Reno Calavera asked K. Vale Nagle:

Which came first: Belamuria or the characters? Or did they grow together?

K. Vale Nagle Belamuria came first in 2015 as a setting, but it wasn't until 2017 when I sat down to write Eyrie that it came alive. I really needed Zeph, Kia, Hatzel, and Satra for everything to click. Once they were on the page, the world solidified as a nature setting, no magic, all real animals except the gryphons and opinici, who use a real cat and a real bird. I wrote the first three books without editing, and then I could see the series plot, too, and went back to start editing.

Belamuria without those four characters was missing something important, but if we're being technical, the setting predated the characters by two years.

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