verias

I'm not sure how many of you lovely folks out there still visit the site, but it's been 5 years since Mysteries of the Arcana went on hiatus.

Unfortunately, with J's busy schedule, there's no telling when we'll find time to finish out what we were working on.

A lot of big things have happened to me, personally, since then. In late 2020 I came out as transgender, so hi again everyone! I'm Keira, the artist formerly known as Keith W. I've moved across the country, and life has had its ups and downs.

The other day, I pinned down J long enough to have a chat about something that's been ticking around in my noggin for a while, and got his blessing and permission to keep the site going, and tell a new story, using the world, characters, and settings that we established with Mysteries of the Arcana over its run.

To be clear, this is not going to be a one-shot or short story, this is a whole new arena of stories revolving around some new characters. But fear not! There will be more than a few familiar faces!

To me, MotA has always been,at its core, a story about love, growth, and self-discovery, and those themes are what I want to stick to, and I have some stories of my own that I want to tell that follow those themes, but will take us all to new places, and you will meet new faces to bring the story to life.

This comic was my first big foray into the world of comic creation, and I've worked on a lot of projects since, but this place always feels like home. I am glad to be returning to it, even if it's not the way I'd originally planned.

I am working with a long-time fan and writer, Sabrena Pattat, on this, to help bring this vision to life. We're in the early writing and planning stages, so we aren't looking to drop the first chapter just yet, but we are spitballing for around the start of 2025.

Thank you all for all the years of love and support, and I look forward to where we go from here.

Keira W.

verias

Hey guys and gals,

I know you've all been waiting a long while for some kind of something. MotA is still on indefinite hiatus, as J's life has become very full, leaving little time for him to write to finish out the story (but I am working on trying to get us there). As with any project of passion, this is his baby, and trying to find alternative solutions to finish it out are difficult.

In the meantime, I am preparing to launch something of my own. A harem, fantasy, comedy, action story with all manner of twists and turns. The site is up, but still pending some final tweaks and some page expansions (cast page, links, what-have-you), but as I'll be doing this all with my own two hands and brainpan, the only person responsible for hiccups will be me. Like MotA, it will be Patreon funded, which I've already restructured and set up as I'm working toward the roll-out. The comic is called Seal of the Guardian (Hogo-sha no Inkan), which follows our protagonist Kei, and their misadventures in the land of Wisteria. So feel free to pop over there in anticipation of the October release, or check out the Patreon and see if you guys would be interested in supporting me over there. I'm aiming for once a week updates for the time being, but if we reach a certain point, I'll try to move to twice weekly.

The art style is a little different, but, since I do have J's permission, you miiiiiiiight see some familiar faces pop up in Wisteria along Kei's adventure.

Hope to see you over there!

Verias/aka Keith W. out.

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Sorry for the delay, guys. Some life stuff happened that drew me away for a bit, and took a large portion of my focus.

I do hope patience is paying off, now that we've seen the big reveal of our baddie. So! It seems perhaps, there's definitely more to this pawnbroker than initially visible. Now, the question is...what shall we see with William's predicament?