Corvo's parents are legendary heroes. Corvo will be a hero, too. Someday. But not yet. For now he's just a little boy. And while his mother is constantly embroiled in intrigue, drama, and adventure, he's going to have to do his best to stay safe and tag along. It's an exciting way to grow up. THE C...

Willow is sick, anyone can see it. Her body is wasted; she can barely walk and can't cast even the simplest of spells. But she won't let herself be a burden to her parents and village any longer; she'll travel to the Arcanum and study to become a mage. But upon entering magical society she's forced ...

Would you burn the world to protect your sibling? Kings, Tyrants, Nobles, Mages... They all slaughter innocents in their pursuit of immortality. But this Immortality is nothing more than a myth, one that has drenched the world in blood. Grace finds herself fighting to survive as she and her brother ...

This is a work made for the January 2024 Community Magazine Contest. Spoken and unspoken. Told and written. If a person or even a small minuscule sapling had enough fame and a story relating to it, it would become stronger. Magical evolutions, mystical changes, everything that changes the world. Ta...

[Participant in the Royal Road Community Magazine, January 2024] Legend tells of a vagrant hero—fearless in the truest sense of the word—for whom no opponent was too strong and no odds too steep. He travelled the Four Seas, quashing evil and uplifting downtrodden folk everywhere he went. But when h...

This story was written for the Royal Road Community Magazine Jan 2024 Ezekiel craved one thing: knowledge to become immortal. Each day he studies in a library worn down by time, hidden away past the forest. Each day, he returns with the same information. Immortality may have existed, but it can’t e...

Taylor has lived her entire life as a boy. Hiding away as a serving boy at a local inn, but when a pirate comes stumbling into her life, he brings adventure and horror with him. Whether she wants it or not....

Olympus: A Power is Rising is the first book of this visionary series. This first novel tells the story of a mystery that will keep readers on the edge of their seats wanting to know how a powerful force is taking over the Universe. The biggest shock of all is why. Lost in a giant nebula in the most...

This could probably be best described as magitech, with more emphasis on the magic than the tech. Dungeons, abilities, leveling, a little bit of base-building... The scope starts out small but should widen out. In the same vein there probably will be armored suits at first, and if the story goes on ...

Matthieu de Laval, a Capitaine in the Holy European Legions lies in hospital. After a heroic last stand at a stronghold along the Ninth Holy Crusade's front line, he escaped, missing his left arm and most of his Company. Despite a short-lived respite in the form of his nurse, Andrea Moretti, he is s...

The Highwayman leaves no survivors. He hasn’t in over a century of terror on the Old King’s Road. His reputation for ruthlessness and immortality is his greatest weapon.  When a dying noble begs him to spare his daughter, the Highwayman is faced with a choice; he can protect his reputation, or he ca...

Elves are supposed to be immortal. Eternally beautiful, graceful, witty, and immortal. They're not supposed to keel over and die for no reason. That's what Darrien Salthani thought prior to a chain of events that convinced him otherwise. In this alternate world of colossus trees and a mix-and match ...

I returned to my hometown, in order to seek immortality from the dungeon that killed all of my friends. Join Tresh Farway in a journey though his past. Discover all the things that have changed, and the one witch who has not. The Eternal Dungeon remains, taunting him with the childhood dream that ne...

When Maruble, God of Fire, gets banished from Alta, he must prove he can live as a human to return home. But war is brewing in the godlands, and with Maruble’s banishment the center of political unrest, Alta is split into two sides: the Court of Balance and the Castle of Death. This is a story about...

In the depths of an abyss, a young man awakens to a world of strange images and inky blackness, his memories lost to amnesia. With hope gone, he finally succumbs to his solitary new life when, out of the blue, a voice calls to him. "Hollis!" With hope ignited, he finds himself venturing into the unk...

If you could become your favorite character, if only for a short time, would you hesitate? Would you stay true to the character, or would you make your own decisions, even if those did not fit the character? How long would you take until you got bored of the role? Join Mary as she struggles to find...

Normal life was out of the question for Adira. From her very childhood, her parents were taken from her. She received an abnormal class when she gained the first level. However, she was too immature to properly understand and use the power of the Godslayer. Hunted by nightmares and alien to others, ...

Jack Walker, still hurting from what happened to his father, has been thrust into the same fractured reality that broke his father. Can Jack survive long enough to find friends and allies in a place that is at best indifferent to his survival....

When Yaitweh, the World Tree whose roots make up all of Asceria, erupted beneath the earth’s surface, it birthed numerous plants of bizarre and dangerous natures. Alongside them came Abminus, humans able to fuse with these roots, giving them extraordinary abilities. It took years to remove the surro...

Famous poet and self-proclaimed adventurer, Orion Auslandin, sets off on a journey to find the mythical Valley of the Salt Sparrow Heart and prove that there is more to him than simply being the son of the Pirate King. Inspired by ancient poetry and a journal entry from a long dead author, Orion hir...