Antiherolead Stories

There are countless of stories about a hero being summoned to another world. Most of them is to slay the demon lord, some to accomplish their given task or prophecy. It's always that way, humans against the demons, but... What if... the hero summoning were performed by the latter? To summon their very own Evil Hero.

In a world of ash, power is measured by what you've burned. Veyra Thornhollow doesn't remember her mother's face. She traded it years ago for the ability to calculate survival odds without flinching. In the Ember Cities, where the Concordat harvests the souls of the unregistered and the Veil Covenant chases apotheosis through self-annihilation, Veyra is something worse than a criminal. She is efficient. Tier-3. Self-taught. A monster who killed her teacher the moment the lessons ran out. Now she's set her sights on Solis Vane, a Tier-4 deserter controlling an army of Hollows in the poisoned marshlands. She doesn't want to kill him for justice. She wants to harvest his Hearth, extract his crystallized power, and use it to reach heights no wild Ashwright has achieved. The cost doesn't matter. Veyra burned the capacity for regret alongside her fear. But Solis has leverage of his own. A daughter. A hidden weakness. And the Hollow Marches don't forgive mistakes. Ashen Hollow is a progression fantasy for readers who like their protagonists cold, their magic systems brutal, and their victories pyrrhic. No redemption arcs. No found family. Just the endless calculation of survival in a world that consumes everything eventually.

They say humanity cannot thrive without a guiding hand. Perhaps that's true-at least for the common folk, who suffered in the silence of vanished gods while those with power climbed to untouchable heights. Seven-year-old Caden Starhaven's life shattered the night his parents were killed in a supposed thief attack. Years later, he still wonders if it was truly random-or something far more deliberate. Orphaned and taken in by his distant uncle, Caden eventually earns a place at Lunaris, the most prestigious magical academy in the realm. Among friends and rivals, he begins to rebuild his life. But the world does not forget. And it does not forgive. Three hundred years earlier, there lived a man of few words-a rogue feared by kings and whispered of by nations. In his pursuit of the old gods, he uncovered a truth buried deep within Eonspire's roots. What he discovered remains hidden... but the last person who spoke with him insisted his words be delivered to the rulers of the Ten Arcane Kingdoms. He vanished soon after, leaving behind only a phrase- "In Perpetuum Noctis."