Wyatt

I am really enjoying this story.  I've read the 2 chapters currently available and am impressed with the story itself and the characterization. I suspect that Peter will become a force in his own right; there have been numerous hints.  And you gotta listen closely when tortoises use understatement!
Glenn's physique has apparently shifted.  Instead of being a bruiser of a football guy, it sounds like he might be better built now for swimming or track. If there are only to be three chapters in this story, his high school sporting life will likely not be a factor, but it is good to know he'd still be able to excel at his chosen sport(s).

Well darn, nobody posted, so I didn't realize a new chapter (27) had been released on 14 Jan. As is the norm, it contains concurrent story lines, both very engaging. Expect a graphic battle sequence, new characters, and hot forges.

Well, golly. Myself... in Shattered Reflection (MISR) closed with a The End at chapter 56. (Note this was also known as Parvenue Book 4.3 chapter 45 and Brynnhollow Book 7 chapter 14. -- The guy writes in parallel, what can I say? ) I applaud Multimapper for both a wonderful story and the drive to author the novel at a rate very close to one chapter per week. 👏 (For the past several months Roland has been doing something similar with Sands of Time, releasing a new chapter every two weeks. Geez, how lazy am I?)
One of its unique aspects was in continuing three of his older works (Shadeside, Parvenue, and Brynnhollow) by allowing them to develop into a common universe. The latter two had had a character crossover at one point, but they were still separate stories. By adding an entirely human new character, FBI agent Shawn Roberts, and following him for the duration, something more than a crossover developed. Hmm, "entirely human" may be understating at the end. Let's just say "things happen" when you encounter vampires, witches, cursed shape shifting witches, demons, angels, elves, bigfoots (bigfeet?), and various hybrids. It would be surprising if Shawn had remained ordinarily human. They didn't "save the world," but three hidden parts of it are much safer now.
I wish Multimapper the best, and hope he takes a well-earned break. Not a really long one though! Whether his next endeavor is something entirely new, the next "volume" (in Japanese light novel terms) of MISR, or to top off one or more of his CSU stories, it is sure to be great. Maybe he can get a translator to write a Japanese version of MISR and have it actually be a light novel. Popular light novels are often adapted as manga and/or  anime.  I could go for that! (The Japanese people accept a wide range of settings in their fiction.  It doesn't have to be specifically Japanese in nature. American gangsters, European royal houses, alien worlds -- they have broad tastes, just like other cultures.)

The story continues in the Library: Terra Apokalypsis
It just dropped today.

The Harper Household, 6:30 pm EDT
"Holy shit!" Jimmy had just turned the TV on and watched a few minutes of news about the upcoming solar event. "Thomas, get down here NOW. We got to go to the store! Bad stuff's happenin!"
Thom came down from the upper half floor where the bedrooms were. "What's going on?" Jimmy let him know about the Sun and how this event could hurt millions of people. "This must be why Mom and Dad can't come home right now. I don't know what they're going to do against frick'n solar flares, though! Anyways, we gotta go get some water and food that don't need to be kept cold. Stores might not be open for a long time, and we gotta get there before they close."
Fortunately the Publix grocery store was only two blocks away. And Thomas still had his wagon in the garage. He probably hadn't had it out in over two years. "I feel kinda dumb pulling this old red wagon. You know I'm nine, right?" Jimmy replied, "You like to have water to drink?  Food? We gotta get any survival stuff we can get! This is really bad, Thom, and being a little embarrassed don't even count as a problem right now."
The store was crowded, but not crazy-panicked crowded. Yet. All the regular bottled water was gone, but they still had lots of gallon-size distilled-water cartons. They also picked up bags of beef jerkey, Twinkies (... if anything is going to survive an apocolypse ...) bandages, anything that looked like it might be useful and they could fit in the wagon.
No one was at the checkouts. Jimmy saw the manager, Mr. Pearson, just sort of in a daze. "Hi kids. Just take it. It doesn't matter, just take it. I have a really bad feeling that money won't be much good tomorrow. In fact, all the employees are going home in half an hour to be with their families. We are moving everything out from the back room so folks can easily get what they want. We're leaving the door open when we leave. It would just get busted open anyways."
"Geez, Mr. Peason, I hope you and your family are going to be okay.. Leaving the door open makes a lot of sense!"
As Jimmy and Thomas were walking home, thick clouds had begun to form in the sky. Florida weather is often unpredictable, but these clouds had come from nowhere. They were thick and getting thicker. "Spooky. Really spooky. Jimmy, I'm scared." Jimmy gave his bro a quick hug. "So am I. Let's get home and hope Mom and Dad make it home before hell gets here."
"That's strange," Jimmy thought, "I never used religious emojis before."

