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What Makes a Monster

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OngoingWhat Makes a Monster
For a long time I didn’t know where he came from, or why, or even really who he was. It didn’t really matter, either; he kept us safe, warm, and fed, and in a world like Ruyanei you don’t just turn that down lightly. Especially people like us. Even early on, he was everything we could have asked for in a master, so I guess it’s no surprise that we all chose to follow him.
Not that it wasn’t dangerous. Being who he is, it was pretty inevitable that he’d have a lot of enemies. But I’ve never once regretted my decision, even with everything that’s happened, and I’m pretty sure everyone else feels the same way.
-Kira, on the subject of Fenrir.
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This story is a repost of a storyline written over on CHYOA. I was recommended to post it elsewhere so as to get more eyes on it, and since I'm always hungry for more feedback, I decided to upload it here as well. Having now exhausted my backlog, my upload schedule will be sporadic, but I do try to ensure my chapters fall between 2.5k and 5k in word count so you'll at least have something to chew on with each new update.
Fair warning: This story contains significant amounts of smut. It began as a smut story, and while it quickly grew beyond that, the sex is still an integral part of it and is explicitly described. Also, it grew out of a choose your own adventure prompt, which on CHYOA was the first chapter of the story. While I adhere to the prompt in most cases, I'm not afraid of changing things if I feel it benefits the story to do so. You can find links to the three images that make up the prompt at the beginning of the prologue.
Chapter List
- Act 1: A second chance at life (Prologue)
- Chapter 1: Thrown in at the deep end
- Chapter 2: Now about that elf
- Chapter 3: Breaking in his new equipment (and succubus)
- Chapter 4: Time for a bath, and some reflection
- Chapter 5: How is everyone else?
- Chapter 6: Meanwhile, back at the castle
- Chapter 7: Time to eat, but not venison
- Chapter 8: Naughty girls get ‘punished’
- Chapter 9: Even s*x demons need sleep
- Chapter 10: Conversations and cleanup
- Chapter 11: Burying the dead and educating the living
- Chapter 12: Choices, and the future
- Chapter 13: Some like it rough
- Chapter 14: Deliberations, promises, and reciprocation
- Chapter 15: Helpfulness and camaraderie
- Chapter 16: Tracking a runaway
- Chapter 17: Maps and confessions
- Chapter 18: Weapons, training, and rewards
- Chapter 19: Planning and unexpected guests
- Chapter 20: The duel
- Chapter 21: Magic and a white tigress
- Chapter 22: Quality time with Nelith
- Chapter 23: Busywork
- Chapter 24: Preparations, and Somebody Else’s Problem (End of Act 1)
- Chapter 25: Interlude: Excerpts from Safara’s diary
- Chapter 26: Act 2: The shadow in the light
- Chapter 27: Experiments and moonlit dalliances
- Chapter 28: Mavenia
- Chapter 29: What darkness hides
- Chapter 30: The citadel
- Chapter 31: The princess America
- Chapter 32: What the morning brings
- Chapter 33: The second night
- Chapter 34: Magical telegraphs and peculiar tracks
- Chapter 35: Objectives and contingencies
- Chapter 36: Confrontation
- Chapter 37: Aftermath
- Chapter 38: Unlikely allies
- Chapter 39: Narrowing the divide
- Chapter 40: Seduction and slavery
- Chapter 41: Furthering alliances, capturing slavers
- Chapter 42: Looking forward (End of Act 2)
- Chapter 43: Interlude: Nelith’s bath thoughts
- Chapter 44: Act 3: Apollyon
- Chapter 45: The wastes
- Chapter 46: Baths, clothing, and parts (not) played
- Chapter 47: The goblins’ feast
- Chapter 48: The afterparty
- Chapter 49: Goblintown and plans beyond
