A miracle of our time, healing shards need simply to be cooked in herbs to infuse healing properties into the elements around it. The shards are not damaged or destroyed in the process and can be recooked with new herbs after some time to recharge.

Healing shards can be tuned to radiate healing effects to areas surrounding it to improve the natural healing of people nearby, especially novaborn.

Energy Shards

A useful and deadly power, energy shards can be used to power ship engines or provide a home with energy needed for light and heat. However, energy shards can also be tuned to produce the explosive energy blasts or concentrated energy bullets expelled from sword-gun weaponry.

Most energy shards are typically in one of two states; fully powered or recharging. Once energy is spent, the shard switches states and cannot be used again until fully charged.

Some energy shards have been found to still be usable while charging, but these are incredibly rare and valuable.

Light Shards

Light shards are the most common and commonly used shard. It is found everywhere, from the grandest halls to the simplest bedroom. These crystals light our world and beyond. Without even needing to recharge, they can go on shining indefinitely, unless tuned to shine brighter than found in nature.

The energy shards atop our homes allow them to recharge faster and shine brighter. However, so long as they are near a planet with a Nova, they will continually recharge, as is the case with all shards. They come in many different shapes and colors and can be tuned to different colors, lumens, and focused into tight beams.

Heat Shards

Heat is another commonly found shard type. It is commonly used in cooking, heating homes, and forging metals. These are thought to work similarly to how a novaborn creates heat and fire from their body.

Often red and orange in color, heat shards can be tuned to many different temperatures as controlled by a novaborn. However, it will need to recharge after a while depending on the temperature it reached and its overall size. With the presence of an energy shard, heat shards can produce an almost constant heating effect.

Gravity Shard

Gravity shards allow for gravity in weightless environments. Although larger shards can spread out their influence over a much wider area, it is has been so far impossible to make the shards increase gravity strength past natural planetary standards. Unlike other shards, gravity shards do not need energy to function, however their ability to be tuned is very limited.

Atmosphere Shard

Atmosphere shards creates an invisible bubble that contains oxygen and recycles air. Often formed around entire ships allowing its crew to exit the ship and walk around on the upper deck or tie themselves to the ship while making external repairs. Similarly, novaborn have a natural ability to survive in space for short periods of time.

However, the atmosphere shard cannot last forever without an energy shard. A ship must return to a habitable planet to recharge its energy shard.

Entwining Shards

First discovered from the relics of the Lantieb, entwining shards were used as compasses pointing to the novas in other systems. They lock onto another shard or nova’s point in space and direct the object along a path towards it. Most in use today are synced to the original Lantieb shards found in ruins of those ancient people.

When rarely found in nature, entwining shards behave differently. They latch onto any other shards nearby indiscriminately and are pulled towards them, similar to a magnet. They can then be tuned to no longer lose strength with distance and to entwine with specific sources. 

Levitation Shards

Levitation shards cause an anti-gravity effect that, once attached and tuned to an object, allows said object to float in the air. These are very useful in the construction of large heavy buildings, where the weight of which would normally cause it to topple. Additionally, vehicles such as floating carriages, trains, and even small hand pushed trolleys can be levitated. However, levitation shards would be rather useless in space without the use of gravity shards.

Levitation shards can be tuned to lift the greatest of weights, but the heavier the object, the more energy required for the levitation shard to function.

You see them in use with the tables and trolleys at the party, as well as the floating carriages, and the shard stall on Mad Market Dash. If something floats, there’s a levitation shard or two at work!

Aura Shards

Aura shards protect against the destructive power of energy shards. They can also partially deflect hard blows from melee weapons. It is thought to be similar to the natural aura or shield that instinctively forms around novaborn. The size and strength of the aura can be tuned by a novaborn for various needs.

They come in different colors, most often being orange and blue.

How do medieval ships fly through space?

Energy shards have the special property of absorbing the power of the Nova while dormant.  In space, ships bring exceptionally large energy shards with them to power the entire ship on long journeys. They must, however, eventually return to a planet with a Nova to refuel, which can take days to even weeks depending on the size of the shard and the length of the journey.

How do they breathe in space?

Spaceships do not need to be air tight. A pocket of air around the ship is created by the ship’s atmosphere shard, so novaborn and non-novaborn alike can take strolls above deck.

But wait, they can ‘walk’ in space? What happened to Gravity?

A gravity shard within the ship creates a downward force of the same scale as any planet with a nova and that pull is the same strength whether you stand at the bottom of the ship next to the shard or above deck.

How do ships find their way?

Nova powered spaceships use a combination of entwining shards and levitation shards to navigate the ship. Entwining shards can be tuned to the frequency of a planet’s Nova, pulling the entire ship towards the center of that specific planet from anywhere in the galaxy. Meanwhile, levitation shards can be used to steer the ship in any direction manually.

