First of all, welcome.

For those who have noticed a lot of stories in my gallery? That's mostly an ongoing story I am writing. I've mentioned it in the previous journal, but I'll explain in this one. For the quick rundown? I am compiling my portions of "Evalia's Tale" here in this journal entry for latecomers who are wanting to read the whole thing. I will periodically edit in links to each chapter as I complete it for ease of reference. It'll be mature but not adult, mostly, and will showcase Evalia's character development through a couple years' real-time play... in "I don't know how many" chapters. I'm thinking twenty thirty, but it could easily be more than that.

There are three things to know, and one for me to state openly:

First. This is a dramatized retelling, an origin story for my shadowvixen character. She has been around for "ohgodhowlong?!" years and details are very fuzzy through much of this period. So I'm using old notes of events on top of original character notes polished over the years to settle her backstory. A lot of this happened before 2005, but now I'm rewriting it over the last couple years. (As I think I've gotten better enough at writing to get it to work.) There's a few things which were part of her in the early days which... no longer make sense or I simply stopped. Those are gone, for all sorts of reasons, but what remains is the core of her character - redefined, refined, and polished. This Evalia is the version which is the... base self.

Second. Not all the characters in the story chapters are mine, and I will be crediting them when they get more than a mention-cameo. This picks up more once Evalia reaches 'the wider world', when I started playing more publicly (part 12). That said, I'm mostly including characters which held a special meaning at the time Evalia was developing: they had some influence on how the shadowvix grew as a person. I'm also unable to include some of those who simply... dropped out of my awareness, or who explicitly say "no". My apologies, and if you're reading the story and don't like the cameo or inclusion - at any point - please drop me a line and I'll see about fixing it. After taking the offending part(s) down, naturally. I will do my absolute best to rewrite anything to satisfaction.

Third. I am hoping to keep this particular story PG-13, or at least to avoid excessive amounts of adult content for the sake of it. So if you're hanging around hoping for a shadowvixen-of-size to [insert some sizefurry sexual thing here] then it's not happening except in implications. I'm also not going to intentionally go deep into gore, or such. It's not about me objecting to the use of Evalia in such situations (because a few people who know me are snickering at that idea) but because I'm looking to leave this "mature, but approachable" to show how Evalia developed. Smut will likely happen, but it'll be separated. I will not link it in here.

Lastly. I am well aware the earlier few parts are shorter than later ones, but I was still getting a feel for what I wanted to write. I will not be adjusting their length or fleshing them out further, because then I'd be at this for years trying to get it "perfect". I may have to remove chapters and re-upload because of typos which sneak through, but I will always keep this journal updated with working links. There is no set release schedule, since I'm doing this on my own time and not being paid for it. (And no, I'm not asking for it - I've included other peoples' characters and monetizing that feels morally wrong. Copyrights aside.) If you want to keep up, either throw on a Watch (much appreciated, enjoy the art which goes up between stories too) or check back here periodically.

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1. Principles*
2. Unwanted*
3. Confrontation*
4. Consequences*
5. Departing*
6. A Curious Meeting
7. A Night to Remember
8. Playing the Game
9. Opposition
10. Understanding
11. Experimentation
12. Two Nights Out
13. How to Make Friends
14. Research and Relaxation
15. In Their Proper Place
16. Creation
17. Casting Shadows
18. Memory Lanes
19. Night of the Tigerthing
20. Learning Experiences
21. Making Peace
22. Goddess of the Night
23. The Towering Wolf
24. The Inheritors
25. Searches and Memories
26. Final Preparations
27. The Midnight Hour
28. The Days Which Come After

(Note: The entries with an asterisk have been replaced with rewritten chapters which hopefully fall in line with the rest of the story.)

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Thank you for trusting me with your time. I'll try not to waste it too much.

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Credits:

Sardeth, Tyarlal, Sorvetz, Xecheq, and Lhuhikwdwoo are ©  Lhuhikwdwoo
Kitana is ©  kitana
Litan, Giada and Shenayim are ©  djagir
Jenora is ©  JenoraFeuer
Arilin and the Giants' Club were created by  Arilin
Macrotis is © their player

All other characters are © myself.