Interlude: The Hidden Scenario
Hidden Scenario — Tomb of the Green-Eyed One
Once, the all-powerful Green-Eyed Necromancer had eyes for the world’s riches. But he was merely a master of soul...
2025-08-04 17:37:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Elessar Lore posts
47 — Trial by Fire
As Alex meditated on his fight with the bloodmist assassin, the Vitality of his body wasn’t what he recalled most vividly. Yes, fighting with an injured body was a challenge; it required he push ...
2025-07-29 05:49:26 +0000 UTC View Post46 — The Phoenix
Hey, I just wanna give a quick apology for bein
2025-07-22 15:25:12 +0000 UTC View Post45 — The Sword
Nychta felt fire. The flames that made a pyre of the mountain around them; the boil that rose in Alex’s veins. Most of all, she felt the fire slumbering dormant in his soul. Each time he swung he...
2025-07-14 04:28:06 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate
Hey ya'll, just want to let you guys know the chapter will be a few days late this week. Sorry about that. With the chapter I posted last week, we've actually gone through my backlog.
Now, t...
2025-07-07 22:53:37 +0000 UTC View Post44 — The girl
Gregorian Calendar, 1903
Southern Carpathian Mountains
135 Years before System Reset
As far back as the girl could remember, there’d been chains. They wrapped her wri...
2025-06-30 11:15:44 +0000 UTC View Post43 — The Bloodmist Assassin
From within the mists, the sheer scale of the Misting Valleys was obscured. The summits of mountains and the depths of its passages were both hidden, but this afternoon, it wasn’t just that. Rath...
2025-06-24 00:09:59 +0000 UTC View Post42 — In the Dark
Alex’s soul returned to his body. He lay slumped on the altar in the middle of the room’s runic formation. Other than the moon, which was visible through an unfathomably deep-dug oculus, his su...
2025-06-17 16:37:56 +0000 UTC View Post41 — The World Before
Heya! Chapter 31 which I'm releasing on RR this week is a short one, so I'll be releasing 32 tomorrow to make up for that, and of course that means 42 will be coming up tomorrow on Patreon so look ...
2025-06-16 12:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post40 — A Nightmare
Hey! Quick note: this chapter's got some pretty rough content, enough to warrant a TW for some. Patreon doen't let me spoiler mark text though, so I'll have those down at the bottom of this chapter...
2025-06-10 12:20:19 +0000 UTC View Post39 — But a Dream
“They’ve promised that dreams can come true, but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.”
-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Alex jo...
2025-06-08 13:34:20 +0000 UTC View Post38 — Sun Kissed
Update: Hey guys, the next and final chapter I
2025-06-02 11:49:35 +0000 UTC View Post37 — Confessions
Alex’s indignant march took a detour when he spotted a line of groggy MCTC personnel. Pretending he was one of them, he lined up too, and the girl at the window cast him a skeptical look before h...
2025-05-28 23:11:59 +0000 UTC View Post36 — The Island of Children
Integration 2nd Year
Atlantic Ocean, Earth
13 Years, 7 Months Before System Reset
The days had passed as noisily as Alex expected. It had started when Eric climbed the ...
2025-05-24 13:06:52 +0000 UTC View Post35 — Lost Souls
Alex’s fall down the abyss stretched an eternity. The wind that ruffled his clothes and lashed his wound were gone. With it, so too disappeared all signifiers that he was really there. Gravity up...
2025-05-22 12:33:51 +0000 UTC View Post34 — Omen
The crow sailed through currents of mist, perching atop twisted trees as she waited for Alex. He hiked up the mountain, wary, but not of wraiths, and not of monsters. Nothing with enough sense to d...
2025-05-21 12:32:49 +0000 UTC View Post33 — Witching Hour
The girl sped through the forest in Stealth, cursing Alex. Like damnation she was sticking around to fight that beast. And what—put her life in his trustworthy hands? He...
2025-05-21 12:27:59 +0000 UTC View Post32 — The Marsupial from Hell
Author's note: Hey, I decided to split the chapter I was working on in two cause it was getting long. 33 will be coming tomorrow, along with 34. 35 not far after. Sorry they've been coming...
2025-05-19 07:54:22 +0000 UTC View Post31 — Angel's Remembrance
Heya! This one's gonna be a shorter one. Thought I might release it with the next chapter for a fuller read since that one's a bit on the longer side, but edits to 32 it aren't quite done. Just let...
2025-05-16 02:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post30 — A Recipe for Disaster
Alex saw the crow perched on the branch of a tree. She had feathers black as night and pure white eyes that saw farther than any living creature. Yes, the crow was alive. The chill down his spine m...
2025-05-12 22:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post29 — Self-care
When Alex awoke, Gloomy was gone. He feared for a moment that she might’ve left him, that last night could've just been a dream. Maybe it would’ve been better if it was. But it wasn’t, so Glo...
2025-05-12 12:41:59 +0000 UTC View Post28 — Blood Mists Part 2
Distantly, Alex knew this couldn’t be real. He walked as though in a dream, or perhaps a memory. Through an Earth wasted by war and bloodshed, a planet that no longer looked worth fighting for. C...
2025-05-11 07:29:54 +0000 UTC View Post27 — Blood Mists Pt 1
Quick Author note:
Heya! I decided this was one of those instances where less is more, so I ended up folding the first part into this chapter as all one chapter, and cutting some stuff for co...
2025-05-10 09:45:04 +0000 UTC View Post26 — The Wandering Smith
Integration 2nd Year
New York, Earth
13 Years, 7 Months Before System Reset
When the System Apocalypse began, gradual terraformation reshaped Earth’s geography in mon...
2025-05-06 12:48:25 +0000 UTC View Post25 — Bond of Brothers
Alex was surrounded; the killing intent from his adversaries made him feel as though he were being pricked by chilled needles. But there was an important distinction to be made between Alex’s un-...
2025-05-04 02:46:37 +0000 UTC View Post24 — The Third Scenario
“Do any of you know the easiest way to conquer an enemy? Divide and conquer, people! It’s turning the enemy against themselves. I haven’t been able to get my hands on a copy of The Art of...
2025-05-01 05:33:07 +0000 UTC View Post23 — Misting Valleys
“The difference between an undead and a living soul is that the living have the capacity to learn and change. The undead don’t. Everything they learn is relearned, and every change is one t...
2025-04-27 23:01:22 +0000 UTC View Post22 — The Choices We Make
Hey Ya'll! Before getting into the chapter, I just want to give a quick update note on what my schedule will be looking like on here. I'd like to fall into set posting days eventually, but it's bee...
2025-04-27 01:26:22 +0000 UTC View PostSystem Reset Relaunch!
Heya! I have a full announcement on the old System Reset page on RR with more details, but I just wanted to let anyone on here who hasn't seen it know that System Reset has relaunched under a new f...
2025-04-16 09:55:34 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate + Announcement :)
Hey y'all, Elessar here! Sorry, I usually like to leave more personalized updates on patreon, but I've been busy today so I'm just copying over what I'm posting on RR. That aside, I’ve got some u...
2025-04-01 06:57:44 +0000 UTC View Post