The Dreamside Road

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Five years after the world fell into chaos, a treasure of artifacts is up for grabs. The relics of the Dreamside Road offer a power that could help rebuild or annihilate what remains. Orson Gregory is an adventurer for hire, but hunts this treasure for answers, not glory. Enoa Cloud's late aunt helped hide the Dreamside Road, but following in her aunt's supernatural tradition offers her as much peril as power. Together, Orson and Enoa battle a magic-obsessed militia, clash with a host of rivals, and face constant adventure on their journey to find the Dreamside Road.

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NOTE: The Progression tag applies specifically to Enoa. Also, fair warning, that element doesn't enter the story until she begins her studies.

Content: Main characters range in age from teenagers to people in their thirties and older, but it will not contain gratuitous violence or explicit sexual content. It also won't shy away from implication, anything to make this story and its world feel more real. Characters will freely allude to potentially triggering topics, including living with a disability, facing terminal illness, coping with trauma, surviving societal destabilization, and the consequences of bigotry. At its most intense, the Dreamside Road is a hard PG-13.

Worldbuilding: This is not a story with a lot of early exposition scenes, conveniently explaining 'magic systems' and political dynamics. Readers will learn, progressively, as the characters do. This story/world has a 'magic system', or rather, a set of systems, but the effort to quantify and understand the truth of the setting plays a role in the backstory, as well as in some character motivations. In that same vein, not every character has a firm grasp on the nature of their world, and not every piece of dialog from every character should be taken as entirely truthful Worldbuilding.

Also, this isn't the softest Sci-fi. There are at least some basic explanations given for various elements, but Royal Road does not give me a spectrum to choose from. Given the choice between hard and soft, let's just say The Dreamside Road won't be cited in any college Physics papers.

Setting and Theme: The Dreamside Road walks the line between fantasy and science fiction and deals with finding one's place in a changing world. Many of the characters in this story are United States natives and the story begins in the United States, my homeland. However, knowledge or interest in this country is not necessary to understand the story, especially as it progresses. Also, as this is a novel that deals with societal collapse and while that damage may be widespread, in story, I don't want to overstep and critique the culture of others' unless I have particular knowledge in a given area. Ultimately, the Dreamside Road is American in the same way Harry Potter is English, fantasies that do not have a full secondary world, but with enough original elements to fully diverge the setting from our the real world.

