The First Archmage

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This story is only posted to here (RoyalRoad) by me, the author. Anywhere else it has been posted is not authorized by me. It is and will remain free to read.

This is apparently on Trending now, so I'm going to put in some quick heads-ups for everyone coming in from it:

1) This story was completed years ago and is my worst-written story. I have zero plans to come back and edit it because of how long ago it was completed and my desire to move on from it.

2) I did not put much care into the writing of this story. That said, Gavin is a kid with some issues early on and it takes awhile for him to start to mature. If you're not interested in waiting on that sort of thing, you're warned.

3) There is zero romance/sex for Gavin in it, but his main party companions are gay, so if that's a turnoff for you, you're warned.

Not everyone has access to the System - in fact, very, very few become Adventurers. No one knows how the System selects new Adventurers, or why. The System enables people to level up, to gain skills and stats far stronger and much faster than those without access to the System. While magic does exists, no one has ever had the option of a magic class.

Until now - Gavin, an orphan in a small village, is watching a group of Adventurers passing through speak with the village Elders when he suddenly gains access to the System, and one of the Classes he can take on initially, based on his stats and skillbase from before he gained access, is "Wizard".

In a world where Adventurers must swear fealty to their kings or be branded as traitors, can Gavin - a mere boy - keep his secret long enough to become a force none can abuse? Or will his secret be known, and his advanced magical abilities used for a cause he doesn't support?

