N:Era: Call of the Wolves

N:Era Call of the Wolves is a green book in N:Era.

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Part 1, released May 31st 2023 (Just a Letter)

Length: 3285 words.

Part 2, released June 16th, 2023 (The Rising Flood)

2156 words.

Part 3, released June 30th, 2023 (Count Von No-One!)

3168 words.

Part 4: One Eye Open

Released July 17th, 2023

2754 words

Part 5: A Lady's Favor

Released August 21st, 2023

4226 words.

Part 6: Tears of a Goddess

Released September 17th, 2023.

2553 words

Part 7: Welcome, Immortal Prince.

Released September 23rd, 2023

Part 8: The Ethereal King

Released October 26th, 2023.

Summary:

Cyras jots notes while in the treehouse, speculating about whether Kryyk will come back to life and what the purpose of her mother's spear is. She finishes by saying she'll fight for Owlis, right or wrong.

Her friends enter, disrupting Cyras while the news mentions the Howling. Lilu explains the howling tends to be where the Ethereal King attacks as he's been doing for over fifty years. Cyras' friends acknowledge her emotional resiliency towards Kryyk's death in Fangs of Liberty.

Cyras falls asleep and doesn't wake up for a while, only to find out she missed breakfast and a summons to appear for a meeting. Apparently Glacialane is flooded (as was said on the television) and they have to stop Raynfall. Team N:Era embarks on the journey, and as they await a ship, they see the Guards of Glacialane trying to lock several Wilders on a prison ship. Meanwhlie, Baron Toolip stands in their way. A scuffle ensues, but a new actor enters - Azuwe. Azuwe attacks the guards with a style that Cyras realizes is similar to Owlis'.

Cyras tries attacking Azuwe, but he easily pushes her away until Rosod blasts him with a dark dragon, and Cyras orders them to hijack the ship.

They end up crashing at Wolfsburg where they end up in a tavern, where a TV showcases Raynfall stealing the emotions of Baron Toolip using a shower. Bellafauna tells them she can help them to the capital, for a price. Cyras notices a river is flooding over and tries to barricade the walls a bit to help the residents.

Eventually, they talk to Count Sylva who runs the local castle and is a teleportation hotlink, but they prank Ahmond by ditching her after she knocks on the door, leading to her getting arrested. However, Sylva doesn't open the door so eventually Cyras has to barge in, threatening Count Sylva.

At lunch, Count Sylva insists they can sleep the night and says that Raynfall has been selling Wilder land and Noble Titles to help fund a war effort. However, Cyras feels suspicious. At night, instead of sleeping, Cyras starts snooping around only to see a fox is lurking outside on the garden shed, and she goes out, and investigates the shed. She soon discovers the truth that there is an underground bunker with leads and clues that Count Sylva works for the Fangs of Liberty. As the girls exit, they see Bellafauna captured by Sylva and that they were betrayed by Eulyale and Spree Riva. The Howling commences, but Rosod frees Bellafauna and they quickly run towards the courtyard to get to the portal.

A flashback shows Spree Riva talking with Eulyale. Eulyale says she's not trusting anyone who's too keen on joining the Fangs of Liberty and both agree to await the "Prince's" message.

Team N:Era and Bellafauna are out in the marsh when they hear the howling. The howlers approach, only for Azuwe to appear and attack the howlers. Team N:Era escapes, and Bellafauna splits from them afterwards. Team N:Era enters Schloss Burgenromantik.

## Production

Call of the Wolves was created after a five month delay, accounting for the California floods, and a death in the family, ultimately influencing the creation of the product.

## Trivia

* This book introduces the most Water characters, with Eulyale and Azuwe and Raynfall (however technically Raynfall first appeared in Where We Lie.) This book also has the most water characters with Raynfall, Kryyk, Eulyale, and Azuwe.
* Cyras has an eyepatch during this entire novella, making this one of the few novellas very interested in the past events of another novella.
* This is the first novella to touch on Glacialane.
* This novella also introduces the most "nobility", with Baron Toolip, Count Sylva, and Queen Raynfall (same addendum as above applies.)
* "Welcome, Immortal Prince" and "The Ethereal King" seem to link together as chapter titles.
* This introduces Generative Magic versus Manipulative Magic.
* Kryyk returns in this novel, making him the only antagonist of one novella to return (and headline!) in a different novella.
* This is the first novella to introduce legacy characters such as Swillow or Wasting.