Acknowledgements
The most enormous thanks to my original beta, Fluffpanda, who was not only my second pair of
eyes during the initial writing of this story, but helped when I got hit with writer's block.
Huge thanks to my friends who commiserated with me over the time spent pouring my soul into
a story. Many of you took time out of your own writing to give this a read, and for that, I am grateful.
Thank you to the amazing Freya Ishtar who created the beautiful cover for me (and helped teach
me how to format this PDF), and to all of the wonderful artists out there who continue to send me fanart.
I'm blown away by your talent.
The two years following The Debt of Time's original posting was spent working with over one
hundred betas who wanted to both improve their own editing skills and help me make this story the best
version of itself. Some helped with one chapter, and others edited all one hundred and fifty-four, sometimes
twice:
Adequategatsbys, ahummingbird, Aimee, AkaShika0306, Alexa, Alexandra, Amanda, Amber,
AnonymouseKitten, AquiViva, arizonadaydreamer, AshesOfLauren, AstraRegnat, Avia, bartinigirl03,
Beaniebaby0112, Beth, Beth6220, bethanxo, BethieBee, BirdieMing, BlackChaos85, Catie, Chiseplushie,
Corvusdraconis, CuriousElfQueen, dandralcoleman, Danielap, Dawna-Beth, Delancey654,
DesideratumRennervate, DramionesLady, drarryfanatic47, DreamingofStars85, ellsworth-longfellow,
Erenee459, ErisAceso, esotericcure, estrellaastra, fabricofbooks, Fallyn, FeistyKitten2001, Gidgit2u,
glitterally, Hatinanne, haydensister, HeatherQuynn, ianmrtnz, iheartpadfoot1981, IrishIris, Jackiejones,
Jhuffy, justcourbeau, Justjessie24601, Justlei, Kabg01, kaida171, KaleidoscopeMind, Kaleigh, Kelly,
Kenzie, Kerry, khaleesicait, kicialala, Kristine, LadyParongsny, la-matrona, Lauren, LB, Liz, LJ Summers,
lotusgranger, LuceFray27, Lucy, LumosUnicorn31, LunaFaylinn, MadamKitten, Magali,
MammaWeasley27, Marcia, Mari, michsisk, mlg6504, muddier waters, MyBear, notanerdpls, Nykizta,
Oblivionbaby, Ohsnapsitsjanet, Ptl4ever419, purplestar412, RavenclawMidwife, riddikulus-ravenclaw,
RoverMaelstrom, Shaiyann, shannonnichole9, shippersville, silverlovedragoness, smartywitchMione,
SnapeLover2005, StoriesWhispered, Sweetslytherin16, TequilaMockingbirdWrites, The-writer1988, Tory,
Under, Vasweetpea, wordsmithchar, Worthfull1, Xbusylittlebeex, yespadfoot, and Zancz.
I know there are likely still errors hidden inside, but nothing in this world is perfect. Consider any
mistake within just one of the many scars of this story.
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls;
the most massive characters are seared with scars."
— Khalil Gibran