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Latest release - ch. 151.0
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The Dreamside Road 151 151 - The Last Scattering RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 150 150 - Knightschurch RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 149 149 - Launch RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 148 148 - 3,200 Pounds RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 147 147 - A Time for Wayfarers RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 146 146 - The Twelfth Form RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 145 145 - A Forever Problem RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 144 144 - Singular RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 143 143 - Movie Night RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 142 142 - The Marshal Call RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 141 141 - Not Nimauk in Origin RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 140 140 - Eta RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 139 139 - Years Swept Away RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 138 138 - Glamer RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 137 137 - Preparations for War and Survival RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 136 136 - Wiped RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 135 135 - Tactum RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 134 134 - Ignitions RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 133 133 - Target Lock – Incoming Fighters RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 132 132 - Baron Helmont's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 131 131 - Sorcerers and the Shellcraft RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 130 130 - Uncontained Chaos RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 129 129 - Intersecting Paths RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 128 128 - Shapes from Air and Light RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 127 127 - Special Delivery RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 126 126 - Help for Help RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 125 125 - The Heist RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 124 124 - The Pinnacle Holdfast RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 123 123 - Into Battle RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 122 122 - The Floppy Disk Loophole RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 121 121 - Ars Blastica RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 120 120 - The Orson Hoax RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 119 119 - Wayfarer Classic RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 118 118 - A Kindling RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 117 117 - Hello! RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 116 116 - Observing the Rituals RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 115 115 - Terror's Student RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 114 114 - The Groom Lake Neighborhood Watch RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 113 113 - The Tech Liberation Front RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 112 112 - Wayfarer Gangs Old and New, Unite RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 111 111 - Redhead RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 110 110 - The Daily Lie RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 109 109 - Freedom and Might RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 108 108 - The Flooded Desert RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 107 107 - The Death Valley Transmission Relay RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 106 106 - Wayfarers Rest RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 105 105 - Outcast Country RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 104 104 - A Bloodline Alternative RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 103 103 - The Hiding Stars RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 102 102 - Plans and Projectiles RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 101 101 - Almost Like Standing RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 100 100 - Tomorrow's Ruins RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 99 99 - Attention Families or Friends RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 98 98 - Trick and Track RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 97 97 - Unstoppable Destiny RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 96 96 - 3.22 Kilometers (2 Miles) RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 95 95 - A Master of the Change RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 94 94 - Manifest Destiny RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 93 93 - Cloud's Legacy RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 92 92 - The True Remnant RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 91 91 - The Crystal Dune Forest RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 90 90 - The Antler Clan RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 89 89 - The Typewriter RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 88 88 - Helmont RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 87 87 - The Plummet Ledger RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 86 86 - The Pickup RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 85 85 - The Rightful Rulers RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 84 84 - The Rising Apprentice RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 83 83 - Top Men RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 82 82 - Eight RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 81 81 - The Astronaut RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 80 80 - Bullet Rain RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 79 79 - A.W.O.L. RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 78 78 - Doomed RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 77 77 - The Lethal Set RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 76 76 - Road Closed RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 75 75 - Erased RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 74 74 - War Force RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 73 73 - (Stop) RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 72 72 - Fly-on-the-Wall RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 71 71 - Nine-flails RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 70 70 - Natural Mayhem RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 69 69 - Death to Outlaws RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 68 68 - When Pigs Fly RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 67 67 - The Lesser Poison RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 66 66 - The Lost Letter RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 65 65 - Thought Fatigue RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 64 64 - Shape or Die RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 63 63 - Thunder and Iron RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 62 62 - Striders RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 61 61 - Requisitions Day RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 60 60 - Crater Base RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 59 59 - The Lantern RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 58 58 - The New Aesir Crew RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 57 57 - The Age of the Dinosaurs RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 56 56 - Bait RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 55 55. Mannequin Milo RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 54 54 - Rule the Mind RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 53 53 - Friends and Enemies RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 52 52 - Solar Saver Escape RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 51 51 - The Collective Method RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 50 50 - A Spiritual Weapon RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 49 49 - Head Shot 100% RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 48 48 - Capture the Myth RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 47 47 - Arm Cannon RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 46 46 - The Prisoner RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 45 45 - Fire Extinguisher RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 44 44 - Roadies and Road Warriors RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 43 43. Freeway to Tomorrow RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 42 42 - Sabres Unlimited RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 41 41 - Anemos RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 40 40. The Wuyar Archers RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 39 39 - Transmutation RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 38 38 - Smoke Signals RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 37 37 - Rock-Paper-Scissors RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 36 36 - The Other Maros RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 35 35 - The Third Bombing RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 34 34 - Solar Saver RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 33 33 - Ir-17 RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 32 32 - IF Maker RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 31 31 - Wayfarer's Day Job RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 30 30 - Sun Talons RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 29 29 - The Dogfight RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 28 28 - Mobile Stink Fog RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 27 27 - The Moonlight Most RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 26 26 - On the Highway RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 25 25 - Into the Sunset RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 24 24 - A Year and a Day RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 23 23 - The Bi-Monthly Wacko RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 22 22 - Gigadeath RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 21 21 - The Lone Survivor RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 20 20 - Advanced Beginner RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 19 19 - 12,977 Days RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 18 18 - The Sword of Fire RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 17 17 - The Nimauk Visitor and Recreation Center RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 16 16 - Home Movie RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 15 15 - Master Nine RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 14 14 - Project Dreamthought RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 13 13 - The Cloudside Key RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 12 12 - Power Out and Power On RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 11 11 - Treasures from the Clouds RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 10 10 - The Thousand-Point Compass RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 9 9 - The Legend of the Aesir RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 8 8 - Wayfarer One RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 7 7 - Welcome Aboard RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 6 6 - The Walking Stick RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 6 6.5 - The Riot and the Run RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 6 6 - The Riot and the Run RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 5 5 - The Liberty Corps RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 5 5.5 - The Spy RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 4 4.5 - The Last Sale RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 4 4 - A Glimpse of Fire RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 3 3.5 - Cash Stash RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 3 3 - The Sight-Stealers RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 2 2 - The Wayfarer RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 2 2.5 - Man or Monster RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road 1 1 - A Message from the Dying RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road Prologue RoyalRoadL
The Dreamside Road NOT A CHAPTER - Next update late, due to death in family RoyalRoadL