If they can take long journeys essentially on autopilot, what happens if they get attacked or hit by comets in their flight path?

The shield shard protects spaceships from minor collisions with space debris and possible enemy fire, especially from space pirates. Warships have swivel mounted energy guns mounted around the hull of the ship for people to take control of as well as fighter ships to deploy. But mid-sized cargo vessels need to be prepared with smaller fighter ships that can take the fight to the enemy.

Zara is a bodyguard from a far off land. As a follower of Minas, the servant of mercy, sacrifice, love, and marriage, it is her honor to sacrifice her life in protection of another.

As his bodyguard, she will now guard Banis with her life.

Illustrated by Soojung Ham.

Avix | Original Designs

Avix started off as an older character from a later date in the Novaborn timeline. Her original code name was ‘the fox,’ and she was a human pilot for the Wandering Velogriff spaceship. But then Brittany got hold of the story and made her a space fox!

These are the original designs by Brittany Harper, co-founder of Raptagon Studios.

Avix & Darkel | Character Sheet

Avix | Character Sheet

The Quincil drew this adorable reference page for Avix, before getting to work on the comic page pencils.

Quincil won’t be working on the project anymore but it is great to have these as reference for our cute little Avix girl.

Darkel | Original Concept

Darkel | Character Sheet

Inpherna | Character Sheet

Senryn | Character Sheet

This is the velogriff, a distant cousin of the griffon. It was domesticated by the Searadithian empire during The Age of Novaborn, when the Nova was first discovered.

Velogriffs have traditionally been used for transportation by knights in both war and peacetime. Although their wings are not strong enough for long distance flight like the griffons, they can be used to glide across gaps in terrain.

Rabbicorn

Introducing the rabbicorn. These small creatures hop around on their hooves and are found throughout most of the searadithian countryside.

Royal Dragon Dog

The royal dragon dog is a noble and fierce protector. They are often used as regal guards for the Emperor of Searadith. They are smaller domesticated offspring from the wind and dangerous Dragolf, but they are the closest breed to their distant ancestor.

Herding Dragon Dog

A far more fluffy and friendly breed of dragon dog, the herding dragon dog is used on searadithian farms to herd livestock. Their prodding horns and quick nips encourage larger animals like the stubborn searadithian ox to move.

Phoenix Cats

Phoenix cats, or often called ‘nix cats for short, are feathery felines domesticated hundreds of years ago. They are distant cousins of the wild but regal Phoelion, a large maned feline with great feathery wings.

First contact with the nyarri only happened about 20 years before the current events of Tale of Inpherna (The 262nd year of the Age of Stars). Not much is known about their origins or how many nyarri colonies exist. The nyarri people you meet on Searadith are travelers from far away.

Most of what we know about the nyarri is from this painting of a traditional nyarri warrior running through a sandy desert.  The painting was brought back from a far off world by a searadithian traveler.

The nyarri are more difficult to understand than most. It is not helped by their use of distinctive growls or purrs at the end of words to change their meaning. But the nyarri are also naturally guarded about the meaning of some of their words. And so a link of understanding from one novaborn to another cannot be made to quickly learn their language.

The nyarri are secretive creatures. They will gladly trade goods, music, art, and services with other species. However, knowledge about themselves, their people, and their technology are kept hidden.

Desert Nyarri

Nyarri races come from multiple lands, including desert, jungle, forest, and snowy mountain biomes.

Nyarri Sun Priestess

Nayrri are a cat-like bipedal race from a far off world. Here we see a nyarri priestess playing the gourd-harp. The nyarri’s love of music is a poorly kept secret. They love to lounge about in the sun listening to the strum of the gourd harp’s gentle cords.
The level of water within the gourd harp can be changed to match the pitch of the desired song. The nyarri also seem to love the symbol of the sun seen topping the gourd harp, as many use it as ornaments to adorn their clothing.

Nyarri Armor

The Nyarri primarily wear armor that protects against the heat of the sun. The dominant nation being in a desert area. They have a level of technology similar to humans from Searadith but more Egyptian in culture and design.

Desert walkers, the oldest of the nyarri cultures, are proud people who walk upright. Most nyarri naturally have an arc in their upper back, but the desert nyarri wrap young backs to train them to stay upright. Much of their day is spent drinking water from gourd-like vessels to keep cool, playing music, and lounging through the day (they take a lot of cat-naps). They hunt at dawn and dusk when it is cooler and the desert creatures come out of hiding. They are the main ruling nation of the Nyarri Empire. The Emperor lives here and rules his vast kingdom from his Egyptian-like sandstone palace.

Other Nyarri Cultures

Above are a small number of the hundreds of possible fur variations of the nyarri. No two nyarri have identical spots, splotches, or stripes. Nyarri men and women can be hard to tell apart as they both can have the same fur coloring. However, Nyarri women have slender jawlines and nyarri men have larger, more square jaws.

