Adger R. Matthews II

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Adger R. Matthews II is a world-builder and founder of Soul Forged Studios, where narrative craft meets immersive design. With UNWRITTEN: The Awakening, Matthews delivers an unflinching exploration of power, corruption, forbidden history, and characters who refuse to be written out of existence.

Drawing on themes of institutional corruption, necromancy, and the cost of remembering what the world demands you forget, Matthews creates dark fantasy that challenges readers to question who writes history—and who gets erased from it. When not crafting tales of cosmic rebellion and found family, Matthews can be found building creative ecosystems, designing TTRPGs, or exploring the intersection of storytelling and game design.

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“I renounce it. All of it. Every oath, every order, every pretense that what I served was holy. The Light doesn't need institutions to define it.”
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“UNWRITTEN BLOOPER: The Strategic Cleavage Incident
Mirael: crossing arms "REAL friends recognize when their bestie is pining for twenty years and actually DO something about it!"
Selene: "You never SAID anything!"
Mirael: "I shouldn't have HAD to! I was obvious!"
Nysera: "How obvious?"
Mirael: "Summer festival, three years ago! Low-cut dress, strong ale, I literally leaned over you for TWENTY MINUTES!"
Selene: "I thought you were just... really interested in the conversation!"
Mirael: "I was talking about BREAD, Selene! BREAD!"
Caldrein: "That... does seem like unusual dedication to baking discussions..."
Mirael: "And last winter! I 'accidentally' spilled wine on my shirt and had to change in front of you!"
Selene: "You said you were cold!"
Mirael: "I WAS HALF NAKED!"
Vessa: "Oh honey, that's just sad."
Selene: "I THOUGHT SHE WAS BEING FRIENDLY!"
Mirael: "FRIENDLY DOESN'T INVOLVE STRATEGIC CLEAVAGE!"
Nysera: shocked "There was strategic cleavage?!"
Selene: "Apparently there was a LOT of strategic cleavage and I missed ALL of it!"
Mirael: "Forty-seven times! Forty-seven nights of me practically throwing myself at you!"
Selene: "You KEPT TRACK?!"
Caldrein: covering his ears "I don't need to hear this..."
Vessa: "Darling, at this point I'm questioning YOUR intelligence, not hers."
Kira: from across set "What's strategic cleavage?"
EVERYONE: "EAT YOUR SNICKERS!"
Director: walking away "I don't get paid enough for this..."

Coming 2026: UNWRITTEN: The Awakening - where apparently everyone is oblivious to everything”
Adger R. Matthews II, UNWRITTEN: The Awakening: A Soul Forged Saga Novel

“Careful, Paladin. Keep talking like that and I might start thinking you actually like me."
— Selene”
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“I do want to kiss you again. Quite desperately, actually."
-Nysera- Paladin of Light”
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“I renounce it. All of it. Every oath, every order, every pretense that what I served was holy. The Light doesn't need institutions to define it.”
Adger R. Matthews II, UNWRITTEN: The Awakening: A Soul Forged Saga Novel

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