Royal Road
  • 0
    • You have no pending notifications

      View all
      • Loading...
  • Log In
  • Read
    • Best Rated
    • Trending
    • Ongoing Fictions
    • Complete
    • Popular this week
    • Latest Updates
    • New Releases
    • Rising Stars
    • Writathon
    • Search
    • Surprise me!
  • Write
  • Forums
  • Member List
  • Support
    • Knowledge Base
    • Suggestions
    • Community Help
    • Support Tickets
    • Status
  • Premium
Advanced Search
The Calamity of a Reborn Witch

The Calamity of a Reborn Witch

Original Drama Fantasy Psychological Tragedy Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Female Lead Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Secret Identity Magic Strategy Grimdark High Fantasy Ruling Class
3,714 Followers
2,452 Pages
2,995,320 Views
260 Chapters
Thursday, April 7, 2022 4:02:59 PM

I do not consent, nor give permission for any website to repost this work. If you find this work on any other website beside Royal Road, Patreon, and WordPress not posted by my username (Vera Anne Wolfe) please send the link my way. This is an abuse of my rights as the author and creator and I will be reporting all such websites via Google’s DCMA. Including this notice for those websites that think “it's okay to post, but we’ll take it down if the author asks us to”. IT IS NOT OKAY.

**WARNING: The following story contains DARK, TRAUMATIZING elements that may not be appropriate for young viewers or those who struggle from traumatizing events. If you're not good with mature content, regardless of your age, this story is not for you. You have been warned. It's nowhere near as bad as GOT but it has dark shit. Again, you have been WARNED. Plenty of other less dark webnovels to safely read. **

**Additional Warning: A minimal amount of LGBT content is included in this story. There is no TAG for this so I'm including it here. If that makes you uncomfortable, go ahead and give it a pass. **

 

Previously titled: A Maiden's Frozen Heart.

An Isekai, Fantasy Regency, Thriller with Witches, Gods, and plenty of Drama and Betrayal.

{Book 1: A Den of Wolves} 

What if you knew the future? But what if that future was not yours?

After a gruesome death, Carina was reborn in Lafeara as Lady Maura, the unwanted “half-blood” of an impoverished noble family. The previous Lady Maura was publicly executed as part of a conspiracy to conceal the murder of Queen Eleanora.

With Maura’s memories to guide her, Carina prepares to follow her predecessor’s path into the palace as part of the Selection to become Crown Princess Eleanora’s lady-in-waiting. Her meticulous years of planning and preparation to ensure her survival, fulfill Maura’s revenge, and avert the oncoming Calamity will require every ounce of courage, cunning, and intellect she can muster.

Because Carina has more than one secret which she can not reveal—her true identity among them—but even more treacherous is her frozen heart and the ice magic that comes with it.

After all, they still burn witches in Lafeara.

{Book 2: A Coven of Crows} 

The problem with changing the past is that the future changes with it.

Although Carina survived the Selection and earned a place in the palace beside the Crown Princess, her battle to change the future and protect Lady Hana, the future Queen’s favored lady-in-waiting, is far from over.

As Carina becomes further entwined in the hidden witch covens of Lafeara, their history and magic unravel a dangerous secret long forgotten by most. It is not just Maura’s memories that threaten to shift the balance of Carina’s carefully laid plains but her own forgotten past as well.

And the more mysteries Carina uncovers, the fewer allies she finds standing on her side. Everyone wants something, but the most dangerous players in this game of mortals and witches are the gods themselves, who have their own sordid plans for Carina’s frozen heart.

{Book 3: A Plague of Witches} 

As the annual Royal Hunt approaches, so too does the first signs of the devastating plague Carina foresaw in Maura’s memories. The once lady-in-waiting to the Crown Princess now finds herself in a far better position to steer Lafeara’s future. As allies become enemies and old enemies form alliances for survival, Carina finds herself pulled into the shifting political struggle between Lafeara’s powerful nobles and secret witch covens.

But there is still a chance that Carina and Hana might just make it through the oncoming calamity—that is, if the future doesn’t shift too far from the previous timeline. As the Duchess of Winter dons her armor and prepares for the Crown Prince’s coronation, another attempted assassination, a witch-born plague, and the approaching forces of Pope Jericho and his Witch Hunters, only one thing is certain.

The gods themselves are pulling the strings of fate to force the future Carina has fought so hard to change back towards its inevitable conclusion. Now Carina, like Maura, must face the chains of her own mortality—or completely break free.

Even for a half-blood blessed/cursed with the immortal heart of a god, power comes at a cost.