The Harper Household, Cocoa Beach, FLorida, 4:07 pm EDT
When Jimmy Harper's Mom called, he was surprised to learn that neither of his parents would be home this evening.  They both work at NASA and have worked regular hours for many years running. She was not sure when they would be home, but it might not even be tonight. He was asked to make something for dinner for he and his little brother, Thomas. Being 13, he had never been "in charge" of the house for any extended time before. He wished he had remembered to ask what was going on, but the situation was just too unusual to fully comprehend. Plus she seemed to be in a hurry.  For some reason, she closed by asking him to go buy a lot of bottled water, as much as he and Thomas could carry.
He thought, "I hope everything is okay." Then he shouted, "Thomas, what do you feel like for dinner? Mom and Dad are going to be late, and I gotta cook something." Thom shouted back that anything would be fine. Deciding he had time, Jimmy did what any young teen would do, pulled back out his smartphone, opened Twitter, and sent:
 

The Harper Household, 6:30 pm EDT
"Holy shit!" Jimmy had just turned the TV on and watched a few minutes of news about the upcoming solar event. "Thomas, get down here NOW. We got to go to the store! Bad stuff's happenin!"
Thom came down from the upper half floor where the bedrooms were. "What's going on?" Jimmy let him know about the Sun and how this event could hurt millions of people. "This must be why Mom and Dad can't come home right now. I don't know what they're going to do against frick'n solar flares, though! Anyways, we gotta go get some water and food that don't need to be kept cold. Stores might not be open for a long time, and we gotta get there before they close."
Fortunately the Publix grocery store was only two blocks away. And Thomas still had his wagon in the garage. He probably hadn't had it out in over two years. "I feel kinda dumb pulling this old red wagon. You know I'm nine, right?" Jimmy replied, "You like to have water to drink?  Food? We gotta get any survival stuff we can get! This is really bad, Thom, and being a little embarrassed don't even count as a problem right now."
The store was crowded, but not crazy-panicked crowded. Yet. All the regular bottled water was gone, but they still had lots of gallon-size distilled-water cartons. They also picked up bags of beef jerkey, Twinkies (... if anything is going to survive an apocolypse ...) bandages, anything that looked like it might be useful and they could fit in the wagon.
No one was at the checkouts. Jimmy saw the manager, Mr. Pearson, just sort of in a daze. "Hi kids. Just take it. It doesn't matter, just take it. I have a really bad feeling that money won't be much good tomorrow. In fact, all the employees are going home in half an hour to be with their families. We are moving everything out from the back room so folks can easily get what they want. We're leaving the door open when we leave. It would just get busted open anyways."
"Geez, Mr. Peason, I hope you and your family are going to be okay.. Leaving the door open makes a lot of sense!"
As Jimmy and Thomas were walking home, thick clouds had begun to form in the sky. Florida weather is often unpredictable, but these clouds had come from nowhere. They were thick and getting thicker. "Spooky. Really spooky. Jimmy, I'm scared." Jimmy gave his bro a quick hug. "So am I. Let's get home and hope Mom and Dad make it home before hell gets here."
"That's strange," Jimmy thought, "I never used religious emojis before."

The Harper Household, Cocoa Beach, FLorida, 4:07 pm EDT
When Jimmy Harper's Mom called, he was surprised to learn that neither of his parents would be home this evening.  They both work at NASA and have worked regular hours for many years running. She was not sure when they would be home, but it might not even be tonight. He was asked to make something for dinner for he and his little brother, Thomas. Being 13, he had never been "in charge" of the house for any extended time before. He wished he had remembered to ask what was going on, but the situation was just too unusual to fully comprehend. Plus she seemed to be in a hurry.  For some reason, she closed by asking him to go buy a lot of bottled water, as much as he and Thomas could carry.
He thought, "I hope everything is okay." Then he shouted, "Thomas, what do you feel like for dinner? Mom and Dad are going to be late, and I gotta cook something." Thom shouted back that anything would be fine. Deciding he had time, Jimmy did what any young teen would do, pulled back out his smartphone, opened Twitter, and sent:
 

