The music finally fades as memories of the past come crashing in. This page concludes Chapter VII, "For Old Time's Sake."

We also updated the desktop wallpapers in our Extras section.

Fantasy Realms finally makes its much belated return this week. The gallant Gandash emerges from the shadows, and hints none too subtly of a history he and the Priestess Calais share.

Part of the delay was preparing for our next announcement: our new studio! Cramoisy is the home for our projects as well as that of our friend Hai! All of our stories will be within a fingertip's reach via the convenient new header, and soon you will be able to access our studio webpage for the latest news on what we're doing.



Once you've enjoyed our update, you should move on over and check out Hai's new comic By Moon Alone. It has everything a good story needs. Hulking monsters, plucky heroes, and...a tuning fork? You'll have to read to find out more!

We imagine this will not elicit any shock from our tried and true readership, but we have missed our relaunch date by a smidgeon. Fear not, we really do have something up our sleeve; we just got a bit tipsy on the eggnog and reveled too much in the holiday festivities. We had another announcement to make as well, but since we wanted to line things up for one big bang, we've pushed both it and Fantasy Realms' relaunch to January 21 January 28.

But to tide you over a bit, Niko plans to resume his semi-daily doodles over at his sketch blog, and we have a special teaser for Hai's latest project -- which just happens to be part of our upcoming announcement!

If that's not enough, perhaps a few comics will suit. Hwei Lin Lim's Hero is a dreamily penned fantasy tale told almost exclusively through the artwork. Each beautiful image is a story in itself, but hover your cursor for a moment and you will see captions that enlighten a deeper story.

Then there is Strays by Samantha Whitten and Stacey Pefferkorn. The comic has only just begun but already promises a lively story filled with action, drama, and a touch of humor complete with super-deformed skits.

Finally, we have updated our banners in the Extras section. If you have a hankering to update your links to a non-updating comic, now is the time!

With the script rewrite done, we're moving forward here in Fantasy Realms Land. Unfortunately, we don't come bearing presents just yet. We will be spending the holiday seasons preparing and building up a collection of pages so you can expect a steady update schedule, but like many of you, we will also be spending the holidays with a little fun and cheer.

We look forward to seeing you on January 7. In the meantime, you might want to keep tabs on our blogs: Clay's Nowhere Land and Niko Geyer's Journal.

Our super-talented friend Barb Jacobs (author of the popular Talismen graphic novel) has started posting pages of her new pet project. Xylia is a beautifully illustrated fairy tale that will appeal especially to the romantic at heart. We're sure Barb would love to hear from you guys, so hop on over and send her some e-hugs in our name!

The script revisions are taking us longer than we thought, but we're getting there. You can expect a new page within this month. We do have some actual content to present with this update though!

Our Fan Art Gallery has been updated with not just new artwork, but some old, previously unavailable pieces as well. Be sure to check that out! The beautiful illustration on the left is a contribution by our partner in crime, Hai. You can see more of his work at homanga.deviantart.com. The artist of the other picture calls himself Kitsune.

If you're left wanting for a fantasy fix, Kelly Hamilton's excellent Roza comic has resumed updates with a brand new chapter.