Fallen Folk

## Overview

Fallen Folk is a four part romance novel series by Amakirrian author Stella Meyerian. The main character of the book is Luna Raven, a Half-Elf woman who functions as a self insert for the reader.

## Synopsis

Fallen Folk is a four part novel series by Amakirrian author Stella Meyerian. It is unclear

whether this name is an alias or not, or even if she is from Amakirr. The first book, simply titled

Fallen Folk follows the tale of a half-elf woman named Luna Raven as she moves into the

fictional town Spouns loosely based on a small village near the outskirts of Vellris. Luna has

moved from an unnamed capital, simply referred to as “The Capital”, to live with her Father

(Carlisle Raven), a well liked elven craftsman of the community. She has made the trek here

because her human mother has recently passed away. She moves in fine with her father, although

there are obvious disconnects due to her age and situation. She makes some new friends (a set of

huntsmen, a seamstress, and a local bard) but also gains the attention of a mysterious drow who

has various tattoos. Her fate is sealed when one day she’s out picking flowers when suddenly

she’s ambushed by a mountain lion. Right before she is attacked, a Dire Wolf comes out and

scares the mountain lion away. The wolf transforms in front of her revealing that this was the

Drow who had been watching her. He introduces himself as Ezryan, a special type of werewolf

that’s only found in the mountains here. The two begin an unlikely friendship turned romance as

Luna also gets to know a bit more about Ezryan’s pack, the Silver Wolves. The book ends with

hints of another clan that wishes to rival the authority of the Silver Wolves.

The second book, Fallen Folk: Crimson Moon, takes place a few months after the events

of the first book. Luna is a part of the community, taking up a bit of magic as Ezryan shows her

how he can cast magic using some of the various tattoos he had obtained. She also gains

knowledge of alchemy and enchantments. The next part of the book revolves around a new

mysterious man in town who introduces himself to Luna as Theothan, a traveling fortune teller.

He gifts her a charm that is said to protect her from evil spirits and the undead, as he predicts she

will need it. Puzzled but thankful, she attaches it to her belt. Later one evening, we see Luna's

father being watched by a red-eyed silhouette in the forest while he does some wood collecting.

Carlisle asks if anyone is there, revealing 4 more sets of eyes. The next day, Luna realizes that

her father never returned home the night before and Ezryan informs his older brother who is the

current leader of the pack, Ace, of this and Ace decides to go out looking for Carlisle. Ezryan

notices the new charm on Luna and asks where she got it and becomes jealous once she informs

him it was Theothan. He doesn’t take the charm away from her, but warns her to be mindful of

free magic items, as they could be cursed. Days go by and eventually the small section of the

pack that went with Ace return, only to deliver news that they did find Carlisle but he is being

held hostage in a dark castle hidden deeper in the woods controlled by a family of Vampires.

They also bring back Ace’s signet ring, implying that Ace was killed in the search. This makes

Ezryan the new leader, forcing him to make a decision to leave this new faction of Vampires

alone or to fight back. Luna begs him to keep searching, but he remains hesitant. Frustrated,

Luna returns to the city to do anything but be with Ezryan and comes across Theothan again. She

informs him of her father being missing and he says that he can help her. The two set off on a

trek to the Dark Castle to rescue her father. Along the way, Luna feels something growing

between her and Theothan, something perhaps deeper than her connection with Ezryan. The end

of this book ends on a cliff hanger revealing that Theothan is the next head of House of Denali

and the charm he gave to Luna was an enchanted engagement gift, as he has foreseen her to be

his bride.

The third book Fallen Folk: Darkest Night takes place right where Crimson Moon left off

with Luna being shocked at this revelation. She feels conflicted as she thinks she’s in love with

Theothan, but how could she be as he kidnapped her father just to lure her here? But what of

Ezryan? She tries to escape, but is then locked away with her Father in a relatively extravagant

room versus a dungeon. The two reunite and have a heart to heart. Carlisle informs her that in his

youth, he had ties with this clan and he had promised them to give them his first born child in

exchange for various magics. He spent 150 years exploiting the world but eventually fell in love

with a human farmer’s daughter. In those years, he never forgot the promise he had made to the

Denalis but also never told Rise, Luna’s mother, of the deal. Once she became pregnant, he

moved as close as possible to the Denali clan so he could watch them in secret, or so he thought.

