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Estalia. Tilea. The Borderlands. Once, you were united. Myrmidia, blessed divinity of love and war and of all things good, took pity on you, assumed human form, and walked among you. Then everything changed when she was slain, and her Empire was broken, shattered, and now? -Now, Estalia is...

There was something special about Japan, I mused retrospectively. It wasn’t the cars, or the peace, or even the language that was so odd. Really, when I thought about it, the strangest thing was the heroes. Back home in Ectapec, the line between a hero and a villain was slim. The rules were fast...

Some hospitals strive to create joy, or at least contentment, in those who stay there. These places have soft beds and comfy pillows. They decorate their walls with colorful pictures and paint them in soft shades meant to soothe the soul. Entertainment is provided to distract from illness and...

Welcome to Never Full! An original story of traveling to exotic locations to crack them open for the juicy meat therein, meeting exciting people in order to shake them down for money, and perhaps challenging the assumptions that have led you to this point. The people known to themselves as the...

A light from the shadows shall spring (Tolkien AU) Among the Powers that dwell in the uttermost West and keep watch over Middle-Earth there is one that is not renowned in stories or song and wrongfully for her part into the world is great. Her name is Nienna and she is sister to Mandos and...

…..…...PUBLIC HISTORY OF THE NECRONS.…….. The Time of the Tyr The Tyr had existed as individual nations for hundreds of years. when a series of exploratory vessels, moving beyond their systems borders were intercepted by a vessel captained by an unknown vessel, captained by an individual...

The Imperium Dawns The Emperor hides deep within his gene labs. The flesh forges deep within his fortress on Terra. There he works laboring day and night on twenty sons, the seeds of new legions to replace the flawed Thunder Warriors and the artistically crafted Custodians. A new breed of...

"A world ablaze, its destiny in the balance." It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still...

In many worlds, in many universes, in many possibility brave heroic figures fight to stop the forces of evil. Villains fight to take over entire worlds and shape them into their own dominants. Corporations battle to make their numbers go higher. Mad Scientists do whatever they want to do for a...

Judgement Day has come and gone, and you're one of many left to enforce order. A hundred years ago to the day, the world men once knew had changed so suddenly, and billions were those who didn't even have a chance to feebly attempt to grasp the magnitude of this shift. Millions more, when faced...

From the very beginning, when the Eleven Divinities still sailed the starry void, the flow of cosmic energy throughout the universe has been unceasing. It is present within all things, joining galaxies, planets, and life together in a great, interconnected web. And there exist many of those who...

The sky burns as your consciousness finally returns to you. Your eyes crack open, your vision blurry. There's something deeply wrong with your insides, though you can't quite put your finger on it. Nothing hurts, not right now. For some reason, you can't help but think that it should. You try to...

The Darkest Time V2 We are at the end of the Second Age of the Sun and the world is falling into darkness Terrible were the wars of the First Age, when the Elves come from the Uttermost West and the Fathers of Men escaped from the Shadow fought Morgoth Bauglir, Power of Corruption and Hatred to...

Akitsukuni: A proud and ancient land balancing on the edge. Between modernity and antiquity, between democracy and authoritarianism, between traditional and foreign ways. Ruled from time immemorial by the Empress, descendant of the Sun, who would guide and protect her people, and a warrior class...

Introductions pt. 1 They woke you up in the middle of the night. Fucking spooks. It’s an ironic thought, considering that you’re a spook yourself. But even spooks complain about other spooks. “Colonel.” Someone bland and with a pale pallor to his face greets you at the airport. Must be an...

The Warring States Period, a time notorious throughout the land as birthing nothing but strife, chaos, and suffering. A seemingly endless surge of battle and conflict tore the land asunder on a daily basis, but such was the life of the Shinobi. It was during these times that peace was nothing...

A girl held up a blade and stared into its clear reflection. I don’t know why I’m writing this. A breathless sigh drifted into the wind as the god in front of her roared. I guess I just wanted someone to know. With a burning fire in her eyes she looked back. It’s not your everyday...

It is the year 2502 IC, and another sits upon Sigmar’s Throne. Empire Luitpold I, long did he reign, died in his sleep with orders yet unwritten and crises yet unresolved. His son, Karl Franz, inherits an Empire infested with enemies without and within, uncertain of who to trust as the Old World...

March 12th, 2022 16:23 hours Somewhere over Nevada, Western American States The rocky peaks to your left and right rise upwards, as if stabbing into the skies - you could probably say something more lyrical, but damnit, you're a pilot, not a poet. Heat-haze rises from the flat deserts ahead...

The Asuryata Ten thousand years ago your species committed a great sin. You were mighty at this time, your empire spread to the farthest reaches of the galaxy and many races toiled under your command. You had long abolished work, famine and disease with the help of a technology confining to...

Ave Imperator In the light of a distant past, few respect your name. In the grim darkness of your present, you are revered on nearly Imperial Word. The armies of the Imperium of Man, humanity’s bulwark against the mutant, the alien and the heretic are threefold in the mind of His...

We Have the Technology You are Penny Polendina, the crown jewel of Remnant robotics technology. You are the first artificially intelligent robot - the first artificial girl - to have her own soul. You’ve made many friends - and maybe a couple of enemies - and shown off what you’re capable of...

Demon attacks town. Girl becomes Magical Girl. Demon is defeated, girl goes on to be a hero. A story, a myth, a legend. It’s a nice tale, isn’t it? Pity it isn’t yours. No, yours is a different story, parallel to the first. Where hers is a quest to bring Peace, yours is a journey to wage...

TERMINUS QUEST The cesspit of the galaxy. The lawless frontier. The dark edge of civilization. A wretched hive, if one is feeling poetic, of scum and villainy. The Terminus Systems. Your home. Honestly, the reputation is exaggerated. Those in Citadel Space like to claim that theirs is the...