Grimdark Stories

Отними у кузнеца молот, и он заберет твое королевство с помощью мечей, которые он выковал.

Before you stands the Emperor. Master of Mankind, Joint Ruler of Holy Terra and Mars, Heavenly Father, Caesar, Emperor, Augustus, Conqueror of the Stars, Bane of Xenos, Immortal Wisdom, Curse of Malevolent Gods, Watcher on the Golden Throne... And most importantly: Humanity's Eternal God, Indestructible Faith, Creator of the Greatest Suffering, Bearer of the Greatest Suffering. His legions are falling, his empire is dying, and all his most sacred, primal dreams are turning into the very ignorance and atrocities that will kill him. He is weeping. He is screaming. He is helpless, witnessing endless malice amidst infinite suffering. And I? I am the one who ended His suffering. (Female Primarch, original Legion, no devotion to Chaos. The author will try their best to maintain lore accuracy, "grimdark" flavor, and daily updates. The beginning might be a bit difficult to read, so feel free to read a few chapters to see if you can adapt.) 🚨 Important Note : For the continuity of this story consider to Support us on Pãtreon/Flokixy to access advance Chapters and To Support The Daily Update

A year has passed since the fall of Middengard. With the conspiracy against the Empress crushed under the Vangen's heel, an unlikely peace has fallen over the Empire. But the Empress does not sit idle. Now is the time for the licking of wounds and the settling of old scores, starting with the Vangen itself. For twenty five years Regis served the Empire faithfully, only to abandon his post and flee back to Danic, his frozen homeland in the north. Captain Libro has kept the Empress's vengeance at bay for as long as possible, but even her wrath cannot be stifled forever. With orders to bring him back to meet the Empresses judgment, the Vangen ride for Danic and capture the one man to desert the guard and live to tell the tale. But all is not as it was in the frozen north. A new King has risen, spreading darkness over the land and cutting off all contact with the outside world. Regis soon discovers the old life he'd left behind holds little recognition in the present, and yet the ghosts of the past still haunt him to this very day.

The kingdom is sleeping. The monsters are not. An ancient enemy has returned, and Argren is bleeding. Goblins, ogres, and the undead march under the banner of a shadowy power, and the northern frontier is the first to burn. Sir Ronigren, a cynical knight who'd rather be at the bottom of a tankard, is the only thing standing in their way. He's no chosen one, but he's all they've got. Sabine, a girl of impossible height and a forgotten lineage, holds a power that could shatter mountains. She may be the kingdom's last hope, or the catalyst for its final doom. Thrown together by fate, they must lead a band of outcasts on a desperate quest to awaken a forgotten magic before the world is plunged into eternal silence. But in a war fought with steel and sorcery, the deepest wounds are caused by betrayal, and the enemy is already inside the gates. Follow me on https://substack.com/@gabrieltesone? for news and content

They said the war ended the day the Monarch's banners burned. They lied. Renwyn Cassidy wakes up in a smoking crater with no memory and no name. The Frygmeund Division-the rebellion that was supposed to have won-lies in ruins. The sky is red, the battlefield is a graveyard, and only a handful of exhausted soldiers are left to pick through the wreckage. They say the Monarch's army is broken. They say the battle is over. They never mention that the war was only the beginning. A post-apocalyptic fantasy where winning the battle was the easy part. Written by a new author, so expect illogical plot holes and improper grammar. Fully in English. Updates on a whim, so some chapters may release early while others take weeks.

The Boy with No Name

When gods fall, mortals bleed. In the realm of Socordia, the Seven Deadly Sins rule - their Vessels walking among men, spreading wrath, greed, and gluttony. The Virtues are gone, their light fading into myth. Until Lysander, a wandering bard, discovers a forgotten poem written by the last surviving Virtue. Its words speak of salvation - of seven lost souls who once embodied virtue but turned to sin. Now, hunted by corrupted gods and haunted by their own pasts, Lysander and his companions must journey across a world ruled by darkness to redeem the damned... or die trying. "To save the world, he must redeem the fallen."

