Dark fantasy volume
The Thornbound Chorus
In the tangled wilds of Bristlefen, where thorn-thick brambles whisper ancient songs, a fractured kinship between the quill-wights and velvet-seers teeters on the edge of ruin. When a harp of woven thorns awakens a long-dormant curse, two souls—one a reluctant quill-wight bard and the other a velvet-seer with haunted visions—must navigate riddles of the past and betrayals of the heart. Their entwined journey threads through shadow-haunted fenlands and luminous glades, where wonders bloom like night-thorns and mercy bears a sharp, bitter edge. As the chorus of brambles rises, both must choose: survival at the cost of old blood debts, or the sacrifice of a fragile hope.
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An immersive mythic folk horror series set in a living, thorn-entwined fenland alive with whispered songs and shadowed bargains. It weaves dual perspectives between a quill-wight bard and a velvet-seer haunted by visions, blending eerie wonder and soft horror with moments of tender kinship and moral injury. Listeners will wander a rich landscape of creeping brambles, luminous fen blooms, and ancient debts, where every melody carries both blessing and curse, and survival demands shared sacrifice.
Cast
Thalen Quillweaver
protagonist, quill-wight bard · wants To mend the broken harmony of his people and reclaim lost bonds
Mira Thornveil
velvet-seer antagonist (and dual POV) · wants To prevent the curse’s spread even if it means severing kinship ties
Eldrin Silkshade
ally, silk-singer storyteller · wants To weave tales that hold memory and hope alive
Kaelen Stonehart
elder stone-folk guardian · wants To uphold the old laws and protect the fen’s balance
The Thornbound Chorus
Arc: setup · 1,652 / 80,000 words