King of Fools : Silver Tongue

King of Fools : Silver Tongue

Original Action Comedy Fantasy Satire LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Male Lead Magic Anti-Hero Lead Xianxia High Fantasy Progression
3,855 Followers
210 Pages
368,900 Views
27 Chapters
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 3:47:46 AM

A certain trickster spirit was fond of saying, 'me and my big fat mouth'. That could be Jasper Stone's motto. There's never been a situation in his life he didn't make worse by opening his mouth, because when he does, ridiculous amounts of trash-talk and overconfidence just spills out. He's never managed to do anything with his wits -- but when the God of Fools tosses him into another world for amusement's sake, he'll need to put them to use. Because there are bandits, dragons, and cultists out there -- none of whom appreciate Jasper's particular gift for insults.

--Cover by the inimitable Vitaly S Alexius.

Goblin Cave

Goblin Cave

Original Fantasy Non-Human Lead Magic GameLit Dungeon
3,479 Followers
253 Pages
412,728 Views
34 Chapters
Wednesday, August 3, 2022 11:00:33 PM

[Goblin Cave] is a perfectly average Dungeon that becomes unsatisfied with its work.

This Used to be About Dungeons

This Used to be About Dungeons

Original Adventure Fantasy Slice of Life Multiple Lead Characters Magic High Fantasy Dungeon
3,510 Followers
3,167 Pages
1,836,095 Views
166 Chapters
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 9:01:19 PM

This Used to be About Dungeons is a comfy slice-of-life adventuring story that occasionally features dungeons. Updates Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Mostly it's about walking in the woods with a friend, looking for mushrooms to put in your soup, or haggling with the guy selling squash, or taking care of a neglected garden. It's putting some jam on shortbread biscuits. And yes, sometimes you go down into the dungeons with your friends, and you kill monsters there, or disarm traps, but when you come out, you realize you've found the perfect magic item to give to one of the local kids that helped you out when your cat was sick. Look, the dungeons are always going to be there, and sometimes you need to make a journey to one of the Spirit Gates, or make a pilgrimage with the local Cleric of Symmetry to a holy shrine. Your tour through the local dungeons can wait. You'll have rivalries with other groups, and find some dungeon eggs that need to be carefully incubated in case they turn out to be something valuable, and help a friend to build a fishing weir. There's a big world out there, a mostly tame place with lots of magic, and even more to do and see. Join me, won't you?

The cover image is Morning Sunlight Effect, Eragny, by Camille Pissarro.

Kairos: A Greek Myth LitRPG

Kairos: A Greek Myth LitRPG

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Male Lead Anti-Hero Lead Strategy High Fantasy Mythos Ruling Class Progression
5,226 Followers
162 Pages
310,042 Views
15 Chapters
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 3:36:29 PM

Available for purchase on Kindle Unlimited and Audible!

It has been centuries since mortals unlocked the secrets of the Fate System and overthrew Mount Olympus. The old gods are dead, and their thrones are empty. Kairos, a young pirate with the ability to speak with animals, has an ambition: to ascend as the newest deity of a flooded world. But divine power is not given. It is taken.

Now Kairos must sail the endless sea, tame fearsome monsters, and conquer new lands. The challenges are many, but he will face them all. For Kairos is a cunning [Rogue] indeed...
Cover by Vitaly S. Alexius. 
A Soldier Adrift: Captain Westeros

A Soldier Adrift: Captain Westeros

Fan Fiction Action Adventure Fantasy Male Lead Strong Lead Super Heroes
1,174 Followers
1,509 Pages
243,135 Views
45 Chapters
Sunday, January 15, 2023 9:49:36 PM

The Infinity Stones are not to be wielded lightly, as Steve Rogers discovers when he washes up on the shores of Westeros. In a world of swords and spears, what difference can one shield make?

Saltworld: An Apocalypse LitRPG

Saltworld: An Apocalypse LitRPG

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Strong Lead Magic Urban Fantasy Mythos Post Apocalyptic Progression
5,579 Followers
323 Pages
689,462 Views
33 Chapters
Sunday, January 1, 2023 12:30:13 PM

August 18, 2018. Earth is at peace.

Then the sun explodes, and the world changes forever.

Sen Salazar, a third year in Dubai's renowned Belmont University, is thrust into a world where only monsters are found aplenty. Resources are dwindling, survivors are scarce, and safety is nowhere to be found. And when it's combined with an otherworldly system designed to bring out humanity's hidden potential? Sen's watched enough movies to know what to do:

Survive.

...He just has to figure out how to stop himself from turning into one of the monsters, first.


