{"id":139,"date":"2026-06-26T17:42:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T17:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2026-09-16T20:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T20:29:35","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thomasdarkoak.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"139\" class=\"elementor elementor-139\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74a94f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74a94f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/Midnight_wind-A-1.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-909badd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"909badd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"text-style\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Thomas Darkoak<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-720ed53 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"720ed53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4882424 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4882424\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd561ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd561ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" id=\"text-style\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Thomas Darkoak<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7f5d7 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b7f5d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Fantasy &amp; Sci-Fi Author. 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