Divided Chapter Index

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300 years after the events of Divided, the Magic Realm is still going strong - but Untamed Sage Áine fears for the future of her branch of magic. Whilst Ethren and Keisha have successors lined up for the next 'cycle' of Sages, Áine still doesn't have a successor and not by choice this time - old age and witches' pallor, a condition where overuse of magic affects the body, makes her worry she may not have much longer left. Desperate for a successor, she gets lucky when sixteen-year-old Morgyn Ember wants to become a dedicated spellcaster. Of course, in desperation, it's easy to miss out on some things that should have been picked up...it's not a case of their capability, it's a case of whether magic is the answer to any of their underlying issues.

 

No romance, focus on mentorship and found family. Only content warnings are some blood, major character death and a lot of fire. 

 

• Prologue - A Dying Art
• Chapter 1 - Born Anew
• Chapter 2 - Just the Beginning
• Chapter 3 - The First Rule
• Chapter 4 - Practice, Research and Determination
• Chapter 5 - A Burning Desire

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THIS STORY IS AIMED AT 18+ READERS ONLY, NOT SUITABLE FOR MINORS
Started: 20/06/2022 | Finished: 20/11/2025

Two years after a devastating event, young witch Áine leaves her childhood home in search of a new life. Well aware of how many in Henford want her and all other magic-folk dead, she's determined to make positive change within this new community with the help of new friends and new family. The threat to witches is a threat to everyone, whether they have magic in their blood or not. Eventually, people will have to overcome that which separates them to unite against the threat of the witchfinders and the man mostly responsible for their uprising, Lord Eduardo Volpe.

Chapter Index

• Prologue Part 1: A Wish upon the Sun
  
• Prologue Part 2: Fortunate
  
• Prologue Part 3: Coming of Age 
• 1:1- Have Faith
• 1:2- Maiden Voyage
• 1:3- Cunning Folk
• 1:4- The Spider's Web
• 1:5- Family Matters
• 1:6- Always Watching 
• 1:7- Counsel 
• 1:8- Fatherhood 
• 1:9- Gilded Wolves 
• 1:10- Far Away from Home 
• 1:11- Lost and Found 
• 1:12- Lunacy 
• 1:13- Our Hero 
• 1:14- Vulnerable 
• 1:15- Clouded

• 2:1- Invitation from the Vampire
• 2:2- Something To Tell You 
• 2:3- Found Family
• 2:4- A Wish upon the Moon 
• 2:5- Familiar Comforts 
• 2:6- Safe with Us 
• 2:7- Three Years Later
• 2:8- Give In 
• 2:9- Let This be a Lesson 
• 2:10- For Your Sake  
• 2:11- The Wandering Flame 
• 2:12- Back in Business 
• 2:13- Got your Back 
• 2:14- Know Thyself 
• 2:15- Reveal Thyself
• 2:16- Ill Met by Moonlight 
• 2:17- Between the Lines 
• 2:18- Amongst Wolves 
• 2:19- Fair Game 
• 2:20- A Time to Celebrate
• Divided: Act 1 and 2 Recap 

 

• 3:1- Five Years Later
• 3:2- Clipped Wings 
• 3:3- Life's Too Short 
• 3:4- No Choice 
• 3:5- Our Generation
• 3:6- Father and Son 
• 3:7- Stand in the Ashes 
• 3:8- Little Rose 
• 3:9- A Changing World 
• 3:10- Do No Harm 
• 3:11- The Perks of being a Mooncaster 
• 3:12- Lost Futures 
• 3:13- Tooth and Claw
• 3:14- No Way Out  
• 3:15- Must I Tread with Care
• 3:16- Longing for Retribution
• 3:17- The Pecking Order
• 3:18- The Wolf and the Shepherd
• 3:19- Don't Praise the Day
• 3:20- Outnumbered

 

• 4:1- The Aftermath
• 4:2- Two Lies and a Truth 
• 4:3- The Maze of Existence 
• 4:4- Under the Gryphon's Wing
• 4:5- Missing Pieces 
• 4:6- United
• 4:7- A Brighter Future 
• 4:8- In Memoriam 
• 4:9- Try Again 
• 4:10- Another Side 
• 4:11- Water Under the Bridge
• 4:12- Success Stories
• 4:13- The Wire Mother
• 4:14- The Way Home
• 4:15- Honesty
• 4:16- Mono No Aware
• 4:17- Stranded Beyond
• 4:18- The Man with his Heart on the Outside 
• 4:19- A Devil for Hair
• 4:20- Blooming Rose
• Divided: Act 3 and 4 Recap