Discord link here.

PathOgen [Forge Your Own Path] Reader Interactive

PathOgen [Forge Your Own Path] Reader Interactive

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Psychological LitRPG Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Reader Interactive Male Lead Strong Lead Magic Anti-Hero Lead Strategy Grimdark Villainous Lead Loop Dystopia Progression
666 Followers
146 Pages
128,455 Views
37 Chapters
Thursday, June 2, 2022 9:52:31 PM

This is a 100% reader-interactive, game-like book, based on my novel Technomagica. It is written in collaboration with the readers - every comment drives it forward. Once there are enough interesting or fun comments on each chapter, various paths forward begin to manifest that you can [choose] to follow. 

Summary: Soviet bio-weapons designer Vladislav Kerenski died in 1992. Upon meeting "god" he rejects a continuation of his narrative. It's up to you to help him survive the darkness of the Astral Ocean.

This is the only book on Royal Road where your choice can make the MC become a villain or a hero, to die horribly and quickly, or slowly and painfully, to live out an interesting life, to become god, or to be trapped in a nightmarish loop without an end!

 

My Children From Another World

My Children From Another World

Original Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Martial Arts Gender Bender Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Strong Lead Magic High Fantasy Ruling Class Progression
1,531 Followers
432 Pages
371,485 Views
67 Chapters
Thursday, November 17, 2022 7:21:53 PM

With souls and issues from a world very unlike his own, Rakta Velbrun must raise his children right, train their strange abilities, and keep the world from swallowing them whole.

A fantasy tale of a ex-adventurer father taking care of his beloved children in the wake of his wife's death. He must tend with noble politics, new enemies, old allies, and the realization that his children come from a world very unlike his own. 


New chapters infrequently (hopefully I'll get better with that again.)

Cover by KittraMcBriar

Warden of Time

Warden of Time

Original Action Adventure Fantasy School Life Female Lead Magic High Fantasy Time Travel Loop Progression
1,601 Followers
231 Pages
113,400 Views
22 Chapters
Sunday, July 24, 2022 9:16:00 PM
Already on edge from a series of increasingly strange occurrences, student practitioner Juniper Lorn is not surprised to see her fears validated when the world is upended before her eyes.

The literal end of the world, however, had not been on her bingo card. Finding herself one month in the past perfectly safe and sound, even less so.

Faced with an insurmountable task, Juniper must now uncover the secrets of the time loop and find a way to escape and somehow save the universe in the process. 


//


A hard progression time loop story with cultivation elements.

Schedule: Wed-Fri-Sun, with occasional extra chapters.
Lost In Translation

Lost In Translation

Original Adventure Drama Fantasy Romance Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Secret Identity Magic High Fantasy Mythos Time Travel Progression
3,826 Followers
580 Pages
755,782 Views
61 Chapters
Thursday, October 28, 2021 12:13:57 AM

If you're one to travel the roads, you may have heard of me. You may have heard my Names in the stories, the songs, and the whispers of the road. Perhaps you've even seen me during my travels, speaking to a bird of blue light, or on a city street, performing small acts for coin and repute. Or perhaps you may know me as the Skystrider, who walked with the wind. Or the Voiceless, a man of song without speech. You may know me as the Tutor, who taught the Lion of Summer how to fight, or the Traveler, who has walked all the roads of the earth. I am all of these things.

And people have branded me a myth.

But people don't understand what a myth is. They haven't heard the songs lost to our tongues, nor have they seen the things I've seen. They haven't gone to the places I've gone.

My feet have walked the plains, the seas, and the clouds. I have spoken languages unspoken; tongues lost to time. I have sung to the earth, held the moon in my arms, and walked the roads that your heroes hesitate to even mention. I have outwitted Demons. I have danced with the Fae. My songs have been heard by lords of wind and ash, and my steps have echoed in the bellies of gargantuan beasts the likes of which you have never seen.

These are what real myths are. And me?

I'm no legend.

I'm just the bard stupid enough to poke the real ones with a stick.


Discord link here.

[Disclaimer: Book 1 of this story will likely be published in KU by around the start of 2022, so please keep that in mind. Book 2 and onwards will continue here until they are published as well.]

The Devil's Foundry

The Devil's Foundry

Original Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Female Lead Strong Lead Magic Anti-Hero Lead High Fantasy Super Heroes Villainous Lead
5,728 Followers
509 Pages
1,091,598 Views
67 Chapters
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 12:51:23 AM

How I learned to stop worrying and solve my problems with demons until demons stopped solving my problems.

