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Writer/ creator of the Seraphic Chronicles, football fan, wrestling fan, career mode fan... Dad , husband, geek

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11.08.2025 09:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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11.08.2025 08:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles — Prestige Space Opera for a New Era In the vast, turbulent expanse of the galaxy, alliances are fragile, empires are restless, and ancient enemies stir in the shadows. The Seraphic Chronicles is a bold, character-driven space opera that blends sweeping interstellar politics, intricate personal rivalries, and shocking twists with the intensity and unpredictability of Game of Thrones. At its heart is the ScSS Seraphic, a starship at the crossroads of diplomacy, war, and destiny. Its captain, Ejjina Mexonber-Quad, is a brilliant tactician and survivor of unspeakable loss, navigating both the delicate politics of the human-B’ra’Sha Alliance and the brutal realities of war.

Seraphic Chronicles — Prestige Space Opera for a New Era

In the vast, turbulent expanse of the galaxy, alliances are fragile, empires are restless, and ancient enemies stir in the shadows. The Seraphic Chronicles is a bold, character-driven space opera that blends sweeping interstellar politics,…

11.08.2025 07:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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10.08.2025 11:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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09.08.2025 11:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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08.08.2025 22:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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07.08.2025 06:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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06.08.2025 19:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – A Ghost in the Shadows To most who encounter him—on paper, in conversation, or in passing—Raphan Django is nothing more than a security consultant for Star Command. His office is based out of the Alliance embassy on D’Ulib, a perfectly respectable post for a man of his age and experience. He attends briefings, advises on threat assessments, and travels off-world for “risk evaluations.” His demeanor is calm, professional, unassuming. No one asks too many questions. No one looks twice. That’s exactly how he wants it. The truth is far more dangerous. Django is the most trusted and lethal operative in NightShade, a black ops unit so far removed from the chain of command that no one even thinks to ask questions about it.

Seraphic Chronicles – A Ghost in the Shadows

To most who encounter him—on paper, in conversation, or in passing—Raphan Django is nothing more than a security consultant for Star Command. His office is based out of the Alliance embassy on D’Ulib, a perfectly respectable post for a man of his age…

04.08.2025 08:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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04.08.2025 08:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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03.08.2025 10:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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01.08.2025 09:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – The Sarafid Dowd’i: War-Weary Kings of Season One One of the defining creative triumphs of Season One of The Seraphic Chronicles lies in the introduction and exploration of the Sarafid Dowd'i—a mysterious, noble, and tragic alien culture whose presence anchors the season’s structure and tone. From their first major appearance in Episode 5, The Kingdom of Skulls, through the explosive Episode 10, Phoenix, and finally culminating in the game-changing Episode 16, Allegiance, the Sarafid Dowd'i arc provides the political engine, the emotional undercurrent, and much of the raw aesthetic power behind the season. Every episode before and after these Sarafid Dowd'i-centric chapters bends around their gravity.

Seraphic Chronicles – The Sarafid Dowd’i: War-Weary Kings of Season One

One of the defining creative triumphs of Season One of The Seraphic Chronicles lies in the introduction and exploration of the Sarafid Dowd'i—a mysterious, noble, and tragic alien culture whose presence anchors the season’s…

01.08.2025 09:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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31.07.2025 09:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – A Masterclass in Sci-Fi Emotion: Breaking Down the Opening Scene of “Last Tears of the Banabhatta” The Seraphic Chronicles opens not with a battle, a spaceship chase, or a grand galactic declaration, but with silence, sorrow, and the raw presence of a grieving woman. In the pilot episode titled "Last Tears of the Banabhatta," the audience is immediately dropped into the quiet aftermath of unimaginable loss. It’s here that we meet Ejjina Mexonber-Quad—not as a legendary captain or political figure—but as a woman slipping on her shoes in dim light, trying to move forward in a world that has already moved on. The scene’s visual language is precise.

