THE WITNESS

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LATEST FROM THE FORGE

Page update 21st March 2026

FIRST LIGHT BETA READER — NOW LIVE

First Light Beta Reader is live at soulforgedstudio.com/first-light. Free to use. No signup. No stored manuscripts. Your copyright stays yours. Submit a chapter and receive a professional assessment across six categories before any human eyes see it. Built for indie authors who deserve honest feedback without the $400 price tag.

THE AWAKENING — OUT NOW

The debut album from UNWRITTEN is live on 23 streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube Music. 14 tracks. Every song lives inside the story. Every story lives inside the song. Stream it at soulforgedstudio.com/music.

A female guitarist with long hair playing an electric guitar on stage, backlit by warm stage lights during a concert at night, with an audience in the background, and the words "The Awakening" overlayed on the image.
Dark, stormy sky over a snowy mountain with a tall, gothic-style castle and a lightning strike in the background.

UNWRITTEN CHRONICLES — LIVE NOW

The UNWRITTEN Chronicles pilot episode went live Saturday March 21. The pilot adapts the origin of Vessa Starrfall — from the Blood King's throne room to the mountain chamber where everything begins. Six minutes. Photo-realistic/painterly expression. The world of UNWRITTEN is becoming a visual series.

Two women with striking blue eyes stand on either side of a cracked wall, touching hands. The woman on the left has long dark hair, wearing a black hoodie and a green distressed jacket. The woman on the right has long red hair, wearing a black leather jacket with studs, and is leaning against a graffiti-covered wall with pink and blue neon lights. The text on the image reads: "WRONG SIDE OF EVERY WALL UNWRITTEN."

WRONG SIDE OF EVERY WALL — OFFICIAL SHORT FILM

West Berlin. 1989. An MI-6 operative playing underground clubs. A woman trying to escape from the other side. The wall comes down on the same night they find each other. Wrong Side of Every Wall premiered Thursday March 19 at 20:00 on YouTube. 6 minutes and 43 seconds of cold war dark fantasy cinema.

Two women in armor kneeling on a rooftop overlooking a burning medieval city during a storm with lightning, rain, and dark clouds.

THE WITNESS POLL

Your voice shapes what comes next.

A woman dressed in dark, weathered armor holding a dagger in a bleak, foggy landscape with barren trees and birds flying in the background.

THIS MONTH'S QUESTION

If you could ask Selene one question — and she had to answer honestly — what would it be?

Drop your answer on TikTok or YouTube tagged #TheWitness. The best answers appear in the next Witness dispatch.

When your characters have their own opinions. #Managementproblems

ABOUT THE WITNESS

The Witness is the Soul Forged Studios community page. Updated when something real happens.

No schedule. No filler. Just truth from inside the forge.

Soul Forged Studios is an independent creative universe of novels, music, tabletop, and author tools

- all connected, all built from the same world.

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