tragedy

When Yusuf ibn Rahal’s father is murdered in the streets of Fez, the life he knew fractures in a single morning. Hunted by unknown men and pulled into the secret conflict between Assassins and Templars, Yusuf enters a world of blades, lies, and buried history. But the deeper he goes, the less this war resembles the stories whispered about it. Across the markets of Morocco, the silence of the Sahara, the pirate waters of Salé, and the burning political fault lines of Algeria, Yusuf follows the trail of symbols his father died protecting, symbols tied to something far older than kings, creeds, or empires. Atlantis is not a legend. It is a wound in history. And every faction wants what sleeps beneath it.

It's the story of a cursed sailor named Mikael, who sailed the seas in search of glory, fame, lost islands, and treasure, until he entered the lost island pirates talked and sang about in taverns. [EXTRA] NAME OF THE STORY: BLACK MARK The Black Mark is a notorious curse. A thin, round black paper appears on the victim's palm, making them immortal until sunset, Then they die permanently. No resurrection. No power can undo it. Some believe the whole crew is destined to die, while others believe only the one bearing the curse will die. THE CURSE CANNOT BE CAST BY SOMEONE. (Remember, the story is about Mikael, not the Black Mark.) [Cover by: me]

"Immortality? That can be lonely. And in the end, everyone will die. It doesn’t matter what you do to escape it—sooner or later, all shall taste death. It is already written; it’s only a matter of when and how. But glory… glory is the answer. Glory will outlive flesh and bones. Glory is what we should strive for, not immortality." ~~~~ Robin Burton was a young man who grew up with everything anyone could ever hope for: immense talent in cultivation, a sharp mind, and a wealthy family that would stop at nothing to protect and nurture him. He had everything—except the will to make use of it. "Why should I walk the same path as my ancestors? Why must I seek strength just to defeat one rival or compete with another? That is not what I was born for!" --- “…Heh\~” Robin let out a long sigh. “Pursuing power was never my goal. I left my family and secluded myself to escape those pointless struggles for authority. I wanted to explore the universe, and to explore myself first… yet time and again, I was dragged into devastating wars. I wanted to benefit people with my knowledge and immortalize my name, yet worlds fell and hundreds of billions died because of me. Ironic, hah?”

A story about a young woman who faces the world from her childhood till the day she parted and her journey to seek the truth. Facing obstacles throughout her journey, and the curse that she had to endure lead her to a prophecy about the world fate that lies within the hand of a child who was born in ominous circumstances. Trying to change fate and to saved her loved ones made her lose everything she held dear in her heart... What will she do? Who shall she trust? ... ... This story was previously published in wattpad. Please feel free to contact me if there are any questions.

In a world where power is shaped by phrases, two brothers from the lowest rung of society stumble into a hidden system that controls everything from status to survival. When a chance encounter brings them face to face with the Don of Aria, the most powerful figure in the world, their ordinary lives are shattered, and they’re forced to confront a world of strange abilities, dangerous politics, and secrets buried deeper than they ever imagined. As the brothers are drawn further into this hidden hierarchy, every choice carries a cost, every friendship hides a risk, and every new power unlocks even bigger questions. With sharp banter, high-stakes conflict, and a world where words can become weapons, this story follows two boys trying to survive, rise, and uncover the truth behind the forces pulling their lives apart.

Energy-Substrate Scaling is a unified theory of complexity. The law states that complex systems rise by discovering energy accounts, flourish by spending them, and fall when the balance diminishes, with the height of their flourish determined by the size of the accessible account. Energy-Substrate Scaling: A Unified Theory of Complexity Core Axiom: The scope, structure, and lifespan of any complex system are dictated by the characteristics of the energy substrate it can access and exploit. This is not merely a theory of resource use. It is a theory of metabolic fate. It posits that the story of any complex structure, from a bacterium to a civilization to a star, is prefigured in the relationship between its hunger for order and the fund of useful energy it can consume.

This is not the journey of a hero. This is the journey of someone who is being broken down, piece by piece, and forced to rebuild herself from the scraps. This is cyberpunk at its rawest, no neon lights, no sleek cityscapes, just blood, metal, and desperation. It’s grimy, ugly, and beautifully painful to read. Marlene’s journey isn’t about saving the world. It’s about crawling out of hell,one brutal step at a time. *** In the shadows of Crystal City, Marlene's life is a delicate balance between mundane days at FreshMart and moonlighting as a cyberware and weapons fixer. Her ambition? To leave her cramped Megablock flat behind for the innovative world of tech engineering. When Marlene submits a prototype to TriColor Corp, she believes her dreams are within grasp. But the path to success veers unpredictably, plunging her into a web of corporate intrigue and underground challenges. In a city where humanity melds with technology, Marlene faces a crucial question: how much of herself is she willing to risk for a better future?

after being discarded by his family for killing a Valkyrie, captain Ian is sent out of Asgard by his own father and ends up imprisoned. He loses his wife to the lieutenant who takes her captive. Ian and his crew escape from their prison and regain their sealed abilities to reclaim their boss' mistress. Follow the god- slayer pirates in their adventures across the tenth century and the multiple myths they uncover along the way. The real villain behind it all was quite the shock.

