Her brother wants her to be free. Her sister wants her to kill a god. The rest of the country wants her dead. Bel just wants to know who she is and where she came from, but the truth lies far beyond her imagination. Bel was created with a purpose – but she is far too weak to achieve her task. She will need to grow stronger, and quickly, because if she can’t find the courage to challenge a god then she will lose everything and everyone that she loves. Outside Influences is a progression fantasy story featuring: a weak to god-defyingly strong gorgon protagonist; people and creatures inspired by a wide variety of games, mythology, and archaeology; game-like mechanics, with an in-world system of levels and abilities, but without any blue-boxes or game elements that break the setting. Read it now! Updates Tuesdays and Fridays. Usually 2.5-3.5k words, with the occasional interlude or extra chapter when I have the time and the story calls for it. This work is only being published on Royalroad, if you see it somewhere else then it has been copied without the author's permission.