Eragon has been missing something in life. He hadn't realised how much he didn't understand, both about love and sex. Fortunately, Oromis realises the risk this poses and offers to help.

Grian is cursed, or at least, that's what it seems. Trapped against his will to play a cruel game and sacrificing himself for his friends, Grian knows little of happiness. Now forced to throw away his very humanity itself, he must learn to become one of the very beings that toyed with both him and his friends. Will the games ever end, or is he fated to a life of pain and anguish until the bitter end? Note: this contains a lot of angst. There are also a few scenes with blood, but nothing too graphic. (I'm pretty squeamish when it comes to blood myself). Book 1 in The Lost One AU #1 for the tag "Hermitcraft" on October 17, 2022 (out of 3.2k stories) #10 for the tag "Grian" on April 29, 2022 (out of 2.6k stories) #220 for the tag "alternative universe" on August 8, 2202 (out of 49.1k stories)