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The Origins of Snagthorn the Mystic

By goblinsstolemybrain

1733 0 0 4121

Remember Snagthorn from the first couple of episodes of Morga Skullsplitter? Find out how he ended up in the Red Scar Clan in this short tale... A preview: The old mystic pottered around his hut, not really doing anything in particular, but doing a good...

Where Nightmares Dwell

By Shaaman

696 1 1 9484

A high-stakes story about a desperate attempt to save a girl who has been taken into the Black Forest, a realm of abject evil.

The Last Dragon Stone

By amelianite

1333 0 0 2956

Magick and mortals don 't mix... At least, that's what Aven Naeris, a blacksmith apprentice, was taught all their life. But that changed when Aven ran into an elven woman who has more knowledge of magick than she should. Loïck Xieren, the crown prince of...

Dichotomy of Heaven (Draft)

By Piggie4299

10433 20 0 93051

As the war between Mages and Techies threatens to tear the world apart, Jacob and Xania must navigate a web of deceit, ancient prophecies, and their own inner conflicts to plant the Life Seed. But with time running out, they must decide whether to save a world...

Fists Full of Time

By Piggie4299

2373 0 0 5937

This is a story that I started writing years ago and one that I might never finish. I find there to be really interesting elements in it and it was really fun to explore Dipak as a child. But there are a lot of things happening in this story that I am not...

Threads of Vengeance

By Piggie4299

665 0 0 580

Gytha rescues Angerona from Mages, showcasing her power as they cower in fear. Trusting her savior, Angerona joins Gytha as they escape into the woods.

Chronicle of the Six

By SoleilArya

1988 1 1 5319

The last adventure of the Elite Six, a group of the best adventurers in the Sinter guild, as they navigate the turmoil of Amaanturis' political chaos, work to resolve dangerous crisis and free a Princess from oppression.

Chronicle of Unsu

By NevarrBlue

722 0 0 2431

A collection of stories about the world of Unsu and those who call it home.

Succumbing to Darkness

By Piggie4299

1132 0 0 1093

In the twilight realm, Kali, a once-radiant Fey, succumbs to darkness after venturing into Erebos. Corrupted, she battles a Wraith, reclaiming fragments of her lost light. With renewed determination, she seeks redemption, vowing to balance her shadowy existence...

Breath of the Whispering Woods

By Piggie4299

1034 0 0 987

In Eldergrove, Kamaitachi senses a disturbance in the forest's harmony. A dark Wraith from Erebos threatens the balance, feeding on decay. Uniting with the Spirit of the Glade, Kamaitachi channels the elemental forces of nature, battling the shadowy creature...

The Weight of Departure

By Piggie4299

679 0 0 2209

In a haunting exploration of fate and suffering, Lilith, a weary traveler, encounters Adam and Eva, a couple offering refuge. As a storm brews, her presence brings unforeseen consequences, unraveling hidden truths. Amidst love and loss, Lilith confronts her...

Violence and Void-dust

By Keon Croucher

3880 16 0 60642

A Templar of Sir Kartheart, rather freshly appointed, following the rules of the Laknoth, his holy code. Guided by prayer, she has found herself in the Fir-Jiem Crescent Valley region of Suranth, and with the short tundra summer coming to an end, hopes to...

Tribulation

By elegy64

2956 0 0 14562

He had to protect this child, he felt with the same truth, need, and desperation to breathe while drowning. Want might as well not have existed at all. Logistics were meaningless, for Faron knew he was to save this child no matter what the obstacles to come.

Shadows of Valandor

By MustBTV

26465 0 0 313077

In the mystical land of Valandor, where magic flows through the Aetheric Currents and reality is shaped by dreams, a fragile balance teeters on the brink of chaos. Rhiannon Archer, a formidable barbarian paladin, leads a band of valiant heroes across a world...

Lashton Sounds

By JohannesTEvans

3455 0 0 57176

Gellert Osgodby has worked as a business manager for the King family, one of Lashton's prominent magical crime organisations, for nearly a decade when an error in judgement brings his employment to an abrupt end. Lucien Pike, a rival kingpin, plucks him from...

Ravenlight the Series: Saga 1 Prelude

By AStormsong

15059 0 0 48328

{New Chapters every Tuesday @7PM CST} A fantastical series of weekly chapters featuring Chapter Art/Manga Panels. Current Saga: #1- Scarlet Dawn | Saga 1 Summary | Following the near collapse of her clan, 17 Y.O. Elise Bakuuva has ventured out into an unknown...

