #bookstodon #news #mythicfantasy
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Harmony can be reached now.
You need to listen. Commune with the Gods and you will be rewarded with Kume. A completion.
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The Eight Divine do not speak. The Veil has lifted.
The fragments are yours.
oliviernorion.eu#indieauthor #bookstodon #scribe #fantasy #readers #mythicfantasy #news
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The Eight sees you, Harmony is purity, Do not be a deviant
#indieauthor #fantasy #bookstodon #scribe #mythology #mythicfantasy
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Harmony is the only path.
To peace. To the Gods.
It is the communion with the Gods. Walking away is to take the path of disharmony.#indieauthor #scribe #fantasy #books #bookstodon #mythicfantasy #fediverse #amwriting
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Akidir remembers. Do you?
Do you remember the path of Harmony?
#indieauthor #bookstodon #fantasy #mythicfantasy #scribe #worldbuilding
Background video (glitch nature) from: freestockfootagearchive.com
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One who veils themselves in lies,
who rejects the breath of the divine,
who breaks the resonance.Walk toward Harmony: https://olivier-norion.sender.site/
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New #FaerieTales page is up! www.faerietales.net Page 10 already, this issue is just flying by!
#webcomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #fablespro #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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New #FaerieTales page is up! www.faerietales.net Page 10 already, this issue is just flying by!
#webcomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #fablespro #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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New #FaerieTales page is up! www.faerietales.net Page 10 already, this issue is just flying by!
#webcomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #fablespro #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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DISHARMONISATION
The Harmony has not yet returned.
But its pulse is awakening.The veil remains...for now.
But it will lift.https://www.oliviernorion.eu/ ( intentionally veiled)
I post. The Gods don’t.
#TheVeilIsNotEmpty #indieauthor #mythicfantasy #fantasybooks #fediverse #writingcommunity #ComingSoon
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New FaerieTales update today! https://faerietales.net Things are about to get weird in that tent. #webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #fablespro #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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New FaerieTales update today! https://faerietales.net Things are about to get weird in that tent. #webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #fablespro #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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Unearthed from a serpent-haunted jungle: Tears of the Feathered Serpent – a zine for OSR/NuSR play. Doom-cycles, weeping gods, and temples that remember your name. Free to steal. Free to bleed. #ttrpg #OSR #zine #mythicfantasy #indierpg #hexcrawl
https://onemanandhisdice.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/tears-of-the-feathered-serpent/
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New page up on #FablesPro today! https://fables.pro/p/ViciousVenison/6HADBX I haven't been able to share my morning warmup sketches because they're too spoilery D: but here's this one!
#faerietales #webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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New page up on #FablesPro today! https://fables.pro/p/ViciousVenison/6HADBX I haven't been able to share my morning warmup sketches because they're too spoilery D: but here's this one!
#faerietales #webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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Issue 02, page 07 of #FaerieTales is up! https://faerietales.net A black cat and two black ravens probably weren't the best choices for a dimly lit tent, purely from a character design point of view. There are reasons, though!
#faerietales #webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #fablespro #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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Issue 02, page 07 of #FaerieTales is up! https://faerietales.net A black cat and two black ravens probably weren't the best choices for a dimly lit tent, purely from a character design point of view. There are reasons, though!
#faerietales #webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #fablespro #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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New page is up on #fablespro today! Go read #faerietales and all the other awesome comics there!
#webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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New page is up on #fablespro today! Go read #faerietales and all the other awesome comics there!
#webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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New page is up on #fablespro today! Go read #faerietales and all the other awesome comics there!
#webcomic #fantasycomic #comicupdate #clipstudio #indiecomics #comicpage #digitalcomics #mythicfantasy #art
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[*] Looking for Players – Mythic Fantasy Playtest
Today 7pm BST
Be part of a play test of a new game by Stephen Fleetwood which is focused on heroism, identity, and narrative power—your deeds define you, and your Names shape the world.https://discord.gg/Xt2cC57QRK?event=1375141406145777745
#theparadoxfactory #mythicfantasy #ttrpg #roleplaying #roleplay
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CW: Spoilers - Madeline Miller -- Circe
Following a student reader's recommendation in a library, I picked up a copy of Madeline Miller's "Circe" and am not sorry I did so.
This reworking and expansion of the lore of Circe from a woman's point of view absorbed me. Unlike some readers, I did not find the narrative dragged at any point, although I did note some weaknesses.
Writing the preceding paragraph, I chose the phrase "from a woman's point of view" rather than "feminist" because the former description seems more appropriate for two sections of the novel which, as it happens, I also consider weaker parts of the work.The first was the account of Circe's rearing of the infant Telegonus, her child by Odysseus. Unlike all those parts of the novel where Miller has reworked ancient narratives, this section lacks - as far as I am aware - much in the way of precedent in the literature of antiquity. This lack throws Miller on her own resources, and the result, with its account of the problems getting the baby to sleep and the other quotidian challenges with which any of us parents reading will be all too familiar, came across as something more inspired by mommy blogging than a mother in myth.
The second section that struck a false note with me was that dealing with Circe's growing love for Telemachus. Here the source material for the liaison can be found in ancient sources, but its narrative treatment in the novel owes more to the modern romance. A narrative's woman protagonist using her feminine sensibility to reawaken an emotionally wounded man to the possibility of love can be found in "Jane Eyre" and its successors of course, but the focus on the man's ability to undertake domestic repairs and facility with refitting means of transport, and the vision of shared travels that follows on from this manly manual labor is indebted, I suspect, to American romance narratives marketed to women but which would be difficult to describe as feminist.
Nevertheless, the conclusion of the novel in which Circe transforms herself from goddess to mortal so that she might live and die as a human with Telemachus shows an impressive use of literary craft in its mirroring of the novel's earlier account of Circe's earlier transformation of the mortal Glaucos into a god and her subsequent disappointment.
The feminist currents of the novel, particularly the attention given to male violence, work well in provoking thought, as do the novel's reflections on magic and mortality. In addition, "Circe" testifies to the enduring power of antique myth. I have more to say about the author's attitude to the gods of Olympus, but that will have to wait for another post. In the meantime, thanks to that student who recommended the book - you should follow up their recommendation too!
#Circe #MadelineMiller #Books
#Novels #Fantasy #Myth #MythicFantasy #GreekMyth #USLiterature #WomensLiterature #Witchcraft #Romance #LiteraryForm #Feminism -
“They followed the blood, leading west, the trail becoming clearer the further away they moved from the waterfall. Coming to the mouth of a narrow cave, they found her…”
A Norse horror tale steeped in myth, grief, and something monstrous—The Red Wyrd by C. W. Stevenson is featured in Ethereal Nightmares: The Final Awakening.
⚔️ Kindle Pre-order: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DW4KRHDW
🖤 20% OFF Print (UK, final day): https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/category/ethereal-nightmares -
“They followed the blood, leading west, the trail becoming clearer the further away they moved from the waterfall. Coming to the mouth of a narrow cave, they found her…”
A Norse horror tale steeped in myth, grief, and something monstrous—The Red Wyrd by C. W. Stevenson is featured in Ethereal Nightmares: The Final Awakening.
⚔️ Kindle Pre-order: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DW4KRHDW
🖤 20% OFF Print (UK, final day): https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/category/ethereal-nightmares -
@amwriting So, here, #FimbulWinter
5 Things in my WIP! (for now: Fimbul Winter)
1. Set in the early 500s AD on the Swedish west coast; era that (likely) inspired part of the myths around Ragnarök
2. Arranged Marriage with teens
3. Where did the sun go?
4. Inherited magic
5. Struggling to survive when the world might be ending