Hey there readers- looks like I'm gonna start the 10th anniversary celebrations by breaking a promise one last time.
I haven't updated this particular version of the story in quite a while now. It has never been for lack of trying, I have edited and edited the next chapter and a couple of subsequent events many times over at this point, and I just found no matter what I did, I wasn't happy with them. And as long as I wasn't happy with what I was setting up, I just couldn't make myself keep doing it.
So, like a crazy person, I tried taking it from the top again. I revised the characters back to something more tradition for my Angel of the Bat lineup, I reorganized events, I changed emphasis on a few plot threads, and I gotta be honest, I haven't been working at this crazy fast of a pace on anything for quite a while now.
In the ideal scenario, I intended to shadowdrop the entirety of the new version of Da Pacem Domine for the tenth anniversary. But while I've been at a much faster clip, that kind of giant release just wasn't in the cards.
With a solid half of the story already written, I've decided I'm going to upload one chapter per day to the new version of this release, which will take over the, "Da Pacem Domine" title. I am referring to this as the, "Apocrypha" version to imply this is the version that just wasn't working and is not my grand end of the Angel continuity.
When the entirety of this new version of Da Pacem Domine is finished, I'll detail the last of my plans for this iteration in a separate chapter. A lot of the details will carry over between the two, but there are some deviations it will be worthwhile to talk about.
I really do feel bad about this mess for anyone who has stuck around at this point. I'm really frustrated that I made a promise to myself and the readership I'd stick by and see this version through to the end. My only excuse is that I just don't want to take all the time it will require to make myself properly pleased with this version, and at this point I just want to reach my grand conclusion on my old terms. For those of you who I've lost along the way, thank you for sticking with me through as much as you did. And for those who are coming along for the new one with me, I only hope I can make it worth all the waiting. Thank you, thank you all.