Awakening Into One's Own (1st in Soul Forged series) (Psuedo - LitRPG)
Are YOU part of the empathic class?
Do you ever listen to a song, see a breathtaking scene in nature, or experience a perfect moment in time, where something inside you revels at the moment with rushes of chills, surges of energy, and tingling all over?
For reference, search the term "Musical Frisson." But for those truly in the know, it is far from being limited to simply music.
This is a story of a young man who learns the deeper truth about this ability to feel that which brings so much more color and intensity to his life.
"To touch upon a dream may satisfy you for a night, but to unveil and enliven a deep truth, will satisfy you beyond a lifetime." By unknown.
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WARNING!! This is a realistic fantasy which reflects a deep respect for the atrocities in life, is tinged with dark humor, builds upon honest feel-good moments, and contains violence and intrigue on a whole other level. This story is not for the faint of heart, casual thrill seeker, or bored reader. Read at your own risk of self-discovery.
At least read until the end of Chapter 2 before running away, if you dare.
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Intro:
In the early stages of WWIII, a young brother and sister are forced apart in the fallout of a new munitions test from a terrorist organization. Living at the very edges of their small remote village, they are the only living survivors of a previously untested and ignorantly harnessed magical compound.
Resulting from the violent devastation and consequences of magical fallout in a mundane world, the sister was unwillingly drawn into the far future of an alternate reality and chaotic world. Her lone brother, remained on their origin Earth to pick up the pieces of his shattered life as he integrated with science and society. Each adrift in their different realities and split time-lines, they desperately strove to establish themselves and reconnect.
42 years passed on origin Earth before they were able to forge a connection across the tides of time and space. However, the resulting discoveries that each made in their own era, revealed that their origin Earth was in for another terrible tragedy.
With the aid of otherworldly powers, the passageway between realities and time-lines was stabilized. Under the guise of a Virtual Reality, and overseen by the global medical and scientific empire of Millennial Enterprises, the unveiling of this new world was done in order to train and sensitize the ignorant citizens of Earth. All this was done in preparation for a magical Armageddon blooming silently on the horizon.
(Presented in first person view, starting in Chapter 1) Andrew Matherson, a young college student and patient care technician, who is haunted by a past mistake, unwittingly joins the throngs of participants in this new "Virtual Reality" adventure. Most participants were the result of chance and happenstance. Only a small few, like him, were hand-picked by the brother and sister pair to stand as budding protectors in a world that knew not of its looming fate. However, as man plans, the heavens dispose.
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Additional tags: Apothecary work, animal companions, deep character growth, emotionally stimulating scenes, dungeon exploration, logical and realistic explanations for fantasy designs, and more.
This becomes a Truer Lit-RPG at the start of book 2, but I won't ruin the surprise.
Monday/Wednesday/Friday releases as of 6/17/2024 due to my increased backlog and improved writing pace. 30 Advance chapters on Patreon!
Jade_Theif · Fantasie