PBS News-hour - 5:00 am EDT:
Scientists at SOHO, the Solar & Heliospheric Observatory, have stated that a series of intermittent sunspots with solar flares, began erupting from the sun's coronasphere early yesterday morning, Pacific Daylight Time. Associated with these flares were some CME's, Coronal Mass Ejections, of modest size.
The unusual activity during this solar minimum, the time that the sun is least active, is not expected to continue much longer, if at all. Scientist say that there is nothing to worry about, though, as flares like this happen all the time.

BBC World News
Special Bulletin- 10:00 am GMT:
Scientists from the Royal Astronomical Society have released a statement stating a group of  sunspots accompanied by solar flares, began erupting from the outer edge of the sun few hours ago. Associated with these  solar flares are what the scientist call, Coronal Mass Ejections or a piece of the sun's surface.
While this is unusual for the sun’s current phase, Dr. Harkens of the RAS has stated. “This is nothing to be concerned with,  we do not expect the activity to continue much longer, if at all.”
Dr. Harkins is the director of solar science at the RAS.

CBS Morning News - 6:30 am EDT:
If you were out and about at 3:10 am this morning, you would have been witness to a solar event, as your eastern sky would have suddenly brightened to almost full daylight intensity, that lasted almost 5 seconds.
NASA says a large solar flare occurred at that time. Since the flare was "aimed" at the earth, for a very short time it made the sun appear to be much brighter than it normally is.
Solar scientists are telling us not to worry, however. Solar flares happen all the time, but are rarely in a direct path to the Earth. Because this flare was directly in our path, it just seemed to make the sun brighter.

CBS Noon Report - 12:00 pm EDT:
We have an update to that Solar Flare we reported earlier this morning. Scientists from NASA are now saying that the flare was accompanied by a large Coronal Mass Ejection: A portion of the sun's atmosphere was ejected from the surface. They assure us that the CME, as they call it, posses no danger to the earth, as it will mostly miss our planet by a few million miles.
Scientists are telling us that we will see an increase in the northern lights, possibly as far south as New Jersey, Ohio and Oregon. Best time to view this will be in the early hours, an hour before dawn, tomorrow.

Oval Office, White House, 1:30 pm EDT:
"Mr. President. The latest information is that the Earth is now in the direct path of the CME. It has been determined that it will strike our planet at approx. midnight, GMT - about five and a half hours from now.
"It's going to be a mean one, Mr. President. They are saying that it is 30% more energetic than the 1859 Carrington Event or that near miss, back in 2012."
"Simplify that for me, General."
"Yes sir. In a nutshell, the entire world's electric grid is about to be destroyed. Include in that, every piece of electronics is going to fry."
"What are we doing to mitigate the damage?"
"Not much we can do. We've sent out instructions to every electrical generating plant in the US to power down and disconnect their generators from the grid. We don't know if they have the manpower or the time to accomplish this. All nuclear facilities have been instructed to scram their reactors. All Navel surface vessels have been ordered to head for the deepest water they can get to in the next 4 hours and eject their cores. Our Submarines have been ordered to dive to a depth of 150 ft, at a minimum... The electrical and EMP effects will not reach that depth.
"We've also instructed the FAA to immediately ground all flights.
"Right now, Mr. President, we are instituting the Continuity of Government Protocols. It is expected that this event will last 5 to 7 days."
"All right gentlemen, we don't have enough time to warn the public. At this stage it will only create mass chaos and death. There will be plenty of that, after the event. All national guard are now federalized. Get as many of them as we can, mobilized. Martial Law now exists. After the event, all NG Commanders are to restore as much order as they can. Looters should be shot on sight, etc."
"You mean Operation Deathstarkiller, Mr. President?" His National Security Adviser asks.
 

Ok, there are too many characters involved now, to remember who is who. 

