Welcome to Arc 3!
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Unknown Location
An ancient stone hall near mountains, Tzintkra
Incarnate
More than an Aspect, you are an Incarnate. Your Concept sets what the meaning of the Affinity you Incarnate does and does not mean. Your Incarnate ...
2021-09-21 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPulled from a hopeless (if powerful) future back to the moment of Earth’s integration to try to improve the outcome, Serenity has met unexpected threats and unexpected allies - even friends. Everything is different this time. His girlfriend’s alive but back on Earth while Serenity is stranded on another world. He has a pr...
2021-09-21 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostNote for today - it turns out that I made a mistake and used Sterath instead of Stallet for Raz's Academy/City/ancestor. Oops. I've fixed these mistakes, and will try to use them correctly moving forward.
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Author’s Commentary
I’m not planning on rewriting anything soon, but I thought ...
2021-09-20 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostDO NOT FORGET TO READ CHAPTER 95! It also posted today (5 minutes earlier)!
It's the end of Arc 2, so it's worth a look :-)
Enjoy!
Arc 2's tentative title is Time or Death.
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Character List of Time or Death
This list does i...
2021-09-19 23:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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[Path Quest Stage 2]
[Goal: Complete a Path Choice Quest]
[Reward: Transportation to Earth]
[Optional Goal: Recruit Assistance for Self or Earth]
[Optional Reward: Additional transportation to ...
2021-09-19 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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In the morning, Serenity woke up to the noise of the waterfall and Rissa running her hands along the downy fuzz on his spine and wings. It was relaxing and comfortable and she seemed happy, so he snuggled into her and let her rub his back.
Eventually, the quiet moment ended. Both of them...
2021-09-18 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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They were led to a long cave with tables piled high with food. The room itself was hung with tapestries, most of which seemed to show different varieties of dragon. It didn’t look anything like Serenity expected a kobold area to look; he’d expected the same run-down, poorly-constructed, fi...
2021-09-18 00:14:55 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The doors were marked with a sea lion, a bipedal lizard in clothing, and a large manlike figure. It was pretty easy to figure out they needed to take the last door (“Yeti”), the sea lion door, and the kobold door.
When they walked through the kobold door, they found themselves in a ...
2021-09-16 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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When they appeared on the tenth level, they appeared in a square white-walled room. In the middle of the room was a black stone pedestal with a plaque on it and three of the walls held a gray door. The doors had easily visible, colorful symbols that looked like a butterfly (or maybe a moth,...
2021-09-15 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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After four days of enforced downtime due to Lancaster’s injuries, Serenity felt anxious to get back into the dungeon to have something to do other than answer inane questions from the people who didn’t delve. Somehow, he’d spent nearly half the time dealing with questions and arguments b...
2021-09-14 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Unknown Campsite, Tzintkra
The evening of Earth’s integration
Raz had never traveled on a floating metal disc before, and if he ever had the choice, he never would again. Not unless it was a much better design. Either a place to sit or something to hang on to...
2021-09-13 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
Edit: Corrected Sterath to Stallet.
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Sunrise Dungeon, Asihanya
The afternoon of Earth’s integration
It took Raz longer to get back to Aki than he’d expected. New monsters had wandered in from elsewhere in the dungeon - or maybe they’d respawned. They...
2021-09-12 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Serenity needed to get the bull’s attention. “HEY UGLY LOOK OVER HERE.” Insults sometimes worked, and they didn’t cost anything.
It didn’t work this time.
Fine then. He needed to do something drastic; trying to outlast it wouldn’t work unless he could get it to stop fi...
2021-09-11 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The pool the kelp monster came out of led to a kelp forest. It was as beautiful as the coral reef, and both similar and different at the same time. Unlike the reef, there wasn’t a clear path through the kelp; it had to be carefully stepped around or even pushed over a bit when there wasn’t ...
2021-09-10 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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“The magic you’re using. You said Essence is what makes monsters?” Rissa touched the side of Serenity’s head and gently turned it to face her.
Serenity met her eyes. “Yes. That’s what makes it dangerous.”
Rissa shook her head. “No, inexperience is what makes it dang...
2021-09-09 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The analogy to a blood donation threw Serenity. He wouldn’t have had an issue if it had been a blood transfusion; why was this different?
It was. He would be literally drinking Rissa’s blood. It was wrong. He didn’t want to be a vampire.
Yet he wasn’t sure how to express t...
2021-09-08 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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[Dungeon Party]
Serenity - Battle Adept - Melee Tank, Melee Damage, Self Healing
Moira (Follower) - Mage - Ranged Damage (Magic)
Echo - Baffles - Ranged Damag...
2021-09-07 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The next morning was awful. He felt dreadful when he woke up, tired and slightly dizzy. He was up before Rissa, which was just as well; he could change shape before she woke.
The shift was strangely painless. He didn’t feel hungry while he was shifting, and the relief was incredible u...
2021-09-06 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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The goat path led to a crevasse in the ice. The path led down one side and directly to another tunnel entrance. This tunnel seemed larger than the ones they’d explored at the entrance to the level, but it was even more regular. The sides were smooth, and looked partially melted.
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2021-09-05 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Patreon for After the End: Serenity!
For anyone who's somehow found their way here without knowing what After the End: Serenity is, it's a story I publish daily at https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/44593/aft...
2021-09-04 19:56:55 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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[Dungeon Party]
Serenity - Battle Adept - Melee Tank, Melee Damage, Self Healing
Moira (Follower) - Mage - Ranged Damage (Magic)
Echo - Baffles -...
2021-09-04 19:49:59 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Serenity woke up as a hatchling dragon again. Fortunately, he’d once again awakened before anyone else, so he was able to shift back without anyone noticing the slip.
When they got back into the dungeon, they pulled a couple of Death elementals, then finished the puzzle. The pole...
2021-09-04 19:47:59 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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[Dungeon Party]
Serenity - Death-Eater - Melee Tank, Melee Damage, Self Healing
Moira (Follower) - Mage - Ranged Damage (Magic)
Echo ...
2021-09-04 19:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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“Today’s been mostly wasted, but we needed the rest.” Lancaster carefully didn’t look at Serenity, but Serenity knew he was a lot of the reason they hadn’t continued on; they couldn’t, while he was in an egg. “We should head back to the surface, see how the other groups are...
2021-09-04 19:37:04 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Once the pants situation was resolved and Echo finally stopped laughing, everyone gathered around Serenity. Serenity was examining what little he could see of himself.
First of all, he didn’t have a tail. He was grateful for that; it meant there had been no surprises when putting...
2021-09-04 19:23:07 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Something woke Moira. She was comfortable, and didn’t want to get up. It was light out, but it’d been light out when she went to sleep. That wasn’t what had woken her.
Loneliness
It stabbed through her, and suddenly she was completely awake. Lancaster was still...
2021-09-04 19:19:46 +0000 UTC View PostEnjoy!
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Why did Chimera disappear on the first one?
[The first option is an Evolving Path, while the second is a Chimeric Path]
[Transitioning to the Evolving Path removes your current Heritage, including all chimerical features, but you would gain a...
2021-09-04 19:11:23 +0000 UTC View Post
