Authors Note.

I want to first thank everyone for reading my novel and briefly introduce myself. As my pen name suggests, I am a lazy young writer who writes slowly with a passing interest in politics, governmental systems and philosophy though I do not have a degree in any of them.

With introductions complete, this author's note is here to help inform you about the novel itself as well as things such as the release schedule.

The current release schedule is 3 chapters a week with 1 posted on the weekend 1 posted on Monday and 1 posted on Thursday with a word count of at least 1500 though some may be longer. I would also like to warn you that some of the 6 chapters, which will be released later today as a mass release, will be pretty long, with 1 or 2 going past 3000 words. The rest, apart from chapter 2, are all above 2000 words. If I write more in a week, though, you may get more than the 2 chapters.

Please give me feedback on your preferred chapter length though some may be longer if I feel it is necessary for the flow of the story. Also, please post comments with any improvements or mistakes made, such as grammar and spelling and I will try to fix them as Grammarly may not be able to find all the mistakes.

This is my first novel so please post any advice and criticism on my writing regarding plot etc., as I will try to read as many comments posted on the chapters as I can to help improve the story for everyone and my writing as a whole.

As I get better at writing, I hope to be able to increase the number of chapters I post a week and will, later in the novel, give power stone goals that, if met, will provide you with a bonus chapter to read.

I don't ever intend to go premium with his book so people can read this work for free but I do have a Patreon that people can join to get advanced chapters and eventually access to polls. If I can get enough support I can turn writing this novel into a full-time job which will increase the speed of updates while hopefully not lowering their quality.

Novel Information:

With the introductions and official business out of the way, this next section will give you an idea of what the novel will be about.

The novel will mostly take place in the game Dynasties Online, a realistic MMORPG and will be quite a slow novel at the start.

The first part of the novel will be the main character Reginald Coulan exploring the game world and building up the resources, reputation and contacts to eventually create a kingdom.

As such, things like domestic affairs and kingdom building will come eventually however, they will be absent from the novel for now as I focus on the main characters' slow rise to power.

The game is about players playing through differing dynasty members, so you will see how dynasties rise and fall and the conflict between them, and their constant fight for influence and power.

This novel will include graphic scenes of violence as the wars in the game will be brutal, just as wars in the real medieval world were and will be very dark at times. As such, I recommend that people who do not like novels with moral dilemmas or scenes of violence to refrain from reading this novel. Also, the novel will contain strong language so a warning for that too.

The novel will be focused on the conflict of dynasties and nations in the game once the main character has accumulated sufficient resources. As such, politics and war will become central pillars of the novel.

The real world will also come in though it will not be featured as much but will provide the motivations for many of the players in the game.

The main character will not be a combative master; even someone who has gotten to the highest level of personal combat power will be beaten by an army. But the main character will be competent. He just can't take on an army on his own and kill them.

Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoy the novel if you decide to read it further and look forward to your comments and criticisms about my novel.