HI, So I guess I should greet you, or should I greet the energy behind you first? So I am Adi, who can see spirits since childhood, and I was not pretty proud about that fact, but now it is my life, so a greater kind of mess is about to happen in my life.

Through the Sky Screen’s broadcast, Kaito summons heroes from other worlds and wields strange tools to twist reality itself. With the system he embraces the art of deception—fabricating half-true, half-false futures that even the wisest cannot ignore. Pirates, Marines, and Celestial Dragons alike are forced to accept these visions, no matter how absurd, as if stripped of every defense. In this false future, Buggy the Clown emerges as a nightmare reborn. After twenty years of secret training, his Devil Fruit awakening is said to hold enough power to shatter the Red Line. Former Shichibukai rally to his banner as sworn brothers, and even the Marine’s legendary hero Garp is proclaimed slain at his hands. Behind the laughter hides a vast conspiracy, one that threatens to upend the balance of the world itself.

Some call it the “Age of the Supernatural.” In the ten years following the advent of this era, various superhumans emerged like mushrooms after the rain. Based on the different levels of power these individuals displayed, the nations of the world classified superhumans into five tiers. However, after being injured, Li Dong’s qi sense weakened drastically, making it difficult for him to use martial arts. Although his physical abilities still far surpass those of ordinary people, he has regressed to the “1st level.” Li Dong retires and returns to his hometown, only to find his fiancée with another man… #NTR #Netorare

“You think you have everything figured out by forcing me to marry you, don’t you? Tsk!” Roxanne sneered, her eyes blazing with fury. “I love you too, Roxxy.” Sebastian Sinclair's tender smile made her skin crawl. She wanted nothing more than to wipe that smug expression off his face. “I will make you pay, Sebastian Sinclair. You’ll wish you’d never crossed paths with me. I promise!” She whispered the threat against his ear, then tried to pull away. Sebastian's arm suddenly wrapped around her waist, dragging her against him. The slow love song playing in the background only made their charade more convincing. To the hundreds of guests watching, they were the perfect newlywed power couple. In reality, one had finally gotten the woman he loved, while the other was already plotting how to destroy the man she hated. “Get your filthy hands off—” Before Roxanne could finish, Sebastian captured her lips. The crowd erupted in cheers and applause. No one knew that behind the smiles and stolen kisses, all hell was about to break loose. --- In her past life, Roxanne Winslow hated her husband with every fiber of her being. She believed Sebastian had gotten her brother arrested—and later killed in prison. Worse, he had used her brother's fate to force her into marriage while hiding the truth about his death. So she retaliated. She cheated on Sebastian. She plotted against him. She schemed behind his back. Until one day, Sebastian handed her divorce papers. Roxanne signed them without hesitation. Only after losing everything—her marriage, her happiness, and ultimately her life—did she discover the truth. Sebastian had never been her enemy. He had been the man silently protecting her all along. Now, Roxanne has been given a second chance. This time, she will protect Sebastian. She will make amends for every mistake she made. And she will do everything in her power to remain Mrs. Sinclair. But Sebastian isn't the only obstacle standing between her and a happily-ever-after. A thousand secrets are waiting to tear their fragile marriage apart. And this time, Roxanne refuses to lose the man she once destroyed.

Lightborn is the centerpiece of the Dawnbringer series of novels in the world of Irándiel, upon the small continent of Telmérion, cold and rugged and yet inhabited since the beginning of human history by the first family of humankind. Though the setting is high fantasy—a work of co-creative imagination fashioning a mythical world with its own history and geography—the plot and the ins-and-outs of the world are deeply realistic, portraying as it were an ancient and long-forgotten past of our own world. Or more precisely, what is offered here is a mythical exposition of the true past that we all share—with very little magic or other fantasy tropes, but with a great deal of “magic,” in other words, a world filled with wonders and terrors of all kinds, from the ancient guardians of the world, the Anaíon, to vicious and deadly beasts such as dragons, eötenga, and vru’ádach. The characters thus find themselves caught in the cosmic battle between light and darkness, between the weakness of love and the power of hate, which casts its rays and its shadows also into the heart of every man and woman. The journey marked out before their feet calls for integrity, fidelity, and heroism, and also something more, something that lies at the heart of every good adventure and every life, and which is the very measure of man. When Eldárien returns to his homeland after many years away—burdened by the awareness that he has perpetrated great evil at the hands of an Empire whose knight he has become—he encounters a continent riven by strife and war and threatened by creatures even more horrifying, born of the very darkness itself. He wishes to lay aside the sword, to leave behind a past marked with violence and bloodshed, but he also longs to aid his people against the forces that endanger their very existence. And such a path he cannot walk alone, facing obstacles both within and without, and he finds given to him both the light that he wishes to serve and friends to share the journey. All the while the land that he loves slides inexorably into conflict, into what shall be known henceforth as the War of Darkness, and he and those to whom he is joined are called upon to share the fate of their people, looking forward in hope to the promised coming of dawn after darkest night.