Seraphic Chronicles – A Masterclass in Sci-Fi Emotion: Breaking Down the Opening Scene of “Last Tears of the Banabhatta”

The Seraphic Chronicles opens not with a battle, a spaceship chase, or a grand galactic declaration, but with silence, sorrow, and the raw presence of a grieving woman. In the…

31.07.2025 09:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles: Episode 1.04: “Doubt That The Stars Are Fire” — Romance, Rogues, and Ridiculousness Aboard the Seraphic After the cosmic horror and high-stakes sacrifice of The Seraphic Chronicles Episode 3, the series does something bold: it smiles. Episode 4, “Doubt That The Stars Are Fire,” is a cheeky, fast-paced romantic comedy that brings a welcome breath of levity to the crew of the ScSS Seraphic. And in the middle of it all? A love potion, a yellow evening dress, a fake trader with a real data rod, and one very unlucky science officer. Enter Nex — a Smuilian rogue, full of charm, schemes, and the panicked energy of someone who’s made just enough bad decisions to be both lovable and dangerous.

Seraphic Chronicles: Episode 1.04: “Doubt That The Stars Are Fire” — Romance, Rogues, and Ridiculousness Aboard the Seraphic

After the cosmic horror and high-stakes sacrifice of The Seraphic Chronicles Episode 3, the series does something bold: it smiles. Episode 4, “Doubt That The Stars Are…

30.07.2025 14:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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30.07.2025 08:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – Episode Three: Screaming Into The Night In its third episode, The Seraphic Chronicles delivers its most harrowing and consequential hour yet. Screaming Into The Night begins as a standard rescue operation and ends with the collapse of the most ambitious peace mission in modern galactic history. Operation Open Water has cracked — and no one is left unchanged. The episode opens with a thrilling save. The crew of the ScSS Seraphic rescues survivors of a fellow starship under attack by an unnamed dark order. Among the survivors is the returning character Volosovich, adding another layer of history to the Seraphic’s roster.

Seraphic Chronicles – Episode Three: Screaming Into The Night

In its third episode, The Seraphic Chronicles delivers its most harrowing and consequential hour yet. Screaming Into The Night begins as a standard rescue operation and ends with the collapse of the most ambitious peace mission in…

29.07.2025 17:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – Episode Two: Agents The second episode of The Seraphic Chronicles, Agents, pulls back the curtain on the galaxy’s hidden war — one not fought with fleets or declarations, but with secrets, blades, and silence. At the center is Raphan Django, a man who walks the line between family man and shadow operative, hero and traitor, patriot and criminal. We begin three months before the events of the pilot episode, not with warships but with whispers. Django, already established as a member of the Oferan Great House of Isem, leads a life no one in his family — or his House — fully understands.

Seraphic Chronicles – Episode Two: Agents

The second episode of The Seraphic Chronicles, Agents, pulls back the curtain on the galaxy’s hidden war — one not fought with fleets or declarations, but with secrets, blades, and silence. At the center is Raphan Django, a man who walks the line between…

29.07.2025 12:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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29.07.2025 09:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Seraphic chronicles – Episdoe One: Last Tears of the Banabhatta The Seraphic Chronicles launches with “Last Tears of the Banabhatta,” a powerful, character-driven pilot that sets the tone for the entire series. It opens not in the vastness of space, but in the quiet of Baraben Prime, where Ejjina Mexonber-Quad, stripped of purpose and reeling from personal loss, mourns in silence. Her fiancé is dead, her last ship, the Banabhatta, destroyed at Podrink 452, her command questioned and her name dragged through the mud in a court martial she barely survived. Our hero finds herself hollowed out, the most controversial officer in the fleet, directionless, and unsure if she even wants her career anymore.

Seraphic chronicles – Episdoe One: Last Tears of the Banabhatta

The Seraphic Chronicles launches with “Last Tears of the Banabhatta,” a powerful, character-driven pilot that sets the tone for the entire series. It opens not in the vastness of space, but in the quiet of Baraben Prime, where Ejjina…

29.07.2025 09:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles Jovan Johnson: The Rockstar of the Skies If the ScSS Seraphic ever needed a pulse, a streak of chaos, or a flash of charisma, it found it in Jovan Johnson. A man who seems to exist at the crossroads of rule-breaking and charm, Jovan is what happens when you blend the cocksure bravado of Top Gun’s Maverick with the effortless swagger of Han Solo, throw in the decadent showmanship of Ric Flair, and lace it all with the untamed fire of Axl Rose. He isn’t just a pilot—he’s a lifestyle. Jovan works hard and parties harder. He doesn’t just enter a room—he electrifies it.

