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Le Cycle des Cieux, Tome 3 : La Route du Pendu

By Allyps

857 0 0 54308

(Suite du Cycle des Cieux, Tome 2 : Le Fitzarch Pénitent) La guerre fait rage dans les Royaumes de Cieux. Depuis la Shekkinah, EL, le Créateur, a été détruit et sa création est menacée par des hordes de démons qui dévorent tout sur leur passage. Les élohim,...

The were-dragon of Hercynia

By Malagiso

966 0 0 78841

Volusius has had only one wish since he lost himself as a child in the forest of Hercynia. His wish is granted when one day the mysterious Varuclezia offers to help him slay the dragon of Hercynia, which has ravaged his home town three times. They both set...

Guardians and Keepers of Myth

By FableLady

685 0 0 22775

In the distant land of Myth, Magic still thrives. It's where Fable, a young, elven potion maker, works to make her own way in the realm. But after one of her potions strikes fear into the very heart of her village, warning them of an old foe returning, Fable...

Millhouse, the fallen god

By phaylur

328 0 0 2664

Millhouse, god of death, is thrown from his home plane of Aecretis into Dicrillia, the world that destroyed his home plane. Millhouse has lost everything, and now finds himself aboard a waterwalker galleon. Millhouse decides he is going to join the Waterwalker's...

Howling Shadows

By WantedHero

8361 0 0 159501

Bloody Screams. Enchanted Wolves. Shadows Trying to Kill You. Now mix in a terrified teen. Finally home and safe from psychotic Noah, one’d think Wendell deserves a moment’s rest from the Iskari High Council, not making up a year’s worth of meetings. Add...

The Founding of Magic

By RusB

1062 0 0 4704

Driven out of her home village, Ella is trying to keep her head down and figure out how to survive in the world, but it won't be that easy as a conflict between the gods pulls her into the center of events.

Equilibrium of The Heavens

By LuciousTPK

1450 0 0 1178

This is an experimental short story written in the style of a script for a lore scroll or animatic. It is mostly inspired from the shorts found within [i]Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel's[/i] story mode, but can also be taken as a script for a narrator as well. The intermission...

Arknos : Gate of Kingdom

By LeieSistal

1732 0 0 9533

Recent developments in the political landscape of the neighboring kingdom of Lendre have thrown the ruling elite of Liviana into turmoil. As the council of Dukes, representing the powerful Great Houses of Liviana, convene to address the escalating crisis,...

Of Princes and Exiles - Sample

By lyneaky2

2370 0 0 9430

Sample chapters of a high fantasy novel for adults. *** Sometimes, the heart does not choose until it's too late. This has never been more true for Amilié, a valuable Blade of the Triple Eye. She's always strived to protect her loved ones, even by leaving...

The curse of Dragontina

By Malagiso

12133 1 0 112371

When tricked by the green-haired witch, the beautiful Marfisa is forced to embark on a dangerous adventure to find the misterious Madalgarius and join his quest to discover the origin of three golden fey apples. Along with Medulfa and Aesara, she needs to...

In Their Shadows

By LeeStepp

9356 1 0 187309

"She will bear the weight of her destiny not amid the light but within the darkness. While she is a young faltering star before the starving void in her youth, when she is ready, she will draw in those greedy, ambitious souls tainting her home and snuff them...

Learning the Hard Way

By Rat-Face

19457 0 0 68923

~Second Edition!~ ~Chapters five and six are getting a complete makeover, and everything else is getting adjusted.~ Brina, the nine-year-old mage-in-training is having a Bad Magic Day, and runs away from lessons to calm down. The soothing walk turns disastrous...

Seven Seals, The Legend of Bālthazar: Proof of Valor

By SixPathsSage

3049 0 0 6854

The cosmos is in shambles, the scars of the Great War in Heaven have not healed and an age of stagnation has fallen over the Realms. The Legend of Bālthazar chronicles the life and adventures of Sir Bālthazar Skyburner, a mythic figure and legendary hero....

Tales from Primarium

By Mad Storyteller

3757 0 0 6347

A collection of tales from across the world of Primarium.

The Fanged Hunter

By Seneschal the World Builder

10084 0 0 8179

Vampires are the stuff of nightmares in most of Avestra. In the lands of the Lonavi, they are seen as living rulers of the shadows and dhampir their loyal servants. Gallus, one of these dhampir, is sent far from home to hunt down an undead vampire with nothing...

