In SerialOathbound Fantasy Supernatural Psychological
Your soul is a commodity traded by powerful beings that attempt to outwit mortals with tempting bargains and the promise that a soul is just an ethereal thing they won't ever have to worry about.
Enter, Albert Carol: Idiot teenage boy and waste of space with no future.
Killed due to mysterious circumstances, Albert needs to negotiate his way out of selling his soul to the so-called Grim Reaper and try to earn his mortal life back. But Death doesn't give up so easily, and Albert's soul doesn't seem to be the only thing he's after.
New Story Theme Song: Bones by Imagine Dragons
What to expect:
-A contemplative strategy game of words and agreements akin to Death Note.
-Discussions of death and value
-Complex characters
-Disguised motives and identities
-Light action
-Subterfuge and system breaking
[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge] - April 2022
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1. Chapter One: Cornered
2. Chapter Two: Arbitration (part 1)
3. Chapter Three: Arbitration (part 2)
4. Chapter Four: The First Contract
5. Chapter Five: Held Together With Glue
6. Chapter Six: The Collector Comes Calling
7. Chapter Seven: Ready For Something Awful
8. Chapter Eight: The Second Arbitration
9. Chapter Nine: Halfway Measures
10. Chapter Ten: Sitting Halfway Across Two Seats
11. Chapter Eleven: The Stench of Death
12. Chapter Twelve: Resuscitation
13. Chapter Thirteen: Sneaking Suspicion
14. Chapter Fourteen: Games of Strategy and Games of Chance
15. Chapter Fifteen: Getting Caught
16. Chapter Sixteen: The Third Arbitration
17. Chapter Seventeen: Job Offer
18. Chapter Eighteen: Conflict Avoidance
19. Chapter Nineteen: The Second Contract
20. Chapter Twenty: The Arbitrator's Toolkit
21. Chapter Twenty-One: Tentative Parental Guidance
22. Chapter Twenty-Two: Graham
23. Chapter Twenty-Three: A Failure of Wooing
24. Chapter Twenty-Four: Omens
25. Chapter Twenty-Five: After-School Activities
26. Chapter Twenty-Six: The Cusp of Going Very Poorly
27. Chapter Twenty-Seven: Worst Case Scenario
28. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Guts and Gravitas
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Aeterna Saga, Volume 1: Walking With Giants
A man in his twenties gets "reborn" in a fantasy world, seemingly with no special abilities. Read on as he and his family go through events that will change the world they live in, for better or worse. Also found in Fantasy-Books, and NovelUpdates.
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Beyond Floating
Muse thought her life had ended twenty years ago because, well, it had. Existing aimlessly for two decades as a ghost, she finds herself yanked along in a rip-tide of strange events. Thrust unwittingly into the midst of a group of paranormal hitmen-for-hire led by a man named Isaac. Michael, a normally rational and righteous holy soldier of God, succumbs to revenge and hatred, sacrificing everything in the fight to destroy Isaac and everyone who associates with him. Muse, by virtue of her inadvertent association with Isaac, is on that list. This is actually my first 'finished' fiction that I've ever written, which I completed about 8 years ago. I dug it up recently and I'm posting it as I thought people here might get a kick out of it. So, take that for what you will. Chapters will be released daily at 6:00pm EST.
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Rings of Gods
Leading a normal life, Sam is suddenly thrust into an unbelievable game called "Game of Gods" when he wakes up from a realistic dream. He must now complete the mysterious death game and uncover the truth behind it.
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The Paths of Magick
Credits: Story by Xcaliburnt. Cover Art by @Bervolart. Magick, the power to bend the laws of reality. All because of a mystical substance known as mana. Mages follow the Paths to achieve power, for there is no more addictive chase. Each Path winds and twists, forcing mages through the flames of adversity and challenge. Though the operative word is "path", the reality is far less straightforward. Instead of a road, Paths are like the branches of world trees, erupting into the heavens, intertwining, and ending in sharp snaps. Only the strongest reach the sky. There are several Paths, and many Ways to walk them—variations of the same Path, and like the stars, they are endless. Magick is the sacred flame that scours the fat, rendering the truest self. Superfluous flesh melting away to show the skeleton of one's being. A chance for ascension—apotheosis. Though not every mage works to godhood, if they survive long enough, It is inescapable. Witness the lives of those that tread the knife's edge of self-destruction. Each one intertwined in their search for answers, revenge, and, most of all: power. These individuals have all lost something precious—irreplaceable—and In search of filling the void left behind, they have taken up the mantle of a mage. Per aspera ad astra. Ad mortem vel divinitatis. (Through adversity to the stars. To death or divinity.) There is no consistent release schedule except my consistent inconsistency. Besides, there’s like a thousand pages worth of content, how can—you already read it? Goddamn. Oh, and there is a very long hiatus between volumes as I intend to edit and rewrite a lot. What to Expect: This story is progression fantasy, so expect a healthy dose of training. It's also heavy on slice of life, and it isn't entirely overarching-plot-driven. Expect characters to live their lives, and not always be on some quest to save the world. There's a lot of magic theory and discussion about it in the story. So, if you don't like impromptu lessons on sorcerous theory by traveling monster slayers, this might not be for you. But if you do like it, rejoice! For there is a lot of it. This is also heavy on prose, purple as a bruised eye. I use outdated, uneccesarily collegiate-level terms and play around with the writing style just for the heck of it. I find it fun to wax and wane poetic, and that might grate on you—I don’t plan to change this aspect of the Paths much if at all. Onto the viewer discretion is advised parts: This is grim-dark/ grim-heart. Take the tags seriously. There will be combat scenes that are brutal and horrifying. Fights to the death tend to be. This is a tale about medieval mercenaries (quite literal killers for hire), man-eating monsters, and eldritch gods beyond the material plane. Beside that, there will be traumatic events that are best left unread. I do not detail certain acts I find heinous enough, instead leaving some parts unwritten but still alludded to if not outright stated; there is simply no graphic narration thereof. This is not for the faint of heart.
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The Endless War
New chapters will be posted weekly on Mondays and Saturdays. ---------------------------------------------------- Seers are the only defense that Terra has against the monsters that lurk about in the world. Terra is a city fighting for its own survival in a fantasy world with finite resources. One of the main ways to survive is to fight. War is a common practice and more often than not the leaders of the world cannot get along with each other. In the end, however, all of this fighting does more harm than good. A young boy wishes to put an end to the wars, this boy's name is Isaac. He holds a strong belief that everyone can be saved in this world and that no one should be given up on. Peace is something that he truly believes will help the world and allow civilians to see another day. In order to reach such an impossible goal, he will have to fight in the name of his Region. Does he have what it takes to finally bring peace to the world with the help of his friends, or will he fail before he can even scratch the surface?
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Dungeon World
So I’m a dungeon, I’m supposed to save the world somehow but first I need to be strong enough to protect myself. Time to level up!
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