Mertiya Writes (and Draws)

New chapter! and some bonus WIP artwork beneath 🙂

LAST TIME on The Mirror Crack’d: A young girl found a strange wolf on the shores of Lake Helevorn.

THIS TIME on The Mirror Crack’d: Dragons and wolves and Dwarves, oh my! Or: Anniavas and Maedhros go to the aid of a beleaguered settlement near Lake Helevorn.

Chapter Rating: T and up

Read Of Changing and of Shifting Shape on AO3!

Read Of Changing and of Shifting Shape on SWG!

Behold, the Himring gang (Left to Right: Eirien, Dernodhos, Echeleb, Anniavas), WIP, slightly censored so tumblr doesn’t get mad about Dernodhos going topless

Fanfiction Updates

The Mirror Crack’d, Interlude and Part 2

August 28, 2026 Mertiya (AdmirableMonster)

New chapter–a short little interlude to kick off Part the Second!

LAST TIME on The Mirror Crack’d: Maedhros and Anniavas kissed underneath the mistletoe, and Anniavas tentatively decided they were friends.

THIS TIME on The Mirror Crack’d: Months before the events of Yule at Himring, a young Elf searching for her brother finds a monstrous creature on the shore of Lake Helevorn.

Chapter Rating: T and up

Read By the Lakeshore on AO3!

Read By the Lakeshore on SWG!

Fanfiction Updates

The Mirror Crack’d, End of Part 1

August 14, 2026 Mertiya (AdmirableMonster)

New chapter, the final chapter of the first part!

LAST TIME on The Mirror Crack’d: Himring prepared for Yule, and Limral got her say.

THIS TIME on The Mirror Crack’d: Himring has a snowball fight, which Anniavas takes too seriously, and then he accidentally wanders under some mistletoe…