Hail, everyone!

It’s been a little over two weeks since the campaign closed, and I wanted to send a progress update before the end of the month.

The new artwork is already beginning to come in. Caustic has submitted four final pieces so far and is working on the remaining illustrations now. Saprophrial has submitted concept art for all four pieces, and the direction is looking excellent. Johan Nohr and Justine Jones are both scheduled to complete their pieces over the next few weeks.

As final art arrives, I’ll begin writing the lore for each new creature and handing those entries off to Max for stats. This is one of the best parts of the process: that moment when the image stops being only an image and begins to reveal its name, its history, its temperament, its appetite.

We’ll share backer-only previews as pieces are finalized!

We have also submitted the Pledge Manager to BackerKit for review. Once BackerKit approves it, a smoke test will go out to a small random cohort of backers first. That gives us a chance to shake out any bugs, confusing settings, shipping oddities, or strange edge cases before opening it up to everyone.

Assuming that goes smoothly, the full Pledge Manager will follow shortly after. We expect that to happen over the next week or two.

Once it’s live, you’ll be able to confirm your pledge, update your shipping information, select add-ons, and make any final adjustments. We’ll give everyone enough time to complete it before locking orders and finalizing print quantities.

Right now, the main workstreams are moving in parallel:

We are still targeting October fulfillment, and nothing in the current timeline has changed that expectation. If anything shifts, we’ll let you know clearly.

Preorders remain open for anyone who missed the campaign, and will stay open as long as the pledge manager is live.

That’s the update for now. The next major milestone will be the Pledge Manager going live, followed by more finished art and backer-only previews as the new creatures arrive.

Thank you again for making this project possible. It means a great deal to be able to build a book like this the way we believe it should be built: artist-first, strange as hell, and made with real care.

More soon!

By Night,
Janaka

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