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Downtown Druid

Downtown Druid
Betrayed by his former gang and thrown into the Rendhold Underprison, Dantes has spent the last five years scraping by.
A whoreson of orcish, human, and elvish blood, he's lived on the periphery of the periphery, lying, cheating, and stealing to survive. After a run of bad luck, he's made a powerful enemy. Luckily, he's also gotten all the tools he needs to turn things around.
A slow burn progression fantasy focused on rising through the criminal underworld of a city-state using newfound powers and quick wits.
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MC's powers will develop slowly, but he will use them in creative ways to get ahead, and in the meantime he's not above just braining someone with a club.
Anti-hero MC with a code.
1500+ words per chapter
Current schedule Tues-Thurs-Sat
This is my first third-person novel length work, may be some accidental perspective switching, feel free to point it out.
Chapter List
- Chapter 51: Watch out below, fu-
- Chapter 52: It's been a while
- Chapter 53: Any chance that could be a deluxe bath?
- Chapter 54: You shouldn't, it's a lie
- Chapter 55: That's not what your mother told me
- Chapter 56: He wanted them to know that they'd lost
- Book announcement and a little treat
- Chapter 58: Too surprised to be angry
- Chapter 59: I like what I like
- Chapter 60: I've had far worse habits
- Chapter 61: There's always some new vice
- Chapter 62: That's his perogative
- Chapter 63: One bite at a time
- Chapter 64: Quick and dirty
- Chapter 65: Midtowner born and raised
- Chapter 66: A silence hungry for words
- Chapter 67: Fell into my knife
- Chapter 68: Just a chat
- Chapter 69: It would make us feel better
- Chapter 70: Sleep
- Chapter 71: Dantes the Druid
- Book 2 Chapter 1: Mondego, sir
- Book 2 Chapter 2: The weak and the tainted
- Book 2 Chapter 3: This is all that remains
- Book 2 Chapter 4: Plans to initiate. Old friends to kill.
- Book 2 Chapter 5: Why would I want to be anything other than a rat?
- Book 2 Chapter 6: Welcome a brother
- Book 2 Chapter 7: Why did these things all seem to happen in waves?
- Book 2 Chapter 8: Take Care of the Girls
- Book 2 Chapter 9: Grinning Down at Them
- Book 2 Chapter 10: I Think We May Need to Split Up
- Book 2 Chapter 11: Whip 'em out
- Book 2 Chapter 12: He Was a Rat and Had more Practical Concerns
- Book 2 Chapter 13: Such Tasty Crumbs She Gave
- Book 2 Chapter 14: So, We're Even?
- Book 2 Chapter 15: Sincerely, Madame Cornelia of the House of Forteville
- Book 2 Chapter 16: Bureaucrats Are Worse Than Elves
- Book 2 Chapter 17: The Relief of Absolute Oblivion
- Book 2 Chapter 18: I Shall Hope for His Death
- Book 2 Chapter 19: You're Under Arrest
- Book 2 Chapter 20: I'll Need a Coat to Carry You In
- Book 2 Chapter 21: Do You Mind if I Go into Your Greenhouse and Say Hi?
- Book 2 Chapter 22: Let Me Come Up with Something Better
- Book 2 Chapter 23: One of the Most Ignoble Rakes
- Book 2 Chapter 24: Mages...They Just Couldn't Help Themselves
- Book 2 Chapter 25: It's Really All Very Simple
- Book 2 Chapter 26: We Can't Afford Mistakes Now
- Book 2 Chapter 27: Wasn't Worth a Boot Filled with Piss
- Book 2 Chapter 28: No. He'll Just Die
- Book 2 Chapter 29: What Is Your Displeasure?
