The Sword of Kaigen & Where Loyalties Lie - Special Editions

A Quick Introduction…
4 months ago – Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 09:06:38 AM

Hi Everyone!

We wanted to take a moment to do a quick intro. While interacting with us here on Kickstarter or via our support email, the majority of the time, you'll be chatting with two people!

Hi! I'm Eira (pronounced like Ira)

I am in charge of coordinating the campaigns and fulfillment for nearly everything Wraithmarked does. I came to Wraithmarked close to 4 years ago after spending more than a decade as your friendly neighborhood IT gal. Most days, I can scarcely believe it's real. But here I am, with all you fine people, eagerly waiting to get my hands on this and every book we make. :)

A couple of quick things about me. I'm a sci-fi/horror author, a published tabletop RPG developer, and sometime musician. When I'm not being a total dork, I collect bumps and bruises by skating with a local roller derby team under the name 'Tryst Issues'. 

Hey there! I'm Heather!

In addition to helping out my benevolent overlor- Eira, I'm also head of the Wildcrown brand! You'll likely talk to me if you send us a support message here on Kickstarter or via email. I also help with coordinating our Kickstarter campaigns and fulfillment, and in between all of that, I also design our enamel pins! Being able to work creatively has been such a blessing - I love what I do. <3

Within Wraithmarked, I'm a bit of a nerd. Outside of Wraithmarked... also a nerd. I have my own illustration business which allows me to travel to different conventions and meet some truly fantastic con-goers and fellow artists alike! I build Zoids model kits, play too many video games, collect trinkets, and dote on my cats, Soren, Taro, and Edgar.

Okay, back to Wraithmarked...

We bring all this up to let you all know that when you interact with us, you're talking to real people who have been involved with the creative process from start to finish. It's super important that your experience with us is a good one. While we can't promise completely smooth sailing— manufacturing and distribution are tricky businesses— we will do our best to keep y'all informed as the process progresses.

That's all for today! Just wanted to stop by, give y'all a peek behind the curtain, and say hello! Thanks again for supporting what we do here at Wraithmarked!

Be well!

Eira & Heather

Slight Change to a Stretch Goal!
4 months ago – Mon, Nov 03, 2025 at 08:39:50 AM

Hi there everyone!

We wanted to take a quick moment to address one detail we initially overlooked, so just a short update for today. We were planning to incorporate foiling on the back of the cover as promised in the Stretch Goals, but no design that we worked with allowed Tom Jilesen’s awesome art to come through in the way we really wanted to. For that reason, we made an executive decision NOT to cover any of the illustration with foil elements, and we apologize that we jumped the gun promising that.

We’re gonna make it up to you in a pretty cool way, though.

Instead of foil on the back cover, we are going to be adding foil detail to both jacket flaps, meaning that when you or someone you’re showing the book of to opens the book up to show off, they will be met with significant extra hidden detailing in two places. We recently did this for A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC, and it looks stellar.

Again, we’re sorry we jumped the gun on that, but hopefully the pivot makes up for it! We really wanted Tom’s clean art to shine on the jacket, but we also wanted to make up for the mistake by adding MORE foil than you would have had in the first place!

Let us know if you have any questions or concerns! As always, thank you all for your patience and support!

Heads Up Regarding a Delay in Fulfillment
5 months ago – Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 09:15:17 AM

Hey everyone!

We hope this update finds you well, despite it not being the greatest news. Transparency and communication are integral to not only our company model, but us as employees and fellow booklovers.

We're closing in on our projected fulfillment dates for this campaign (November 2025), and as we get closer, we wanted to formerly announce that this campaign will be delayed by at least a couple months. We do not have solid dates at this time, and this is mainly due to not wanting to overpromise and underdeliver. We would rather say fulfillment will take longer than constantly post updates stating "it'll happen soon, we promise". 

There are numerous reasons for these delays, and as many of you who have been following these updates since the campaign funded, you know all too well the issues earlier in the year that threw a wrench in all of our campaigns across the board. 

Update #18: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wraithmarked/tsokandwll/posts/4322900

Update #19: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wraithmarked/tsokandwll/posts/4334370

Despite that, production is, of course, continuous, and we will continue to update you folks as we hear more from our printer!

We know some of you may be frustrated hearing this news, especially those new to Kickstarter and crowdfunding in general, and we do apologize for that. But as the nature of crowdfunding suggests (and even just running a company), delays can happen, production issues can arise, and sometimes, more time simply needs to deliver the promised goods at the quality we assure all backers. We promise you, the prize is worth it. <3

 Let us know if you have any questions, and we'll see you in the next one!

A Peek Inside... Take a Look at the Dust Jackets!
5 months ago – Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 06:33:40 AM

Hi there everyone!

As with many of our projects, we occasionally love to share some of the behind-the-scenes here at Wraithmarked! Today, we have the dust jackets for these gorgeous books! Take a look below!

Both of these books together create such a sweet harmony of design and color... we can't wait for more entries of SPFBO to be done this way! (but I'm getting ahead of myself...) Thanks to STK Kreations, these two editions will be some of our best designs yet!

We hope y'all are just as excited as we are! Stay tunes for more updates!

A Peek Inside... Chapter Headers!
6 months ago – Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 10:55:41 AM

Hi everyone!

We've got some exciting news for you guys! Our designer has been hard at work on these two beautiful editions and we wanted to take a moment to share one of the many design elements: the chapter headers! Take a look below!

We all really love the attention to detail in these volumes. You can see the similar diamond-shaped spot illustration highlighted within the book as it is on the outside, the faded cover illustration opposite with the characters breaking free, the use of angles to create some awesome negative space... We're so excited for these books!

We'll definitely be sharing more design elements as they come to us. We hope you're excited for these books, too!

Till next time! Have a great weekend, y'all!