I started the Aegna Project in 2017 as a hobby worldbuilding project. It was a fun way to spend my downtime, imagining fantastical worlds and filling them with different races, each with their own magic, cultures and relationships to each other. I went deep into the rabbit hole.

Soon, it became clear that my career wasn’t what I was passionate about and I tried to think about what I wanted to do. Aegna was the answer. I can honestly say that this project was what gave me the drive and passion to make the terrifying leap into the world of a freelance writer.

Between establishing myself as a writer and going back to uni, I quietly tinkered away at my pet project. It soon spiralled out of control into its current form which I have a feeling will become my life’s work, alongside my other life’s works.

The Emergence story began to form as I built the world of Aegna. A prequel of sorts to the original project, telling the story of cosmic interference and a modern world being given magic. To greater understand the magic I wanted in the world, I planned a series of short stories to tell the story of the people Aegna discovering how to use the Thaum.

As often happens with my worldbuilding, the project became bigger. While written short stories will be the focus of Emergence, I have begun to formulate additional forms of storytelling into the plan. From game design, transmedia, to voice acting. Some of the first stories can be read in my portfolio.

Whenever I can find time, I am working on the true home of Emergence. An interactive website that will be built over time to incorporate the many and varied stories that lead the world of Aegna to discover that magic is real.