One story,
every medium
Built by one person — author, musician, and U.S. Army veteran Adger R. Matthews II.
Where Stories Become Worlds
Soul Forged Studios is an independent creative universe built by author and musician Adger R. Matthews II. Grimdark novels. An original metal catalog performed by the band born from their pages. A tabletop RPG set in the same world. And tools built by creators, for creators — because he needed them first.
Grief forged into metal. Love that refuses to stay buried. This isn’t a franchise — it’s one story told through every medium he could get his hands on.
Independent · Veteran-owned · U.S. Army
Everything here is connected
The characters in the music are the characters in the books. The world you play at the table is the world they bled for on the page.
The Novels →
A sapphic grimdark saga set in the dying world of Virelya. The story that started everything.
The Music →
UNWRITTEN — dark-fantasy metal, sung from inside the story. Every song is canon.
The Game →
SOULFORGED — a tabletop RPG where you live the world and every choice marks your soul.
The Tools →
First Light — an honest first read for other writers. Built because he needed it himself.
The novels tell the story. The music lets you hear it. The game lets you live it.
The novels, lyrics, and lore are entirely human-written. AI is used to bring existing characters to life — not to invent them.
The story is real. The world is his. AI just lets you finally see what he’s always seen. Human-written. AI-assisted. Soul-forged.
The world keeps unfolding
New chapters, new songs, and the SOULFORGED Kickstarter when it lands — first word goes to the list.