For End Masters 2024 Prompt Contest.

A mercenary war lord surrounded by enemies. Make your final stand.

The land of Orcin, a place where all are free to live as they wish as long as they follow the laws of the council.  Years of relative peace had ensued, making sure the orcs would live as strong and as free as they had always been.

The Mannate Empire, destined to consume everything on the horizon, sets its sights on the homeland of the orcs.  Annexing one kingdom, one empire after the next, finally looks to orcin for resources, troops, and land to settle, as they prepare their dreaded march.

Nolazir, a simple orc, who lives off the land as he works his farm, unknowingly would be drawn into events to come.  He would come to shape the world around him, and the future of Orcin.  

Fight for honor, love, peace, and prosperity.  Lead with a cruel fist, or a warm heart.  Challenges and tribulations lay ahead for all. 

Will you save your homeland and return it from the brink?  Will you let the darkness within and without consume you?  What becomes of you and the world, is up to you.

The next edition will come out in a few months, filled with more varied events between time jumps including, politics, monsters, and more!  Also will be adding the rest of the real story and the side branches in as well.

Special Thanks

Where to begin exactly?  I'll start off with thanking Mizal, who helped me with some proof reading and structure at the start, and helping me figure out how to use variables.  Also for always being willing to help with my writing, grammar, and developing characters all these years, and generally being a wonderful presence on this site :)

I would like to thank MoreCowbell for consistently proofreading and giving me feedback on my story throughout this long process.  I appreciate all of your spell checking, helping keep the flow and pace, and general positivity and motivation during this whole project. 

I would like to thank 3iguy for taking an interest in my story and beta reading it for me.  As well as Ebon for his detailed and insightful responses to some of my threads early on.

I'd also like to thank Ogre, IAP for encouraging me and keeping me motivated during the hardest parts of the process (mostly the end point).

Also would like to thank EndMaster for letting me rip off his organization scheme for storygames.

I really couldn't have done this without you guys, and I owe a great part of finally finishing this to all of you and to CYS as a general whole.

I hope you all enjoy!

One guy on a quest...for magic crytals!  Unfortunately this is the land of Cystia...and things almost never happen as expected.  

What starts as a normal day turns into a mad quest for revenge, live the life of a dude turned into an evil....killer pie!

Will you find redemption?  Or will you truly be evil? No one cares!  

For MHD's Fairy Tale Contest

A great evil long thought vanquished stirs again. A great horn calls, and The Wall of Harmony falls. A great council is called where a group of heroes must band together to stop this evil. From the land of the strange Elichen to the Stone Mark, where the dark lord lives, enter the Other World, bind their song, and cast the great evil forever from this world and the next. 

Under the silvery eye of the moon, a masquerade takes place in shades of deepest twilight. Written for Maras 2022 Halloween Jam

AAAAAAATEST

For End Master's Dark Fantasy Contest

The hearts of men run cold, the hour of the beast is nigh upon us.

Under starlight, the forsworn prepare for their ancient duty.

For the Pale Flame shimmers low, and the sanctity of the human form is shed.

My entry for End Master's 2022 Prompt Contest.

You are sent as a warrior of your tribe to exterminate your enemies. Your clans rivals of many generations.

Not to be confused with those weird Homo Sapiens who may or may not have done a similar thing.

No. You are an oonga boonga. Sent to eliminate your rival cavemen with extreme force.

Entry for End Dawg's Prompt Contest

You are going on the website ChoiceofyourGender.com. You find this one among the horde of similar but definitely unique games. This one is the MOST inclusive. Enjoy.

Feel the suns warmth.

Breath that fresh air!

You are happy.

Your life is nice and cozy, it's a dream come true!

One day, you meet your own doppleganger.

What you do from here is up to you.

In the wild, beastly lands of Velis Brum, many are prey to the whims and cruelty of men and monster alike.

A small village resides in the caves Manchor Vanit, it is here you have been born. Taught to remain close to the caves all of your life, you never caught a glimpse of what was beyond the mountains, and when you did it was often cruel and unsettling.

Your mostly quiet existence would end when Baglich would come to take your homeland, with their scum and barbarian fiends.

Gather family, allies, old foes, and create an empire suitable to standing up to this terror of the land.

A dispute, a broken promise.  The envy of one will break a kingdom.  

The half man, half dragon sorcerer Tarragon threatens your king, your home, your very way of life.  

How far will you go to make sure justice is brought to this foul madman?

Chose between to very different characters to embark on this epic quest, slay the dragon, save the princess, and restore honor to your kingdom.

Evil Grannies Galore!

Come, rest your weary feet. 
Sit by the campfire, warm those hands.  You must be tired.  
Oh, you like stories do you?
Hmm, here's a story for you.  One that goes way back, to a time when the night ruled, and the howling of beasts would make any man tremble.  Relax, it's going to be a long one.

An orc named Tumble, young, wild, and free.  

Life is great in a village nestled in between the mountains, the birth place of the great Orc race.  But for the past century a series of brutal crusades have left them divided and broken.

The Mannate Empire threatens to swallow them whole, just as it has done with everyone else in its path.  But then one day an even bigger threat to the land rises out of the fires of fate, undeterred by the ravages of time. 

They call him Scourge.  His forces threaten the very land, and all of life as it stands now.  

Will Tumble play the role fate has dealt him and stop the evil Scourge?

Or will he abandon the world before him and find his own way?

For End Masters Dark Fantasy Contest.

In the land of Arren Gul, a Spire sits, its true nature hidden from those who would draw its power.

A man in the guise of a restless spirit ventures toward it to bring his enemies to justice.

An exercise in seeing how fast I can crank one of these out.

Lol

I'm sure you guys will be fine without the crust encrusted axe

Lmao

That's about as funny as if the Hunter face palmed like "He owed me five bucks!"

Lol good luck guys, have fun with the rest. I will be watching

The Miller falls almost casually, laying there with his arms and legs sprawled out. As the Hunter looks upon the wze gleaming in the light. She sees the Miller's hand tighten up Jewishly with rigor mortis. A satisfied gleam in his cold, dead eyes. Then you guys hear the longest shart as the legs shake up and then the body twists and rolls to the side.

"HMM! AHHH!" He suddenly yells and then lays still 

*liquid 

Miller will have his soul inspected but drink the liquor luck potion before hand.

"It's an axe." The Miller stared in disbelief. And KEEPS the axe but goes to the back of the line. "Someone else's turn."

Yeee

Miller would offer to take the axe since he could use it well.

The Miller let's out a throaty groan, slowly shifting and putting a hand to his blood matted hair. "Hurr hurr," he gives a largely toothless smile as he looks at the brain matter on his finger. "Got hit purdy hard, harr harr."

He slowly shifts, pulling himself up. And shakes his head. "I'm alive?" He stares about in confusion. 

Miller will shove the Hunter out of Bishops way. "You ain't done shit this whole time, Bishop and I took all the risk dragging you through the hollow heads. Now you want to suddenly step in when it's time for the loot. He picks up the discarded spike. 

"You can either get outta the good Bishops way here, or chew on this spike."

"If you wanna earn some loot you're gonna have to take  point. Way I see it is you owe us taking the lead the next couple of times."