Eve of the Red Moon’s Shadow

[PaulB]

Hey everyone,

 

Back in 2007 or 2008 I was living in Eternal Lands, and I posted a story here one chapter at a time in the forum fiction section. It was called Journey of a Warrior. I wrote it in the moment, between hunts and runs, using real player names and real places you could actually walk to in game. I never finished it back then, even though I was close.

 

Over the last couple of years I came back to it with fresh eyes and rewrote the entire thing from the ground up, start to finish, keeping the original plot and spirit but tightening everything, completing what I left hanging, and giving it the ending it was always reaching for. The story has changed enough that it felt wrong to resurrect the old thread, so I’m starting clean with a transformation.

 

The new title is Eve of the Red Moon’s Shadow.

 

I honestly don’t know how many of the old names will still be familiar, or who still checks the forums these days, but coming back to this has been a blast and it brought back a lot of memories of those years. I’m posting the full story below in 28 chapters, separated for readability so it can be read over time.

 

I hope the mods are cool with me posting the completed version as a new thread. Either way, thank you to Eternal Lands for the good times, and thanks to anyone who reads.

 

Alright. Here we go.

I hope that you enjoy.

 

EDIT:  The text is too long and it's causing loading issues.  I'll create a pdf or text document and share it.  

 

EDIT 2:  UPLOADED PDF

 

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18U_qIVMnoutufSmzAUcNWwoe-8eCy3z_/view?usp=sharing 

 

Edited December 27, 2025 by PaulB
PDF Didn't work here, so I shared a Drive file

[Wizzy]

Sounds interesting! 

[Aislinn]

Ehhh I got to chapter 17 and it's gone!

[PaulB]

On 12/22/2025 at 9:55 AM, Aislinn said:

Ehhh I got to chapter 17 and it's gone!

Sorry Aislinn.  I couldn't get the page to load unless I was on PC and I figured it was a error with the amount of date to load.  I'm working on a fix.  

 

Sent via message Aislinn

Edited December 23, 2025 by PaulB
Personal message to Aislinn

[PaulB]

On 12/22/2025 at 2:44 AM, Wizzy said:

Sounds interesting! 

Thank you Wizzy. Sorry I had to remove it.  It wouldn't load on phones due to the length.  I'm going to PDF format it and upload it that way once Christmas is over.  My apologies!

[Aislinn]

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Sorry, there is a problem

The page you are trying to access is not available for your account.

Error code: 2C171/1

 

[PaulB]

14 hours ago, Aislinn said:

 

I looked up this error, and it seems as it may be an issue that could be fixed by logging out and back in.   It's a known bug, but has some fixes.  I'm able to grab the pdf.  

 

On a side note, I hope that your Christmas was a wonderful one 👍 

[Morhwal]

20 hours ago, PaulB said:

I looked up this error, and it seems as it may be an issue that could be fixed by logging out and back in.   It's a known bug, but has some fixes.  I'm able to grab the pdf.  

 

On a side note, I hope that your Christmas was a wonderful one 👍 

It doesn't work! I've been itching to read this though! seems what you did at first was working for Aislinn. maybe it will work for me too!

[PaulB]

2 hours ago, Morhwal said:

It doesn't work! I've been itching to read this though! seems what you did at first was working for Aislinn. maybe it will work for me too!

I've uploaded it to Google drive.  Sorry about that: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18U_qIVMnoutufSmzAUcNWwoe-8eCy3z_/view?usp=sharing 

[Aislinn]

The Google drive worked!  Thank you!

 

I hope you had a very merry Christmas as well!

[PaulB]

2 hours ago, Aislinn said:

The Google drive worked!  Thank you!

 

I hope you had a very merry Christmas as well!

Thank you, we did!

 

Enjoy!