So, I made this little list. I'm not sure if others need it, but if it can help someone else, or maybe someone see something I have forgotten. 
Name Race Field Echelon Age Gender Friends\Families\Etx Subfield 1 Subfield 2 More info Seandra                   Xavier Sand Dragon - Great Shaman     Male Bloodbond to Garnet Mindmaster Ruinseeker NDF: Halfelf Rathort Sand Dragon - Great Sorcerer Legendary (!)   Male Xavior Father     NDF: Human Vobilon Hafling Mage     Male Olpha Father\Royal Mage                           Garnet Sand Dragon - Warrior Warrior Adept     Male Bloodbond to Xavior Healtman   NDF: Sand Dragonling Sythanel Drow Druid     Male   Wolverine Sect   Expert Archer, Pet: Agrona winged bobcat Olpha Hafling Mage     Female Girlfriend of Lucas Healtman     Malachi Garm Dwarf Swordman     Male   Metalworker Gemworker   Thane Alphar Elf Animal Adapt     Male   Panther Sect   Zap - Shocker Lizard Lucas Highman Mage     Male Boyfriend of Olpha Lockmaster                         Mablins caravan                 Killian Human Earth Sorcerer Training?   Male Started as Slave, now free gladiator   Ferret Sect   Mablin Human Mage Teaching   Male Merchant Ruinseeker     Drathmore   Swordsman Secondary   Male Carvan Guard Captain                           The Watch                   Hontel   Swordman (from TKS C7)     Male                             From the battlefield                 Lew Pantherling Warrior Adept Primary   Male   Wolverine Sect (T)     Braki Bronze Dragonling       Male         Randel Human Swordsman Primary   Male Xavior group capture, minor                           Welleger                   Tillcor   Swordman T4   Male   Ruinseeker Wolverine Sect (T)   Davnan Gnome       Male   Metalworker     Rumeck Human Swordman P4   Male   Channeler of Rovnar     Skolter Human Swordman T3 13 Male   Healtman     Gastenek Human Swordman P  15 Male   Outdoorsman     Kamerel Human Swordman T5 15 Male   Metalworker     Woxenel Human Swordman P3 18 Male   Ruinseeker Eagle Sect   Felix Human Mystic TR   Male   Wolverine Sect (T)     Ev'izar Halfelf Animal Adapt     Male Twin El'izar       El'izar Halfelf Animal Adapt     Male Twin Ev'izar       Gradon Human Warrior Adept Teaching   Male Gradon Family      Captein of the Guard Welleger/Caravan guard Captain of Xavior caravan Aegir Human Spirit Warrior Unknow 12 Male Gradon Family Son       Falan Human       Female Gradon Family Mother       Kiesha Human     9 Female Gradon Family twin Daughter       Tiesha Human     9 Female Gradon Family twin Daughter       Cael Human       Male Cael family       Brana Human       Female Cael family Mother       Eleg Human       Male Cael family Oldest son       Gare Human Enchanted Archer Unknow   Male Cael family  son       Sali Human       Female Cael family  daughter                           Carinus Brown Dragon - Warrior       Male       NDF: Hawkling boy                                          Saxez Pantherling                 William Human? Shaman T4   Male         Nasodle Halfelf Swordsman T3 E14 Female Junsac orphan       Pagbar Human? Warrior Adept T5 15 Male Junsac orphan       Hanna Human  Animal Adept T3 13 Female Junsac orphan     Pet Falcon ???? Cho Pantherling Druid T2 E11 Male Junsac orphan Leli Priest     Tristan Halfdwarf Mage T4 E14 Male Junsac orphan Metalworker                         Frem   Mage Master       Metalworker   Aster's teacher. 

MM calls it "sideways", but I've been thinking of it as "2-dimensional".  Before he started work on any  element of Myself... in Shattered Reflection, I had read all the components, but didn't realize they would eventually be brought together into the same world.  As MISR grew, I reread the preceding story parts, and everything has fit together seamlessly.  For those not following it, MM has been faithfully adding a new chapter every week since somewhere near the beginning of 2018.  He missed a week or two when he moved (which I think he mentioned in the end notes to a chapter before the move), but otherwise his output has been like clockwork.  I liken the reading experience to what the first readers of stories like Great Expectations and a Tale of Two Cities felt when the next chapter appeared in the weeklies (?) of that era. Of course, MM has the advantage of using a word processor instead of hand-writing it all.  (Well, Dickens did have the advantage of getting paid.  ? )
Anyway, it's still ongoing, so if you're in for a great weekly experience, catch up and get on board!