There four main cultural groups of Nyarri, which are interbreed-able. There are the snow-striders, the savannah-runners, the jungle-climbers, and the desert-walkers. 

Desert-walkers were talked about in the Nyarri Armor lore post.

Jungle climbers live in the trees of the tropical jungles. They have brown fur patterns that work well with camouflage in the jungle. They are a member state of the Nyarri Empire. They build homes, high up in the large trees, out of sandstone which they buy from the Desert Walkers in exchange for the delicious fruits and animals that thrive in their jungles.

Forest Nyarri – A lesser group, off-shooting from the jungle group that lives in the forests. They are a part of the Nyarri Empire, but very much a minority group. They are typically considered to be a part of the jungle group.

Savannah runners are lean and nimble for traversing vast open lands and have short patterned fur. They are Nomadic and not a part of the Nyarri Empire. They have developed lean bodies well adapted for running and can run up to 80 mph. They are, however, unable to leap as high as other nyarri groups who can leap as high as 15 feet into the air.

Snowstriders live in snow covered forests high up north and have long and thick layered white leopard spotted fur to protect from the cold. They have the smallest population of all Nyarri and are the most culturally independent. They are partially nomadic and build habitats of ice. They are not part of the Nyarri Empire.

In the Novaborn universe, swords transform into energy guns, and vice versa. Most are powered by two energy shards. One shard sits in the dormant, charging state, while the other is used to power the gun. Soldiers can quickly flip the states of the two shards, when one shard is empty, to replace it with the recharged one.

We already had some concepts of our own, but we tasked Soojung with coming up with some new ideas. Which ones would you like to see in the comics and games?

Aura Shields

There are special aura shards within these shields that produce an extra field of protection against nova energy attacks.

Air Chariots

These chariots fly by the lift of the nova shards within.

One of them will whisk Inpherna, Banis, Anthis, and parents off to the house Vartok castle for the Celebration!

Which one do you think it will be?

Searadithian Spaceships

Medieval spaceships of the Searadithian empire. Typically these models are cargo or passenger ships.

That upper deck is open to the stars and traversable by all thanks to the atmosphere and gravity nova shards that provide air and gravity within and around the ship.

Ellyn the Servant, Outfits

Mysterious Man, Arlmund

House Vartok Ballroom & Hall

The House Vartok [Vahr-too k] Hall is the meetinghouse for one of the twelve royal households of the Empire of Searadith.

Housed within is the royal ballroom where the councilman initiation celebration is taking place in honor of Anthis Sil Tawik.

Avaren Rooftops

Ever wonder what the working class rooftops of Inpherna’s home city, Avaren, might look like? Here are some common homes. Most are topped with special energy nova shards that power their homes.

These shards draw energy from the Nova crystal deep in the heart of the planet and distribute that power to other shards that light, heat, and sometimes even shield their homes.

Medieval Skyscrapers

These massive buildings fill the city of Avaren, Inpherna’s home city. Some are businesses, some are homes for thousands, and some are used for government purposes.

Inpherna has been a character that has been with us since the beginning and has made a lot of changes. But we are happy with the young brash woman she has turned into and are excited to see what adventures she gets into. Drawn by our amazingly talented illustrator, Soojung Ham.

Yares Nor Tawik

Yoroko Nor Tawik

Young Versions

Training Uniforms

Tawik Family Castle

Concepts for the Tawik family castle. Being that of noble birth, Inpherna lives in a large estate with guards and servants going about their duty to protect and maintain the house of Tawik.

A large energy nova shard, a crystal that has absorbed the power of the Nova, sits atop their highest tower, both as a symbol of their status and as an energy source for their castle. A secondary backup crystal sits on the next highest point.

Getting Ready for the Party – Men’s Suits

Banis, Anthis, and Yares are picking out their outfits for the going away party for Anthis.

What suit would you or your special someone wear?

Getting Ready for the Party – Royal Ballgowns

The Tawik ladies are all getting ready for the party! Get ready for your invitation!

Inpherna has been trying on loads of dresses and has made her pick.

Which dress would you or your special someone to wear to the party?

Wyvern and Dragon Symbols

Orowynn, the family phoenix cat

Read Novaborn: Tale of Inpherna.

It has been a long time since we began this adventure

And now it is time for this project to take the next step

A leap of faith

(Inpherna leaping out of a window)

We are very excited to announce…

Novaborn: Chronicles

A visual novel action role playing game for IOS and Android.

Play in a top down adventure where you get to experience the events of Tale of Inpherna and more.

(Gameplay concept)

With one finger controls, move, attack, guard, and parry

(Concept of conversation sections)

Experience the full story of Tale of Inpherna, plus added content cut from the comic.

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