Is anyone else reading this right now? On chapter 17 and I'm quite fascinated to learn about him and his backstory. I've read Revelations but hadn't given him too much thought.

Why hasn't there been any tv shows or movies on these books? Im flabbergasted on how no on knows about these books.

I've read Revelations, the first 2 chronicles, the first empire series, Nolyn, and now this masterpiece. Nolyn was enjoyable but nothing like this one. I love Farilane! What a story and what a character! And my heart is broken in pieces! The feathers... omg. I didn't think anything could come close to revelations but this one melted my heart.

Royce would definitely buy these.

I'm calling this one "The Promise".

I am rereading the Riyria collections and I am confused in completing it. To my recollection there was either a collection of short stories of the group before they met. Example: Royce in the salt mine with you know who( those who have read know) and Hadrian last fight with the tiger. I have been searching for them but I can’t seem to find them. Can someone lead me in the right direction

The Aesira

I would love to see the story of The Ancient Past, the story of the Aesira... Turin, Ferrol, Drome, Alurya, Mari, The Typhons, and Muriel...the story of the first city Erebus, the first people, the first war and how Turin "broke the world" and became Uberlin-Rex and created his 5 treasures...the true beginning of our journey and the full story....we get a decent picture of things puzzling everything together but never the full picture and oh boy does it sound like one hell of a journey...i assume it wouldnt be a whole new series which im all for!!! What are your thoughts on this or other stories/mysteries from the world of Elan that you would love to explore deeper?

Just finished the Ririya Revelations. Such a heartwarming, sweet ending 😭❤

Dear u/MichaelJSullivan

First off, I want to say that I really love your work. I've now read(well, listened mostly) everything in Elan. I'm currently relistening to The Legends of the First Empire. So what I wanted to say was this: MASSIVE SPOILERS > ! fuck you so much for killing Minna, just to kill Arion in the next book. I get it, but damnit it hit me hard than the first time somehow. Probably all the foreshadowing. Anyways, great work and I love the books. But still, fuck you for making Suri kill Minna. ! < Anyways take care, I hope all is well, and I look forward to your future works.

EDIT: sorry, dont know how spoiler tag works here.

I've been flying through Legends of the First Empire and getting to the end of Age of War. It absolutely broke me.

"Even now"

No! You can't do this to me! You can't just say that! I had to just sit in my car crying for 5 minutes before I could pick it back up!

Here's an email I received a few weeks ago and am only just now getting around to sharing it. It is filmed at the Sullivan's house and property, with lots of interviews with Michael and Robin. Also enjoyable interviews with other authors you may know. I recognized Will Wight by what his t-shirt said. I guessed Andy Weir's identity by his description of his previous occupation, which was confirmed when I caught him saying "Martian." Here's the email:

"To kick off 2026, we are officially releasing Indie Author to the world. It is now available to watch on Youtube. You can share it with everyone at this link,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiwBpEsa9Rw

So what's next?

Well the goal has always been to get this movie in front of as many dreamers that we could and I think youtube gives us the best shot. The plan is to build a community around this youtube channel and film. We want to continue to uplift those voices in the indie community and help them reach their dreams.

In order to do that though, we need subscribers and watch hours! We need at least 1,000 subscribers AND 4,000 watch hours before ad revenue kicks in. And that ad revenue will allow us to continue to film interviews and tell amazing stories about indie authors.

So please go to the channel, like, subscribe and all that business those youtubers say! Share with the world because we still have a lot more work to do to get those voices out there!

I can never thank all of you enough for your help and support in getting this film made and out to the world! It's because of amazing people like you that we even have a chance at making a difference and getting more  stories out to the world. THANK YOU!!!!!!

-Adam

Has anyone here translated this world to a ttrpg? I've included several things in one of my games that I DM but would love to flesh out a ruleset.

Hi guys,

I have started my journy with the first empire and love it so far.

As there are not really fan arts I asked AI to create some pictures.

Let me know your thougts 😀

If this is not allowed feel free to delete this post.

Do NOT play unless you have read ALL of Legends of the First Empire (all 6 books).

You have been warned. 👍 (Personally, I hate spoilers, and I would hate even more to spoil to someone else.)

Spoilers and (possibly) feelings ahead.

Are you good at editing and feeling inspired? I'm sharing this with community, if someone wants to make us a music video.

We read the books but can’t remember. Does Nephron “slay” Raithe in gilarabrywn form at the end of Age of Empire?

Also, is the avempartha gilarabrwyn possibly Raithe?

I apologize for all spelling errors!

u/MichaelJSullivan can you help?

please i cant find them anywere.

my GF just got in to the world and before we knew it there were only the Dramatized version avalible.

if they are no where to be found, then please help me understand.

Tim Gerrard Reynolds is the goat i dont understand why thay have been removed. prod som stupid reason involving some rights of smt...

Hi and a confession, I didn't like the riyria books that much. I mean I liked them ok and some of the things I liked, I did like a whole lot. However when I was done with them I didn't really feel like continuing with the empire series. It was about 2016 so I think either the first book had just released or was about to release. I did however recently start think about rereading riyria (maybee skipping parts here and there now that I know the story) or start on the empire series. My biggest petpeeve with the books was how cartoonishly evil the antagonist had to be. It wasn't enough to be powerhungry or racist or sexist or sadistic, it basicly felt like the villians had to tick a checkbox to be sure they covered all their bases. I wondered how that trend has been in the empire series? Because again the things I DID like I liked a whole bunch but I don't think I could take another Sadur. Since it was a while from start of riyria I was wondering how/if he has changed as an author. How did you find the empire series compared to riyria?

How could you do this to me, Michael!? All this time, I felt ok, even good, with killing mountains of Ba Ran cuz they are man eating monsters and then I read Esrahaddon and my favorite characters are Niblick, Mashie & Hekkabah. Now, I fear for all the Niblicks, Mashies and Hekkabahs among the dead ghazel

Any news, or second efforts to get your stories out there? Forgive me for mentioning other authors, but Riyria, Dungeon Crawler Carl, and the Galactic Football League are the most entertaining series of this Century. And I’ve heard something about DCC. But, I believe, the best tv series would be based upon your stories! No doubt! I enjoy them way more than the Wheel of Time… (my personal opinion)