Rising from the Abyss

[ParticipantintheNovelFireWritathonchallenge-April2024]Ayoungorphanworkshardeverysingleday,tryingtosingle-handedlykeephisparents’businessalive,allthewhiletorturedbyaterriblecurse.Thencamethedaythatawizardbecamehismentor-andhelearnedthathisentirelifewasalie…Hisparentsdidn’tjustdie,theywerebrutallymurdered;hewasnotcursedatall;hisunclewasnotinfacthisuncle;andhecouldchannelmagic!Strugglingtoriseabovethetragedyofhishorrificpast,heisnowthrownintoanentirelynewworld.Daybydayhemustpushhimselftocatchupwithhisnewpeers,learningthesecretsofthisvastnewworld,whilestudyingtheartsofcombat,weapons,andmagic!Wheredohisstrengthslie?Whatarehistalents?Ishestrongenoughtoovercometheobstaclesinhisway?Andwhyisheconsideredsounique?Thesecretsoftheacademy,ofthemissingambassador,ofthehiddendragons,andoftheempiresandkingdomsmarchingtowarintheeast-allhavebeenhurledintoanabysssodeepthattheyshouldneverbefound.YetYaricgrewupintheabyss,andwatchinghisnewworldgetdraggeddownbythesecrets,Yaricisforcedtoplungerightbackin.ButasYaricalreadyknows,staringintotheabyssiseasy.Fallinginiseffortless.Risingbackouthowever,thatmaynotbepossibleatall!Onlyforthosewhowantmorethanabriefsynopsis...Whattoexpect:Themciskindofoverpowered,butnotinatypicalway.Anddefinitelynotinanobviousway.Hedoesgetmoreoverpoweredasthestorydevelopsthough.Again,notinanormalway.Yariciscentral,butmanysidecharactersareveryimportant.Theworlddoesn’trevolvearoundhim.Therewillnotbeanytrainingmontages.Powerisgainedthrougheffort,andtrainingandlearningispartofthejourney.Somewilllikelyconsiderthestory‘slowburn’–themcisdiscoveredtohavemagicalpotential,andthenspendsmanyyearsstudying.Loreisrevealedasthemclearns.Thejourneyis thestory.Themc’sjourneywillincludetrainingmissions,fulfillingappeals(effectively‘adventuring’),diplomaticmissions,smallscaleskirmishesandlarge-scalewarsencompassingmultiplenations.Mysteriesandcrimeswillhavetobesolvedalongtheway.Therewillbemonsters,creatureshidinginthedark,andapocalypticbehemoths.Oh,andtherewillbedragons.Veryimportantdragons.They’recoming!Therewillbecombat,martialarts,differentkindsofmagic,andvariousformsofcrafting.Differentnationshavedifferentcultures;politics,trade,andwarsbetweenthemareimportant.Battlesaren'tjustgroupsofsoldierssluggingitout.Ok,sometimestheyare...Itmighttakeawhiletogetthere,butthereareoverarchingplotsoverandabovetheminorplotsandstoryarcs.Themainplotstartsrightfromthebeginning.Theworld:It'slessmedievalandmoreRomanEmpire/AncientChina,iftheybothhadmagicandthousandsofyearsofextradevelopment.Justliketheyhadoccupationssuchasadministrators,secretaries,lawyers,architects,acrobats,firemenandaccountants,sotoodoesMalvecandthesurroundingnations.Thesapientpopulationincludeshumans,elves,dwarves,draugrandlichs.Wildlifeincludesdeer,bears,rabbitsblahblahblah...ogresandvardøgers,trollsandgnolls,hellcatsandnightwingbats.Andmuchmore!Technologyismoreadvanced,mostlyduetothe2maindifferencesbetweenthoseempiresandnationslikeMalvecTime:Civilizationhasbeenaroundlonger-bythousandsofyears.Massproductioniscommon.Assemblylineshavebeendeveloped.Variousformsofschoolsandeducationarewidespread.Thejumptosteampower,internalcombustionenginesandelectricity(andeverythinglinkedtothem)ispracticallytheonlythingmissing.Essentiallypowergenerationandstorage.Food:Magesdrasticallyenhancefoodproduction,makingpopulationsbothlargerandmorediverse.Everyonecanbefedwithfarfewerfarmers,soamuchlargerpercentageofthepopulationarefreetotakeupotheroccupations.I’mthefurthestthingfromanexperiencedauthoronNovelFire-anyfeedbackorsuggestionswouldbehighlyappreciated!ThestoryisalreadyplannedoutVERYfarintothefuture,butplotsuggestionsorpointingoutofplotholeswouldbeextremelyhelpfulaswell!Ihopetodevelopmywritingabilitiesovertime,aimingtogetsignificantlybetteroverthenextfewmonths.Thankyoutoanyonewhobareswithme!Thedialogueinsomechaptersmayalsoincludeprofanityonoccasion.Therearenoharemsoranythingalongthoselines.ChaptersonSaturdaytostart.