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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 289 – Large Underway
- Chapter 290 – Wall Lizards
- Chapter 291 – Windows
- Chapter 292 – Chinchillas Jump
- Chapter 293 – Controls
- Chapter 294 – News From Home
- Chapter 295 – Closed Door
- Chapter 296 – The Garden
- Chapter 297 – Maintenance
- Chapter 298 – The Garden’s Purpose
- Chapter 299 – A Slip of the Tongue
- Chapter 300 – Creation of a Broken Sword
- Chapter 301 – What Next?
- Chapter 302 – Authorization: Tiwaz
- Chapter 303 – An Unexpected Offer
- Chapter 304 – Why do you look so much older?
- Chapter 305 – A Place with no Ears
- Chapter 306 – Exhibition
- Chapter 307 – Fired?
- Chapter 308 – A Choice
- Chapter 309 – Summer Dyleda
- Chapter 310 – Unexpected Guests
- Chapter 311 – News From Izel
- Chapter 312 – Some of us are trying to sleep, here!
- Chapter 313 – Coordination
- Chapter 314 – Into the Maze
- Chapter 315 – Fire Feathers
- Chapter 316 – Melting
- Chapter 317 – Hunger
- Chapter 318 – Ice, Fire, and Darkness
- Chapter 319 – The Mountain
- Chapter 320 – Zone Hopping
- Chapter 321 – Flying Fish
- Chapter 322 – Welcome to the Night Market
- Chapter 323 – Shopping
- Chapter 324 – Feathers!
- Chapter 325 – The Eidolon’s Test
- Chapter 326 – The Eidolon
- Chapter 327 – Fair Trade
- Chapter 328 – At the Gate
- Chapter 329 – The Guide Watches
- Chapter 330 – An Incomplete Expedition
- Chapter 331 – Crystal Clearing
- Chapter 332 – According to plan (Almost)
- Chapter 333 – Glowing Fish
- Chapter 334 – Decoding Doors
- Chapter 335 – Floating City Defense
- Chapter 336 – An Offer
- Chapter 337 – The King’s Tomb
- Chapter 338 – The Tower of Aura Weight