-

A snarky villain and her heroic nemesis blow themselves up and land on a fantasy world. They find themselves faced with two prospects: learn to cooperate and respect someone they've fought against for years, or be swept away by the powers that be.

Because Pride always comes before the fall.

Surviving the Succession (A Transmigration Fantasy)

Surviving the Succession (A Transmigration Fantasy)

Original Action Drama Fantasy Historical Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Gender Bender Magic Strategy Low Fantasy Ruling Class Time Travel
2,428 Followers
1,630 Pages
655,413 Views
109 Chapters
Monday, January 30, 2023 6:00:00 PM

Formerly titled Transmigrating Into the Main Character's Political Rival

Kayla is a burned-out college graduate who's neck-deep in student debt, stuck in a minimum-wage job, and about to be evicted from her apartment. One morning, she abruptly wakes up in the body of a short-lived villain from a web novel set in Ancient China. Now, Kayla has to deal with living in the body of a man while trying to survive as the doomed political rival of the Seventh Prince. She'd rather roll over and play dead than take on a fight, but fate and the Imperial family seem to have different plans for her. Caught in a web of political intrigue and backstabbing amidst a succession struggle between the Imperial Princes, it will take Kayla every ounce of wit she has to stay alive.

A political fantasy set in Ancient Chinese with elements of magic, transmigration, and time travel. This story will be updated every five days for the time being, we will return to the 4 day update schedule as soon as possible.

FINAL CORE : [A holy dungeon-core litRPG]

FINAL CORE : [A holy dungeon-core litRPG]

Original Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Reincarnation Portal Fantasy / Isekai Gender Bender Slice of Life Supernatural Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Non-Human Lead Magic Anti-Hero Lead Strategy High Fantasy Dungeon Progression Attractive Lead
6,357 Followers
1,075 Pages
1,765,564 Views
123 Chapters
Friday, February 3, 2023 10:57:54 AM

[I died and was accidentally reborn as an angelic monstrosity, so now I’m building a holy dungeon-tower that is tall enough to reach the gods; so that I can complain about it! But the humans think that I am trying to destroy the world.]


The senselessness of so much of the world’s death and suffering is made apparent to the dying paladin, Isaiah, in his final moments before he perishes and is, shortly thereafter, reborn into a comparatively quiet and peaceful existence as a simple blackbird.

However, the powerful magic of the god whom Isaiah himself had served in his prior human life upends this latest existence, as a spell goes awry, turning the entity instead into a strange, angelic monstrosity that is neither man nor animal.

Isaiah, desperate to return to its simple life as a blackbird, sets out to build the tallest tower ever seen by the eyes of the world in order to reach the reclusive gods who reside in the heavens above and make them undo the transformation in a bid to allow itself an escape from the complex suffering of intelligent, self-aware mortality.


[Dungeon-Core] [litRPG] [Base-building]


Updates: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

Solo Apocalypse

Solo Apocalypse

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Magic
6,113 Followers
222 Pages
947,846 Views
44 Chapters
Sunday, July 17, 2022 11:14:51 PM

An event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale.

Evahn Wynst was no more prepared for the apocalypse than the next person. When disaster struck, it came swiftly and without warning, turning over the world in a mere instant. Order one moment, chaos the next. In an unfamiliar world, teeming with equal danger and wonder, he will have to find his place amongst the rubble. All while navigating a new and dangerous reality.

Luckily, he's not alone. He had himself. And himself.

A Summoner Awakens [A Card-Based GameLit Progression Fantasy]

A Summoner Awakens [A Card-Based GameLit Progression Fantasy]

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Mystery LitRPG Reincarnation Supernatural Male Lead Strong Lead Magic Strategy GameLit High Fantasy Dungeon Time Travel Soft Sci-fi Progression
8,584 Followers
426 Pages
687,130 Views
30 Chapters
Thursday, February 2, 2023 6:36:21 PM

Can't a man maintain his dignity while preparing for the end of the world? Is that too much to ask?

The Tower was all I knew... all any of us knew, and just like that, it was gone. Monsters the likes of which I'd never seen ravaged the land of my ancestors. They burst through the outer walls and stormed the city. No one could have been ready for that. But now... Now I have a second chance. 

After the collapse of the known world, I woke up to find myself on the First Floor of the Tower. I was young and healthy, 18 again, and sitting in the same classroom that marked the worst days of my life. Confused and excited, I accepted this gift, deciding to use my vast knowledge of the future to climb the Tower in preparation for the end of the world.

Maybe I'll help some folks along the way? Who knows. Survival comes first.

