February 9 Update (Patreon)

Everybody who didn't see the previous update: I'm fine! My furnace got fixed almost immediately on Monday, so I had a warm week. More importantly, I had an enjoyably productive week.

Building momentum on these broad updates can be difficult. I could write a huge amount of new NPC dialogue in an eight hour workday, but I've never actually done a day of nothing but that, because so many unrelated lines just wear me down. Usually I end up taking a break, or at best working on something different (some of you may be pleased to know that I've written a bunch of new sex scenes for this upcoming update).

Another aspect of the open world updates is that sometimes after a good day of work my list has actually lengthened. This is because items like "Update Ardford" get replaced with several specific items for more elaborate interactions or quests. Crafting an update where everything is new, events respond to player choices, and there are events around the world involves juggling a huge number of variables.

I felt pretty good about what I managed this week, though. There were a few bumps, but I mostly rolled over them and kept up progress. Some areas are basically done, but there's still much more to do.

Meanwhile, we have something fun: another player has written fanfiction! You can find the scenes from here:

https://thelastsovereign.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:17521 

These are some nice vignettes featuring Robin and Riala. Feel free to check them out!