Theocratic

When the port of Franik chokes on briny fog thick with the reek of decay, a witcher pierced through the heart by a pitchfork opens eyes that no longer belong to him—Bai Lang, a 21st-century zoologist, now inhabits this scarred body. Hired by a tavern keeper for three silver coins to dredge up a drowned earl’s bastard, he finds a spoon stamped with royal wax in the corpse’s bloated stomach. As fishing nets haul up indigo cloth fragments from the New World, the gallows creaks under the weight of its seventh “witch,” her charred ankles swaying above the harbor. Twelve letters bearing disparate noble crests steer Bai Lang toward a fractured silver sword’s trail: a sarcophagus in a monastery crypt weeps with a banshee’s lament, a cyclops’ birthmark glows upon a fishergirl’s collarbone in rhythm with the tides, and Crusader curses fester as sentient barnacles devouring sailors in a merchant ship’s belly. Yet the deadliest snare lies in the crown prince’s chambers—a unicorn tapestry woven from twelve bastards’ umbilical cords, every thread stitched with the witchers’ vanishing truth. Shrouded sails pierce the North Sea’s fury as the fabled Isle of Witchers emerges from mythic fog. When pyres of burning witches stain the horizon and the Pope’s dagger presses against a laboring mother’s fevered throat, Bai Lang clutches the final shard of silver and understands: the plague ravaging the Old World is no act of God, but a funeral orchestrated by New World capitalists and Old World theocrats. The last witcher’s blade, once plunged into monstrous hearts, must now carve an epitaph for the devils mankind has birthed—and bury an era in its silver grave.

The story follows Walter, a half - pure - blood werewolf who can control his transformation. He lives in the Theocratic Diwei Holy Kingdom, where heterospecifics are mercilessly hunted. Walter, aiming to cross the Shates Wall and reach the Greenland Kingdom, stays at the Arthur family's house, posing as their nephew. He tries to gather information to leave, such as observing Baron Kurtis' mansion. During a witch doctor's execution, a werewolf's attack reveals Friar Fula's powerful strength. Walter realizes that the chaos can be an opportunity to contact other heterospecifics, but he decides to wait until the Church's intense hunting subsides. When he later explores the mansion again, he encounters a powerful werewolf, which forces him to flee. However, this encounter leads to a breakthrough in his perception. To gain resources and information, Walter uses his painting talent to become an apprentice of Painter Alva in the South District Church with the help of Friar Ferra. The prior of the church tests him, but he manages to hide his true identity. While at the church, Walter notices a suspicious worshiper who he suspects is a heterospecific. He follows the trail to the slum, where the strong stench makes his search difficult. Eventually, he finds a blood slave in a small wooden house near the forest. The blood slave, Adel, is in a frenzy for blood. Walter enters the cellar and discovers a corpse and magic potions. He realizes the inhumane actions of the blood slave and takes a book from a hidden compartment. After leaving a warning note for Adel, he escapes and cleans himself in a river. The discovery of the blood slave makes him worry about the complex situation in Roya, especially the possible existence of a pure - blooded vampire.

Heaven is a spiritual realm where most existence are unreal to the earth realm. The earth realm was dethroned by one of the most elite prince's of hell, which we all know as the Asmodeus(lust). In a world where corruption leads blind people called humans, a theocratic world, which is being led by corrupt priest, arch bishops, deacons, Popes, Cardinals, and the rest, is being threatened by the demonic apocalypse, which claims to suck the remaining strand of righteousness from the earth, and build a new world in order to accommodate and accomplish evil. Heavenly creatures such as Angels were forced to come down to earth to make sure that the demon king doesn't accomplish his mission. They formed an elite team, a clergy which was meant to fight, protect and preserve the gospel of the almighty. This team ran through for thousands of years and was being led by an angel called Evernon, who had sworn to lead this clergy for his entire lifetime. This clergy was ordained to humans by angels who had transferred their powers to the first twenty, the first twenty was a team of humans who had angelic powers after the first war between demons and angels. The war was brutal and it took place on the earth, after Lucifer had taken over the church and placed demons as his priest, nuns bishops, etc. The war was won by angels, off course good always prevails, but the only way they could win was by and explosion of heavenly powers, which means that angels gave of their powers by exploding into the air, which caused their powers to transmit to different locations. Humans found this powers, possessed them and since then, it has been transferred from generations to generations.

In a world that suffers under the oppressive foot of an authoritarian theocratic government, a rebellion rages on. Myleth is a boy who has had many things taken away from him in life. After obtaining powerful magic abilities, Myleth’s ready to exact revenge on the man responsible. Myleth must go on a quest to steal all of the royal houses’ sigils so that he can take on God himself. ____________________________ (Updates Fridays @ 12:30 PM) Twitter: @MelodicSnow77

Kam Woodward, a young American factory worker is caught up in a major accident that results in him being reborn in a new world. A world of fantasy, magic, dragons, and... Monarchs? Theocrats?? Sl*very?!? this world is radically different from ours, and Kam knows it! Will he bow to these kings and queens? to these tyrants who shackle and chain others for their own gain? Or will he fight to end the tyranical system put in place by these madmen?

Orphaned at birth, Damien Redbayne struggles to make his way among the nobility as he trains to enter the Strahz, an elite guard and personal army to the theocratic sovereignty of Iocleria. But the impending invasion of the Northern Empire, coupled with the increasing violence of the other worldly Valkyrie, and the repeated visits of a mysterious, rainbow-eyed girl, brings a change that sweeps Damien into an adventure uncovering his mysterious past and the impending doom spreading across the world of Ellasthwanea.

Emily is an average girl from Rosetta, a rigorous theocratical society. Throughout her whole life, she has learned about the “sacred norms” that support the realms’ entire hierarchy: while the males had been blessed by the gods, females were created with the only purpose of serving them and bearing their children. Moreover, since women are considered inferior beings, and therefore unable to experience pure love, marriage is only permitted between men. Despite that, Emily is convinced that true love knows no boundaries and no genders, even if it means paying the price of embracing a forbidden affair with one of her masters. I will be posting this story on RoyalRoad.com!

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(Message to RoyalRoad staff: I'm posting this on RoyalRoad.com under the account Randomguy516 (https://www.royalroad.com/profile/96335).) Okay... so, basically, the general idea I'm going for here is... uhm... God (in this fantasty world) represents the power of absolute authority. He basically behaves like many authoritarian leaders, but on a global scale and to the point where he can literally read your thoughts. The only thing stopping him from puppeting the entire planet is the fact that he is kind of clumsy/overpowered and ends up just breaking things. Because of this, he must select a "hero" to act on his behalf, but he's having trouble finding one. The Devil embodies a more... chaotic philosophy. He believes that order/structure is unnatural--basically slavery to any free-minded creature (like humans, angels, demons, etc). He is unable to traverse Earth (er... alternate Earth) personally for fear of God finding and attacking him. Instead, he uses agents--demons or humans who sell their souls to him--to basically overthrow establishments dedicated to God. Because the current world is a theocratic regime... this basically means he sends agents to upturn society. Neither deity necessarily values any life other than their own... they see humans kind of how might see them while reading this. You know, assuming I do a half-decent job, you get attached to maybe a couple, but they're mostly in the background and you don't really care if they die. For the most part, God and Satan just sort of force their own philosophies onto humans while trying to prove to each other than one is superior. In any case, I hope you enjoy it. If not, that's fine (obviously), nothing is for everyone, and I'm not exactly a world-class author. This is just a fun idea. Don't expect regular updates... I have a job, college, and girlfriend to think about, so I don't know when I'll even have time for this.