This is by far the most distressing series I've yet to write following the end of my final semester in university, my pending and eventual graduation, and everything that happened in June to September 2023. That said, I'm pleased to announce that I've written 328,771 words for this series. It may be a tad less than the word count of the entire Memoirs of Mayhem series, but after everything I've been through, I'd say it's worth it!

Because let's face it: no one wants to be graduating while thinking of when they have to write the next installment for TUW.

Another fight I had to go through was in getting the individual novellas to 20k. You might ask—how is that possible? Do you ever run out of words and stories? The answer is yes, I do. Such is the case for this series. There will be novellas that are shorter than the rest because I have told the story I needed to tell without it ever reaching the minimum length for a novella, which is 20k.

This prompted me to hit up Google and found out the "Somethings" in the west said the ideal novella length starts from 17,500 words. I'm like, sweet! And so, I continued without guilt, and the next thing you know, voila! You have this insanely long spin-off series that is quite unnecessary but totally made for me and the few readers who have caught up to me as I'm writing. We'll get to that in a sec.

And the story for TUW actually started when I was developing MOFM. I just went and composed titles for fantasy works I want to write someday, and I slotted them in my secret discord server. I eventually forgot about it.

Same story with MOFM, right when I was editing the main series around 2021, I have seen the spots in the plot that deserve some spotlight that they weren't given. Why? Because I was afraid it'd take the story too far from the main point of each book, and I don't want to turn each one into Game of Thrones-esque word count monsters. So, the stories of each of the characters featured in both MOFM and TUW are, unfortunately, put on the back burner for a while.

I only ever had the courage to tackle TUW in its monster planning phase when I was already knee-deep in turning MOFM into the beast that it was. And off I went, knowing I had to devote at least another year for it before I can fully focus on the sequel series (oh yes, it's a thing. lol). From there, I changed the blurb a million times, the covers thrice, and the zero drafts for each one 102870340823rd times. So...yeah. I'm alright. Peachy.

Oh, did I mention that I also had to write this series out of order just because my attention span back in July (as I was awaiting graduation) was all over the place? Some of you might have noticed it, and others even questioned me, but I swear it was intentional. I got the shortest ones out of the way, so I can focus on the lengthier ones later on. Also, I got distracted by a shiny creation contest by forcing me to cough out four novelettes that I had to write alongside TUW. (Shoutout to LiteraryLoungeD for that!)

That's why the order of release was totally wack!

So, now that's all said and done, the COF Universe has 34 works under it, and I'm looking for it to go over 50. Why? Because there are so many fun things ahead! But...some things that I'm never allowed to talk about apart from the announcements I did at the end credits of The Last Oracle.

Finally, to make this journey even more worth it, let me thank some people I've been thanking for a while and those I haven't before.

To my SWF fam (Waterbender_poet, TessaTuring, AmnerisTenjo) who have been with me since the beginning, who have seen my cringy author days and my whiny ass self, thank you for sticking with me through thick and thin, and for watching me get to where I am now. I hope you're proud of me and not annoyed by how much I write in a short amount of time. Good luck to all our endeavors, and I hope we can all meet each other soon! Uwu.

My chaotic fluffs who have followed me literally everywhere else, thanks for your presence, akeila_agramunn, SuVida777, starisredy, Ry-reader-29, and TypedInk_. For the ego boost in the form of random woo!, the emoji reacts to everything I post on Discord, and for being amazing, amazing friends, thank you for making the journey in writing TUW (and a plethora of other works alongside it) a lot less grueling, and making me feel like someone actually cares about what I put out. lol.

To the readers who found COF Main all these years and have not been silent about it, I remember you, and you have my utmost thanks. Some of you have the TUW novellas dedicated to you, namely Jhelouzz, Mztville, 10todaMax, StephenBrown659, asi_ta_blueberry, NovaStorm56, Elaina78, marigolderii, pudding_cup0, PolarLil4LIFE, Don_Eros, and Dooda79. These people have read the entire series and flooded me with votes, and some have reached past the third book, which is a major, major thing, considering not a lot makes it past the first. Lol. Know that I am more than thankful for your support and eventual enjoyment of the series. Honestly, thank you so much!

The next people are those who have gone through lengths and managed to do more to this series and my journey in writing them.

PurpleMist_2. I have no idea what made you love this series so much to have followed it through the months and years that you did. You even gave me a special reading list in your account, and man, I can't express how special that made me feel. You are the best reader any author can hope for, so thank you for making a Wattpad account, for searching through the recommendations, for finding me, and for loving my works as much as (maybe even more than) I did.

Your comments, insane theories, and shocked revelations about sneaky connections I placed throughout the books have been my delight and what I looked forward to, and for those, thank you! For being the few ones who have caught up to me as I'm writing the stories in COFU, I applaud you as well. It's not easy, waddling through my insanity, but you did it anyway. Thank you, thank you, thank you! And yes, I don't mind your essays in my stories. They are the validation I can never get elsewhere.

