Foruna lives in Blade City, with only a single name and a pair of guardians that picked her up as a kid when they were only kids themselves.
The Evelyx have been long trying to carve out a new homeland for themselves ever since the Argyl Itvenma [death of heart’s home], but as the Ava Itvenma grows in size, the upstart underbelly of the infant world begins to seep into its streets.
The Timeline
2010
– Dual Wielding starts
2023
– third major rewrite begins
2026
– Writing Block project
– major overhaul and re-plot
I started Dual Wielding in 2010, during high school. The entire series has been through a few different iterations and has changed drastically from the fantasy project that I worked on as a teenager.
In 2026, I’m revisiting the work again, and this time I’ll finish a readable draft.
A Writvember Update
There are 10 days left of Writvember and I have written only 11,000 words since the writing retreat finished (ᵕ—ᴗ—). It’s so strange how the human body and mind works. I went from writing 43,000…
May’s Writing Retreat is Over
Dual Wielding: Blade’s Gauntlet is projected to have 3 arcs, 8 acts and 32 chapters. So far, I have the drafts for 13 chapters (Arc 1 and just starting Arc 2). I already know that…
Writvember Begins: Writing Blade’s Gauntlet
Dual Wielding: Blade’s Gauntlet When a pair of brothers find a small child in the snowy border of Blade City, they aren’t sure what the bigger mystery is: how did she get there or why…
Preptober Finished! Writvember Begins! And a Re-Introduction
Hi there! I’m Edald Hopfield ヾ(＾∇＾) I’ve just finished Preptober, preparing myself for a month of drafting Dual Wielding: Blade’s Gauntlet as the new cycle comes in. I am also running another “writing retreat” in…
Preptober Update: the Evolution of a WIP
At first, Dual Wielding was something of a love letter to the fantasy genre. It was almost a fan-fiction of a variety of books I’d read but with an original setting and characters (original really…
2 Weeks into Preptober
I’m two weeks into Preptober and so far I’ve worked on outlining the novel (getting the skeleton down) and pulling together all of my character information. I have extensive worldbuilding for Dual Wielding that I’ve…
Preptober is Pumping ᕙ( •̀ ᗜ •́)ᕗ
The first thing that I’ve noticed since starting Preptober is that there is way more lore and plot development for Dual Wielding: Featherstorm than I thought. Though I have a lot of pride in how…
Preptober begins (و •̀ ᴗ•́ )و
Today marks the start of Preptober for Dual Wielding: Featherstorm! Timeline: Week 1, 1st—5th April: Planning Week Week 2, 6th—12th April: Power Week for Structure Week 3, 13th—19th April: Power Week for Characters Week 4,…
Cycle 26’s Writing Project, Preptober Incoming
This April I will be entering my second Preptober using the writing blocks I developed from Heart Breathings’ Preptober video. Sarra is actually about to start another Rough Draft Challenge (she does them April, July…