Iris Orion survived her monotonous, underpaid shopkeeper job with fantasies of charting the world's frontiers and slaying giant monsters. Over the years that dream began to fade into little more than a way to cope with her dead end life -- until it happened. In the woods of her valley she stumbled across a fracture in the fundamental physics of reality, the source of power with which every true adventurer began their story; a Thread of Power.

Now entangled with fabric of reality, Iris finds herself with a strange form of teleportation magic, a mysterious and inexplicably bottomless bag, and a one-way warp to the unexplored frontiers of distant lands. As a freshly minted Level 1 adventurer in a dangerous new land, Iris will need to level up and learn the ropes of adventuring at a breakneck pace if she hopes to survive.

Updates Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12pm Eastern or earlier.1000 - 2000 words per chapter.

What to expect:- Lighthearted day-to-day adventuring- Fast paced combat, giant monsters- Streamlined stats and levels- Party dynamics amongst a small cast of characters- Big world with a lot of unique environments- Small numbers, gradual progression.

Special thanks to early reviewers:- Cynical Witch- Czaja- Bobgongo- your daddy laozi- Blahitz- Ghostdraconi

(the first 10 reviewers will be listed here, regardless of rating)

This story is currently only published on Royal Road. If you see Orion's Ballad on another platform, it is stolen content. Please inform me immediately and do not engage with that content.