Journal from an Outsider

By thonky

11497 0 0 1926

A journal found in the space between planes, detailing the events of a Githzerai adventurer that was once exploring the space with a crew, only to be whisked away by an unknown force to the Material Plane, far from the Githzerai's home.

Tales of Zurkonia

By Zurchonic

74593 1 0 95267

All worlds have a center point that lies upon their outermost layer. This surface center is where the souls of the world gather. Souls and energy. Cities, wars, discoveries, love, death, and creation stem from this center. Zurkonia long has stood Either as...

Tyndastr World Guide

By Delioth

19972 0 0 17608

This work-in-progress manuscript details the background, history, and details of the Mystletainn Cradle and surrounding regions of Týndastr. This includes some mechanics compatible with the Pathfinder 2nd Edition tabletop RPG, and many of the details herein...

Les Héros et Déchus d'Argana

By Landry Blodwyn

4768 1 0 2103

Ce recueil regroupe toutes les nouvelles portant sur des personnages importants du continent d'Argana. Héros, déchus et fripouilles, vous retrouvez toutes sortes de figures.

Gorveron, la banshee destructrice

By Landry Blodwyn

4774 1 0 2234

Gorveron est une banshee chaotique, destructrice, meurtrière, qui dérobe les âmes de ses victimes et les enferme dans son cristal bleu pâle, un Enfer palpable où ces essences hurlent à l'agonie. Suivez les aventures de cet antagoniste maléfique, Roi du Détroit...

Clouded Judgement

By jester2b

14795 1 0 12465

Niklas, a wandering sellsword, accepts a job to investigate a mysterious fog that has the locals fearing the worst. While the local baron considers it nothing more than a natural fog, Niklas and his band are not so sure. Cover art by inigoiio, you can view...

Ynyskral

By Durhelwyr

19503 1 0 26594

Work in progress! Vorgentah wanders the Isle of Kral and gets into trouble, being rescued by unexpected heroes who attach themselves to his cause. He returns incognito to the south, where he meets Queen Freydis at a museum heist and gets investigated for grand...

Cataclysmia

By Durhelwyr

33821 0 0 43018

BOOK TWO OF THE THREE TATTERED TOMES Part One Old heroes collide in their search for the dread 'Crystal of Sralak' to save a nation from invasion by the forces of evil. It all goes wrong and the heroes have to pick up the shattered chunks. Part Two Duvial,...

The Coral Sword

By Durhelwyr

37397 0 0 44624

THE CORAL SWORD - Book One of the Three Tattered Tomes Elfann, teenage prince of elves, his young dragon Argon, and the gentle chamberlain embark on an adventure that hurls them against the violent forces of shadow assassins and evil hags. Their team is slaughtered....

Dragmaryd

By Durhelwyr

20888 0 0 38389

Book Five of The Stormpaintress Saga The Blue King Vorgentah Panzerhand meets an enemy of vast power that he struggles to handle on a ten year sojourn deep in an oubliette. Vorgentah's battle is with a dynamic physical and psychological brute, a demi- power...

Dinas Ddraig

By Durhelwyr

23870 0 0 40223

The Blue King Vorgentah paves the way for the advance of the XIIIth into the shattered lands of Lancyridac. He comes to battle hideous under­ ground dragons blocking his path, a clan of assassins and then journeys to Dyradin, the secret druid town of the Nral....

Lysidril

By Durhelwyr

23335 0 0 37401

LYSIDRIL - BOOK THREE The Blue Lord and Marshal of Armies with his Green Queen, Lady Green Robes, complete their conquest of the once severed Isle of Siriol. Many strategies are placed, to ensure strength and defense. Amongst them, The Faerie Throne is uncovered...

Siglacol

By Durhelwyr

22139 0 0 37891

SIGLAĈOL – BOOK TWO Cymbria ‘Green Robes’ and her man, Vorgentah ‘Marshal of Armies’ venture into the closed Isle of Siriol to complete their quest to defeat ancient and obsolete enchantments of a long dead goddess. Spectacular combats ensue, and with the...

Ymerodres

By Durhelwyr

21358 0 0 50223

This is a story based on a campaign record! The Blue Lord and Marshal of Armies, Vorgentah and his Lady the Green Queen Cymbria, are cast across worlds to a land lost in the turmoil of eternal war. Elusennol, wrecked by conflicts of cataclysmic proportions,...

The Histories of the Realm of Beardsgaard

By Beardsgaard

18139 1 2 19160

Deep in the void of the cosmos, the heart of a dying star gains sentience, and begins to crafts the Realm from the bones and seeds of the stories of our world. These are those stories, an anthology collection of tales of heroes and halfwits, magic and mayhem,...

