Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 3

Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 3
Cost	15
Genre	Fantasy
Series	Blades of Light and Shadow
Book Number	3
Previous Book	Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 2
Weekly Released	Wednesday
Release Date	Early Access September 25, 2024 - January 8, 2025 General Release November 20, 2024 - March 5, 2025

Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 3 is the third and final book of the Blades of Light and Shadow series. It succeeds its first two books, Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 1 and Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 2.

Summary

After deciding the fate of the Realms, you and your party clash with the Old Gods, a fight which will change your lives forever!

Chapters

Chapter 1: One Day More

After deciding the fate of the Realms, you and your party clash with the Old Gods, a fight which will change your lives forever!

Chapter 2: The Undiscovered Country

You've lost it all. There's no coming back. This is the end of the story... or maybe a new beginning.

Chapter 3: Here at the End

Your journey so far has been perilous, but, confronted by two mysterious figures, it's about to get much worse.

Chapter 4: Connections and Consequences

With your path home in danger, you reach out to those you left behind, and your enemies catch up to you.

Chapter 5: The River of Seekers

You've escaped one afterlife, only to find yourselves in another. But what dark secrets does this river hold?

Chapter 6: The Heart of the Sea

There seems to be no escape from the expansive ocean you've landed in, but what awaits you under the waves?

Chapter 7: Rage and Ruin

Separated from your friend, you and the rest of your party find yourselves in the belly of the beast.

Chapter 8: Trespasser

With a new ally by your side, it's time to confront the one who took your life!

Chapter 9: The City of Light

You've finally reached Elhalas, where your party will find more than a few familiar faces.

Chapter 10: Into the Deep

With the help of the resistance, you delve through the city in search of a weapon to defeat Nifara.

Chapter 11: Abandon All Hope

Falling into a land full of horrors, you'll meet new friends and old enemies alike.

Chapter 12: The Pit and the Pendulum

The Queen is here.

Chapter 13: All Shall Fade

After a devastating loss, you question whether there's any point in going on.

Chapter 14: The Queen's Cage

Can you sway the other Gods to your side, or will a more tempting offer ruin your plans?

Chapter 15: For One, For All

With everything on the line, you face down Nifara. But will you be able to end her reign of terror?

Chapter 16: Life, Death, and Beyond

You came out of the fight victorious, but there's still one last decision to be made.

Gallery

Pre-Book Sneak Peeks & Information

Choices Insiders (July 2024)

Choices Insiders (August 2024)

Choices Insiders (September 2024)

Your Character Sneak Peek (Female)

Your Character Sneak Peek (Male)

Female Love Interests Sneak Peek

Male Love Interests Sneak Peek

Old Gods Sneak Peek 1

Old Gods Sneak Peek 2

Old Gods Sneak Peek 3

Chapter 1 Description

Choices Insiders (October 2024)

Choices Insiders (November 2024)

Featured Locations

• Morella
• Shadow Realm
• The World Below

• Valax's Palace & Surrounding Areas
• Misc

Aerial View of Valax's Lands

Road to Valax's Palace

Roadside Field

Valax's Palace Exterior

Palace Ballroom

Palace Library

Palace Orchards

Wine Cellar

Foggy Woods

Cabin

Cabin Bedroom

Cove

Mountain Peak

Landslide

Shared Dream Space

Camping Tent

Information from Tablets

• Tablet 1
• Tablet 2
• Tablet 3
• Tablet 4
• Tablet 5
• Tablet 6

Arriving Here (Part 1)

Arriving Here (Part 2)

What The Journey Is Like (Part 1)

What The Journey Is Like (Part 2)

The City with No Faces (Part 1)

The City with No Faces (Part 2)

The End (Part 1)

The End (Part 2)

The Nature Of The River

Who Ends Up Here (Part 1)

Who Ends Up Here (Part 2)

How To Leave (Part 1)

How To Leave (Part 2)

The River's Dangers (Part 1)

The River's Dangers (Part 2)

Becoming One With The Elements (Part 1)

