Hey Mithfanion,
NOM came from two things. In my arcade machine playing days, it became my handle because you could only choose three letters and these three are handily close together. And second, they handily spell the capitalised version of a certain Sand Gorgon in the Covenant books which I was much into at the time.
Oh, there is a third thing now I think of it. I had a character in a role playing game who's name may just have crept into the odd book, who was nicknamed 'No Mercy' after his penchant in one scenario for taking out minotaurs in double quick time while receiving no damage whatever in return. The nickname was subsequently shortened...
As for Shadowheart, yes I can confirm there is plenty more of the elves (and I'm glad you think them excellent, thanks for that) of all sorts, TaiGethen, Al Arynaar and ClawBound. It's based around the race to raise the Heart of Julatsa but naturally, this being The Raven, it isn't as simple as that... A few other questions get answered too but I don't want to trail it too much...Protectors and a dragon feature, though. We've got new spells, new betrayals, and plenty of old heroes doing what they do best
NOM
) As the hip yanks would say: Big props man 
Keep'em coming please.
Oh well I can wait! 
