I figured I would give an update on my New Atlantis project now that I've finally gotten more or less a rough roadmap of where I want to take this setting. Those of you who might be unaware and curious can look back here for an introduction.

As it turns out, my initial idea has gone from a series of vignettes to a series of connected vignettes. Though there will be individual, fully-complete tales told focusing on different aspects of this world, they are all part of an overarching story that connects each to a final tale in the proposed collection. The stories will initially be told from the viewpoints of the main quad of characters: Neon the otter (loremaster), Orchid the rabbit (scout), Halcyon the horse (engineer), and Azura the fox (medical officer). The final story will have them come together with knowledge and experiences learned from their individual stories that lead them to discovering some of the New World's oldest and most dangerous secrets, which are now being forced to the surface by powers beyond the characters' initial understanding. I can't help but acknowledge that in my attempt to give this setting unseen conflicts and villains outside of common man-vs-man tropes, I kinda delved a lot into some really weird Lovecraftian themes. It's actually been rather fun to mix that with Solarpunk and tribal fantasy :p

I've already finished a rough draft of Orchid's tale, where the rabbit finds herself stranded in uncharted lands and is forced to utilize her wits and experience as a scout to survive. At the same time, she discovers hints of the earliest evidence of the Fusion of nature with technology, and it drives her curiosity ever further into the wilds. I may post it here later on after some editing passes; I could use some beta readers.