Synopsis
Betrayed by his former gang and thrown into the Rendhold Underprison, Dantes has spent the last five years scraping by. A whoreson of orcish, human, and elvish blood, he's lived on the periphery of the periphery, lying, cheating, and stealing to survive. After a run of bad luck, he's made a powerful enemy. Luckily, he's also gotten all the tools he needs to turn things around.
A slow burn progression fantasy focused on rising through the criminal underworld of a city-state using newfound powers and quick wits.
MC's powers will develop slowly, but he will use them in creative ways to get ahead, and in the meantime he's not above just braining someone with a club.
Anti-hero/villainous MC with a code.
1500+ words per chapter
Current schedule Tues-Thurs-Sat
This is my first third-person novel length work, may be some accidental perspective switching, feel free to point it out.
Patreon is 10 chapters ahead
Table of Contents
- 1Ch 1: The Maw2024-11-13
- 2Ch 2: You'll owe me a favor2024-11-13
- 3Ch 3: It doesn't matter how you look2024-11-13
- 4Ch 4: Filthy mutt2024-11-13
- 5Ch 5: Your kind can be slow2024-11-13
- 6Ch 6: Skittered away2024-11-13
- 7Ch 7: Do you think they'll treat you kindly?2024-11-13
- 8Ch 8: I really don't want to be stabbed.2024-11-13
- 9Ch 9: Or mad. Or dead.2024-11-13
- 10Ch 10: You are strange2024-11-13
- 11Ch 11: Taller than a dwarf. Bit shorter than me.2024-11-13
- 12Ch 12: The cannibalism didn't bother him much2024-11-13
- 13Ch 13: Too small a meal2024-11-13
- 14Ch 14: The possibilities are endless2024-11-13
- 15Ch 15: Head shape that indicates low cunning2024-11-13
- 16Ch 16: He wanted to rule it2024-11-13
- 17Ch 17: A god? Of rats?2024-11-13
- 18Ch 18: Dead Man Walking2024-11-13
- 19Ch 19: I have squats to do2024-11-13
- 20Ch 20: A fool's game2024-11-13
- 21Ch 21: I was made for the stage2024-11-13
- 22Ch 22: Hungry and Cruel2024-11-13
- 23Ch 23: Dust, weed, favor, coin if they have it2024-11-13
- 24Ch 24: We'll see how the next roll goes2024-11-13
- 25Ch 25: Too many are born with the sun on their faces2024-11-13
- 26Ch 26: Brazen and bold2024-11-13
- 27Ch 27: Tempt the gods to ruin your day2024-11-13
- 28Ch 28: I did it very carefully2024-11-13
- 29Ch 29: You're not here to kill me I presume?2024-11-13
- 30Ch 30: I'm no rat2024-11-13
- 31Ch 31: Antennae tickled his lips2024-11-13
- 32Ch 32: A Fey's sense of honor2024-11-13
- 33Ch 33: What would you say is the largest kind of tree?2024-11-13
- 34Ch 34: Violent doesn't mean stupid2024-11-13
- 35Ch 35: Mating, yes. Also murder.2024-11-13
- 36Ch 36: Doing a bit of flexing2024-11-13
- 37Ch 37: The dainty wave of a highborn woman2024-11-13
- 38Ch 38: Here's the gist2024-11-13
- 39Ch 39: Free booze, women, and money2024-11-13
- 40Ch 40: Shouldn't have been such an unrepentant-2024-11-13
- 41Ch 41: Gorge yourself2024-11-13
- 42Ch 42: Those aren't to eat, they're to bargain2024-11-13
- 43Ch 43: How can I help you?2024-11-13
- 44Ch 44: It seems it's always 'the hard way'2024-11-13
- 45Ch 45: Your surprises are no longer surprising2024-11-13
- 46Ch 46: And then nothing2024-11-13
- 47Ch 47: Are there any you would want me to spare?2024-11-13