The Orphan Kings (Preview, Early chapters)

By porschiey

13801 5 0 16152

Only a few hundred people have magic in this world, and they pull the strings. When one dies, the next baby born obtains magical powers to keep a fixed set of power dispersed into the world. The story follows a magical prince named Atiniir Stormcell, whose...

Doubt

By GodlyBob

12686 0 4 22913

The history of Ta'nefret is a sacred thing. Accounts of rulers, magicians, voyagers, and all manner of other information has been recorded and faithfully reproduced, without error, for thousands of years. Scribes are trained from a very early age to continue...

Dominion of Darkness

By deleyna

57325 2 0 88502

In a land where Light and Shadow are bastions of power, the Draska are healers and magicians of the Light. Elainya and her beloved Drenil serve in the court of King Cydril. But Cydril covets Elainya for his own. When the king threatens Drenil’s life, a mysterious...

Quest of the Seal Bearers - Book 1: The Warriors Return

By awgcoleman

162978 0 0 259169

On the distant world of Mendala, a rash of mysterious attacks have left many towns destroyed, and there are rumors of an army of monsters. Fantasma, leader of the global government, and his colleagues are determined to find the cause of these attacks. However,...

The Fairy and the Assassin

By WolfofWinter

7402 0 0 2860

Ashly is a young fairy who has a Goddess on her side. Faris is a human assassin with a target on his back. This is a story about how they met and fell for one another, even though they are from different worlds. There will be ups and downs but will love...

Black Zombie

By rikia

6302 3 1 1113

On the Day of the First Snow, when humanity lost everything, a baby was born. This child must now carry a burden she never asked for and go on a quest for the eternal salvation of the human race.

The Rise of Dezno Zaniro

By Jemileo

4260 0 0 4629

Cobbled together by eye witnesses and the personal childhood journey of Dezno, the story of the individual behind the first global war is a warning against underestimating the ambition of the gifted. From selection, to prodigy, to leader of the largest arcane...

Ellium: Song in the Silence

By AurerianOverseer

10145 1 2 9183

Dark premonitions and nightmares held little weight to Lycena Aresborne. With the abrupt departure of her lover, she answers a summons by her father in his crusade into untamed territory. What she had thought to be a path to clear her wild spirit quickly...

The Prophet and the Dark Lord

By AmélieIS

4033 8 1 5407

Despite her young age, Elènie is a famous prophet at the Sérannian royal court, having established herself by revealing the existence of a Dark Lord plotting against the king. Yet, one year later with the Dark Lord still unmasked, her status is once again...

In the face of death incarnate

By Rahjar

6346 2 1 1700

Death is dying. Death decides to do something about it, and enrolls Amdalae to find out what's going on. Amdalae and her three friends make a pact to enter the forbidden lands of Nevermore, and defeat it's guardian.

Washed Across the River

By Rat-Face

43406 1 0 90100

~First Edition!~ Nine-year-old mage-in-training Brina is having a bad day with her lessons. She is having a worse day with the walk (and accidental swim) she took to calm down. As she tries to make her way home, she recalls the many lessons of her adopted...

Battle Mage of Mehonoris: The Changeling

By Kiyomo

82188 4 1 102921

The Empire of Five Kings, founded hundreds of years past, has stood for generations as a forced pillar of unity. However, in order to maintain that unity against the various threats and dangers outside city walls a group of soldiers and arcanists were assembled....

Raid

By cedorsett

44032 0 0 25453

The windjammer, Maeve Lambourne, needs to land a new patron in the worst way. Low on supplies and desperately needing the armaments to survive the Daskensian threat, she's willing to take any job. A mysterious stranger offers her a simple task for a huge payout:...

A Desert Rescue

By CorsairAquilus

8205 3 1 3567

A Dhar ranger is on patrol ahead of her band in the Marai Desert and discovers a lost merchant.

Tuloks Kurzgeschichten

By Drake Ragon

13394 0 0 4497

Bild: (c) Max Emmert Eine Reihe an Geschichten rund um Tulok

The Tranquil Expanse

By Athena Rae

84664 4 1 114887

[b]Part 1: Inyarel[/b][br] The country of Inyarel has been thrust into war between the elves and the humans. The humans went from peacefully living in Inyarel to invading the cities and forests the elves called home, claiming these locations for themselves....

Cinders of Imagination

By ka_jan

6986 4 1 3074

Adelaide returned to her Home when everyone else was fleeing from the Drought that struck the Region, but all she could do was to foster her dying Cousin and to honor the Dead. Promising him to "Never Let Go" she turns towards Iverbent, the Capitol of the...