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The First Archmage 115 Chapter 0115 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 114 Chapter 0114 - Celestials RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 113 Chapter 0113 - Returning Home RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 112 Chapter 0112 - Reconstructed Soul RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 111 Chapter 0111 - Beginning the Mend RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 110 Chapter -0110 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 110 Chapter 0110 - A Trip to Town RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 109 Chapter 0109 - Soul Link RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 108 Chapter 0108 - Freeing a Mentor RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 107 Chapter 0107 - Nies's Proposition RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 106 Chapter 0106 - Destroying a Dungeon RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 105 Chapter 0105 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 105 Chapter 0105 - Nies's New Followers RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 104 Chapter 0104 - Fighting as a Beastborn (Wolf) RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 103 Chapter 0103 - Checking Out a Grind Arena RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 102 Chapter 0102 - Isulta, the Giga Mind Spider Matriarch RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 101 Chapter 0101 - Giant Spiders RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 100 Chapter 0100 - Training With My Team RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 99 Chapter 0099 - Faeborn RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 98 Chapter 0098 - Nali-Ho! RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 97 Chapter 0097 - Trial of the True Tier I Species RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 96 Chapter 0096 - Christopher's Return RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 95 Chapter 0095 - A New Shrine RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 94 Chapter 0094 - Training Hard RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 93 Chapter 0093 - A Tier X Spell RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 92 Chapter 0092 - Gifting Spells RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 91 Chapter 0091 - The Dekami King RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 90 Chapter 0090 - Unexpected Visitors RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 89 Chapter 0089 - Nies's Realm RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 88 Chapter 0088 - Timeless One RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 87 Chapter 0087 - The Boundary of Sages RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 86 Chapter 0086 - The Other Fairy King of Eisnar RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 85 Chapter 0085 - Bloodlines RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 84 Chapter 0084 - Almost There RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 83 Chapter 0083 - Tristan Lightblade RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 82 Chapter 0082 - The First Narkaj RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 81 Chapter 0081 - Old Allies RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 80 Chapter 0080 - Kratus and Dirsoor Runic RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 79 Chapter 0079 - Final Choices RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 78 Chapter 0078 - Gavin's Fury RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 77 Chapter 77 - Meeting with Alpha Beastkin RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 77 Chapter 0077 - Meeting with Alpha Beastkin RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 76 Chapter 0076 - Beginning Negotiations RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 75 Chapter 0075 - Preparations RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 74 Chapter 0074 - Encounters at Fort Aysor RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 73 Chapter 0073 - Spatial Rings RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 72 Chapter 0072 - Victories RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 71 Chapter 0071 - Boost Resources RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 70 Chapter 0070 - Meeting the King of Isil RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 69 Chapter 0069 - Three Affinities RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 68 Chapter 0068 - Meeting My Apprentice RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 67 Chapter 0067 - The Decision RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 66 Chapter 0066 - Talking With Divine Beings RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 65 Chapter 0065 - The Violet Changes RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 64 Chapter 0064 - The Return of Stem RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 63 Chapter 0063 - Small Desires RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 62 Chapter 0062 - Contracting My First Spirit RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 61 Chapter 0061 - The New Voice RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 60 Chapter 0060 - Becoming a Fairy RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 59 Chapter 0059 - Returning to the Fairy Kingdom RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 58 Chapter 0058 - Hunter of Titles RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 57 Chapter 0057 - Making Nies Happy RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 56 Chapter 0056 - The End of Training RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 55 Chapter 0055 - Quests and Experience RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 54 Chapter 0054 - Nies's Request RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 53 Chapter 0053 - Completing Ultarna's Quest RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 52 Chapter 0052 - Meeting the Elves RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 51 Chapter 0051 - Dragon Attack RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 50 Chapter 0050 - Battling Beck RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 49 Chapter 0049 - Reuiniting With Tyler RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 48 Chapter 0048 - Orders of Yggdrasil RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 47 Chapter 0047 - Time to Leave RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 46 Chapter 0046 - The First Archmage RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 45 Chapter 0045 - The First Mage RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 44 Chapter 0044 - Beginning to Advance RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 43 Chapter 0043 - What I Gained RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 42 Chapter 0042 - The Team's Discussion RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 41 Chapter 0041 - Michael Returns (Again) RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 40 Chapter 0040 - The Oracle's Three Gifts RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 39 Chapter 0039 - Resource Regeneration Stat RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 38 Chapter 0038 - Receiving a God's Blessing RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 37 Chapter 0037 - Reuniting with Eli and Dylan RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 36 Chapter 0036 - A Conversation With the Rift Wolf RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 35 Chapter 0035 - Matthew's Oath RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 34 Chapter 0034 - Finding a Place to Train Magic RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 33 Chapter 0033 - Entering the Tower Dungeon RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 32 Chapter 0032 - The Guild of the Tower Dungeon RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 31 Chapter 0031 - The Secret of Kar RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 30 Chapter 0030 - The Village of Kar RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 29 Chapter 0029 - Returning to Jozan for the First TIme RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 28 Chapter 0028 - Firebolt Chain RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 27 Chapter 0027 - Mastering Fire Magics RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 26 Chapter 0026 - Learning Fire Magics RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 25 Chapter 0025 - Michael Arrives RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 24 Chapter 0024 - A Teacher of Magic RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 23 Chapter 0023 - Thick Mana RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 22 Chapter 0022 - Blood Oath RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 21 Chapter 0021 - A Week of Training RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 20 Chapter 0020 - Multiple Parties in a Dungeon RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 19 Chapter 0019 - The Second Dungeon RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 18 Chapter 0018 - The First Duel RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 17 Chapter 0017 - Coliseum RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 16 Chapter 0016 - Nope RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 15 Chapter 0015 - Stage 1 of the Temple of Dar RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 14 Chapter 014 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 14 Chapter 0014 - Master of Pools RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 13 Chapter 013 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 13 Chapter 0013 - Meeting my Family RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 12 Chapter 012 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 12 Chapter 0012 - My Father? RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 11 Chapter 011 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 11 Chapter 0011 - The Fall of Jozan RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 10 Chapter 010 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 10 Chapter 0010 - Quests from the King RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 9 Chapter 009 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 9 Chapter 0009 - Meeting the Party RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 8 Chapter 008 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 8 Chapter 0008 - An Increase in Those with Access to the System RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 7 Chapter 007 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 7 Chapter 0007 - Learning My First Spell RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 6 Chapter 006 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 6 Chapter 0006 - Conflict at the Adventurer's Guild RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 5 Chapter 005 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 5 Chapter 0005 - Meeting Natalie RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 4 Chapter 004 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 4 Chapter 0004 - Meeting King Wesley of Jozan RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 3 Chapter 003 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 3 Chapter 0003 - Gabriel's Corpse RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 2 Interlude I: Warren 2 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 2 Chapter 002 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 2 Poll 2 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 2 Q&A 2 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 2 Chapter 0002 - Leaving Home RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 1 Interlude I: Michael 1 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 1 Interlude I: Warren 1 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 1 Chapter 001 RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage 1 Chapter 0001 - Gaining Access to the System RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Interlude II - Tyler III RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Interlude I: The System RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Poll RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Q&A RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Update RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Character Index - Part I RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Announcement and Continuation RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Interlude II - Tyler I RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Interlude II - Tyler II RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Interlude II - Panic of Ilinia RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Interlude III - Michael I RoyalRoadL
The First Archmage Epilogue RoyalRoadL