About me I was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and I first conceived the idea of the Elencheran Chronicles at college in 1999. I spent ten years compiling the history of Elenchera, resulting in 47,000+ years of events, 500+ maps, 2000+ pages, several short stories and many much-needed acquaintances with Jack Daniels. I also have a blog, The World According to Dave, which features reviews, stories and dramatic tales of the horrors of owning cats. I now live in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with my wife, Donna, and our six cats (Buggles, Charlie, Razz, Kain, Frodo and Bilbo). Fezariu's Epiphany is my first novel.       Influences Final Fantasy games, Tolkien, anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli, medieval history, Hemingway, my wife, Norse mythology and many more things!