The Queen's Guard Fantasy Action Adventure Historical
Friedrich Schreiner is a proud gefreiter of the Queen's Guard, 2nd Company: the finest fighting infantry on the continent (barring the Temple Guard; but please don't bring that up). Service is honourable but, with the Empire on a peacetime footing, terribly boring.
Affairs take a dramatic turn for the worse when a mysterious invader uses a forgotten and taboo magical means to breach the capital, plunging the nation into chaos and endangering the royal family.
With events spiraling out of control, Friedrich is entrusted with a critical mission. Will hot lead, cold steel, and his determination be enough to see him through?
The Queen's Guard is what I'm calling a black powder fantasy story: it's set in a loose equivalent of the early 18th century (plus or minus a few pieces I decided I wanted or didn't want). Magic exists, but not in a spell-slinging sort of way: it's Earth-shaking undertakings or minor enchantments forged in by master craftsmen, the grand working of a secretive cabal or a slight nudge to the course of a blow.
I, the eternal optimist, have a full trilogy in mind. The first book is The Prince's Arquebusier, hence the cover and the title disagreeing!
This is my shot at 2021's NaNoWriMo and RR Writathon! I've hitherto been terrible at writing long-form fiction, so this is an effort to break out of that by having some accountability in being supposed to post chapters regularly. Here's hoping it works!
I have an outline, but not too much detail. I'll do my best to avoid continuity errors, doing anything glaringly stupid, or otherwise fluffing my lines, but I can't make any promises on that. Please do let me know any feedback! Always happy to improve.
[participant in the Nov 2021 Royal Road Writathon challenge]
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1. Chapter 1: Trespass
2. Chapter 2: Fire and Thunder
3. Chapter 3: Gunpowder, Demons and Plot
4. Chapter 4: Down in the Pit
5. Chapter 5: An Intimidating Encounter
6. Chapter 6: Sworn
7. Chapter 7: A Hasty Departure
8. Chapter 8: The Queen's Royal Dragoons
9. Chapter 9: A Knight's Vigil
10. Chapter 10: The Calm After the Storm
11. Chapter 11: The Wolf and the Hedgehog
12. Chapter 12: Mud and Blood
13. Chapter 13: A Cabin in the Woods
14. Chapter 14: Woodsman's Code
15. Chapter 15: Steel in the Dark
16. Chapter 16: A Walk in the Dark
17. Chapter 17: In from the Cold
18. Chapter 18: Straight Shooter
19. Chapter 19: The High and the Close-to-the-Ground
20. Chapter 20: The Dark Riders
21. Chapter 21: Night Watch
22. Chapter 22: The War Remains
23. Chapter 23: Raking Over the Coals
24. Chapter 24: Bear With Me Here
25. Chapter 25: Grease in the Wheels
26. Chapter 26: No News is Good
27. Chapter 27: It Never Rains But It Continues Raining
28. Chapter 28: Beyond All Reason
From Nothing
Rejoice Humanity! You have been invited to join the Galactic Hegemon. It is time for our Centenary Caste Competition. The best 1% of humanity will be given a 1 cycle tutorial before the 5 cycle contest. Be brave, be bold, but most of all, be strong and earn your place and privileges. Burning red letters hung large in the vision of everyone on earth that knew a written language. At the same moment that smartest, fastest, and strongest people on the planet disappeared with nothing to mark their passing. After a cycle of training and growth they would compete to earn their place in their suddenly expanded galaxy. This is not their story. Joe did his best to take care of his parents house and stay healthy. He was the only one of the four family members not chosen. The societal upheaval made by the announcement made the inflation and purges of the 20's seem pleasant by comparison but he keeps his head down and survives. Once the next message arrives 11 months later about the contest starting, even that society broke down into city states around large population centers. Joe tightened his belt and looked forward to the day that his family returned. Two years later burning red letters once again filled his vision. Humanity, the last of your competitors have been eliminated. Your determined caste level is 13 of 13. As such your planet has been claimed and will be repurposed for ideal resource production. Rifts will be seeded across the planet to increase resources and mana density. Your orbit will be corrected to ideal Hegemon standard. Do not interfere with any Hegemon activity, as the bottom caste you have no rights. Rejoice that all castes receive at least the basic Hegemon Growth System. Better luck next century. Joe didn't comprehend any of it. His family was dead. Everything he cared about was gone.
8 133Reincarnation of a Businessman
A businessman is betrayed by those he holds dearest and reincarnates into a mystical world of cultivation where the power of a single person can split the heavens. However, his reincarnation does not go smoothly... ******************** This is a xianxia (cultivation/progression fantasy) story which fuses a lot of western fantasy elements. This story includes POV's of different characters which are all going to be developed in the future and will have an effect on the story. The novel is named after the reincarnation of the businessman which serves as a cataclysm in the world of cultivation, and while the MC uses some of his business knowledge, this novel is not centered around the MC creating a business empire. I plan to extend the story into at least 2 books, both taking place in the same world. ******************** Updates will happen once every 2 days, but this is often going to change to once every day or once every 3 days because I am not currently writing full-time, and neither is my editor.
8 199Kyrio's Monster House (Dropped)
A man dies, gets a second chance by a random god and decides to play god. Note: Most chapters are in Alpha version, that means some grammar mistakes and missing tables.
8 147The Angry Birds Series: Four birds, one adventure
New adventures start with four best friend, Red, Chuck, Bomb, and Aggie (OC), as they let out their personalities and friendship survive in Bird Island. (Movie-verse, series-shots)
8 197Aria of Memory
Try as one might, the will of the Crystals shall not be denied. As ashes turn to ashes and dust turns to dust, so too does the radiant brilliance dim to deepest darkness. The Fallen One--a young woman of unknown origin, afflicted with amnesia, has come to the Star where the Crystals once held sway. Imbued with power beyond her ken and chosen to bear a burdensome mantle, she fights for friends, she lives for love, she dies for duty, and like a phoenix rises anew to continue her journey. Her quest is without end--her vigil, everlasting; yet, she does not stand alone against the vicissitudes of the Forces of Ruin. Alone or not, however, she shall become what she must. Cross-posted from AO3
8 178wolfwalkers~mabhyn oneshots
crappy oneshots curtesy of me because i need more fanfiction for this movieABANDONED
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