Brighter Skies

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[Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]

In the subterranean city of Karzgorad, mages are a vital resource. Magic is needed plumb the deep tunnels for ore and to fight off the horrors that swarm from dark places. Magic is needed to fuel the ancient arcano-tech that sustains the lives of two hundred thousand souls.

There is but one problem: mages inevitably go mad.

And so, when Talia Angrim-Vestal discovers she is a mage, the laws of Karzgorad state that she must be imprisoned, her Gift used for the greater good of the city, and her life ended when her mind finally slips.

After a close call with mage-hunters, she embarks on a journey that will take her up and above her home, through old abandoned tunnels that lead to cities whose arcano-suns have died, and perhaps, if the legends are to be believed, to the surface.

Schedule and Chapter Size: Probably ~2k - 3k words every day at 8pm EST until the end of Writathon, and I'll reevaluate afterwards to see what I can maintain.

Any comments and critique are much appreciated, especially if you didn't like something, let me know in a comment! I will be going over chapters as time permits and doing some light editing.

Cover art was made with Nightcafe AI image generator.

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Brighter Skies 21 Chapter 21: In Service of Bright Minds RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 20 Chapter 20: Sleep and Secrets RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 19 Chapter 19: Like Gravity RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 18 Chapter 18: Prey, Unbowed RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 17 Chapter 17: Existential Dread RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 16 Chapter 16: Respite and a Course of Action RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 15 Chapter 15: In the Shadow of Death RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 14 Chapter 14: Of Blood and Artefacts RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 13 Chapter 13: In the Stillness of War Drums RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 12 Chapter 12: Here be Drakes. RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 11 Chapter 11: Assumptions, and the Price of Sanity RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 11 Chapter 11: Assumptions, and the Price of Sanity RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 10 Chapter 10: Nuance and the Greater Good RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 10 Chapter 10: Nuance and the Greater Good RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 9 Chapter 9: Pirate's Code RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 9 Chapter 9: Pirate's Code RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 8 Chapter 8: Just give me a reason RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 8 Chapter 8: Just give me a reason RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 7 Chapter 7: Under-lying dead RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 6 Chapter 6: If I go there will be trouble; if I stay it will be double RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 6 Chapter 6: If I go there will be trouble; if I stay it will be double RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 5 Chapter 5: The Word of the Law RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 4 Chapter 4: Marks of all kinds RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 4 Chapter 4: Marks of all kinds RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 3 Chapter 3: Confessions and Broken Pipes RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 3 Chapter 3: Confessions and Broken Pipes RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 2 Chapter 2: Through the Mists RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 2 Chapter 2: Through the Mists RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 1 Chapter 1: Of Magic and (short) Flight RoyalRoadL
Brighter Skies 1 Chapter 1: Of Magic and (short) Flight RoyalRoadL