The land was desolate, barren and frozen. Layers of thick snow covering sinkholes, jagged peaks and valleys between sheer cliff-faces and the utterly remorseless weather—it was an icy hell, unfit for life.
Yet, life there was, as vicious and unforgiving as its environment. Beastly, monstrous fauna, carnivorous from small to big, land, se...
2023-07-26 18:08:09 +0000 UTC View PostGüdbrand didn’t accept ‘Grendel’ out of pity or mercy. Instead, the child fascinated him, its bodily corruption from chaos. He long wished to study such things, but cooperative subjects eluded him.
Grendel’s condition was terrible. Too many jagged teeth made its mouth a bloody mess, strange growths covered its scaly skin and its s...
2023-07-25 16:18:55 +0000 UTC View PostGüdbrand sat among a sea of corpses, his expression distant. He barely swung his sword in fifteen years, but his skills remained sharp as his blade. In the chaos of blood and steel, everything faded away—he missed the simplicity of it.
A cloth and some clarified oil came out his rucksack, cleaning the longsword. It was the pinnacle of h...
2023-07-25 08:41:28 +0000 UTC View PostInside a longhouse, a hulking warrior sat on an iron throne. He was six-and-a-half feet tall, and muscles bulged under his skin like rocks.
His facial ridges were pronounced, some of them ending in sharp protrusions, like flesh-covered chitin. Most extraordinarily, his eyes were an unnatural crimson, the sclera saturated as if something bu...
2023-07-23 17:04:28 +0000 UTC View PostSecluding himself in the northern wastelands, Güdbrand didn’t notice time passing.
The greater his sorceries grew, the closer he drew to his path’s end. Already, his strength stagnated, his body nearing perfection.
He could exceed the limits of human flesh once, twice, but no further. Güdbrand needed another way.
Mutation...
2023-07-21 17:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostTried to type up a DIID chap for you guys, but it just didn't happen. Receiving a lot of negative feedback across various sites and it's bumming me out. I wish I could shake it off and keep going, but I'm not that mentally strong.
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Though the ten-year bargain was in Björn’s favor, the Silver ...
2023-07-20 17:31:15 +0000 UTC View PostI'm quite proud of this chapter. I know some people might not like or find his 'relationship' with chaos believable, but there's plenty examples of people using it while maintaining free will. Fabius Bile in 40k is a good example, as is Malekith in fantasy.
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On the camp outskirts uncovered bodies lay l...
2023-07-19 12:10:28 +0000 UTC View PostHere's something I thought would be fun. I asked AI to continue the story from chapter 2 on, and here's the result. I might do this now and then, just for fun. It won't replace my normal writing, you'll see why if you read this. Basically, it's complete nonsense, lol.
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As they ventured dee...
2023-07-16 18:48:11 +0000 UTC View PostI had fun with this chapter. I know you guys might not be in to Warhammer, but it might be a nice pallet-cleanser after DIID's average protagonist. Radomír is a lot stronger, though at this point he's only on the level of being a top-notch warrior. He can still be overwhelmed with numbers, or sneak-attacked.
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2023-07-16 17:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostSince people on various platforms had some complaints, I thought I'd do a story with a stronger protagonist. Not dropping my Warcraft fic, cross-my-heart-and-hope-to-die. I know that sounds rich, coming from me, but I'm really, really going to stick with that one. DIIDDIID chapter tomorrow.
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2023-07-14 20:44:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys.
Recently, I've been thinking about making a switch away from Patreon. Reason: the fees are fucking atrocious. You guys can see roughly how much money I earn on the front page—around $250 p/m.
However, if I total my subscribers, it's around ~$460...
Patreon isn't my main source of income (I have a job), but that does...
2023-07-14 10:35:27 +0000 UTC View PostI'm kinda tired so no chapter today, and since I'm already writing this post, I want to ask you guys how you feel about DIIDDIID? (wow, that abbreviation is almost as bad as typing it out)
Reason I'm asking is because a lot of people across various platforms seem to not really like the protagonist starting out normal with no cheats. I'm ki...
2023-07-12 14:08:33 +0000 UTC View PostSoon, dawn broke; the sun’s morning rays and the caravanners’ ruckus dragging me kicking-and-screaming out of dreamland.
I awoke feeling grouchy and groggy with Erik standing over me, forlornly clutching a few wildflowers in one hand.
“They’re gone.”
Sighing, I sat up, fumbling for something to wet my parched throat.<...
2023-07-11 21:23:40 +0000 UTC View PostI watched in horror as the silver threads slithered across the corpses, slathering the bandits’ clothes with slimy, pink body-fluids. Like some kind of alien creature, they writhed through the soil and dead foliage, crawling up Willem’s leg before disappearing into his sleeve.
What kind of insidious attack was this? Was it a spell, or ...
2023-07-10 23:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostSuddenly, I woke up, covered in cold sweat.
I was still disoriented, wriggling in my moth-eaten blankets, my eyes rolling in their sockets as the nightmare slowly faded. I felt a wave of relief, realizing I wasn’t buried, there was no graveyard or monster.
