What makes a Hero? Is it the drive to do right? The need to stand up for those who cannot do so themselves? The wish and ability to make a change? Or is it merely the person who stands victorious? History is written by the victor, after all. The concept of 'Heroism' has changed countless times throu...

The year is 2030. Earth is dying. War, pandemics, overwhelming pollution, species going extinct, climate change, etc. The so-called human race has brought more harm to their planet due to greed; their increased energy needs were on a path of decadence even with their increased technological advancem...

*!* This story is currently being continued on a different page, following years of hiatus and extensive rewrites *!* Please follow the link to read the up-to-date version: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/53863/cycles-of-ruin Basil von Doom is a powerful dungeon keeper with a simple mission: to b...

All Wendy London had wanted was to become a professional ballerina. Instead she got a car crash, a bum leg, and her own death. Welcome to the world of the City That Was, where magic and genetic purity determine your place in a caste based system. Marked and measured, where the pattern of your soul d...

A young girl in a war-torn Syria lives between fanatical, bloodthirsty zealots who would happily turn her into a blood eagle as a sacrifice to their gods and merciless foreign soldiers who wouldn't hesitate to turn her into swiss cheese with their guns. Suddenly finding herself with the power to des...

The Maker departed from the world with one message: that the greatest artist would come to succeed the divine throne. Without anyone to uphold them, the very laws of the world gave way to chaos. The days of the purple sun signified the blight of more and more land. Monsters lurked about, and at nigh...

An existentialist zombie seeks the meaning of life one mouthful at a time.---Written by Virlyce. Available on Amazon: https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B085KZ8PD8 Cover art by Mateusz Dąbrowski...

We follow Min-Soo in his life. He starts as a total loser. Nobody liked him, nobody respected him and even his family had outcast him. Follow his path, and how he a total loser becomes one of the cruelset and most feared Underworld Lord. A gangsterboss....

The hunter who killed the bear attacking his village is known as a hero.A general who won a war is revered by his people.But how many know that the bear came to the village to rescue her children, kidnapped by the 'heroic' hunter.Or that the great general caused the war by slaughtering the innocient...

EDIT: Thank you to those who were able to read! I took it off to publish on Amazon and KU.   Elves were supposed to be gone, defeated in the great war. Magic is practiced behind closed doors, and only by the elites. All I was trying to do was survive, maybe with a bit more curiosity about my master'...

Arjun Ianni is a genius level programer who works for a successful indie video game company. However, he is a total noob when it comes to everything else in life; worse yet he’s still a virgin. On the night of his 30th birthday he is visited by a young woman who introduces herself as the Virgin Witc...

For millennia the gods of order and chaos warred in deadlock; bringing death, famine, and pestilence upon the realm of mortals. The age of heros is over and only ruins remain. Blinded by their grudges, the two pantheons failed to see that have they stirred entities so ancient and incomprehensible th...

Here is a fanfiction story, based on the TV Series Xena Warrior Princess, in which Xena and Gabrielle meet Jesus. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I do not own the characters Xena or Gabrielle.  They belong to the Producers of the TV Series “Xena Warrior Princess”.  The Biblical Characters are all in Public Domain...

There's an old myth about a mysterious man who can use and command fairies, the magical being, at his will. With that power, he helps the poor people by healing the land for a bountiful harvest, curing the incurable sickness, and even stopping plague. After three days, he's gone, only to reappear in...

My name is the goddess of sinful flame Azarias the most perfect and mightiest who all should bow before, perfect in every way from my slim and noble chest and flat stomach to my soft yet caramel skin from where the dark red flames that forms my divine limbs and sacred dress. all would be perfect if ...

Faerie-tale creatures return, kidnapping humans from their homes and putting them back in a world gone mad. They’re given “gifts”. Some become giants, others knights, and stealthy killers. They fight each other and magical beasts for resources and power. Lance is one of those taken his home in the m...

A thousand spells in your pocket, for a price. So the email told Mathias, a creative teenager dreaming of freedom on a conquered Earth where magic is a resource to fight over, and a dragon despot rules the stars. The mysterious Magik website offers him the chance to purchase magical powers online, s...

18 year old Ayumi Yamamoto is a normal highschool girl trying to complete her final year at school, At least this is how she is percieved by everyone around her. Unbeknownst to everyone around her Ayumi is under the effects of a mysterious curse known as the "Eyes of Evil" This curse gives her an in...

The world of Telduria is filled with dangers and opportunities. The world is made up of numerous factions, kingdoms and alliances. Most of the time there is relative peace but every now and then wars and skirmishes breaks out. There is a council of nations which tried to mediate peace between the na...

Samuel has had a weird day. He found out he's dead and he's been transferred to a world based on the Wild West. Now one of the thousands of, technically dead, people populate the game world of Duskwood Online, but only some are aware that they are in a game. All he has to do is adjust to a new life ...