People often go back in time with the memories of past... But what happens to someone regresses into past without the knowledge of it. This story follows the "boy" who is stuck in a time loop but unlike normal protagonists, he has forgotten everything, even the memories of past as he continued living on a normal life. However body which refuses to forget even at the moment of certain death and cursing him to live on in the moment of his deepest despair. ========= Join Discord: https://discord.gg/erXC6JYdtQ =========

“Doing the wrong thing for the right reason… never ends well for anyone.” Seven great races ruled the continent of Eldarion. And... humans weren’t among them. To the world, mankind was nothing more than background noise, as insignificant as a breath of air... as laughable as a failed joke of creation. A race with no promise. No power... No future... Tyler was born into that world... a world where every “hero of humanity” was fated to fall before they could rise. So he abandoned the path of heroes entirely. He chose the road stained in shadows. He chose the power no sane soul would touch. He chose to become a demon... Not for glory, but for survival. His purpose was simple: Ascend to become the strongest demon. Stand as a monstrous shield when the true invaders finally tear into their continent. And he succeeded. He rose higher, darker, and stronger than any being before him. But power has a price. A price he only understood when it was far too late. For in climbing toward salvation, He became the very abomination he once swore to destroy— The Desecrator. And the world whispered: “There is no lesser or greater evil. There is only evil.” Yet a more profound truth lingered in the dark: “Because sometimes, only one Evil can devour another.” *** Discord - https://discord.gg/nQEBsk3ZGX *** #Yandere_MC #Complex_Characters #No_Harem #Dark #Rare_Bloodline #Magic #Slowburn #Fated_Love #Demons #Dragons #Otherworlders #Runic_Sorcery #Evil_FL

Synopsis of the story: The world is vast as we know it. Han Si-Hun was a defeated man. So lonely that if he turned corners, he would see people...but no one would see him. He didn’t know what was wrong with him…was he just a pathetic loser as he thought? Was that all he could ever be? He had never been the strongest or the mightiest…but he knew what mattered. He had morals by those he lived with, but he couldn’t understand why he would want to save the people who left him to die. But life did him some good after all, but as quickly as the good came, it went by. He couldn’t understand why life was so harsh to him and so forgiving to others. Was it that he was a failure? Was he a freak? His power to keep going even when he had chains tied on legs was greater than falling. He had a vast responsibility. He had to protect the people who wished he was dead. How bad could that be? He was given the choice to walk forward and he didn’t deny it. After being chosen, he had to carry the weight of humanity, Ability by ability, his power grew, but there was always something pulling him back. He had some people now; maybe he could share his pain now? He was still driven by guilt he never deserved. But then someone entered his life. She was quite the contrast of what he ever was. He couldn’t unsee her once he saw her. This series of parasytic powerlessness while he had all the power in the world was with him. He doesn’t know if he will live up to his potential or if life will interfere again. He never lost himself that he would find himself, his world was neglected by his own parents, who didn't care if he was dead or alive. Then who cared? But then one thing crosses our mind, we all shall never lose hope, all of us.

You think you can understand Chaos? Foolish! Chaos isn't merely disorder; it is the ultimate paradox, a power woven into the very fabric of reality itself. In a hyper-advanced future built on quantum technology, humanity is awakened by the same energy tearing the universe apart. Abominations from a higher dimension invade, forcing humans to the brink of extinction. In the shadows of this broken world, Missio Augustus wanders aimlessly like a lost soul, trying to find meaning in his solitary existence. Forced to relive his lifelong trauma through the tricks of a ruthless drug lord, he becomes a static being frozen in a rapidly changing world. But as an ancient church emerges to bring Mayhem upon humanity, Demons, Gods, Dragons and Eldritch horrors stir as humanity drives itself to its own demise... This is a relaunch of my original work. I am moving this story from my previous account (SageofMusic) to this new handle (Ekadash). I am the sole creator of Music Box Mayhem.

Earth was never supposed to matter. But when humanity suddenly finds itself at the center of a crisis far beyond its understanding, the consequences reach deeper than anyone could have imagined. A threat begins to spread across the Megaverse, one capable of dragging countless realms toward a fate no one can escape. With powerful forces watching from the shadows, ancient secrets resurfacing, and enemies whose strength defies everything humanity knows, Earth is forced to make a choice: Fight against a fate that was never theirs to bear… or become the reason the entire Megaverse falls. In a universe where even the strongest may not be strong enough, survival is only the beginning. If Earth is lucky enough to survive its darkest hour, perhaps it can still bring a brighter future to the realms of the Megaverse. But first… they must discover what they are truly fighting against.

After awakening from his once-wanted eternal rest, Oren finds himself slowly fading away, hopeless and yet still living. Before he could finally die, his survival instincts kicked in, and when he next awoke, he found himself in another world. There, once divine, he finds himself mortal amongst humans in a Ruined Realm where Enlightenment is seen as natural and creatures roam freely, one of many being Erols. Yet beyond its strange inhabitants and unnatural phenomena lie mysterious connections to divinity. Armed with knowledge from a different world, Oren struggles to understand what remains familiar. His growing desire for understanding only makes his life increasingly perilous.