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[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon, November 2021]
For the longest time, Aideen Fiachna had only one prescient wish; to be the daughter her parents could take pride in.
The idea was a tall order, especially as her father stood at the head of the Templar order, and her grandfather as the Pope. However, she endeavored to try nonetheless.
Yet fate had a different path in store for her.
For all her efforts, all her best laid plans, were but the broken off crumbs of 'one day'. That day, she was brutally slain by a vile, accursed undead being.
Though, not even restful eternity awaited her in death.
She awakened inside a coffin. Her coffin. During her own funeral wake. Discovering, to her horror, that she had risen. Not somehow resurrected, no, but back in the form of that most hated of beings--the curse of undeath.
What will fate deal her next?
Chapters will range from 1-2.5k words, scheduled for release every day from Monday to Friday.
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Expect:
-Character progression in a journey of self discovery that spanned the ages
-World building
-Tragedy and Comedy in roughly equal measures
-Occasional action
Do not expect:
-Much in terms of romance
-Politics, barring passing views and mentions
-A lighthearted tale. This story will be a good bit grimmer than my previous one
Any comments, reviews, and criticism will be much appreciated.
And thank you for reading.
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Disclaimer: This story is my original work and only posted on the Royal Road website. If you should find this story elsewhere or under another name, please let me know.
Also please don't be too hard on me when I make occasional grammatical mistakes, English is my third language after all. XD
Edit suggestions are very welcome though.
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Chapter Selections
- 1-28
- 29-56
- 57-84
- 85-112
- 113-140
- 141-168
- 169-196
- 197-224
- 225-252
- 253-280
- 281-308
- 309-336
- 337-364
- 365-392
- 393-420
- 421-448
- 449-476
- 477-504
- 505-532
- 533-560
- 561-588
- 589-616
- 617-644
- 645-672
- 673-700
- 701-728
- 729-756
- 757-784
- 785-812
- 813-840
- 841-868
- 869-896
- 897-924
- 925-952
- 953-980
- 981-1008
- 1009-1036
- 1037-1064
- 1065-1092
- 1093-1120
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- 1149-1176
- 1177-1204
- 1205-1232
- 1233-1260
- 1261-1288
- 1289-1316
- 1317-1344
1. Prologue - A Restful Peace...
2. Chapter 1 - Denied Forevermore...
3. Chapter 2 - Botched Exorcism
4. Chapter 3 - The Bone Lord
5. Chapter 4 - Birth of the Unliving
6. Chapter 5 - Refuge in Audacity
7. Chapter 6 - The Bone Lord's Domain
8. Chapter 7 - Palace of Bones
9. Chapter 8 - The Bone Lord's True Visage
10. Chapter 9 - Dinner in the Palace of Bones
11. Chapter 10 - Teachers & Training
12. Chapter 11 - Laborious Lessons Learned
13. Chapter 12 - Every Journey began with a small step
14. Chapter 13 - News from Home
15. Chapter 14 - A Thoughtless Provocation
16. Chapter 15 - A Convenient Excuse
17. Chapter 16 - An Example to be Made
18. Chapter 17 - A Battle to be Fought
19. Chapter 18 - A Displeasure to be Made Known
20. Chapter 19 - A Reunion amidst a Field of Corpses
21. Chapter 20 - A Change in Plans
22. Chapter 21 - An Indignation to be Conveyed
23. Chapter 22 - An Anthem of Blood and Carnage
24. Chapter 23 - A Silence before the Storm
25. Chapter 24 - A Decisive Clash to Claim Destiny
26. Chapter 25 - An Ignominious End for A Nation
27. Chapter 26 - To Rebuild a People
28. Side Story 1 - An Orphan Girl and her Little "Friends"
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Antonious King has been selected to beta-test what promises to be the best VR MMO of 2038. As one of three hundred in the “Ascendant Program” he’ll take part in a bloody civil war between the King of the Gods, Ignacious and the God-Hero Auren, granted powerful relics and artifacts, and a near-immortal body. What’s the catch? There’s no Logging out. There is no game. The planet Earth has been destroyed on a whim and the “Cadre of Justice” hunts Auren and his Ascendants across space with brutal efficiency. Tony learns quickly that there is much more at stake than gaining early access to the game everyone’s been waiting for. Forced into combat sports as a child by a father obsessed with victory, Tony finds himself again, forced into conflict. With his back against the wall and the most powerful beings in the universe out for his head, Tony unlocks the Dread Knight class; the perfect specialization for survival in the harsh biome of Arach and avenging mankind. The hard part? He won’t be able to do it alone. Vasna, the Totemic World-Shaping Shaman, Auren, the Lord of Auras, Jorogu of the Yokai cluster, and a friend thought long gone are just a few of the allies Tony will need to rally against Ignacious the Maddened God-King. Welcome, to Ascendant: Online