Becoming One With The Elements (Part 2)

The Animals Who Live There (Part 1)

The Animals Who Live There (Part 2)

The Great Whale (Part 1)

The Great Whale (Part 2)

How Souls Are Judged (Part 1)

How Souls Are Judged (Part 2)

The Creation Of Elhalas (Part 1)

The Creation Of Elhalas (Part 2)

The Ring Of Dawn (Part 1)

The Ring Of Dawn (Part 2)

The Ring Of Dusk (Part 1)

The Ring Of Dusk (Part 2)

The Rivers That Meet In The City (Part 1)

The Rivers That Meet In The City (Part 2)

Intro

How People End Up Here (Part 1)

How People End Up Here (Part 2)

The Topography Of The Hells (Part 1)

The Topography Of The Hells (Part 2)

Long-Term Effects Of Being Here (Part 1)

Long-Term Effects Of Being Here (Part 2)

How To Escape (Part 1)

How To Escape (Part 2)

The Palace's Construction (Part 1)

The Palace's Construction (Part 2)

The Palace's Layout (Part 1)

The Palace's Layout (Part 2)

The Palace's Defenses (Part 1)

The Palace's Defenses (Part 2)

The Palace's Secrets (Part 1)

The Palace's Secrets (Part 2)

Skills

Elf Skill

Human Skill

Orc Skill

Miscellaneous

• Promo
• Items
• Misc

Thumbnail Cover

Full Cover

In-App Announcement of the Wide Release

In-book Cover

Glaive

Hammer

Flail

Boulder

Crystal Weapon

Ch.1 Content Warning

Tutorial about Lore Tablets in Ch.2 Part 1

Tutorial about Lore Tablets in Ch.2 Part 2

The Glorious Descent of the Ascendant, Ch.14

End Message in Ch.16 Part 1

End Message in Ch.16 Part 2

Spoilers

• On December 25, 2023, PB announced the Book.
• In the July 2024 Choices Insiders, Pixelberry confirmed that Book 3 is currently planned to be released in Fall 2024 for Early Access.
• In the August 2024 Choices Insiders, PB confirmed that Book 3 is currently planned to come out in September 2024 for Early Access.
• On September 4, 2024, the release date was revealed in-app to be September 25.
• In the September 2024 Choices Insiders, PB gave some behind the scenes information.
• On September 17, 2024, PB posted a sneak peek, asking players where they think Blades will take them next.
• On September 18, 2024, PB posted a sneak peek of Your Character.
• On September 19, 2024, PB posted a sneak peak of all six love interests.
  • Later on the same day, they teased a masked character whose mask can be used as an Instagram effect.
• On September 20, 2024, PB released sneak peeks of the Old Gods while confirming that the previously teased masked character is one of them.
• On September 24, 2024, PB posted the blog post about this book.
• On September 25, 2024, a video was released.
• On September 25, 2024, an in-app pop-up confirmed the Wide Release date to be November 20, 2024.
• On December 5, 2024, Pixelberry confirmed that Book 3 is the final book of the series.

Trivia

• This is the first trilogy of the 2020s to have multiple love interests.
• This is the only series to start off without Early Access, but have one book with a VIP phase.
• Some of the chapter titles reference other media.
  • "One Day More" may be a reference to the song of the same name from the musical Les Misérables.
  • "The Undiscovered Country" is a phrase used in Hamlet's famous "To be, or not to be" soliloquy to describe the afterlife.
  • "Abandon All Hope" is a reference to the phrase "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here," which is said in the 14th-century Italian poem Inferno to be inscribed over the gate of Hell.
  • "The Pit and the Pendulum" shares its name with a short horror story written by Edgar Allan Poe which describes the experiences of a tortured prisoner.
• While the Blades series isn't the longest in terms of book length, it has surpassed The Royal Romance series as the longest running series in Choices, with a run time of 5 years and a month.

Click here for the walkthrough of this book: Blades of Light and Shadow, Book 3 Choices.