Just a quick update: I'm working on chapter 5 starting today, I should have it finished sometime tomorrow night or the following morning.
I'm not as fast as some people, but I can get things done, and I plan to show it. ^_^
I'll edit this post with the chapter preview later, and people can post here / pm me if they want changes.
However, I'll spoil the basic plot since I wrote the outline ages ago.
Plot overview of chapter 5 for Shadowblaze Chronicles:
1. Follow up and continue the events from chapter 4.
2. The scene shifts to Andrew V. Lithum and Vastenarok. Vastenarok reunites Andrew with his daughter, but then threatens her with immediate demise if Andrew refuses to comply with his commands, forcing him into a situation where he has to fight someone very similar to Vastenarok himself. Vastenarok, however, had already planned on Andrew's failure to defeat them, and merely needed them to weaken the adversary, so that Vastenarok wouldn't encounter as much trouble in finishing them off.
3. After the fact, Andrew notices that Vastenarok was able to kill them, even though their appearance is eerily similar to Vastenarok's own. This could only mean one thing: Unlike the Empress, Etheria, neither Vastenarok nor his deceased enemy were Immortal. Vastenarok explained that when one masters all forms of arcane arts, they stop aging and can live indefinitely, if not completely destroyed. He explained that the reason he banished the Empress to another dimension is that even though her magic is weaker than his, she has true invulnerability, which makes her incapable of taking bodily damage.
4. The scene returns to the protagonists' party, and after the current events are resolved, Elgaraf begins Masayoshi's combat training.
5. Events occur, leading up to the beginning of chapter 6. Whoever write chapter six should work with me so that I can figure out what to lead up to. This is a rare case where I'm going to cater to the next person's chapter, so reserve chapter 6 now.
I might not cater at any other time, so get in on it while you can. ^_^
I hope to meet everyone's expectations ^_^