- 48Ch 48: Meet me in the Maw2024-11-13
- 49Ch 49: None of that’s your blood, is it?2024-11-13
- 50Ch 50: Ten copper on the big one!2024-11-13
- 51Ch 51: Watch out below, fu-2024-11-13
- 52Ch 52: It's been a while2024-11-13
- 53Ch 53: Any chance that could be a deluxe bath?2024-11-13
- 54Ch 54: You shouldn't, it's a lie2024-11-13
- 55Ch 55: That's not what your mother told me2024-11-13
- 56Ch 56: He wanted them to know that they'd lost2024-11-13
- 57Ch 57: Memento of a dear friend2024-11-13
- 58Book announcement and a little treat2024-11-13
- 59Ch 58: Too surprised to be angry2024-11-13
- 60Ch 59: I like what I like2024-11-13
- 61Ch 60: I've had far worse habits2024-11-13
- 62Ch 61: There's always some new vice2024-11-13
- 63Ch 62: That's his prerogative2024-11-13
- 64Ch 63: One bite at a time2024-11-13
- 65Ch 64: Quick and dirty2024-11-13
- 66Ch 65: Midtowner born and raised2024-11-13
- 67Ch 66: A silence hungry for words2024-11-13
- 68Ch 67: Fell into my knife2024-11-13
- 69Ch 68: Just a chat2024-11-13
- 70Ch 69: It would make us feel better2024-11-13
- 71Ch 70: Sleep2024-11-13
- 72Ch 71: Dantes the Druid2024-11-13
- 73Book 2 Ch 1: Mondego, sir2024-11-13
- 74Book 2 Ch 2: The weak and the tainted2024-11-13
- 75Book 2 Ch 3: This is all that remains2024-11-13
- 76Book 2 Ch 4: Plans to initiate. Old friends to kill.2024-11-13
- 77Book 2 Ch 5: Why would I want to be anything other than a rat?2024-11-13
- 78Book 2 Ch 6: Welcome a brother2024-11-13
- 79Book 2 Ch 7: Why did these things all seem to happen in waves?2024-11-13
- 80Book 2 Ch 8: Take Care of the Girls2024-11-13
- 81Book 2 Ch 9: Grinning Down at Them2024-11-13
- 82Book 2 Ch 10: I Think We May Need to Split Up2024-11-13
- 83Book 2 Ch 11: Whip 'em out2024-11-13
- 84Book 2 Ch 12: He Was a Rat and Had more Practical Concerns2024-11-13
- 85Book 2 Ch 13: Such Tasty Crumbs She Gave2024-11-13
- 86Book 2 Ch 14: So, We're Even?2024-11-13
- 87Book 2 Ch 15: Sincerely, Madame Cornelia of the House of Forteville2024-11-13
- 88Book 2 Ch 16: Bureaucrats Are Worse Than Elves2024-11-13
- 89Book 2 Ch 17: The Relief of Absolute Oblivion2024-11-13
- 90Book 2 Ch 18: I Shall Hope for His Death2024-11-13
- 91Book 2 Ch 19: You're Under Arrest2024-11-13
- 92Book 2 Ch 20: I'll Need a Coat to Carry You In2024-11-13
- 93Book 2 Ch 21: Do You Mind if I Go into Your Greenhouse and Say Hi?2024-11-13
- 94Book 2 Ch 22: Let Me Come Up with Something Better2024-11-13
- 95Book 2 Ch 23: One of the Most Ignoble Rakes2024-11-13
- 96Book 2 Ch 24: Mages...They Just Couldn't Help Themselves2024-11-13
- 97Book 2 Ch 25: It's Really All Very Simple2024-11-13
- 98Book 2 Ch 26: We Can't Afford Mistakes Now2024-11-13
- 99Book 2 Ch 27: Wasn't Worth a Boot Filled with Piss2024-11-13
- 100Book 2 Ch 28: No. He'll Just Die2024-11-13
- 101Book 2 Ch 29: What Is Your Displeasure?2024-11-13
- 102Book 2 Ch 30: Go In Sword Drawn and Start Swinging2024-11-13
- 103Book 2 Ch 31: Please, Just Let Me Go2024-11-13
- 104Book 2 Ch 32: This Would Certainly Rot Your Teeth2024-11-13
- 105Book 2 Ch 33: I Was Aiming For Her Head2024-11-13
- 106Book 2 Ch 34: Maybe Dantes Changed More Than I Thought2024-11-13
