Oblivion - A dystopian sci fi fantasy story
Oblivion is a dystopian progression story, set in a low fantasy sci-fi world, told from the perspective of the ones being cultivated.
What to expect:
1-2 Chapters per week
Violence (Usually deserved)
A vast mystery to unravel with multiple layers spanning outside the observable universe.
A main character that continues to adapt and get stronger after facing unbelievable adversity.
A massive universe with noble houses and space-faring corporations vying for control.
A progression system that's grounded, well explained, and satisfying.
Influences:
Red Rising, Dungeon Crawler Carl, , Cradle, Dune, The Foundation, The Fifth Element
In a world where a glittering city floats above an endless marsh, the lives of commoners are bound to the soil and the shallow waters that swallow their dead. Sixteen-year-old Aine is an Ashand, one of the few permitted to wade the flooded gardens, tending the pale flowers that bloom from the dead. These blooms, according to the Sanctari priests, are vessels for the souls that will be offered to the “living gods” who dwell in the city above, a place as unreachable to Aine as the chariots that drift through its golden gates.
Aine knows her place: to harvest the flowers, recite the ancient prayers, and watch the sickness claim her family one by one. Her mother is fading, her father returned long ago from the gods broken and empty, and her young brother Rheinan will soon be orphaned in a world that offers no comfort to the curious or the defiant.
But Aine is neither blind nor obedient. The glimmer of the city’s hidden gardens, the roots beneath the water that whisper of something older than the Sanctari, and the strange sickness that spares some while devouring others, all of it feeds a growing fire inside her. When her mother’s final days bring a cruel revelation, Aine is forced to become something horrifying in order to survive.
