Welcome New Reader!
You are about to stumble into the Wayrift, a webcomic based on the merging of two fantasy worlds, written by long-time friends Aywren and Syntyche. The foundation of this story grew out of the classic SNES version of “Final Fantasy IV.” However, characterizations, locations, concepts, plots and many characters are completely original. So this is not as much of a “fan” comic as it is an exploration and inspired work.
So, where do you start? You can choose one of several paths!
Choose your Wayrift Adventure!
History/Lore
Are you new to the lore and world of Final Fantasy IV?
While we try to write Wayrift in a way as to not require prior knowledge of FFIV, here’s a quick overview of the most important story beats of the game. This should be enough to get you going!
There’s also an introduction to the stories of the Darkstar world – also not required, but very much a part of the history and lore that makes up Wayrift.
Book 1 Overview
Want to start with a quick overview summary of Book 1?
Wayrift has been around for quite a while (since 2001). That means we have a pretty large archive! Due to that, we’ve worked at putting together full book overviews. This will give you a summary of each chapter, the most important plot points that happened, as well as the characters and the locations.
Consider it like Cliff Notes for Wayrift!
Book 1 Introduction
Want to get right to the comic from the very start?
Don’t want to spoil yourself with overviews, lore, history or any of that stuff? We got you!
Just hop straight to the very first introduction chapter in the Book 1 archives!
Additional Notes
Wayrift has been around since 2001. That means you’ll see a major shift in artwork style and writing tone as you read. The Introduction through the beginning of Chapter 3 were re-worked in 2004 to help clarify the story and update the oldest art. In 2011, Wayrift finally made the shift to full color!
Note that in some of the early chapters, you'll run across old anime tropes that might be considered troublesome now days - this was meant as harmless humor at the time and doesn't persist into the later chapters. It was just a sign of the early days of a webcomic written by younger folks.
This comic, like most things in life, is a work in progress!