The clock is ticking, and I'm left with only a century to build a Deck powerful enough to survive the end. Things to do... What's first? I need Essence, and I need power. I'll have to climb the Tower to acquire both of these. Some of the zealots will try to stop me, need to look out for those. What if-

"Hey, kid! Hand over the pouch or-"

Stab

Sorry, where was I? Ah... there's a spot of blood on my suit. What a lousy morning.


In this world of blood and fantasy, century-old Rowan Wilder has to not only survive, but thrive as he powers his way to the top of the Tower. The Demonic Plague that has twisted the creatures on the upper Floors is the least of his worries. Cane in hand and Summons by his side, he'll have to tear his way through the monsters, as well as the humans who want to stop his ascent. Of course, he can maintain a sense of decorum while he faces these trials, right? 


Release Schedule: Mondays and Fridays. Word count is typically between 3500-5500 per chapter (12-20 pages, give or take)

Discord Link: https://discord.gg/fzTKSAFBNY

The Ogre's Pendant & The Rat in the Pit (Completed)

The Ogre's Pendant & The Rat in the Pit (Completed)

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Male Lead Female Lead Strong Lead Multiple Lead Characters Magic High Fantasy
1,063 Followers
534 Pages
294,444 Views
84 Chapters
Sunday, November 29, 2020 2:16:21 AM

The land is conquered.

 

A thief and a demon killer run afoul of its new overlord and the wizard that serves him. Now the wizard seeks his life's ambition, an artifact that will make his word law. Hearing this, the demon killer and thief begin to have ambitions of their own. The race is on for who will reach the artifact first, and an entire barbarian horde is in the running.

 

Yet the prize lies within the Forest of Giants, grown from the corpse of an empire. 

 

There are tales of things that stalk the trees. Tales of those that hunger endlessly. Tales of those that feast on human flesh.

 

Tales of ogres.

 

A fast paced, dark fantasy adventure!

 

 Complete.

All stories and characters - including The Ogre's Pendant and The Rat in the Pit - written by Traitorman are created by and are the intellectual property of J.M. Clarke

Blue Core

Blue Core

Original Action Adventure Fantasy LitRPG Non-Human Lead Magic Dungeon
12,371 Followers
2,875 Pages
13,106,408 Views
250 Chapters
Saturday, May 28, 2022 4:32:26 PM

Read the series on Amazon!

Dungeon: A place full of monsters, traps, treasure, and death. Those are the Great Dungeons, with unplumbed depths below the roots of the mountains.

That's not for me.

Dungeon: A place of rape, torture, and death, to control and corral enemies and slaves. These are the Red Cores, from which the mage-kings draw their power.

That's also not for me.

I don't like monsters. I don't want adventurers. I want to stay well away from enemies and slaves.

Fortunately, there are alternatives...

(Includes explicit and consensual sexual content. Chapters containing such will be marked.)

Join our Discord!

Arrogant Young Master Template A Variation 4

Arrogant Young Master Template A Variation 4

Original Adventure Comedy Fantasy LitRPG Martial Arts Slice of Life Male Lead Xianxia Ruling Class
9,537 Followers
1,646 Pages
6,041,828 Views
147 Chapters
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 9:27:47 PM

What would a Xianxia MC do?

Seriously, what would they do? Asking for a friend.

Annihilation Core

Annihilation Core

Original Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-fi LitRPG Portal Fantasy / Isekai Non-Human Lead Magic High Fantasy Dungeon Villainous Lead Technologically Engineered Soft Sci-fi
2,114 Followers
144 Pages
191,493 Views
23 Chapters
Wednesday, October 19, 2022 2:23:39 AM

dGhl-IHBy-b3Rh-Z29u-aXN0 was born for war. Its entire species created and grown as sentient cybernetic weapons. While sentience in its home universe means little beyond intelligence, in others it means owning a soul.

And a wandering soul can be a very dangerous thing, especially when it awakens as the controller of a dungeon core.

  • « First
  • ‹ Previous
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • Next ›
  • Last »
Fiction Details

Select a fiction on the left to see its information

About

Royal Road® is the home of web novels and fan fictions! In our amazing community, you can find various talented individuals who write as a hobby or even professionally, artists who create art for them, and many, many readers who provide valuable feedback and encouragement.

Amazon Affiliate

Royal Road® is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.


Follow Us On

Need some help?

Create a support ticket

Contact

Contact Us by Email

Advertising

Ads for Authors
Programmatic Advertising
Royal Road® © 2013-2023
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Blog | Status
Tap again to scroll to the top!