The Bone Moth

By TheAutisticAlchemist

6622 3 0 16547

Living so close to the front line in an endless magical war is a frightening existence, especially if you're disabled. Tabishka, though, is happy with xir life in the basement of the museum stores. Xir main source of excitement is the arrival of new shipments...

Ravenbytez

By AStormsong

8817 0 0 9938

A collective of short one-off stories from the Ravenlight series. You may call it filler; but in truth it is simply world expansion. From the growth of Elise to the clash of antagonists who have their own goals. Welcome to Ravenbytez!!

The dragon's blade: Blood of kings

By Nuredhel

1962 0 0 15003

Being a sword for hire can sometimes have its downsides, like having to escort a very spoiled and obnoxious noble woman to her new husband. But meeting old friends is always nice except when that meeting leads to the discovery of horrors Kyall has barely ever...

The Misadventures of Morga Skullsplitter, Volume 1

By goblinsstolemybrain

15393 3 0 50713

Morga is an orcish warrior. She's the best there is. No-one can crack a skull open quite like Morga Skullsplitter. But she's tired, and she's had enough. All she wants is a nice quiet retirement. One where she could spend her days sipping tea, eating jellybeans...

Sovereign Warriors 1: Tapestry of Chains

By Chriscliff

44213 3 1 199906

Powerful mercenaries murdered Beylesa's father half a decade ago. Frantic tales now come of an army ravaging towns across Emrandyr, and the young Inquisitor’s only choice is to swallow her hatred of hired swords and call upon a rising team of mercenaries to...

The dragon's blade

By Nuredhel

2629 0 0 151519

Kyall isnt your average elven warrior, his past is shrouded in mystery and his methods are rarely honourable nor clean. He is a sword for hire, an assassin, a thief and a mercenary and still, in spite of it all, he holds onto his old creed, what he used to...

Broken Dulcet: Lapis of Nicodem Volume 4

By Kwyn Marie

51413 89 2 122189

Over three hundred years ago, the Dentherion Empire began its conquest of Theyndora. To keep the conquered peoples subdued, they gifted their puppet rulers with advanced tech, made it illegal for everyone else to use it, and harshly dealt with anyone who...

Evenacht: Greenglimmer

By Kwyn Marie

40116 53 1 120134

What price, Redemption? Greenglimmer, a dark and secretive part of the Elfiniti Rainforest, initially opens its arms to Vantra, Laken, and the mini-Joyful. However, the port city, Selaserat, hides more than local corruption. Vantra, completing a favor for...

The Unhallowed

By prestonthedm

26390 0 0 46584

[b]LAST UPDATED: 5/10/2024[/b] It's been almost a thousand years since the great Hallowing War sundered the barrier between the Seven Hells and the mortal realm. In the wake of this conflict, the denizens of Emmeron have slowly rebuilt while suffering through...

Green Myst

By amelianite

4157 0 0 0

Ninjago: Dragon's Rising Fanfic. / Lloyd x OC. / Aurora Sharpe has never seen herself as a hero. She just wants to survive the day while keeping Jason, her older brother, safe from prying eyes. When their home is destroyed, Aurora and Jason are offered...

Life's Heart

By Yerran

6291 0 0 13088

Light and dark. Life and death. Good and evil. All things in balance, or so the laws of the universe say. But laws are made to be broken. Darkness is growing once more, its tendrils spreading throughout the cosmos, and with the closing of the great...

Tales of Koria

By CrazyEddie

12736 7 0 16436

You have read about the Spiral, about Elves, Dwarves, Underlings and the Horrors from down below. But you never experienced them firsthand. Now is your chance. From the dwindling roads down into the depths of the Spiral or from the start of the very Creation,...

Intrepid Adventures Anthology: Vair

By napdog

8730 0 0 15521

Vair is my latest work, set in the early bronze age with a dash of classic fantasy. The world is divided into warring city-states each ruled by a powerful deity. Vair, the main character of our story, hails from the White-Wolf clan of the Azil Mountain Range. He...

Argana - Le Royaume de Thoradhor

By Landry Blodwyn

9662 3 0 6611

Les dragons ancestraux sont des protecteurs divins du monde de Liacar. Ils bénirent, jadis, une lignée, les Arthenis, afin de faire régner l'Ordre parmi le chaos qui divisait le continent d'Argana. Le Roi Raegan, héritier de cette lignée de demi-dragon et...

