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PLEASEDONOTdisregardthecontentwarnings.Theyarethereforareason.Thisisagruesome...Readmore

PLEASEDO NOTdisregardthecontentwarnings.Theyaretherefora reason.Thisis a gruesomebody-horrorstorywithno moralabsolutism.Thestoryis availablein eBookandPaperbackformats.It willremainavailableon RoyalRoaduntilthelaunchof thesequelin February,at whichpointit willprobablybe stubbedforKU.*Jakobwasonlysevenwhenhe wassummonedto Helmsgarten’ssewersby theFleshcraftercallinghimselfGrandfather.Forsevenpainfulyears,Jakobstudiedthedepravedcraftof hismonstruousmentor,beforebeingletlooseon thepopulaceof themetropolis.Withthevaguetaskof creatingtheultimatebeingto rivalthegreatestcreationof Grandfather,he is leftwithnothingbuttheflesh-stitchedrobeson hisbodyandtheloyalwightHeskel.Together,thepairexplorea civilisationthatis utterlyaliento them,as theywerebothraisedin thedarkanddampof thecity’sunderbelly.Alonghisjourney,Jakobconstructsmanymonstersandconstructs,whiledodgingthenooseof theguardsandtheKingdom’sjustice.He cavortswithdemonsandtheirspawn,joinstheAdventurers’Guildin hisvoracioushuntforknowledge,fightsnightmaresof hisowncreation,andparleyswithDemonLordsandGreatOnes.Manywhobelievehima weakchildsuffereternallyfortheirarrogance.EventheKingdom,withitsinexhaustiblewealthandpower,ruesthedayit choseto crosstheFleshcrafterBoyandinterferewithhisgreatundertaking.Andin theend,evenGrandfathermustfacetherealisationthathiscreationis greaterthanhe couldeverhaveimagined.*I haveplansto continuewitha secondbook,so makesureto followmy profileif youenjoythestory.Collapse

PortalFantasy,Isekai,AntiheroProtagonist,Grimdark,MaleProtagonist,SwordAndMagic,EvilProtagonist,Monsters,StrongtoStronger,Medieval,Fantasy,Guilds

interestingbutboring

Bruh

Sometimesabitboring(becausethereisnogoal)butotherwisegood,itsnotamazing,butdefinitivlywortharead.

Huh?Soundsweird,maybemildlyinteresting...

awelldevelopedstory,intrestingcharactersandenjoyableworldbuilding.Howeverthereatnopointseemstobeadrivefortheprotaganist,hejustgoesfromonethingtothenextliketheflowingofariver.anotherissueihaveisasitswapsfromperspectivetoperspectivethereisnothingtoindicateitsoasonepersonspeaksandthenwithnowarningaguyinanothercityishavingachatwithsomeoneelse,noseperateparagraphorindicationnothingsoatthosepointsyouhavenoideawhoistalkinganwhytheconversationwentonatotaltangentuntilseverallineslaterwhenitfinallysayswhoitis.TLDR:overallgoodstoryandideaexecutioncouldbebetter3.5/5

Nurgle?

Thisdoesn’treallysoundplagueordiseaserelatedtho

Yes....ButSewers,Grandfather,demonLord,devil,fleshcrafter,fleshstitched...=Skavens

Mikegetsacallatworkhehadbeenwaitingfor.Thebabyiscomingandthewifesalreadyatthehospital!Hehightailsitfromworkgetsthereasfastashecan,andpacesinthewaitingroom.Afewminutespassandadoctorcomesoutandasks"AreyoumrSmith?""Yesyeswhatsthenews?""youneedtoseethis,itsunbelievablebut,YOURCHILDCANFLYMikefollowshimintothenurserywitha"Isthisguyret*rded"face.Thedoctorwalksrightuptothenewborninthecribandpickshimupslightlyandthenletsgo.Thebabylandssoftlyonhisback."Hmmweirdhejustdiditasecondago"Sothedoctorpicksthebabyupoutofthecribandletsgo.Thebabyhitsthegroundwithasickeningthud.BynowMikeisfurious."NOIMSERIOUSHEJUSTDIDITASECONDAGOSEELOOK"Andwhatthat,thedoctoropensupthewindowonthefifthfloornurseryandslingsthebabyoutthewindow.Thebabyboomerangsrightintoaparkedcar,shatteringthewindshield,glassandgutsgosprayingeverywhere.JustasMikereacheshisarmbacktopunchtheeverlivingFKoutofthedoctorhesays"Nahmanimjustmessinwithya.Itwasastillborn"

Didn’tgetit

Astillborniswhenababyisborndead