The Sands that Slumber

By Magenth

8191 0 0 3296

Since creation, the Embodied Gods have played with the mortals as pawns to their whims. The divine Guardians, the counterforce to the pantheon proved to hold no refuge for mortalkin. The world, still young and growing, sits at peace after the catalysm that...

Creation of a Monster

By SanctifiedSavage

3855 4 3 1824

What happens when desperation draws a monster, like a moth to flame. It's the start of it all - the creation of the Xhousong Fissure - or at least the moment that led up to what changed the very landscape of a continent.

The Hidden Blade

By MarieMullany

20886 0 0 8660

The bluron’s wings delivers a stark command of death as the Empire teeters on the edge of a most uncivil war. For the first time in Her long history, a ducal line has failed. The last duke of Etendulat is dead and none of his heirs have undertaken the Trials...

The Hidden Sonnets of Caedmon Briarheart

By LadyAdepha

29914 6 0 2253

It is well known throughout Valdys that Cademon Briarheart, Royal Guard and author of the many poetic works which have been posthumously compiled into the popular 'Bardic Lyrics of Caedmon Briarheart', was the long time lover and partner of the late King Velebor....

Volume 1: Amberfall

By fyzu

52148 0 0 46588

A band of unlikely heroes undertake a quest in the name of the god Firmaren. Led by a blessed tome, their journey takes them to the city of Ambstalt-- the City of Amber-- in northwestern Yomi. Joining the Order of the Golden Lance, they must root out and...

Novence Eternal: The Story So Far

By fyzu

18350 0 0 2322

An unlikely band of heroes, chosen as Resonants by the Ennead, embarked on a journey that will decide the fate of the world. This is their tale, as recorded by Morgan, the spirit of the Living Library. -- This is a transcription of the session history of...

Season 1 - In Search of the Unknown.

By KaijuKojin

8919 0 0 15195

The Explorer's guild has broken through Ard'Vanwa and into the realms of Mystara. Familiar with the surroundings, they send out a call to brave individuals who would be willing to risk their lives for fame and fortune and help the people of Terris Berg search...

The Adventures of Kofos

By andybola

16327 0 0 4337

Kofos is a land of myth and legend, of tale and tragedy, holding promise and danger for any traveler willing to traverse its lands. Wars and politics happen often, oftentimes used as tools by highborn nobles to gain profit. Magic and mythical beasts lurk around...

Umbra

By Usagiamma

15533 0 0 996

A voyage for the truth. But maybe the truth vanishes for a reason...

What Goes Around

By Vazdimet

16121 1 0 1483

What happens when limitless magic meets dysfunctional families? What Goes Around recounts various family events and interactions as a collection of short stories set within the world of Fillimet.

Ulfsdrottnir

By Paladrax-deleted

18548 0 0 0

This is the epic story of Freydis, daughter of Osric the Cutter. From her forest cottage in Saerad, she escalates her quest for adventure until, with the help of her friend Syl The Witch, she defeats the Duke of Darkwings to win herself a Kingdom. Epic fights...

Short stories

By CraniumBeaver

8137 0 0 1125

A collection of short stories set in Amanor. In [b]Jar of Souls[/b], the God of Death is being pursued through the Ethereal Plane. Unable to escape his dangerous adversary, he decides to make his stand. At stake is more than his life, for what he guards must...

The Storm Winds of Glazglubin

By IsaNite

26263 2 0 26658

"My father once told me: 'There is a monster in every man, boy. Within me, there is a host, and one day it'll be yours to command.' The thing is, he still believes it. When Maya and I fled the Old Country and joined the Keepers of the Middle Lands, we left...

Tooth and Claw

By Neo_Fluff

18430 0 0 11115

When Dust, a young Felinae, goes out in the world for the first time, he is sucked into a world full of wonders and nightmares,light and darkness, and an ancient evil that is just waiting to rise once again.

The Jinn from Another World

By jdtcreates

8845 0 0 3035

So this was a one-shot made in 2013 for writing critique. I was barely worldbuilding at the time so technically this verison of the characters and the facts littered here are no longer accurate (or "non-canon") to how they are now but that's how it used to...

The Legends of Flor'eliant

By Szyarran Shyl

6983 2 2 40289

Gjio is the origin and the end. These are the Legends of Flor'eliant, a rich realm of Ajia and sentient species across the globe. Though separated by geography, within this binding is the translation of many Gyri of the Salton Basin. Though their basin is...

