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ARKSTORM

"Was he a man dreaming he was a butterfly? Or a butterfly dreaming he was a man?" For a century, the continent of Laurasia has been a sepulchre of ash. What was once a tranquil expanse of kingdoms and emerald forests is now a Demonic Hell, usurped by the Demon Legion. Skeletons and carcasses are the only harvest in lands where humanity once thrived. Now, the few remaining bastions of mankind flicker like dying embers against an encroaching, eldritch night. In the heart of this chaos, within the high walls of the Capital, lies the Sanctus Sanctum—the supreme echelon of Mageia and the iron fist of the Magis' Guild. Seraph was the Sanctum’s ghost. A lowly orphan whose family was slaughtered by the swarm, he lived as a frail Acomage, bullied to the brink of death by noble-born magis who used "Mageia duels" as a veil for cruelty. After a ruthless assault left him broken and coughing up poisoned blood in a desolate infirmary, the boundaries of the multiverse fractured. A mysterious soul from a dark dimension—ancient, cunning, and lethal—has merged with the dying youth. Two fates, forged into a single, unstoppable entity. Now, the boy who once fled in terror has awakened with eyes that see the hidden truths of the world—one Gold, one Azure. He possesses a knowledge of the Macrocosmic that defies the ancient laws of the Magis' Guild. Seraph is no longer the victim cowering in the shadows. He is the master of a power that even the Demon Legion will come to fear. From the blood-stained halls of the Sanctum to the frontlines of the Great War, he will not just survive. He will become the cataclysm that ends it. The butterfly has awakened from its dream. And it has brought the Storm. (⌐■_■)
TDMarches · 17.8k Views

The Last Entry

During the 1970s in the United States, a criminal mastermind named Kurt operated from the shadows. Known among the underworld for his calculated mind and ruthless efficiency, he carved his name into the criminal world as a thief, a killer, and a high-ranking member of the feared Santi Mafia family. His record was as heavy as a mountain, and his reputation even heavier. But Kurt possessed something far more dangerous than cunning. From birth, he had been blessed — or perhaps cursed — with an unnatural perception inherited from his father. His mind could glimpse beyond the limits of human understanding, piercing through layers of reality and perceiving fragments of dimensions beyond the fourth. This ability made him nearly untouchable within the criminal world, allowing him to anticipate danger before it appeared and manipulate events before others even realized they had begun. Yet every gift carries a flaw. Kurt’s was responsibility — a burden he never asked for. When a catastrophic imbalance rippled through the fabric of reality, the barriers between worlds weakened. Creatures from distant and hostile dimensions began slipping into the human world, unseen by most yet capable of leaving devastating consequences in their wake. These entities were not conquerors, nor invaders in the traditional sense. They were predators — alien beings whose very existence threatened the fragile order of humanity. Kurt was one of the few capable of perceiving them. Suddenly, the man who had spent his life exploiting the world became one of the only people capable of saving it. Forced into an uneasy alliance with those he had once robbed, deceived, and even harmed, Kurt found himself standing beside the very people who had hunted him for years. The government, once determined to capture him, now depended on him to fight an enemy they could not see. But Kurt's power came with a hidden cost — one that had remained dormant for years. Each time he pushed his perception beyond its limits, the strain slowly consumed him. The deeper he looked into the fabric of reality, the closer he drifted toward death. What once gave him power now counted down the moments of his life. Faced with the consequences of his own existence, Kurt made a choice he had never made before. He would fight. Not for money. Not for power. But for the world he had spent his entire life exploiting. And as the dimensional rift widened and the creatures grew stronger, the criminal known as Kurt walked a path no one expected — one that would transform him from villain to protector. A man once feared by society would face the end of his life defending it. That is how Kurt, the criminal mastermind of the Santi Family, became something far more unexpected. A hero.
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True Hero: Full Moon

What does it mean to be a true hero? By day, brash and cocky Micheal Frills is just another high school student navigating friendships, family, and the mundane struggles of teenage life. By night he’s a vigilante cleaning up the streets one criminal at a time. But when a sadistic mastermind, Shadow, emerges from the darkness, Micheal finds himself trapped in a twisted psychological game that will test everything he believes about justice, and morality. Shadow doesn't just want to defeat Micheal—he wants to break him. To prove that beneath the hero's ideals lies a killer waiting to emerge. Shadow's method is brutal and calculated: he doesn't attack Micheal directly. Instead, he systematically destroys everyone Micheal loves. His friends become targets. His ideals become weapons turned against him. And the line between hero and killer begins to blur. True Hero is a character-driven story that follows Micheal's desperate attempt to maintain both worlds—the peaceful slice-of-life moments with friends at the park, late-night movie marathons, and school drama that remind him what he's fighting for, and the gritty reality of street justice that threatens to consume him entirely. A slow-burn psychological thriller that examines the price of heroism, the weight of morality, and the thin line between justice and vengeance. Through the eyes of Micheal Frills and the time spent around his friends, True Hero explores what happens when virtues like trust, hope, and courage are weaponized against good people. True Hero contains mature themes including graphic violence, sexual assault, suicide, abuse, trauma, and death. Reader discretion is advised.
S_Redd · 3.9k Views