This was a wonderful story.  I'm glad you had the inspiration to write it.

hey Darian,
well... to let you know, I have finished up to chapter 30, and working on more.  Right now it's set up for a chapter every 2 weeks.  I hope you guys do enjoy them.  i would really like to know what you think on the storylines.
 
Thanks again
 
Roland

Great news indeed! 2 weeks between chapters is nice. 
2 small questions about this line:
" “The general rate is echelon times echelon, times 100 silver. So, a Primary spell page is worth 100 silver. A Secondary 400, Teaching 900, and so on. A Legendary would be worth 3600 silver. Or 72 gold, or almost 4 platinum pieces. Lava Burst, the spell you showed me, would be worth twice as much, since it’s an auto-memorized spell.”"
What is the coin conversion
1 platinum = 18 gold, 1 gold = 50 silver? 
echelon times echelon
Primary 100 silver
Secondary 400 silver (*4)
Teaching 900 silver (*2,25)
Expert
Master
Legendary 3600 silver
I don't get the conversion between the coins, it seems hard to do...
And cost per echelon to fit. Normally you would guess that the price difference between the more common echelons would be smaller than the difference between the higher and rarer echelons. 
Echelons times echelons? with this priceing, it is "cheaper" per higher echelon? 

The cost of reading the story multiple times, are that I'm getting stuck on things I don't understand 😛 

GoM
 
 

I have read the latest chapter and I just have to say, "Hmmmmmm.  Me thinks that Thane's comment when approaching Protector's Keep and Garnet's comments about the visit to Rovnar's Castle just might be referring to the same place."
Also, Sand/Brown Hybrids????  Interesting turn, here.  

1 + 1 + 1 = 4
Shadeside + Brynnhollow + Parvenu = "Myself... In Shattered Reflection"
I'm thinking of it as a 'sideways' story.
Rather than starting at the beginning and progressing forward, it's starting in the middle of established stories and working its way sideways, from one story to the next.
Of course, if you're into linear storytelling, I have the 'MISR' story posted on both my websites in chronological order (from the main character's POV).
Otherwise, this is just Parvenu, Book 4, an opportunity to catch up on the goings on of Paul and G.
MM

Thank you so much for having this main site to go back and read again all your wonderful & fantastic stories . I'd love to see Byrrnhollow as a TV series on Netflix , Paul & G's story as well .
       You are the bomb !
                        John Celestre

I am really enjoying this story.  I've read the 2 chapters currently available and am impressed with the story itself and the characterization. I suspect that Peter will become a force in his own right; there have been numerous hints.  And you gotta listen closely when tortoises use understatement!
Glenn's physique has apparently shifted.  Instead of being a bruiser of a football guy, it sounds like he might be better built now for swimming or track. If there are only to be three chapters in this story, his high school sporting life will likely not be a factor, but it is good to know he'd still be able to excel at his chosen sport(s).

I always learn something from D’Artagnon’s stories. The prize, so far, in “Bolt from the Blue,” is Lichtenbert-Figuren (to use the original German, which I got from a Google search). A simple, if difficult to understand, concept which was incorporated neatly, thus creating verisimilitude and expanding the mystery.
The story begins and continues with whimsical moments, in which anonymous watchers observe, comment, and occasionally intrude. Then, magic happens. We all know Clarke’s Second Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. However, I do not think these Powers are using technology. Their magic is real. And eminently satisfying.
I promised myself I would read no more stories until they were completed. That I read (and re-read) Chapters 1 and 2 of “Bolt” is a tribute to D’artagnion and an expression of my faith in him.

Thank you, Sean.  This is an excellent story and very engaging.
You may have lost track of one plot point.  Early on (ch.3), you mentioned that Jason used to enjoy swimming at the YMCA, and he even liked to help train the younger kids.  But I don't think his enjoyment of that sport ever came up again.  It's not a big deal -- it just caught my attention because I really like swimming.

This is an excellent story; I just completed what is available (thru ch.25) and enjoyed every word.  For now I am pretending there was no cliffhanger, and Eli subdued the bad guys with minimal injuries to the good guys.
One thing I would have like to have seen is Prince and Sasha's family have a little reunion.  Prince understood why he was abandoned and harbored no ill will.  I'm sure he would love to spend some time with them again.