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The Broken Halo

‘How cliché. I’ve read countless novels where the Hero is betrayed by their companions… but was I wrong to trust those who fought beside me for nearly six decades?’ ----- Betrayal. A word many live in fear of. A word some never expect… until it happens. A word that completely shatters one’s view of life. Just like any other heroic tale, Simon was the Hero of Earth, the one who defeated the Demon King and was about to end the war between races with his companions. Yet, in the end, he was betrayed by his own companions for reasons he never understood. Instead of finding death, Simon found rebirth. To his horror, he reincarnated as the very race he had devoted his entire life to exterminating… a race he despised, feared, and was disgusted by. Reborn as a demon infant within one of the most impoverished demon tribes, Simon found himself at the very bottom of a world he once sought to destroy. Fortunately, he was not entirely abandoned. His unique Seven Star Blessing, bestowed by his patron God, followed him through reincarnation. Armed with this Blessing and the Demonic Magic of his new race, Simon now harbors an ambition greater than ever before… to rise higher than he ever did as the Hero of Earth. To become a God. But the path forward is far from simple. Betrayals from those he would never expect. Endless trials and tribulations. And the lingering question of identity… Should he cling to his past as a human hero, or embrace his nature as a demon to survive? Can Simon abandon his hatred and live among demons? Or will he erase his past entirely and fully embrace his demonic nature? Will his thirst for revenge drag him deeper into darkness… Or will he rise above it? In the end… Will he be devoured… or will he devour all?
Anon22 · 192.5k Views

Starboard Legacy

Jace Calder was never meant to be a legend. Born on the industrial world of VEXEN-9, Jace grows up among scrap towers, broken cities, and forgotten people. When his mother dies from an illness he cannot afford to treat, Jace enlists in the United Systems Defense Command (USDC) with nothing but guilt, anger, and a desperate need for purpose. He never expects to survive. On his first deployment, Jace’s platoon is sent on a classified mission that ends in slaughter. Betrayed by their own command, the survivors are marked for disposal. Only Jace and two other recruits escape: Mira Solenne, a quiet girl with an instinct to heal. Vaelis Korrin, an odd boy who claims machines can speak. At the bottom of a forgotten abyss, an ancient being awakens something inside them—branding their bodies with glowing sigils and unlocking dormant bloodlines tied to a civilization erased from history. Moments later, the being dies. The galaxy brands the trio as traitors. The USDC issues a massive bounty. They become hunted fugitives. Rescued by the outlaw crew known as The Ravens, Jace begins to glimpse the truth behind the galaxy’s shining empires—secret sacrifices, erased worlds, and an elite organization called Black Halo that hunts awakened individuals and experiments on their powers. As more marked survivors appear across the stars, chaos spreads. Some awaken into heroes. Some into monsters. Some into weapons. A masked warlord known as Cain emerges, manipulating events from the shadows. Feared across pirate space, Cain believes Jace is destined to rule, not protect. He orchestrates tragedies and trials meant to break Jace’s ideals and force him toward a darker destiny. Refusing to bow to either empires or monsters, Jace forms his own crew: The Starbound Pirates. But power has a price. Jace Calder must decide what kind of legend he becomes. A king. A savior. A destroyer. Or something the galaxy has never seen before. Because in the age of Starbound— Legacy is not inherited. It is forged.
Errol_Sims · 11.9k Views