the book of remembrance
Christopher is delighted to announce he’ll be collaborating once more with the indominatable Wraithmarked for the BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. Our favorite author says:
“Sooo … @Wraithmarked just prelaunched another awesome #WorldofEragon kickstarter. THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE. I’ve already written the intro for it. Can’t wait to do the rest.Short version? Seven battles throughout the history of Alagaësia. Seven in-world essays. And YOUR name, in human runes, among the ranks of the fallen.It’s going to be AWESOME. Oh yes, and a ton of art.”
Christopher Paolini, X.com (@paolini)
The campaign is set to launch June or July of 2025. Details are still forthcoming, but read below to see what Wraithmarked has revealed so far.
From Wraithmarked:
The first ever opportunity for INHERITANCE CYCLE fans to have their name inside a WORLD OF ERAGON project.
A lot of stuff is still being massaged together, but THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE will contain canon, in-world material written by Christopher, similar to what he’s produced for various special editions. In addition to an intro and outro, he has written introductions and overviews of seven of the major battles throughout the history of Alagaësia. These essays appear as excerpts of various writings from the world itself, collected in a physical book as a project of the Arcaenist Brother Hern (the reason for which you’ll find out in the book itself). And accompanying these excerpts will be—drumroll please—a non-canon list of the names of the fallen warriors, soldiers, and officers from all seven of the battles.
And whose names exactly will be on those list?
Yours. Written both in English and in the Ullmark, the human runes of Alagaësia, and forever immortalized in this amazing artifact.
While the interior illustrations are still being decided on, we do know that there will be at least one illustration per battle depicting the fighting, and there will also be limited slots to have your own custom-illustrated portrait added to the book as one of the highest ranking officers on the field of each battle.
One note, y’all: it is very important for me to highlight that your names will not be canon in the world of Alagaësia. As much as we would have liked to make it happen, inserting modern names into the world would have been very problematic for any number of reasons, and “Alagaës-ifying” all of them would have been such a massive undertaking (making the changes, getting them approved, making sure we got them right in the book, etc.) that it just wouldn’t be feasible. However, they will forever and always be an official part of an official WORLD OF ERAGON project, for the first and possibly only time.
Additionally, while Christopher will be signing each book and will provide lore for each of the battles, I have to highlight that this, like Saphira, is a Wraithmarked Creative endeavor, not a Christopher Paolini one. Christopher will have a hand in every part of the design, artist selection, etc., but at the end of the day final responsibility for the project and product is Wraithmarked Creative’s responsibility, just like it is for the Saphira model.
When Does It Launch
We aren’t 100% sure if it will be June or July 2025, but it will be the first Tuesday of one of those two months at 9am EST.
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