So today I had the pleasure of this:

In Regards to Your Fiction Ticket #14021 S.Mod Moderator John on 19/01/2022, 16:52

Hello Diemos,

It has come to our attention that your fiction, Warlord of Winslow, includes the sexual assault and torturing of multiple underaged girls. I do understand it was not done in a gratifying manner or in a way designed to glorify such things, but we still do not allow such content on our platform. The only exception is if it is very vaguely referenced - even then is a case-by-case basic. Please address this issue.

Additionally, I noticed a character mention 'That's not very Christian of you'. We don't allow real-world religions to be depicted in our fictions. All you need do is change the name in this case. Please address this too.

Regards,

Moderator John,

Royal Road team

Diemos on 19/01/2022, 17:01

Multiple? Can you reference the chapter and paragraph for me please? If it's the chapter I am thinking about I can just remove it, but your email here is rather vague.

S.Mod Moderator John on 19/01/2022, 17:04

This was the chapter I went over and according to the report, the next two to three chapters also touch on this subject: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/39770/warlord-of-winslow/chapter/685252/ch-89-the-ice-queen-the-hillbilly-and-the-furnace.

Regards,

Moderator John,

Royal Road team

Diemos on 19/01/2022, 17:31

I guess I don't have much choice, I can't really re-write the entire story arc that justifies why the MC and his crew go in. Additionally, the sex abuse and torture is never explicitly talked about or described as such, only suspected by the character that is investigating the town. As that is only touched on in the Chapter you referenced, and by your own admission you didn't read further I am left to assume my single reference to Christianity is what this is really about.

I suppose I'll just pull it down and leave a huge plot gap in there, thanks for being vague and obtuse.

Needless to say I am a little pissed. Considering those chapters have been up for months and no one had issue with them.

So, I'm an all out there kinda guy. I pulled the chapters because, honestly they are too integral to a later planned story arc that I haven't fully fleshed out just yet. I'd say it will come to a head within the next fifty chapters after the conclusion of the Phoenix arc. As I've just released Chapter 150 on Patreon, you'll find that Karl is about to meet the Forgotten God for the first time. That's all I am going to say about that.

Now, interestingly enough, I have had to remove a couple chapters from Patreon because someone looked at it and found issue with it. I think over the months my writing has toned down and I am less inclined to write something 'just to be edgy' as I was wont to do in say the first thirty or so chapters. I admit it, I was frustrated with the nonsense I was reading at the time and wanted to inject maybe a little too much darkness and hardship into my own story. If I had been writing those chapters like I had originally written, I would have put every grim detail on display.

I will probably start pulling the first part of the story, roughly 60-ish chapters, up to the point where Karl uses the planted Mythic rail gun to wipe out the Gnolls. I was considering doing this before I got this message today and self-publishing them to Amazon. Now, I am absolutely doing that. I think additionally, I will take the Flagstaff/Snowflake/Pestilence arc and start offloading them to Kindle Vella. The Phoenix arc will stay here until I finish the next two arcs.

I'm not giving up on my little side project, I'm just going to attempt to turn it into a side hustle, to the 400-ish followers I have currently I thank you and hope you continue to enjoy my work. I never thought I would become a 'writer'. But I've enjoyed the new hobby.

-Diemos