He also became allies with the Silver Wolves so that they could offer protection if the need arose.

After the death of Rise, he knew he couldn’t keep Luna away from her fate for much longer, so

he figured keeping her close might be a good solution. Luna is taken aback by all of this

knowledge and feels extremely hurt by her father that he would sacrifice her before she was even

conceived. Despite her feelings, she wishes to just return to normalcy. Theothan plans various

meetings of him and Luna throughout the days she spends there and it is when he takes her to a

secret garden via a tree, she realizes it was the same garden that she truly met Ezryan. She

attempts to message him when Theothan isn’t looking and it works. She stalls for just enough

time for Ezryan and the other Silver Wolves to appear. We get our first showdown between the

two love interests and in the commotion, Luna is able to escape with the Silver Wolves.

Theothan retreats, begrudgingly leaving Luna behind. Luna remains with the Silver Wolf clan for

a few weeks and in that time informs them of everything her father told her. She also gets to

spend time with Ezryan and he confesses to her that he realized just how much he loved her once

she was gone and that he had spent so long planning an attack on the Denali Castle to rescue her,

he had lost sleep. Luna has her first kiss with Ezryan and the two now edit the plan to take town

the Denali Castle. The book ends with Luna enchanting an obsidian charm that would weaken

the wearer, as she plans to accept Theothan’s proposal with an engagement gift of her own.

The final book, Fallen Folk: Last Twlight takes place a few days after Darkest Night. We

begin with Luna returning to the Castle and Theothan embraces her. She feels conflicted again

because his cold skin compliments her warm touch so well. Theothan reassures her that her

father is safe and is relieved she is alright, as from his perspective, the wolves stole her in

defiance against House Denali. As she and Theothan have dinner that night, she gives him the

pendant. He doesn’t notice or doesn’t say anything about the enchantment, and happily accepts

it. He reveals to Luna that he was terrified of his future as being the new leader. His father has

placed so much pressure on him to be perfect, even making him make deals with Tenor to

receive seer powers. He visited the town to meet her in person for the first time because he

wanted her to fall in love with him naturally, his father was the one who kidnapped her father to

speed up the process. Luna realizes in this moment, while also reflecting on her time with him,

that Theothan could be innocent in this whole ordeal…does she truly feel for him? Luna returns

to her room in the castle with her father and she does tell him about the plan with Ezryan but also

how she does feel conflicted about what to do about Theothan. The plan goes down and the

Silver Wolves have another fight with the Denali clan. Theothan and Ezryan have an intense

battle over Luna, and Theothan learns of Luna’s relationship with Ezryan (and the pendant) and

is so heartbroken, he stops fighting and is almost killed by Ezryan before Luna stops him. Ezryan

and Luna also have an intense talk and then decide to lock Ezryan in the same room he locked

Luna in. The remains of the Denali clan retreat and the Silver Wolves have time to investigate

and interrogate the few members left. Ezryan confronts Luna again about her feelings and she

confesses that she wants to be with him but still believes that Theothan should be left out of a

punishment because she believes him to be safe and honest. Ezryan is reluctant but with Luna’s

insistence, he decides to follow through and allow Theothan to be the new head with temporary

truce between the two houses. Luna is relieved but still worried about Theothan. She and Ezryan

return to the town after a few days and realize it had been attacked by the leftover Denali

members who craved vengeance for their fallen brothers. Luna has no choice but to fight

alongside Ezryan against this new threat. Theothan goes to Carlisle, who is still at the castle, and

informs him that Ezryan and Luna are in danger. Carlisle at first doesn’t believe him so he uses

sending to check on Luna. When Luna informs him of the city, he allows Theothan to leave with

him as well as some Denali clan who have sided solely with Theothan. Ezryan and Luna are

doing some damage but are still being outnumbered by the second. Carlisle shows up with

Theothan and they put the traitors in their places. Theothan and Ezryan meet again and Theothan

apologizes for the actions against the city. Luna and Theothan have a heart to heart and she

officially ends their relationship. She goes back to Ezryan’s home and they plan for the future of

Spuons and themselves.

There are hints that there may be a fifth book in production, as many fans have been

audibly disappointed in the ending. There is a spin off novel, however, from the perspective of

Theothan’s Father’s secretary who falls in love with him only to be used as a blood sacrifice

during the climactic fight in Last Twilight.