George Spanos has worked as a professional sound designer, composer, and audio director in the video game industry for over 17 years. His work includes the highly acclaimed Warframe, for which he has also been credited with a number of music compositions. His music appears on both official Warframe soundtracks. George also creates experimental electronic music under the name Threat Machine.

Eric Vedder has been fighting the good fight with pencils, pens, and pixels for years—an illustrator and worldbuilder who refuses to stop until his art looks exactly the way it does in his head, even if it takes forever. As the creator of Aardhen, he pours countless hours into crafting heroes, creatures, and landscapes with the intensity of someone truly obsessed… in the best way.

Eric’s creativity hits hard, his dedication runs deep, and his passion for helping other artists grow is as fierce as his linework. If art is a war, Eric is the one charging straight into battle with a full sketchbook and zero hesitation.

S. M. Carter is an author, game developer, and storyteller who splits his time between crafting worlds on the page and building them on screen. His debut fantasy-heist novel, To Steal the Sun, released in 2022 with Raid Press, and he continues expanding the universe of Aardhen through an ongoing cinematic novel series created alongside artist Eric Vedder.

As a game developer, Sheldon has spent years shaping unforgettable worlds. He served as Creative Director on The Darkness II and is one of the creators behind the global smash-hit game Warframe.

He lives in London, Ontario with his wife, two children, and dog—none of whom were present to witness the time he allegedly caught a fly with chopsticks. But we believe him.