Hello, to anyone who reads these news posts.

I am, in general, just going to be going from story to story with little rhyme or reason these days, given that I mostly update people on the discord about my goings on and my fight with mental illness. It’s just, not been feasible to do these big stories that I typically do.

I destroy myself by doing them. Even Ravenous Corps has been too much for me, a story I didn’t even announce this time.

If you want to know whats going on with me and are reading primarily on my site, well, the discord link is at the side.

Beyond that, I hope you can forgive my random jumping from story to story.

Thank you for reading my words, and I hope I have entertained, as disjointed as my work can be.

Q: What exactly is this?
——A: This is The Ashlar Knells, a story I have worked on since november last year.

Q: It looks like your other work, why is it posted in user fiction?
——A: Unlike things like Terrene Spire or Mycelium Roots, The Ashlar Knells is entirely controlled by me, not taking any user input. This is in and off itself an experiment that basically just reverts what I make into a funky form of a webcomic.

Q: Why is it being posted now, here?
——A: I am desperately trying to stay sane and I frankly need positive attention to keep functioning.

Q: How often will it update?
——A: I currently have 15 pages more than what has been posted here, which will be posted over the next 15 days. Beyond that I don’t know when it will update, as I am still fighting my untreated problems.

I hope you enjoy. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask them.

Thank you all. Seriously, thank you for all your help, your cheer and your anticipation over these last four years.
Without you who read my stories, I would be just as aimless as I have always felt that I was. You all give me purpose. True purpose.
Terrene Spire is an utterly fantastic achievement in art and storytelling for me. It is a shining jewel among my many polished stones.
Thank you all a thousand times for reading.

Well.

Terrene Spire might have been declared dead, but I am offering you something new.
This story has brewed in my head for years, though never given form because Terrene Spire was always the “Popular” one and I felt obligated to continue it no matter what, even though it was actually really hard to work on…
I can still promise animations, combat systems, interaction systems and many more little cool things.
Though I probably wont be as, delicatedly dedicated to perfection as I have been with Terrene Spire.

…Fuck just, thank you all again. I cannot thank you enough.

I hope you will enjoy Mycelium Roots.

-Dex.

Terrene Spire.

Terrene Spire was made almost four years ago, just around when undertale came out.

Terrene Spire started four months before my dad died.

Terrene Spire started six months before my mom found out she has dementia.

Terrene Spire was worked upon as another of my passion projects for years and years, thought about, functionally defining an entire combat system, an interactive menu and everything that entails.

Terrene Spire has been an incredible ride but also born in the absolutely toughest and most traumatic part of my life.

While I suffered my brother’s injustices, Terrene Spire was there as a thing I thought about constantly.

While I helped my mother grieve over my father, Terrene Spire was there.

My mother has never gotten over dad. Mom’s still grieving him, but the dementia has left her docile and she doesnt think of him a lot.

My brother went insane trying to keep his idea of our family together.

Four months ago I asked my brother to never contact me again.

a month after that he got married to his GF.

I ran away and he got his finger out of his ass because his easy workhorse wasnt listening anymore.

And through all my strife, my constant arguing, my attempts at making these narcissists understand that I am not a neurotypical person and I dont have the resources they demand of me…

Terrene Spire was there.

I have almost 20 gigabytes of Terrene Spire files on my PC.

Terrene Spire’s image files, JUST the image files, is already over 2500 images.

I feel like hell for saying that I don’t feel any joy from making Terrene Spire anymore.

I made it for the very reason I made all my other stories. I made them for attention.

The only positive attention in my life is the reactions to my stories.

It’s not hyperbole to say that you people have saved me from wanting to kill myself many times over these, four years.

Four years of Terrene Spire.

And I feel so little anymore. I dont want to work on Terrene Spire anymore.

I poured my heart and soul into it all through the hardest part of my life that I have ever been through.

Terrene Spire.

I feel like an asshole for saying I dont want to work on Terrene Spire anymore.

You guys have given me so much, you have even given me ACTUAL FUCKING MONEY, something I have, regretted, a LOT.

I feel like a thief, a cheat and a scamp, an absolute monster.

I have wasted your money again and again.

At the same time that money has helped me stay alive…

And its all because of this forum and Terrene Spire.

And I dont want to work on Terrene Spire anymore.

I dont know what else to say.

I am sorry everyone. I have failed you once more.

“Why don’t you try writing an ending for once.”

“Why don’t you try writing an ending for once.”

“Why don’t you write an ending for once.”

“why.”

“why.”

“why.”