A Chronicle of Sixteen Stars

By CalofGearva

17452 0 0 68094

This is the complete telling of the history of Artukos' ancient masterpiece, the Wraith Globe. From creation to destruction, from the Lords' Rebellion to the Lords' Recession, all of the Finite races' history is here.

Ravenlight: Embers of the Past

By AStormsong

50778 2 0 110112

Elise Bakuuva wants nothing more than to live an average life, to find acceptance in life and a goal for said life; though for her, a normal life seems nigh impossible. Living among the Dragon Descendants of Vulfax, she finds herself everywhere from belittled...

Les Héros et Déchus d'Argana

By Landry Blodwyn

10198 1 0 2103

Ce recueil regroupe toutes les nouvelles portant sur des personnages importants du continent d'Argana. Héros, déchus et fripouilles, vous retrouvez toutes sortes de figures.

Gorveron, la banshee destructrice

By Landry Blodwyn

9917 1 0 2234

Gorveron est une banshee chaotique, destructrice, meurtrière, qui dérobe les âmes de ses victimes et les enferme dans son cristal bleu pâle, un Enfer palpable où ces essences hurlent à l'agonie. Suivez les aventures de cet antagoniste maléfique, Roi du Détroit...

Deathknell

By Storm Weaver

6427 0 0 0

-What are the features that constitute a life? How are they measured? What do they mean? How much of ourselves do we invest in them? [br] -Is having a Life only for the Living?[br] -Then... Perhaps we do not really die![br] [center][b]This, then, is [i][u]Deathknell[u][i][/b][/center].

Evenacht: Snake's Den

By Kwyn Marie

189274 55 0 201659

A dark fantasy serialized novel. Vantra, a Finder acolyte in the deathland of Evenacht, follows an anguished mental call for absolution. The silent plea comes from Captain Laken, a brazen butcher who slaughtered her Keel ancestors over four millennia ago....

Shadows over Tindrel: Excerpt

By Kwyn Marie

18566 3 0 1666

*Book and excerpt previously published under Troubel in Tindrel: The Wellspring Dragons Book 2 [br] Shadows over Tindrel: The Wellspring Dragons Book 2, 2nd edition A fantasy/dark fantasy illustrated series. 2nd Edition available in ebook format at the...

The Glass Volcano: Excerpt

By Kwyn Marie

20180 4 0 5030

*Excerpt previously published was Chapter 1 [br] The Glass Volcano: The Wellspring Dragons Book 3, 2nd edition A fantasy/dark fantasy illustrated series. 2nd Edition available in ebook format at the end of May 2023 The Glass Volcano. The Black-shine Mountain....

Broken Swords: Unleash Hell

By CaiusMartius

58798 0 0 29629

War rages across the western kingdoms. Bloodthirsty berserkers and colossal wallbreakers lock horns with golden-eyed crusaders and crazed templar-priests. They fight for their respective kingdoms, ice-locked Nosck and sky-worshipping Samada, and their battleground...

The Allure of Darkness

By Cordeeceps

13750 0 0 7338

The dragons were the first to fall when the Prince attacked. Their empire was leveled in an instant, the capital burned to ashes, and without the most powerful race in the world ruling Abrioxus the continent devolved into chaos. Bitter nations previously kept...

Goretober 2020

By Arkanasis

13970 1 0 2345

A collection of short stories set in Hellverse following Goretober prompts!

To Know Your Enemy

By SableAradia

252289 20 0 145868

[h3][center]Toy Soldier: A derogatory term for an elven marine.[/center][/h3] [i]Battles great and terrible, small and bitter, raged across Known Space as the wars of Elves and Orcs played out their legacy of hatred across the stars themselves. Epics would...

Autumn Evenings

By User51

14021 3 2 9275

A decade and a half of war have left Sherif cold and disillusioned. Regretful that he has missed life and love, he returns to the small village of his youth hoping to find peace, but finds instead dark secrets and an ancient curse.

Necromancer I

By annyborg

23004 1 0 54270

[b]Reader discretion advised. This series deals with a variety of topics that may be uncomfortable and or offensive to read about.[/b] I thought all I needed to do was deliver the mystery package. I was wrong. So very wrong. They say the Spirits play with...

Ambercaast: Lapis of Nicodem Volume 2

By Kwyn Marie

202304 45 5 182880

For eight years, Lapis had sought vengeance against the rebel traitor who helped Jilvayna's palace guard invade Nicodem and slaughter her family. Perben is now exposed, but ranking rebels who see their own fates twisted into his try to downplay and ignore...

