Betrayed by his former gang and thrown into the Rendhold Underprison, Dantes has spent the last five years scraping by. A whoreson of orcish, human, and elvish blood, he's lived on the periphery of the periphery, lying, cheating, and stealing to survive. After a run of bad luck, he's made a powerful enemy. Luckily, he's also gotten all the tools he needs to turn things around.
A slow burn progression fantasy focused on rising through the criminal underworld of a city-state using newfound powers and quick wits.
MC's powers will develop slowly, but he will use them in creative ways to get ahead, and in the meantime he's not above just braining someone with a club.
Anti-hero/villainous MC with a code.
1500+ words per chapter
Current schedule Tues-Thurs-Sat
This is my first third-person novel length work, may be some accidental perspective switching, feel free to point it out.
Patreon is 10 chapters ahead
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 36 | Book 2 Ch 36: He Loved That Hand | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 35 | Book 2 Ch 35: How are my seconds? | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 34 | Book 2 Ch 34: Maybe Dantes Changed More Than I Thought | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 33 | Book 2 Ch 33: I Was Aiming For Her Head | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 32 | Book 2 Ch 32: This Would Certainly Rot Your Teeth | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 31 | Book 2 Ch 31: Please, Just Let Me Go | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 30 | Book 2 Ch 30: Go In Sword Drawn and Start Swinging | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 29 | Book 2 Ch 29: What Is Your Displeasure? | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 28 | Book 2 Ch 28: No. He'll Just Die | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 27 | Book 2 Ch 27: Wasn't Worth a Boot Filled with Piss | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 26 | Book 2 Ch 26: We Can't Afford Mistakes Now | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 25 | Book 2 Ch 25: It's Really All Very Simple | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 24 | Book 2 Ch 24: Mages...They Just Couldn't Help Themselves | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 23 | Book 2 Ch 23: One of the Most Ignoble Rakes | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 22 | Book 2 Ch 22: Let Me Come Up with Something Better | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 21 | Book 2 Ch 21: Do You Mind if I Go into Your Greenhouse and Say Hi? | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 20 | Book 2 Ch 20: I'll Need a Coat to Carry You In | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 19 | Book 2 Ch 19: You're Under Arrest | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 18 | Book 2 Ch 18: I Shall Hope for His Death | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 17 | Book 2 Ch 17: The Relief of Absolute Oblivion | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 16 | Book 2 Ch 16: Bureaucrats Are Worse Than Elves | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 15 | Book 2 Ch 15: Sincerely, Madame Cornelia of the House of Forteville | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 14 | Book 2 Ch 14: So, We're Even? | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 13 | Book 2 Ch 13: Such Tasty Crumbs She Gave | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 12 | Book 2 Ch 12: He Was a Rat and Had more Practical Concerns | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 11 | Book 2 Ch 11: Whip 'em out | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 10 | Book 2 Ch 10: I Think We May Need to Split Up | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 9 | Book 2 Ch 9: Grinning Down at Them | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 8 | Book 2 Ch 8: Take Care of the Girls | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 7 | Book 2 Ch 7: Why did these things all seem to happen in waves? | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 6 | Book 2 Ch 6: Welcome a brother | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 5 | Book 2 Ch 5: Why would I want to be anything other than a rat? | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 4 | Book 2 Ch 4: Plans to initiate. Old friends to kill. | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 3 | Book 2 Ch 3: This is all that remains | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 2 | Book 2 Ch 2: The weak and the tainted | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | 1 | Book 2 Ch 1: Mondego, sir | RoyalRoadL |
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Downtown Druid | 71 | Ch 71: Dantes the Druid | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 70 | Ch 70: Sleep | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 69 | Ch 69: It would make us feel better | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 68 | Ch 68: Just a chat | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 67 | Ch 67: Fell into my knife | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 66 | Ch 66: A silence hungry for words | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 65 | Ch 65: Midtowner born and raised | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 64 | Ch 64: Quick and dirty | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 63 | Ch 63: One bite at a time | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 62 | Ch 62: That's his prerogative | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 61 | Ch 61: There's always some new vice | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 60 | Ch 60: I've had far worse habits | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 59 | Ch 59: I like what I like | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 58 | Ch 58: Too surprised to be angry | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 57 | Ch 57: Memento of a dear friend | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 56 | Ch 56: He wanted them to know that they'd lost | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 55 | Ch 55: That's not what your mother told me | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 54 | Ch 54: You shouldn't, it's a lie | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 53 | Ch 53: Any chance that could be a deluxe bath? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 52 | Ch 52: It's been a while | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 51 | Ch 51: Watch out below, fu- | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 50 | Ch 50: Ten copper on the big one! | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 49 | Ch 49: None of that's your blood, is it? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 48 | Ch 48: Meet me in the Maw | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 47 | Ch 47: Are there any you would want me to spare? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 46 | Ch 46: And then nothing | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 45 | Ch 45: Your surprises are no longer surprising | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 44 | Ch 44: It seems it's always 'the hard way' | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 43 | Ch 43: How can I help you? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 42 | Ch 42: Those aren't to eat, they're to bargain | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 41 | Ch 41: Gorge yourself | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 40 | Ch 40: Shouldn't have been such an unrepentant- | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 39 | Ch 39: Free booze, women, and money | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 38 | Ch 38: Here's the gist | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 37 | Ch 37: The dainty wave of a highborn woman | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 36 | Ch 36: Doing a bit of flexing | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 35 | Ch 35: Mating, yes. Also murder. | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 34 | Ch 34: Violent doesn't mean stupid | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 33 | Ch 33: What would you say is the largest kind of tree? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 32 | Ch 32: A Fey's sense of honor | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 31 | Ch 31: Antennae tickled his lips | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 30 | Ch 30: I'm no rat | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 29 | Ch 29: You're not here to kill me I presume? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 28 | Ch 28: I did it very carefully | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 27 | Ch 27: Tempt the gods to ruin your day | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 26 | Ch 26: Brazen and bold | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 25 | Ch 25: Too many are born with the sun on their faces | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 24 | Ch 24: We'll see how the next roll goes | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 23 | Ch 23: Dust, weed, favor, coin if they have it | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 22 | Ch 22: Hungry and Cruel | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 21 | Ch 21: I was made for the stage | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 20 | Ch 20: A fool's game | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 19 | Ch 19: I have squats to do | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 18 | Ch 18: Dead Man Walking | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 17 | Ch 17: A god? Of rats? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 16 | Ch 16: He wanted to rule it | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 15 | Ch 15: Head shape that indicates low cunning | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 14 | Ch 14: The possibilities are endless | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 13 | Ch 13: Too small a meal | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 12 | Ch 12: The cannibalism didn't bother him much | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 11 | Ch 11: Taller than a dwarf. Bit shorter than me. | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 10 | Ch 10: You are strange | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 9 | Ch 9: Or mad. Or dead. | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 8 | Ch 8: I really don't want to be stabbed. | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 7 | Ch 7: Do you think they'll treat you kindly? | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 6 | Ch 6: Skittered away | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 5 | Ch 5: Your kind can be slow | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 4 | Ch 4: Filthy mutt | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 3 | Ch 3: It doesn't matter how you look | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 2 | Ch 2: You'll owe me a favor | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | 1 | Ch 1: The Maw | RoyalRoadL | |
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Downtown Druid | Book announcement and a little treat | RoyalRoadL | ||