For a moment, I just laid there, breathing slowly as the adrenaline receded....
2023-07-09 21:29:28 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Expect some violence in the next chapter, to satisfy you guys' thirst for blood.
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I didn’t have friends, and always assumed the worst anyway, so agreeing was easy.
“Yeah, no problem.”
Willem sighed, absentmindedly spooning some stew into his mouth. For a moment, the gaze ...
2023-07-08 21:25:28 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Sorry if this part is a bit slow, there will be some action the next chapter or so before we reach Northshire.
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My heart dropped into my stomach, and I felt my face turning pale. I wanted to argue, to deny Willem’s words, but I couldn’t. Deep down, I’d always known the truth.
It wa...
2023-07-07 13:39:20 +0000 UTC View PostStunned, I stared at the woman’s exquisite face. She was beyond beautiful, like… I don’t even know. I was lost for words. I just knew she couldn’t be an ordinary person—perhaps it sounded shallow, but even putting her abnormal hair color aside, I’d never seen anyone like her.
It was the pair of blue eyes underneath silvery eyeb...
2023-07-05 20:23:37 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Things may slow down a bit, there will be a lot of talking in the next few chapters during the journey to Northshire, mainly in the form of the MC fishing for information. However, after that point, the story will get into his training for real.
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Under my stupefied gaze, the man drew...
2023-07-04 18:22:44 +0000 UTC View Post(Arne POV)
Unexpectedly, as the caravan distanced itself from Westbrook, its members’ gloomy moods didn’t improve, but degraded further.
At first, everyone was visibly relieved. It would be easy to call them cowardly, but if I did, I’d be a hypocrite—I was just as frightened of the trolls, and glad I didn’t have to deal wit...
2023-07-03 15:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostNot quite 2k words on this one, but it's an in-between chapter with not much going on, so I didn't want to force it. Tomorrow's chapter should be more interesting, since we'll encounter our first mage.
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(Erik POV)
The day of departure finally came.
There were tears, though neither Erik nor...
2023-07-01 15:53:23 +0000 UTC View PostWe sat around a small wooden table in silence, waiting for Jed to speak.
“…you’ll stay here for tonight.”
He finally spoke, his tone brooking no dissent.
Lily looked at him in surprise.
“What do you mean?”
Erik and I followed her eyes, gazing questioningly at our father.
“Someone needs to look af...
2023-06-30 16:41:42 +0000 UTC View Post‘Erik has been chosen by the light.’
The words rung in my head like a struck gong, my mind automatically assembling the puzzle-pieces. The searing light from my dream and my inexplicable revival—it all suddenly made sense.
My emotions were thrown into chaos. Happiness, worry, envy—at that moment, I understood Lily’s feeling...
2023-06-25 20:52:54 +0000 UTC View PostHauling me over one shoulder, Jed carefully made his way from tree to tree, shielding us from incoming arrow-fire. His movements somewhat reminded me of a professional boxer, pivoting on one foot, then the other, like ducking and weaving.
Despite my protests, he seemed intent on bringing me along—a fact that made me feel touched, yet fru...
2023-06-21 20:47:20 +0000 UTC View Post-------------------
Bundled in my blankets, I reflected on today’s events—it was a habit I picked up over the years. For an hour or so, I would comb over every single thing that happened to me, trying to if see I’d missed anything important.
Partly, it was because I had no clue what happened on Azeroth before Warcraft ...
2023-06-18 16:18:00 +0000 UTC View Post-----------------------------
As I neared the main house, I heard people talking and laughing. Even Lily sounded like she was having a good time—a rarity, at least when I was around. It actually made me feel a bit bad, knowing the mood would sour as soon as I showed up, but I had my orders.
Carefully rounding my house; tha...
2023-06-15 17:10:33 +0000 UTC View PostIt needed to be said that not everyone was as suspicious and jaded as myself. Perhaps it was due to the lack of personal experience or just her nature, but Grace actually seemed to take the man’s words at face value.
“We’ll be fine, mister. It’s just a five minute walk to Arne’s house.”
She politely refused his offer befo...
2023-06-13 16:37:52 +0000 UTC View PostA beanpole-looking youth with brown hair and crooked teeth was at the head of the group, the other four lagging behind.
“Fuck, you even smell like you came from between the legs of a slut. You stink like old fish!”
He pinched his nose, waving his other hand in the air like trying to dispel a lingering miasma, but with a shit-eati...
2023-06-11 16:49:04 +0000 UTC View PostAt some point during the year, I turned ten. When that was, I wasn’t exactly sure. I mean, birth certificates weren’t a thing in this world, the circumstances of my birth not helping either.
In any case, I couldn’t help but feel a slowly-mounting sense of dread as time marched on. The sensation of walls closing in from all sides was ...
2023-06-09 17:58:40 +0000 UTC View PostOkay, where do I even start?
Well, I was fiddling with my Dark Son fic for the past few days, trying to cure the first iteration's ails. However, the harder I tried, the more I realized it just... wouldn't work.
While having a hundred-thousand year old celestial protagonist seems cool, it makes sensible storytel...
2023-06-07 18:10:16 +0000 UTC View Post