Sorry, no update this time either. I wanted to report in on how it goes with me and why everything is being so slow.

I don’t have my current good social helpers anymore. They have helped me produce a statement on my anxiety condition and where I am in my recovery, which is not looking so good due to outside factors like my family constantly soaring over me.

Hopefully I will get some new, good social helpers soon. Hopefully, I will get the more intense Psychiatric help I need to become able to manage myself better.

I can only hope. Things are not easy for me. I spend most days trying to recover my energy, doing things I “enjoy”, even though I hardly feel much other than regret, shame and guilt.

I am so sorry everyone. I am trying with all I have, and it’s still barely holding together.

To those of you who still donate to my patreon, after all this: Thank you, thank you all so much.

To those of you who still are on the Discord, who still wants this story to continue, im there with you. I want to work on it but it’s borderline impossible when I can hardly get myself to go buy groceries.

Don’t worry, I will survive. I just need more therapy. I need more help than I have already gotten. I have gotten a good distance on what help I have but it is clearly, CLEARLY not enough.

Thank you all a thousand times for reading Terrene Spire. Thank you, thank you thank you thank you.

Thank you for caring about this world I have been trying to make. This story I have been trying to unfold.

I am so sorry that I keep failing you all. But I know I truly aren’t, I am just, so… So, broken.

Thank you everyone.

Thank you, please, good luck everyone and I hope you’re having a pleasant day.

Thank you all for your patience with Terrene Spire. Don’t worry, it’s not randomly ended at this odd moment. I just wanted to note on a thing or two:

Patreon supporters, you have given me so much over the months and, years that it is now. Thank you for all of your support. It’s been an incredible help to keep me afloat and basically I haven’t truly had to borrow money from family or friends to survive because of you guys. It might seem like you are paying for nothing sometimes, and I really, cannot express how horrified that thought makes me, because I really, really REALLY need to give you more for all that you have given me so far. Thank you, from the deepest parts of my heart. Without the patreon support I would be in hot shit most of the time, making it just, harder to do anything.

This in no way should diminish how much support I have gotten from the readers who aren’t pitching in a buck or two though, you all have been utterly amazing to me! Friendly beyond measure and always willing to either listen or work with me based on what shit is going through my head at my breakdowns. Thank you, thank you all so so much for all you have done. And thank you again because I can be allowed to show you this world I have created.

Terrene Spire is going into the real meat of things now, the Old Fortress awaits.

Thank you all for reading Terrene Spire!

One year.
366 days. (it’s a leap year after all.)
520 individual panels.
1492 images altogether.
280 pages.
20878 likes.

Holy SHIT.

What a freaking year it has been eh? A full year of Terrene Spire. Some amazing ups and some truly fucking devastating downs and yet through it all I am still going.

Thank you.

Truly, truly thank you. With all of my heart, being and existence.

Seriously, thank you so much for reading Terrene Spire. Thank you all for joining the celebrations. For putting up with my tantrums.

Just…

Thank you all so very very much.

I hope I can continue to entertain you all for years to come.

And now the links:

Terrene Spire IRC Chat. We have a chatroom, created by the magnificent @WhoAmEye! Come in, have a chat! I will be there sometimes. I try to be there. Simply write my name and I will react! It’s most often “Dexe” right now. Simply click the link and write a name and all that, it’s super easy!

Terrene Spire on TVTropes. Word of mouth is a strong way to help share what stories you like! Go improve the online presence of Terrene Spire! It’s a big help.

The Dexworks Patreon. Help me to survive to keep drawing! You can gain great insight and nice sketches! No pressure though, my stories will always be free. I am sorry that there is nothing special to go look at yet but, I am working on it. I promise.

…Again, thank you all a million billion times. Really. Just. Wow.

Well, I can see someone reacted to me tinkering with my patreon, so this surprise is a bit shot into the floor but hrrHMM!!

Everyone! I retooled my patreon page and it’s tiers, making it a lot more streamlined and understandable, for both you and me! I hope you enjoy the new art I made for it, and continue to have an excellent day! If you want to check out the stuff I have done on it, please click on the big button below!

Don’t worry, it’s non-committing! You can cancel at any time, and heck you can even set how much money it pulls every month, meaning if you support multiple people on patreon, it will still only pull the amount you have set it to pull! Please, have a look around and see what goodies can come to you if you help me survive just a bit easier!

…Though to be honest there isn’t much yet to look at, I swear that I am working on some background stuff to put in there! So stay tuned my friends and thank you all again a MILLION times for reading Terrene Spire!

I hope you all have a great day!

*PARTY*