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Monsters, gold, chaos, glory, adventure, what more could attract two of the greatest players of all time to Sugarea, the most popular MMORPG of its time. But everyone makes errors, and unfortunate for these two brilliant players, they have made the grave mistake of not actually sleeping like normal humans and missed out on the very moment the new Dark Legion update would take effect. Or did they? They wake in what seems familiar yet not, but they soon realize their predicament. They are inside their game avatar's bodies! A half-Demon and a Dragonoid are now struggling with more than just power, these two men have to find their new purpose and calling in a completely different world. Will they concur it like ordinary land or will they enlighten the planet into equality? Do figures pull strings in the dark or is everything open to the public eye? Nothing is certain except the unknown, and nothing is ever as it seems... This is an Isekai story, as such, some parts may sound either cliché or similar to others, but I assure you, I tried to prevent that. To make it known, I took quite a lot of inspiration from the light novel/anime Overlord, but that doesn't mean it's a direct rip-off of it. You'll find there to be quite the amount of differences. Just a little heads up as well, you should expect irregular uploads, as it takes me a long time to write each chapter. I am currently trying for once every other week on Sundays around 10:00 A.M. Chapters are usually 7k words and up, with the longest (chapter 3) being 10.3k words. So, if you like to sit down and read a long chapter every two weeks at 10:00 A.M. EST on Sundays, then you can waste your time here! Small disclaimer: Profanity is far and few between, and mostly used by side characters, rarely the main character. When something with gore happens, I describe to the best of my ability, which will only get better the longer I write this... :) Small cuts between perspectives happen, and can hide what some characters do, which will be revealed in future chapters, I'm not that lazy... all the time... There are some parts that are long blocks of text, most, if not all, of them, are characters talking, but I try not to info dump. I know one of the tags says "Psychological", and for the most part, it is, but it's not as prominent as other stories, instead, it's more hidden and scattered, but I did try to make the pieces I did reveal all fit together. Cover art is bound to be changed when I have a good picture to use, so the Yin-Yang is a placeholder for now unless yall wanna gimme something to use *wink wink nudge nudge*. So yeah, please give it a try, as I have nothing better to do with my life, and I am banking solely off of a career in literature and am hoping that I can create a story that can actually be called something more than a child's imagination running wild. The eventual and inevitable end to the story won't be for a long while, at least till chapter 40 or so. I have thought long and hard about the message and themes at play, so I hope you, the reader (who has some amazing hair btw), can enjoy and partake on this adventure with me into my dark empty pit of an imagination.
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“There is no more a turbulent time to live than during the slow, often violent, fall of a dying empire.” Within the borders of the turbulent Revaryn Empire, a young noble named Kaewyn Edderfield is left in charge of his father's land of Greystone Province. Kaewyn however, would prefer to spend his time in taverns or reading books rather than do his duty as acting lord. Now burdened with the responsibility of rule, he must navigate the courtly world of provincial politics where officials, both military and civil, vie for favour and position. Along the way, Kaewyn will meet a plethora of characters. Among them are arrogant scholars, rival nobles as well as new and old friends. Knowing who to place his trust in and who to push aside will be vital if his home of Greystone Province is to survive the coming chaos.
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the ronald mcdonald fic
im sorry
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