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Adam V.

Creative Producer

I'm the author of the acclaimed fantasy sci-fi series, Explorers of Somnium, and a lifelong lover of all things COOL. I have a vision for this series: it's a vision of extremely high-quality content packed with awesome characters, epic plots, and breathtaking places. Using AI tools such as Midjourney and ChatGPT, I've brought much of my vision to life: feel free to look around at the world I've created. Welcome to Somnium!

Discover the Story

Launch yourself into the adventure

“Welcome, adventurer!” grins a fluffy white sheep, standing on a green hill. The wind ruffles through his wool, and a huge wooden zeppelin thrums overhead. “I’m Travis the Sheep. Would you like to enter this breathtaking world of Somnium and embark on a few quests?”

A Dream of Paradise

~ The Start of a Utopian Legend ~

Jog Logan is a powerful white caped villain… and the man who created the whole breathtaking world of Somnium with just his mind. Backed up by Dreamforge Scientists, Jog wants nothing more than to see his great work to completion. Then no one will need to suffer from the evils of Earth any longer.

The only trouble is, a certain meddlesome Jerry Banks (a pathetic middle schooler with a red jacket) has broken into the dream and is babbling about dangerous things such as war and poverty. And now this mysterious goggle-figure is setting up plots and spreading sensitive information.

Jog Logan must work together with his golden robots and silent scientists in order to preserve his precious paradise, because if he doesn't… he will fail just like Earth has, and his beautiful vision of peace will be ripped apart.

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Meet the Characters

The Players of the Story

This fantasy series is filled with characters, and each of them are unique and full of personality. Through the course of the adventure, they must learn to work together despite their differences and overcome multiple epic challenges.

Jerry Banks, a 13 year old teenager with a red jacket, claymore on his back.

Jerry Banks

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Support symbol: a green plus sign in a wooden fantasy emblem.Attacker Symbol: a sword in a fantasy wooden emblem.

Jerry Banks is a wimp. He wants someone to see him as he truly is, but he‘s so ordinary he doesn’t think that will ever be possible…

Amanda, a 15 year old teenager with blonde hair and a scarf, holding a sword.

Amanda Black

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Attacker Symbol: a sword in a fantasy wooden emblem.

Amanda Black is a mapmaker from Redleaf. She's trying to find out why her mom disappeared, but she has to be very careful…

Cole, a blue-haired teenager riding an epic black bike.

Cole Drakeson

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Ranged symbol: a bow and arrow in a wooden fantasy emblem.

Cole lives with a passion. There's nothing this kid likes better than awesome activities, laughing with a friend, or running outside.

A picture of Bobby folding his arms and glaring.

Bobby McKyle

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Defense symbol: an orange shield in a wooden fantasy emblem.

Bobby wants to stay in control, and so far he has been. As long as he stays calm and stays popular, everything will be okay.

Travis the Sheep in all his sheepy glory!

Travis the Sheep

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Support symbol: a green plus sign in a wooden fantasy emblem.

Travis is a talking sheep: always full of joy as he bounds across the hills of Caelum. With no bad things happening, life's all sunshine!

Jog Logan with his white cape running through the dream world.

Jog Logan

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Leader symbol: a yellow flag in a wooden fantasy emblem.Attacker Symbol: a sword in a fantasy wooden emblem.

Jog Logan, known as The Dreamer of the Dreamforge Project, is very polite and kind… but also determined to retain his paradise.

A picture of Rydall Malov holding a map.

Rydall Malov

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Leader symbol: a yellow flag in a wooden fantasy emblem.

Rydall is a dream-person, but he's seen quite a bit of Caelum during his travels as a sailor. Even some places that aren't so beautiful.

Hans Avery, orange hair and mustache with a cream-colored business suit, holding a map. His smiles seems a little evil…

Hans Avery

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Technician symbol. A computer in a wooden fantasy emblem.

Hans Avery, The Founder of the Dreamforge Project, is a proud yet humble gentleman with wild ambitions to drive him forward.

A robot humanoid made of gold holding an awesome sword.

Silh the Gold Robot

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Leader symbol: a yellow flag in a wooden fantasy emblem.Attacker Symbol: a sword in a fantasy wooden emblem.

Silh is one member out of four golden guardian robots which Jog Logan created to help him in his quest for peace.

The mysterious figure of the goggled mechanic: she has metal goggles, a red bandana, and a leather hood.

The Goggled Mechanic

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Technician symbol. A computer in a wooden fantasy emblem.

No one knows who she is, but she's up to something. During her quests around Caelum, she picked up the nickname "The Goggled Mechanic."

All this and more

~ Join the adventure ~

In every Explorers of Somnium Newsletter, a new character spotlight is shown, revealing tons of information, images, and facts about them and what they bring to the story.

And as a bonus, at the end of every email, you get to ask who you'd like to see next. Members of Jerry's team, the DFC, or anyone in between . . . it's your choice!

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Explore the World

Jog Logan's Breathtaking Paradise

This is what the series is famous for. From the jubilant wooden village of Redleaf to the windy sands of Solaris, you can be sure to find yourself swept up in the same awe the characters feel as they stumble upon these wonders.

First Layer

CAELUM

Created by Jog Logan

In the Third Level of Somnium (The World Project's Dream World) Jog Logan and many of the other lucid dreamers and executives have worked hard to make Caelum breathtaking, majestic, and awe-inspiring. It's unique in the fact that it's aimed to those who like travel, adventure, and the wild beauty of nature.

