December 2025 Update
Hey there! First update after the discontinuation of Nine Gates, which feels kind of weird. This month I wanted to discuss what you can expect from 1000 Gates – This Cycle Cannot Be Terminated (Just 1000 Gates for short) as a project, and share a bit about the characters.
Firstly, 1000 Gates WILL be a visual novel, but it wont be a complete reboot and retelling of the plot of Nine Gates. It’s a different story featuring familiar faces, much closer to being a loose sequel. You can expect to learn what happened to Jeane and other characters, but unfortunately saying much more would give away the plot.
Moving on to the characters, I want to put a spotlight on our protagonist Zag:
(You may also spot a short lady with big eyes. That’s Mora. She’s not Hadia, in much the same way that Zag isn’t Jeane.)
Zag is a warrior born in the province of Daiannkara, a shattered realm on the border of the Empire which has been embroiled in petty in-fighting for 100 years. She’s quiet, rough around the edges, and undisciplined, having spent much of her life in a hostile environment where she had to be strong to survive.
I thought making her a more active and headstrong protagonist right out the gate would be a really nice contrast to Jeane, though you may have picked up that they bear some resemblance in the first pic, but that’s just because I’ve developed her off of what was originally a Jeane design.
An earlier concept had her as much more Jeane-like (as seen below), but that was before I decided to make 1000 Gates its own story.
I have a lot more to talk about, but if I say it all at once I’ll run out of material for these monthly updates!
-Gregoria
It is important for these people in the Empire that their lives be told, so history will always remember them.
From the cute horned girl on the bottom right corner of the very first page, to the merchant trading murklizards for harrow hawks, to the blonde jester with the war hammer on the cover of Chapter 4, to even Creed, please continue to chronicle their lives however you can.
Thank you.
I’ll be watching for the new story. I was into 9 Gates but it wouldn’t be the first time that someone, myself included, got way into a project before they realized it wasn’t going where they wanted. Best of luck on the new project.
I’m still mourning the loss of 9 Gates, but hey you’re the artist and creator so it’s over to you if you want to move onto something else. I still want to hang around to see what’s going to happen with 1000 Gates, because your artwork is great and you tell a good story.
You’ll get some closure over Nine Gates. Maybe not all at once, but it’ll happen.