The studio
A boutique creative studio. One author, and some of the finest illustrators and 3D artists in the industry.
The name
Ælfheim · Old Norse Álfheimr
The name joins two sides of a family. The Æ, the old English letter ash, comes from Sylvan's mother's side; Álfheim from the Scandinavian side of his father's.
In Norse myth, Álfheim is the home of the light elves. It is our goal to leave the world a little brighter than before.
- Deep time
- Old knowledge
- New ways
How we work
Ælfheim is deliberately small. Sylvan writes, designs and builds the work - the worlds, the rules, the books and the code.
Illustration and 3D art come from specialist artists with long careers in games and film, each chosen for a particular piece of work.
Everything we publish is made by people. We use no generative AI in our books or artwork: the writing is Sylvan's, the illustrations are drawn by our artists, and the 3D work is modelled and rendered by hand.
What we make
A⁷ is our flagship, eight years in the making: a posthuman hard-science world set in 2126 on Aten7.
It is one world and one rule system, built from the ground up for the tabletop and for video games. The A⁷ Player's Handbook is complete, with the digital edition shipping first and print to follow. The GM Guide, art books and modules are close behind. A⁷ : Gateway Guardians, a co-op action RPG for PC, is coming soon to Steam.
Founder
Sylvan is an award-winning veteran of visual effects and immersive experiences, and the creator of A⁷.