Powder and Feathers

By JohannesTEvans

471587 95 0 286419

It seems to Aimé Deverell that there is very little point to life, except for what pleasures can be enjoyed before the grave. Life is short - thank God - but at least there's enough in the world to dull the senses in the meantime. That philosophy shatters...

Schwarzblut

By Barekamy

176152 0 0 29575

Vor den Nordfängen und hinter dem trostlosen Tal, liegt, auf einem namenlosen Berg, das Ewigkeitsfort. Enrik Grünzweig und sein Heer aus Halunken wie auch Bauernvolk, sollen dieses alte Gemäuer bemannen, um sich einem unbekannten Feind zu stellen. Doch die...

The Oblivion Chronicles: Book 2 - The Answer's Call

By JHarris15

222624 9 0 72956

The Second Part of The Oblivion Series. After the events of the first novel, join the group once more as they battle not just against the ruling power of The Imperial City, but against a secret organisation that has been pulling the strings of power for centuries....

Reunion

By t_cats

48440 17 3 14999

The Koushan Mai are an ancient, peaceful people now ruthlessly persecuted simply for their beliefs. The hatred for them is spreading across whole countries and many authorities stand by doing nothing, as they are tortured and murdered. They face nothing less...

Blood's Stone: A Wellspring Dragons Story

By Kwyn Marie

16882 0 0 10835

King Shiel invaded neighboring Merren when rumors of bloodmages and sacrifice reached him. In the final push to rid the country of its murderous despot, he has sent Sikode, his premiere wielder and advisor, to discover the corruption hidden in the depths of...

Sarsoa's Calamity

By awsmlwsn

10031 0 0 9870

A sickness fell upon the once strong and hearty Brandt. Elizabeth, the village herbalist , gave the news to his father. The village elder has declared that his spirit must be collected by Shen: god of the afterlife through a ceremony to ensure his spirit will...

Lapis of Nicodem

By Kwyn Marie

184954 27 3 120378

Lapis joined the rebel cause for one purpose only; to revenge the death of her family on the traitor who betrayed them. Since age twelve, she has trained to that end, hiding her past and the fact she survived in anticipation of catching the man unaware and...

"Banished" (taster!)

By LouYardley

42395 0 0 12617

Welcome to the monstrous world of Venari. Try not to get eaten. Elkbury is an idyllic village, hidden away in a rural area of pseudo-medieval Venari. It's a place free of death and disease due to a mysterious ceremony called the Banishment. It's a secret...

Russolia Jadeye - Short Story

By michaelthominks

9007 0 0 1655

A short telling of the events leading up to the siege of Medale and the famous survivor, Russolia Jadeye.

Race to Til-Thorin

By WantedHero

198581 18 0 84537

Dream girls. Fried snails. A 30” bodyguard with pink ponytails. Being a hero comes with learning curves. The curve of a hip. The curve of a sword. The curve of a sucker punch as it connects with your face. It wouldn’t be so bad if Wendell had professionals...

Remember Dragons Lie Volume I: The Stag [TEASER]

By J. L. Gryphon

30335 1 1 2166

When an outcast elf is captured by assassins sent by her tyrannical sister, she must escape their calculating leader, confess a world-ending lie, and uncover the secret plot brewing behind it all before everything she loves burns in dragon fire again. For...

The Savior's Sister - Book 2 of The Savior's Series [TEASER]

By jennamoreci

37578 12 0 17833

In the thrilling companion to one of Book Depository’s Best Books of All Time, experience the peril and heart-stopping romance through Leila’s fresh perspective. Leila Tūs Salvatíraas, Savior of Thessen and magical Queen of Her realm, is worshiped by all. Except...

Dawn of Shiobe: Excerpt

By Kwyn Marie

19156 1 0 2948

*Book and excerpt previously published under Shiobe Rising: The Wellspring Dragons Book 1 [br] Dawn of Shiobe: The Wellspring Dragons Book 1, 2nd edition A fantasy/dark fantasy illustrated series. 2nd Edition available in ebook format at the end of May...

Blinded Angels: 1 The Noble Sacrifice

By cedorsett

58371 1 0 23905

It isn't easy living as a non-binary goth in the mid-90s, but Ellis has good friends who have their back. All they wanted was to live as their authentic self in a world that refused to understand them. On a night out, they wondered off the forest path into...

Magefall

By Kassandra Troy

7735 0 0 748

When Ardeshir is sent on a rescue mission by the Mage Guild, he soon uncovers an ancient power and a forgotten enemy.