WHO WE ARE

Soul Forged Studios is an independent creative universe built by author and musician Adger R. Matthews II. Two published grimdark novels. An original metal catalog performed by an AI-rendered band born from those pages. A tabletop RPG where you forge your own path through the same world. And tools built by creators, for creators - because we needed them first.

Everything here is connected. The characters in the music are the characters in the books. The world you play in at the table is the world they bled for on the page. This isn't a franchise. It's one story told through every medium we could get our hands on.

We're building toward something bigger - a Kickstarter campaign to bring the UNWRITTEN tabletop RPG to life, a growing catalog of music and video, and a novel series that isn't finished yet. You're not late. You're early.

———————————————————— FIRST LIGHT ———————————————————

We built First Light because we needed it ourselves. Before you send your manuscript to an agent, before you hand it to a friend who'll tell you it's great no matter what, you need someone who'll actually read it and tell you the truth. First Light is that first honest read. Upload your manuscript, get real feedback - structure, pacing, voice, the things that matter. Free. No signup. No stored data. Your words stay yours.

We didn't build it to sell. We built it because every writer deserves the step before the step.