Starry Eyed

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For time immemorial, the Empire has waged war.

They turned their fangs on all who wouldn't stand with them, striking down both friend and foe alike— forging a legacy of cloaked daggers and bloody struggles in the dark. Theirs is a throne built on the backs of countless tragedies and a million atrocities.

Nevertheless, time passes, and with it, so did memory of their bloodstained deeds.

Now, on an isolated island where a nation grows unchecked, where a new generation grows up without the glory of war, where age-old miracles are spun into new stories, and new inventions serve older purposes— The Empire lives in a time of mundane wonder and tenuous peace.

That isn't to say that the old horrors have been idle, despite being forgotten.

Where war no longer decimates the street, insidious growths flourish in the shadows of the city's golden lights; modern nightmares veiled in theological lace and rotting silks prowl the dark, all the while less monstrous monsters grow fat on the ruins of war-torn nations.

In another world, heroes wielding virtuous ideals and divine decrees would've taken a stand, but the era of stark villainy and righteous heroics are long dead, mercilessly ground to dust and buried beneath the ashes of their world.

Yet despite this, nestled within the capital proper, lives a girl who wants nothing more than to live a steady life. The issues within her society couldn't mean less to her. After all, she has bigger things to worry about, like deciding what to wear, unearthing the secrets of long-lost art, and fulfilling those promises she made all those years ago.

But as the novelty of peace grows old, and as old plans come to fruition and older enemies crawl into the light, her plans to secure a quiet life grow more distant than ever.

Starry Eyed is a high fantasy web novel about troubled individuals trying to make their way in an uncaring world, where larger-than-life problems often seem more insignificant than personal ones, where old virtues are perverted and new evils are caught in a bittersweet light. The story is set in a world where modern-day fantasy magic meets Victorian and steampunk revolution, in a time similar to our own second industrial revolution, with hints of enlightenment and renaissance era ideals, mixed with contemporary themes.

This story is updated every other week, on Sundays.

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Latest release - ch. 35.0
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Starry Eyed 35 35.0: Drowse RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 34 34.0: Echo RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 33 33.0: Wayward RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 32 32.0: Memoir RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 31 31.0: Malaise RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 30 30.0: Philautia RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 29 29.0: Phileo RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 28 28.0: Philia RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 27 27.0: Mnemosyne RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 26 26.0: Altschmerz RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 25 25.0: Offer RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 24 24.0: Bridge RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 23 23.0: Hygge RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 22 22.0: Lull RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 21 21.0: Exhale RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 20 20.0: Beloved Asthenia RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 19 19.0: Ringlorn RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 18 18.0: Vedette RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 17 17.0: Vicis RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 16 16: Antrum RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 16 16.0: Antrum RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 15 15.0: L'appel du Vide RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 14 14.0: Vitrine RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 13 13.0: Eigenlicht RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 12 12.0: Abendrot RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 11 11.0: Occhiolism RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 10 10.0: Burnout RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 9 9.0: Moriturism RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 8 8.0: Inhale RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 7 7.0: Anecdoche RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 6 6.0: Mundane Magic RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 5 5.0: White Clovers RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 4 4.0: Asphodels RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 3 3.0: Spurious Stars RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 2 2.0: Slumbering RoyalRoadL
Starry Eyed 1 1.0: Hypnagogia RoyalRoadL