INFO: Irwin's Journey rewrite - chapters 1 to ... 30? (Patreon)

Hey guys! As I shouted out in my discord, I've added/changed the first... 30 chapters on RR. Well, it's actually chapters 1 to 27, but there are 3 new ones mixed in. Because of how difficult it is to release them here, I've decided to do this differently. Attached, you will find the edited/rewritten start of Irwin's Journey in EPUB format.

Now, for those who don't want to re-read them, here's a very short list of what was changed. Some of the changes were already alerted in later chapters, and some you might know, but just to be as complete as I can.

• Irwin and the other children's ages were bumped to 15 or 16

• To make this work, reactions across the board were changed in situations

• There is more worldbuilding in all chapters

• The reasoning for why they are selected has changed, as they are deemed adults at 16

• The sorcerers tower section was... well mostly rewritten? Instead of half a chapter, there are now three chapters including some training montages.

• Irwin takes a more active role in the initial reforging (he is the one that hits even if Ambraz does the heavy lifting)

• After some soul-searching (pun intended), I decided to keep the quarts to diamond names...
  Part of this was because the POLL I held showed that many people enjoyed the made-up ranking system, and talking with a lot of people showed that the main issue was how badly I had introduced it and reiterated on it.
  However! I've gone out of my to try to add way more mentions of them, including descriptions of how Irwin has trouble keeping them apart. There are also more callouts of them early on to hammer home the way the first three levels work

  However, 2! special cards were removed, as the name implied more than I had meant, and it never did get mentioned much after the first fifty chapters.
  That means that the new lineup is: Common/Quartz, Uncommon/Amethyst, Rare/Topaz, Very Rare/Emerald, Epic/Ruby, Legendary/Diamond, Mythical/Ammolit

• I'm hoping this will remove the confusion everyone is having...

• There's some reference to Uxin'tar in the tower to foreshadow his arrival

• The entire first portal section, including where Irwin blurted out Ambraz's existence, has been rewritten. Due to this, it was lengthened by a chapter. It's hard to explain all the changes...
  

  I probably have forgotten a few things, sorry if I have.