Civilizations build on top of the huge range of sky islands here: From the futuristic cities to the west to small wooden cottages. Trade flourishes through the huge airships and ziplines.

A picture of Redleaf. Wooden houses, red tarps, sky islands floating in the air and a wooden marketplace.

THE VILLAGE REDLEAF

Enjoy the wonders the village has to offer: the sprawling wood bridges, epic Annual Sword Tournaments, and bustling marketplaces.

The city of Dalk, orange futuristic skyscrapers, black steel spires.

THE CITY OF DALK

Dalk is a huge, dark city to the west. It has wide glass walkways, huge indoor malls, and enormous cleaner-robots. It's captain and chairman is none other than Lord Huvelon.

A fantasy map of sky islands in the clouds.

PLACES OF CAELUM:

The world of Caelum is divided into five main islands. The Central Island is where the big villages and ports are: Trikavose, Owltree, Brekenridge, and others. The South Island, just beneath it, is where Redleaf, Fihose, and the jagged mountains are.

The Eastern Island has enormous forests, with Rhidirion inside them. The West Islands are where the futuristic cities reside: Axus and Dalk. The Northern Island is probably the most uncharted: many people haven't yet explored the vast ruins up there.

Bright green hills, a blue river, pine trees and white puffy clouds.

South Hills

Explore the hills of the South: with a backpack and a good stick, you can travel anyway you wish to go, passing tribes of sheep as you walk!

A huge wooden windmill, sunlight backdrop, looming over a wooden alpine village.

Fihose

The lands of Fihose are essential for feeding nearly all Caelum. The village carries out huge farming operations, producing tons of surplus every year.

A zeppelin ship. It's a huge brown zeppelin balloon carrying a long wooden ship. Floating in the clouds.

Zeppelins

Most zeppelins flying around the world of Caelum are merchant ships, forces of power that travel great distances. You can hitch a ride for ten gold coins!

Trikavose: a huge water wheel pours water into a wooden village.

Trikavose

Trikavose, a darkwood village, generates vast amounts of electricity with its enormous water wheels, some of which is sold to other neighboring villages.

Stone ruins. They're old.

Lost Ruins

There are legends that 2,000 years ago, a disaster struck, leaving behind enormous stone ruins scattered all across Caelum. No one knows what happened, though.

A flat grassy plain with white puffy clouds in the distance.

The Flats

The Flats are flat sky islands, famous for enormous waterfalls. Zeppelin-cities also float between them: huge balloons that move around, carrying whole villages.

Wooden houses on enormous tree trunks, in a sunlit pine forest.

EAST ISLAND FORESTS

The journey up the Long Road is a massive undertaking, but dedicated traders know they'll get good business with the locals living in the huge trees that stretch thousands of feet tall.

A futuristic white city, walkways, people, and turquoise artificial rivers.

THE CITY OF AXUS

Far to the west are enormous futuristic cities. In Axus, you can find sprawling white streets, incredible architecture, and the famous Swimming World.

A rocky cliff and a wooden bridge, pine trees and glowing lighting, a log cabin.

THE SOUTH MOUNTAINS

Few venture through the Mountains of the South. With its snowy temperatures and enormous cliffs, only the hardy and brave are able to travel through.

Delve Further In

~ Books of the World Project ~

The books are going to come out soon, and I'm very excited to present them. Because in every book, the characters dive into unexplored places and wonders scattered around Jog's Dream World that no one has ever seen before.

From Jerry and Travis exploring Redleaf to Bobby and Cole venturing through the Jagged Mountains, you'll see through their eyes these unique locations. The awesomeness of character, world, and story combine in the books that are coming out soon.

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Meet the Author

The Creator of Explorers of Somnium

My name is Adam V, and I hope to share with you the passion and drive I have in making this series REAL. Even though I'm young, I hope to share this with as many people as possible. After all, this is a vision . . . and I think it's an EPIC one!! Those things are something worth going forward with, y'know?

ADAM V

Young Author. AI Illustrator. Creative Euntreprenuer.

Hi. I'm Adam V, and I'm a young writer who's determined to make something cool in the world. I love talking to people about awesome things, (such as writing, art, frameworks, marketing, and lots more) so any time you want to reach out, feel free to do so!

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MY NEWSLETTER

You can easily interact with me from here. Every email I send out open-text polls!

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MY CAELUM BLOG

Once it's completed, you'll find me talking about all kinds of cool things!

Author and Contact

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WHO AM I?

Adam D. Vineyard is a young author, creative producer, AI illustrator and a lifelong lover of all things COOL. He's very excited and determined to present his series to the world, but tries to enjoy the process at the same time. He lives in the United States, plays a guitar, and believes in good things.

A COUPLE FACTS ABOUT ME

I have a grey cat named Cassius (my family studies a lot of Greek and Roman stuff) and I enjoy running around the desert. I also like playing Minecraft Dungeons with my younger siblings. "Life's an adventure, but that's the point," I often say. "So raise your Blue Banner of Courage and sally forth, my good friend!"

CONTACT ME WITH A MESSAGE

You sent a message to me?! Oh JOY! I can't wait to connect with you! I'll respond as soon as I can!
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There's more to come

~ What's next? ~

I've got many ideas for this series. A Caelum Board Game, stickers, t-shirts, posters, graphic novels, video games, movies, trailers, The Dreamer (Junior), Jog Logan's backstory… this series is gonna be AWESOME!

Having you with me as I create it all would be awesome. There's nothing better than sharing with my readers what's going on in the series. And speaking of… watch out for the Goggled Mechanic's black hair! (#2)

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