 

 

• 5:1- A Normal Life
• 5:2- A Gyrfalcon for a King
• 5:3- Misguided
• 5:4- Placebo Effect 
• 5:5- The Mooncaster's Daughter 
• 5:6- Firelight
• 5:7- The Masquerade - Part 1
  
• 5:8- The Masquerade - Part 2 
• 5:9- Before the Storm
• 5:10- The Grass is Always Greener
• 5:11- Like Wild Dogs 
• 5:12- Broken Silence
• 5:13- The Fox Condemns the Trap
• 5:14- Fear and Longing
• 5:15- Absolution
• 5:16- Eve of Retribution
• 5:17- Tough Decisions 
• 5:18- Cold Weather, Cold Hearts
• 5:19- Iron Talon
• 5:20- Proximity
• 5:21- Back to School
• 5:22- Survival Instinct
• 5:23- A Glimmer of Hope
• 5:24- Blood Moon
• 5:25- A Sense of Justice
• 5:26- Community Spirit
• 5:27- By the Sword
• 5:28- An Empty Nest
• 5:29- Fearful Symmetry
• 5:30- Two Months Later

 

• 6:1- Triage
• 6:2- A Healed Bone
• 6:3 - Age of Enlightenment
• 6:4 - Patience be a Tired Mare
• 6:5 - Light of the Moon
• 6:6 - One of the Good Ones
• 6:7 - Half Sick of Shadows
• 6:8 - The Curse is Come Upon Me, Part 1
• 6:9 - The Curse is Come Upon Me, Part 2
• 6:10 - Wilted Rose
• 6:11 - The Mercy of Wolves 
• 6:12 - Nowhere to Run 
• 6:13 - A Long Time Coming 
• 6:14 - Si Vis Pacem
• 6:15 - The Perfect Victim
• 6:16 - Blood on your Hands 
• 6:17 - Interior of the Earth 
• 6:18 - The Hidden Stone 
• 6:19 - Desperate Measures
• 6:20 - A New Era

 fun fact, 7:2-7:5's chapter titles are fun playful parodies of modern fantasy novel titles.

• 7:1 - Welcome to the Realm of Magic
• 7:2 - A Realm of Past and Present
• 7:3 - A Realm of Grace and Moonlight
• 7:4 - A Realm of Spoils and Cunning
• 7:5 - A Realm of Peace and Mourning
• Epilogue: A Wish upon the Present
• Divided: Act 5,6 and 7 Recap (in progress)
• Divided: Special Thanks
• Divided: Afterword

 

BANNER CREDITS: Divided logo font: HBM Serenity, Imago logo font: Modern Sans Light. Butterfly image and bunny image by GDJ on Pixabay. Dragon vector by StarGlade on Pixabay. Sun/moon divider by saradika-graphics. Gold dragon and gold wolf divider by sweetmelodygraphics.

•  Character Deep-Dives: A majorly spoiler-free look into the characters of the story and how they were created as well as a bit of analysis, potential inspirations and other things, answering some general character creation process questions from a Tumblr post. Owen | Katlego | Áine | Reynold | Clementia | Julian | Gideon | Eli | Oskar |
• Divided Book Covers - some book-style covers I put together.
• 2022 Halloween Special: All the Time in the World - Written just after Chapter 1:13, covers some of the backstory of two characters to be properly revealed in Act Two.
• 2023 Halloween Special: Occult Swap pics, reimagining the characters as occults / different occults...Best not to read until after you're about halfway through Act Two.
  
• Untouchable -  A short scene from the Bloodmoon war. 
• 2023 Love Day Special - An exploration of love in most of its forms.
• International Women's Day Special - a deep-dive into the female characters and womanhood in the story.
• International Men's Day Special - a deep-dive into the male characters of the story.
  
• Pride 2023 - Looking into LGBT+ topics in the story.
• March 2025 Floral Short Story Challenge
• 2023 Christmas Special - The first year I've actually done a proper Christmas Special, in which Reynold teams up with a certain magical figure to help him cover up a white lie he told to small children. 
• 2024 New Year's Wishes - New Year messages from the cast, plus pictures. 
• 2024 - 2 Year Anniversary Character Portraits 
• 2025 - 3 Year Anniversary Character Portraits
• Divided Characters as 'The Onion' headlines - just a funny little meme. Recommend not reading until after you get halfway through Act 3.
• Divided Trading Cards - fake trading cards of the characters!
  
• Divided Forum Thread Comments Archive (up to Act 4 Chapter 11)    

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