AARDEHN: AWAKENING, a lush oversized illustrated novella!

Stretch Goals and meet the Obelite Edition Tier!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 09:40:03 AM

Hello Backers,

It's been one week since the campaign launched, and Eric and I are thrilled with the results! 

Aardehn: Awakening is presently 197% Funded with 241 backers, including you!

We managed to bring a preview of the book to Fanexpo Canada over the weekend – it was only 1/3rd of the book with lots of unfinished bits – and the reactions were overwhelmingly positive. 

Honestly, we’re trying something quite NEW here blending a novella, illustrations, and comics as the cherry on the top.

Many of you have been messaging us about stretch goals and today, I get to unveil them. These honestly should be really easy to hit and it's mainly just things we want to give you to say how much we appreciate the support!

250 backers — Sticker 3-Pack to all Physical Backers.

Show your love for Cyberpunk Blood Thrillers (haha) by sticking these on your laptop, tablet, or cellphone case. 

We tested a prototype of these at our Fanexpo table and people kept asking to buy them. 

"Sorry guys, these are just for backers!"

$22,000 — Aardehn Sigil Magnet to all Physical Backers

This symbol is an overarching Aardehn image. It’s stunning, of course, and contains all the elements of the massive epic we’ve awoken with this first book. Can’t wait for you guys to get it.

Lastly, I want to unveil…

The Obelite Edition

With the Earlybird selling out, many have asked where they could get the THP items and the Limited Edition Blood Credit, as well as the elusive Obelite Slipcase Edition only available in The Empress Tier!

Well, now we have all those things in one wonderful tier, please welcome to the gorgeous Obelite Edition as an option for you to upgrade to dropping tomorrow at 10am EST. 

Thank you again. I hope your having fun and enjoying the campaign. I’m sure we’ll crush the stretch goals, and have new ones soon!

S. M. Carter

THANK YOU!
over 1 year ago – Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 10:40:43 AM

Yesterday our Aardehn: Awakening campaign reached its funding goal within the first 7 hours of launch - the book, is going to be made, thanks to YOU!I can’t express how great this feels and this wouldn’t have happened without everyone’s support and dedication to independent creators, and what, Sheldon, and the RAID family are building.

Thank you again from the bottom of my heart!! Sheldon and I have been working away tirelessly on Aardehn: Awakening for years now. It has evolved over the years, seen many forms, and changed shape and size, but we are elated to get our vision into your hands! I want to give a heartfelt shout-out to my main man Ramón Pérez who always kills himself for these projects and well let’s face it, every project that runs through RAID. Without his help, this Kickstarter wouldn’t have been as successful as it has been. Thanks, brother! Also a big shout-out to the Aardehn crack team behind the scenes – Rob, Maria, and Darcy. Thank you all for the continuous support and help now, and moving moving forward. YOU ALL ROCK!

Finally, to my creative soulmate, Sheldon or rather S.M. Carter. We got here brother! Thank you for believing in my weird and wild ideas and putting up with my charming naivete. I can’t wait to keep exploring this wonderful world we’re building together!

Okay, I think that about sums it up for now.

Stay tuned as we tackle the next 20 days and share more goodies along the way!

I will never forget you all and one last time – THANK YOU!!!

Eric Vedder