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Broken Lands

Broken Lands
The day it all started was supposed to be an ordinary day.
For Sophia Rothmer, that meant escorting a new delver through a simple dungeon’s Tier One area. Sure, she knew her mother had seen a future where she ended up in another world on her own adventure, but that was months ago; it probably wasn’t going to happen.
For a group of offworld mercenaries, that meant damaging a dungeon’s instance core, snagging some extra treasure, and blaming it on either Sophia or her trainee.
For Dav Carolan, that meant exploring a new world. He may not know what’s going on, but he’ll figure it out; he always does.
The heist didn’t go as planned. After a disorienting and potentially life-altering trip through the place between everything known as the Origin, Sophia and Dav find themselves in a cave. They have no idea what happened to the bandits, no idea where they are, and Sophia seems to have lost her Skills.
It’s not an auspicious welcome to the Broken Lands.
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Updates daily for the first 7 days, then 4 days/week
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The content warnings are mostly to give me room to write; this fiction is not intended to be edgy, but there are times when someone is seriously injured and the Bad Guys sometimes do Bad Things. The characters also had lives before the story and they're ... not always happy.
No AI assistance was used in the writing, but there is AI art.
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Chapter List
- Chapter 242 – Bait
- Chapter 243 – Summons
- Chapter 244 – Deeper
- Chapter 245 – Distal Recording Node
- Chapter 246 – UnMasked
- Chapter 247 – Only First Upgrade?
- Chapter 248 – A Favor
- Chapter 249 – Four Upgrades
- Chapter 250 – Second Upgrade?
- Lost Ruins End Notes
- Lost Ruins Character Gallery
- Into the Maze Teaser
- Chapter 251 – Final Hollow
- Chapter 252 – Fire Sprites
- Chapter 253 – Advantageous Trade
- Chapter 254 – Feat?
- Chapter 255 – Do I have something on my face?
- Chapter 256 – False Imprints
- Chapter 257 – Careless?
- Chapter 258 – Mazehold
- Chapter 259 – Checking In
- Chapter 260 – Sales
- Chapter 261 – Reunion
- Chapter 262 – Questions
- Chapter 263 – A Sad Reminder
- Chapter 264 – Shopping
- Chapter 265 – Deliberate Reveal
- Chapter 266 – Wands
- Chapter 267 – Came Out Ahead
- Chapter 268 – Soot
- Chapter 269 – Cleanout Day
- Chapter 270 – Sweetfire
- Chapter 271 – First Look
- Chapter 272 – Names
- Chapter 273 – Special Offer
- Chapter 274 – Unlock
- Chapter 275 – Audience
- Chapter 276 – Out at the Games
- Chapter 277 – Bai
- Chapter 278 – Arena Flight
- Chapter 279 – Winning the Bet
- Chapter 280 – Scheduling
- Chapter 281 – Spicy
- Chapter 282 – Breakfast Interrupted
- Chapter 283 – Noisy
- Chapter 284 – Back Room
- Chapter 285 – Under Siege
- Chapter 286 – Encased
- Chapter 287 – Wisps
- Chapter 288 – Sweetfire Happy Fun Balls