- 107Book 2 Ch 35: How are my seconds?2024-11-13
- 108Book 2 Ch 36: He Loved That Hand2024-11-13
- 109Book 2 Ch 37: I Want to Talk2024-11-13
- 110Book 2 Ch 38: I Owed a Debt2024-11-13
- 111Book 2 Ch 39: I Always Appreciate a Good Performance2024-11-13
- 112Book 2 Ch 40: Midtowners Are Nothing if not Adaptable2024-11-13
- 113Book 2 Ch 41: Your Second Favorite F2024-11-13
- 114Book 2 Ch 42: I'm Supposed to Count Things Now?2024-11-13
- 115Book 2 Ch 43: Don't Shake Them2024-11-13
- 116Book 2 Ch 44: Where was he? Hiding under a half-pint mug?2024-11-13
- 117Book 2 Ch 45: Just a Student Trying to Learn2024-11-13
- 118Book 2 Ch 46: Try not to die before we can meet again2024-11-13
- 119Book 2 Ch 47: What a Lovely Eye You Have2024-11-13
- 120Book 2 Ch 48: I've Seen Worse at Family Reunions2024-11-13
- 121Book 2 Ch 49: We Recite this Prayer2024-11-13
- 122Book 2 Ch 50: I'm the One Standing With the Knife2024-11-13
- 123Book 2 Ch 51: Don't be an Idiot2024-11-13
- 124Book 2 Ch 52: Eat! Spread!2024-11-13
- 125Book 2 Ch 53: Yours, Dantes2024-11-13
- 126Book 2 Ch 54: We Were All Young Once2024-11-13
- 127Book 2 Ch 55: There's No Reason to be Subtle2024-11-13
- 128Book 2 Ch 56: It Was a Nice View2024-11-13
- 129Book 2 Ch 57: Steel's Steel and Steal2024-11-13
- 130Book 2 Ch 58: Ah, That Old Yarn2024-11-13
- 131Book 2 Ch 59: So, What're Your Terms?2024-11-13
- 132Book 2 Ch 60: This is an Ugly Look for You2024-11-13
- 133Book 2 Ch 61: Are you here to say goodbye? To join me? Or to kill me?2024-11-13
- 134Book 2 Ch 62: He Needed Help This Time2024-11-13
- 135Book 2 Ch 63: Jacopo is Right There for Gods' Sake2024-11-13
- 136Book 2 Ch 64: Carapace, Fur, and Feathers2024-11-13
- 137Book 2 Ch 65: I Win2024-11-13
- 138Book 2 Ch 66: Spreading to Fill it Like Roots2024-11-13
- 139Book 3 Ch 1: A Drink on the House? Maybe a Whore?2024-11-13
- 140Book 3 Ch 2: Is Something Amusing?2024-11-13
- 141Book 3 Ch 3: Jacopo is Uniquely Motivating2024-11-13
- 142Book 3 Ch 4: Two-Legs and Their Problems2024-11-13
- 143Book 3 Ch 5: Good Work Today2024-11-13
- 144Book 3 Ch 6: Don't Make an Enemy of Me2024-11-13
- 145Book 3 Ch 7: Aside From the Obvious?2024-11-13
- 146Book 3 Ch 8: I Have Spawned Thousands2024-11-13
- 147Book 3 Ch 9: She's a Legend2024-11-13
- 148Book 3 Ch 10: Quarter Dead2024-11-13
- 149Book 3 Ch 11: Magic, I Assume2024-11-13
- 150Book 3 Ch 12: Where the **** am I?2024-11-13
- 151Book 3 Ch 13: Blood Covered Muzzle2024-11-13
- 152Book 3 Ch 14: Learn or die2024-11-13
- 153Book 3 Ch 15: Get out of there2024-11-13
- 154Book 3 Ch 16: I'm Better Qualified2024-11-13
- 155Book 3 Ch 17: You Don't Need to Flex2024-11-13
- 156Book 3 Ch 18: No Such Thing as Doom, No Such Thing as Fate2024-11-13
- 157Book 3 Ch 19: You Can Keep the Extra Blankets2024-11-13
- 158Book 3 Ch 20: But You'll Own Me2024-11-13
- 159Book 3 Ch 21: He Couldn't Show Weakness2024-11-13
- 160Book 3 Ch 22: Bad2024-11-13
- 161Book 3 Ch 23: I don't have to kill you here2024-11-15
- 162Book 3 Ch 24: Jacque should meet his uncle2024-11-17
- 163Book 3 Ch 25: Keep a lady on her toes2024-11-19
- 164Book 3 Ch 26: You're Shameless2024-11-21