Seraphic Chronicles Jovan Johnson: The Rockstar of the Skies

If the ScSS Seraphic ever needed a pulse, a streak of chaos, or a flash of charisma, it found it in Jovan Johnson. A man who seems to exist at the crossroads of rule-breaking and charm, Jovan is what happens when you blend the cocksure…

28.07.2025 09:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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26.07.2025 08:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – The BuTani Overview: Reforging Star Command from Hull to Heart In the aftermath of the Gryar War, the hard truth became undeniable: Star Command was outdated. Its fleet, though once proud and storied, had become a patchwork of aging hulls, underpowered engines, and obsole systems. Officers were trained in simulations that hadn’t changed in decades, outfitted in uniforms that represented tradition more than tactical need. And when the battles came, many ships simply couldn’t keep up. It was Admiral Li Po Yu, among others, who demanded change—not cosmetic shifts or half-hearted reforms, but a total rethinking of the organization from the ground up.

Seraphic Chronicles – The BuTani Overview: Reforging Star Command from Hull to Heart

In the aftermath of the Gryar War, the hard truth became undeniable: Star Command was outdated. Its fleet, though once proud and storied, had become a patchwork of aging hulls, underpowered engines, and obsole…

25.07.2025 10:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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24.07.2025 09:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – The Smuilian: Scavengers, Hustlers, and Survivors of the Galaxy If you’ve traveled the galaxy and haven’t encountered a Smuilian, you either haven’t paid attention or you’re lying. Small, fur-covered, and usually under four and a half feet tall, the Smuilian are one of the most widespread—and most underestimated—species in The Seraphic Chronicles universe. They speak with a lisp that’s become infamous across the stars, a result of their elongated snouts struggling with the sharp sounds of human-standard languages. But don’t let the speech pattern fool you: the Smuilian are sharp, opportunistic, and endlessly adaptable. Whether it’s a booming black-market auction on a forgotten moon or the glittering high-rise offices of a financial syndicate on D’Ulíb, odds are there’s a Smuilian in the room.

Seraphic Chronicles – The Smuilian: Scavengers, Hustlers, and Survivors of the Galaxy

If you’ve traveled the galaxy and haven’t encountered a Smuilian, you either haven’t paid attention or you’re lying. Small, fur-covered, and usually under four and a half feet tall, the Smuilian are one of the…

24.07.2025 09:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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23.07.2025 09:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – Outside the Hull: The Visual Impact of Planetary Worlds In The Seraphic Chronicles, the starships—especially the ScSS Seraphic—are sleek, controlled environments. These interiors are constructed to reflect Star Command’s efficiency and new philosophy after the BuTani Overview: clean lines, sharp lighting, warm tones, and an ever-present hum of technology. They’re the kind of spaces where uniformity is survival, where the chaos of the galaxy is kept at bay behind bulkheads and environmental controls. But it’s precisely that level of control that makes the planetary sequences so visually and emotionally arresting. When our characters leave the ship and step foot onto a world’s surface, the tone and texture of the series shifts dramatically.

Seraphic Chronicles – Outside the Hull: The Visual Impact of Planetary Worlds

In The Seraphic Chronicles, the starships—especially the ScSS Seraphic—are sleek, controlled environments. These interiors are constructed to reflect Star Command’s efficiency and new philosophy after the BuTani…

23.07.2025 08:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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22.07.2025 10:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Seraphic Chronicles – The Pyntaxians In the swirling mysteries of the Bregenna Expanse, few species elicit the same reverence, curiosity, and quiet awe as the Pyntaxians—an ancient, energy-based civilization thought to have vanished long before most modern species took to the stars. Hunted nearly to extinction by the merciless Naz'Jil, the Pyntaxians were once a corporeal, star-faring race from the crystalline world of Myajath. Their destruction seemed certain. Instead, they adapted in a way few could have imagined: they evolved beyond physical form. Now, the Pyntaxians exist as beings of pure energy, radiant in their natural state—great, golden, translucent creatures that drift through the cosmic gases of Kibbuiz, a massive gas giant nestled deep in the Wishing Point Nebula.

Seraphic Chronicles – The Pyntaxians

In the swirling mysteries of the Bregenna Expanse, few species elicit the same reverence, curiosity, and quiet awe as the Pyntaxians—an ancient, energy-based civilization thought to have vanished long before most modern species took to the stars. Hunted nearly…

21.07.2025 09:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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