Dayisdemigod - the designer responsible for the classy covers and graphics of TUW. A BIG THANK YOU for agreeing to design them when I won't be writing them until later next year. (To random readers—yes, I have the covers for TUW offline for almost a year!) I know I have thanked you an irritable number of times now, but I'll do it anyway. Thank you for presenting yourself when I'm whining about how I have no ideas how to do TUW's covers. Thank you for bearing with me and my 103839282982 corrections and specifications. Only a god can and have the patience for that. xD And for everything that you've done and will do for COFU and any of my works in general, thank you so much.

axopus. As the other person who caught up to me while I'm writing TUW and have spent countless hours pestering me for content, I won't say how we knew each other, but I will say how thankful I am for your support for this endeavor of mine. You have made my efforts matter to the people I need them to matter, and for that, thank you as well. Galingan mo sa iskul, or I will whoop yo ass. XD

To the readers of COFU over the years, don't mind me doing a mad tagfest in this part right now. Please don't report me for spam, because I really just want you to know that I haven't forgotten everything that COFU, and mainly The Fairy Legacy, has gone through over the years.

Cheers to psynoidAl, OutrightElm6543, imk___, RaquelSouza202, PinaywriterChoi, marcussparkle, Winterlove63, LauraPWrites, insaneheadcase, Blueauroras, K-J-Whitten, SerpentLyingDeepDown, LotteStarburst, marsinthevoid, writtenbyH, goddessofwisdom-, xxrosewaterxx, MoltenHeat, AshBears, Waterdragon23, and longstoryshortiwrite. You may have forgotten about me now, you might not be using Wattpad as much anymore, but please know your comments have pushed me to write beyond the first book of COF and to finish it eventually. Thank you for seeing The Fairy Legacy in its barest, cringe, trashfire level and for not wanting to wash your eyes immediately. You're all welcome to go back any time, and you'll hopefully find a better and more comprehensible story on your screens.

To friends from various communities I've touched since forever and those who wandered in at the right time from someplace else (-dreamsinwords, Freakissah, missphloem, astrophile, indigosa, lemonhoax, Spruce_Goose, Vehements, YourFavVillainess, AloraPendrak, Kannadathi, SBScarlett, BirtheV, TheUnofficialBrenn, popgirl9021, OfNineteenStars, axgirl13, MiyaHikari, ysshfysn, OneWinterNight, www-littlelibri-com, CrimsonFea, artemisancientdream, icezoot, Mintaka369, H3llfir3club, CECILLA1234, Lizardclaw, itslinnerberg, wera_nyooms, Lezbyterian, and chaotic_naturx), thank you for dropping your thoughts on my disaster book-child and for thinking it's worth your while. Wherever you are in this vast world, know that I haven't forgotten you and your support from when I was starting out in this writing shenanigan until now when I have matured even if just a bit.

To the wonderful people in the DreamlandCommunity Hunt Book Club who made my 2023 birthday week extra special with their comments. I know, because the points for that are crazy, but thanks for spending time with The Fairy Legacy nevertheless. Shoutout to LunarAquarius, -DeeIsDead-, Oxviola, DrizzleTheWolf, sandydragon1, Hatramska, AnnamitaMuscaria, IsabelCavesAuthor, Metalcanine, ToWolfKin, Delphi_Arcana, ChasteEmpress, AtheinaVismark, and Birdpaw. Thank you for saying everything you did, even if you probably don't remember them or me now. xD Continue to be amazing people, and I seriously want to be friends with y'all, but I'm too shy. Lol. So thanks for taking the first step! It means a lot. :)

Finally, to all the silent readers who have made The Fairy Legacy reach 14.9k+ reads, The Soul Spells, 4.1k+ reads, and the succeeding books an average of 2.6k+ reads, thank you so much! I may not be able to tag you or know who you are, but rest assured that my gratitude has one portion reserved for you.

Why does this whole thing feel like it's celebrating something more than the completion of The Unseen Wars Novella Series? Mostly because it is! That's right. You heard it. We are celebrating something else, and I've taken the liberty to shoehorn it into this part while I have your attention.

The Chronicles of Fantasilia Universe is 5 YEARS OLD!

Then again, it's probably older than that if we count the year of coming up with the prototypes that shall not be named further. BUT The Fairy Legacy is exactly 5 years old on March 22, 2023, and it sucks that I realized it too late, leaving me with no time to prepare beforehand. So now, you have this late celebration for my beautiful disasters.

And what am I going to do about that information?

Well, because I'm extra, I'm celebrating COFU's 5th-year anniversary by bringing you more content!

That's right. A new spin-off novelette will be coming soon in my profile, specifically on October 26th. The Boy and the Krou tells the story of Eldan Rovalen and his familiar, Sahili. For those who have read past The Abject Throne, you would know who I'm talking about. So excited to tell you this since I've been holding it back since June. xD

And oh boy, look at the cover. I'd say I improved after that flat mess I did for COF's official covers.

Tune in to my instagram (@exequinne) for more news regarding this celebration. Who knows? There might be more surprises along the way! Uwu.

There will be more stuff coming to my profile in the days to come, but seeing as I spammed and wrote a convoluted wall of text in this part, I'll leave it in the other parts of this update book. Remember to add A Guide to the Arcane Universes (this book!!) to your private library to get timely announcements of what's dropping in my profile at which dates.

Again, thank you so much for staying with me up to this part. I'll see you around, and as always, stay fluffy. ♥️