Symbolum Venatores: The Story So Far…
The History of Symbolum Venatores is a short one, but within the fabrics of time, it is a long one. A very long one. This article details the past releases of the IP and gives a short insight into the next prose installment of the brand of Monsters and History.
This entry details the beginning of the Symbolum Venatores World and the prose series as it began with February 2020’s Symbolum Venatores: The Gabriel Kane Collection (Rereleased in March 2024 as SymboluM Venatores). Following the ten adventures of Gabriel Kane, one of the best and skillful monster hunters/ufologists within the Symbolum Venatores. Beginning his works in the late period of Egypt Eyalet, going across the American Civil War, the late period of Feudal Japan, the Victorian Era, and minor others, Gabriel Kane has come across many familiar faces as well as some unknown. In The Gabriel Kane Collection, Kane meets such figures like Akhenaten, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Shogun Yoshinobu, Thomas Carnacki, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Carmilla, Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The Phantom of the Opera, and Dracula. These ten stories were only the beginning of the Symbolum Venatores and what was to come.
The stories continued with July 2019’s Hod, a story centered on a macabre murder mystery led by Mr. Hod, a peculiar and strange man and Monster Hunter of the Symbolum Venatores. Set in 1917 in the backgrounds of the Russian Revolution as Mr. Hod goes on a hunt for a spiritual werewolf, something he is deeply familiar with. As for his future, Mr. Hod will return.
The next story to come. Set further back in history before the times of Gabriel Kane and Mr. Hod was December 2020’s War of The Two Kingdoms, a new story set in the times of Ancient Israel, following Elrad of Benjamin. A man who keeps to himself is brought into the division of the Kingdom of Israel after the death of Solomon and the succession of his son Rehoboam. What follows besides the civil war between Israel and Judah is Elrad’s introduction to the world of monsters and legends. This story is layered as an origin story for the Monster Hunters themselves. In this story, Elrad is brought into the Symbolum Venatores (Known as the Oth Tsayad during Ancient Israel) by several moving forces. During the civil war between Judah and Israel, Elrad is taught by Iddo the Seer concerning the ways of the Hunters, bringing him to Egypt and beyond. In the end, he becomes known as Elrad The Hunter throughout all of Israel.
His story continued in August 2021’s Elrad’s Chronicles, a direct sequel to War of The Two Kingdoms as a Short Story Duology. Taking Elrad into the historic Battle of Zephath and into the land of the Philistines with Wrath of the Anakim.
What came after the Ancient Israel stories was December 2022’s Twilight of the Gods. Set during the Viking Age as it will follows Einar The Hunter on a mission to uncover a mystery which pertains to his Viking heritage and his servitude to the Symbolum Venatores. From facing the Hagen Brothers to Grendal and Grendal’s Mother, even the legendary Black Shuck, the adventures of Einar and his wife Gyda have only just begun as it continues through The Saga of Einar & Gyda, a transmedia-storytelling project which is set to span their lifetime from early Norway to Rome.
The following installment is October 2023’s The Monster Hunter. This standalone story took place during Queen Hatshepsut’s reign in Ancient Egypt as a sinister cult only known as the Lectors of Apep attempt to transform a peaceful Egypt into a chaotic land full of raging monsters. Which this threat looming, a new Hunter arrived to protect all those across Egypt from their darker plans. Confronting the mysterious Beholders of the Heka to meeting the Egyptian gods of Anhur, Apep, and others. Once the threat was ceased, The Hunter remained in Egypt as its hidden protector. Following the release of The Monster Hunter, an announcement was made regarding a sequel to the Ancient Egyptian story, currently under the title, Project Oriens.
The World of Symbolum Venatores is scattered across the canvas of history. There are many adventures to uncover other monster hunters and ufologists across time itself. From the concluded prose series to the upcoming Einar & Gyda Saga, the Feudal Japan Manga, as well as animated productions and gaming potential from Dark Titan Entertainment.
History is their Playbook.
The following titles are available wherever books are sold:
SymboluM Venatores (Only 2024 Edition)
Symbolum Venatores: War of The Two Kingdoms (2020/First Edition and 2021/Second Edition)
Symbolum Venatores: Twilight of the Gods (2022)
Symbolum Venatores: The Monster Hunter (2023)
Symbolum Venatores Collection (2021, Excludes Twilight of the Gods and The Monster Hunter)