Location Lore: The Portal Keep

Vaetra Unveiled introduces an unusual location known as the Portal Keep. The Portal Keep came about when I decided that I needed a method for long distance travel. Allowing sorcerers to teleport (or "apparate" for Harry Potter fans) just didn't feel right for my vision for how vaetra (life-force magic) works in the Vaetra Chronicles. As you'll see in the forthcoming second book Vaetra Untrained, I now have two methods of long distance travel, but both depend heavily upon substantial physical...