Chronicles of Osera: Child of Mesendra

By Jennaskel

31189 1 0 27685

"The things I've created have consequence, therefore balance remains. What you have made has rules, which could always be bent. However, what Mesendra has done," Kallemor takes a slow inhale and releases it in a low hum. "It is sacrilege." ✴ When the spirit...

The Birth Of Solirium

By Nicholasong

10102 2 0 312

Despite the luscious forests and calm atmosphere, the world has been injected with an aura of negativity and there is nothing that could cull it. Live with it, or die.

Dark Waters

By TimeBender

165300 0 0 0

In a flying city, in the world of Nearth, there lives a small doub. He is perfectly happy with his life, until one day, he meets a strange, giant feline that takes him on a wild adventure all across Nearth. Their goal is to save their world from a terrible...

Anvilite Adventures - Futuristic Stasis Rescue

By Lenosallose

9647 1 0 7807

The Anvilites Evelyn Arcasai and Odin Cayain have been given an assignment to put an end to a Phasma Ecto Cult near the fringest of the Doctor's Conclave District.

The Price of Fame

By WantedHero

116298 0 0 66433

Honest Politicians. Humane Terrorists. Religious Devils. Then it gets confusing… Wendell’s learned that gnomes are just as irritating and dangerous as humans…they just come in smaller packaging. Citizens are rebelling, the government’s collapsing, the Church...

The Truth About Lies

By WantedHero

15347 0 0 78799

Caught. Tortured. Scheduled for execution. Any Questions? Wendell and Dax are exposed and the gnomes of Clockwork City are freaking out. Are they spies? Is this an invasion? Was this all just a terror tactic to get gnomes to pay their taxes? Now with Wendell...

Second Chances

By WantedHero

119812 0 0 70106

Fame. Fortune. Thrown into the City incinerator. Wendell’s chance at the title was always a long shot. Since then he’s been on TV, Radio and even has the attention of The Church. Fact is, he’s more popular than ever. So why are people trying to kill him? (It’s...

Into The Fire

By WantedHero

148263 0 0 80636

Stranded, alone…with a tree sticking out of his bellybutton. Wendell’s task is simple: get to Til-Thorin Keep. No problem. Add to that no map, no help and no flippin’ idea where he is and you have a day in the life of our hero. Oh wait—we forgot to add the...

An Unsolvable Problem

By WantedHero

6581 0 0 6088

Where did Dax...the 3' 10", half-naked, cigar-smoking, green-skinned, heavy-drinking, foul-tempered creature come from? You wouldn't believe me if I told you. But I'll tell you anyway...

Race to Til-Thorin

By WantedHero

126548 18 0 84537

Dream girls. Fried snails. A 30” bodyguard with pink ponytails. Being a hero comes with learning curves. The curve of a hip. The curve of a sword. The curve of a sucker punch as it connects with your face. It wouldn’t be so bad if Wendell had professionals...

Sleep

By RPGDinosaurBob

7767 6 0 2559

A short story about a troubled and terribly misguided soul who thought to improve the lot of the living.

Le Cycle des Cieux, Tome 2 : Le Fitzarch pénitent

By Allyps

7042 0 0 52826

(Suite du Cycle des Cieux, Tome 1 : Les Gardiens de Sicad) La guerre fait rage dans les Royaumes de Cieux. Depuis la Shekkinah, EL, le Créateur, a été détruit et sa création est menacée par des hordes de démons qui dévorent tout sur leur passage. Les élohim,...

Seyeks arcane adventure

By Zurchonic

1332 0 0 965

Sticky situations follow sticky people. The plasma creature Seyek finds themself stuck between a struggle for Light as one G

Whispers

By Shadowcaper

4943 0 0 3959

The Underdark is known to be full of perils beyond counting. Many heroes delve into the depths seeking to make a name for themselves, but few return and those that do are forever changed, as if the essence of the Underdark somehow bound itself to their very...

Mictia, The Secret Language

By Limon12

2259 0 0 0

Welcome to Naua, a thriving continent that was once plagued by the Undying War, an almost millennia long war between Men and the Meias, the Elder Race, for the control of the Mictia. The secret language of the Gods that grants its users the ability to reach...

The Coming of Darkness

By NyxGaia

3182 0 0 1788

A ranger and his master have been running for years from the ever growing forces of Roy Agios and the Emperor Mortalis. Dragons have all but disappeared, and magic is considered a terrible crime under imperial decree. But hope burns within those who suffer,...