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The Shadow of Gloom

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*Book One of The Accursed Chronicles*

August was a man from a normal world, living a mundane life until one night everything changed, and he was sent spiraling into a world stuck forever in winter, full of magic, creatures, and a curse that has grip over the land, a curse known as the Vale.

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August has been plunged straight into the claws of a life polar opposite of the one he had been living. After stumbling into the hands of Gloom, a leader of The Remnant, August is bound to Gloom's side and is pulled helplessly into the turmoil of Laelmos. August wishes he could return home, but his purpose in Laelmos is much bigger than he first thought as he discovers he has been lied to his entire life. August is left to wonder whether his life will ever be normal again or if he will have to embrace his new reality that threatens to destroy him and those around him. 

[ content warnings: vulgar language, violence, must be 18+ to read, mentions of death and suicide as well as verbal, mental, and physical abuse ]

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Not My King (BxB Isekai) by DarkSparx

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𝐀 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 by lunarloverz

[𝐌𝐌] "I want you to be a king with me, Vale." 𓅂 The rift between the gods and mortals was just a realm away. And though the gods in Asgard created Midgard, the realm for mortals, they tend to neglect it, even in times of great danger. A threat had swarmed Midgard for the past century, one that involved the undead finding their way up from Helheim, the underworld that was ruled by the Goddess of Death; Hel. Draugr was what they called them. They were dangerous, rotting corpses that were capable of spreading a disease to mortals that would turn them into draugr in due time. As a way of helping the humans, the gods began to bestow gifts on humans that they deemed worthy enough of their blessing. In return, all the gods asked for was undying faith from the humans. Vale Ravna was a hunter amongst Blessed Ones. A weather boy was what he was. Though he had no blessing himself, he thought he could find the cure for the draugr infection. With the help of his fellow hunter friends and a flirtatious stranger who claimed to have no blessing, Vale set off on a journey farther than he had ever ventured before. In order to save his kingdom, Vale would have to face the gods. - Strong Language - Violence - Gore - Mature/Sexual Content 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 #𝟐 in dark fantasy. #𝟕 in norsemythology. #𝟏𝟗 in creatures. #𝟐𝟗 in godsandgoddesses.

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