CONTENT WARNING: Extreme Violence & Gore Mass Death / Genocide Moral Ambiguity / Antihero Protagonists Dark Psychological Themes (madness, despair, etc) Story by: Chesscak Art by: Miaoramiao They were never men. They were fragments of gods. And the world was their playground. The Demonic Book of Sin unleashes magic and summon horrors across kingdoms. Centuries later, the Holy Book of Virtue, radiating divine light to save humanity-but in its quest for righteousness, it becomes the very tyrant he sought to oppose. As the last remnants of mankind cling to survival, these two forces of nature collide, and a grim truth emerges: humanity was never the prize. The game was theirs all along. Blood, fire, and divine wrath. Heroes and monsters. Two sides of the same coin, bound by eternity-and a cosmic jest that spares no one. Will salvation come from man... or from the books themselves?

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When violence turns sinners into monsters, Cael is chosen for a sacred ritual to cleanse the faithful, until he learns his devotion may be serving something far darker.

Kih is a scholar from the Glauchi civilization, one of the many peoples who inhabit the Rock: a vast expanse of caves and tunnels where the only source of light is the Elovalgys, the stone of life. This resource is capable of producing light and heat, but it can only be found in veins deep underground and rapidly depletes, leading to a continuous cycle of wars and conflicts to seize the most productive mines. The constant darkness is not a problem for a species that has been accustomed to it for millennia, but a new kind of darkness takes root in Kih's mind the moment he receives news of his late brother's death. The loneliness is total, the melancholy oppressive, and only the spark of one last academic assignment in the remote Nugared caves on the edge of the Great Chimney allows his last embers of hope to burn a little longer. A long and perilous journey ensues, an ascent contrary to the flow of Mother Gravity in pursuit of a glimmer of wonder as feeble as a firefly in the void and yet laden with a promise beyond all imagination and deepest darkness. Cover illustration by me

In an Alternate Universe A nice little Town full Of ponies turns into a Death trap for Twilight and Her Friends This story Was inspired by Island of the Slaughted Total Drama Island AU

Humanity is struggling to survive in a world that's no longer theirs. Liv, a scavenger leading missions to the edges of the city for food, medicine, and iron, knows things are getting worse. Every trip feels more desperate than the last. Humanity has an expiration date-the forest, and the creatures that dwell there, just have to wait them out. When a mission turns out to be a trap and Liv wakes up on the wrong side of the tree line-alone, disoriented, and for some reason not dead-she learns the forest doesn't just kill people or take their souls. It changes them. She doesn't know what she's becoming. Only that it's something way stronger than what she was. And that killing things never felt this good. Murderbot meets The Cruel Prince-with a whole lot of psychological horror My entry for onc2025, based on prompt 125: I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. - Frank Herbert

Audio Book Children of the Guild is a dark fantasy saga about survival, loyalty, and the brutal cost of growing up in a world that treats children as tools of war. Set in an empire ruled by guild contracts and imperial politics, the story follows Drei Sano and her found family - orphans trained as mercenaries in Guild Tasos. As they struggle to prove their worth, navigate shifting allegiances, and resist the forces that seek to exploit or destroy them, they face not just blades and betrayal, but the deeper question: who do you become when the world decides what you're worth before you ever choose it?

⚠️ Trigger Warnings: sexual assault, violence, trauma ⚠️ Thrown into the sea by men who believed they owned her, Nerissa dies-and is reborn as a siren fueled by fury. Now, she hunts those who hurt women, wielding the power of the ocean and the voices of the silenced. The hunters will become the hunted. The world will learn the true price of feminine rage.

In a world frozen solid at −105 °C, humanity was split in two: those who escaped to the orbital cities called NOOS, and those who were left behind in the eternal winter. Lin is one of the forgotten. Seventeen years after the sky tore open and the living ice called Riffenart swallowed the planet Earth, Lin stands on the edge of Tower 47 ready to jump. A blood-soaked hand stops him. A metal box marked "17" is pressed into his palm. Inside: a single ampoule that will rewrite his DNA... and wake something that has been sleeping inside him for seventeen years. Dark Sci-Fi | Psychological Horror | System Apocalypse | Identity Death | Ice Punk New chapter every 3-7 days. Mature - violence, body horror, existential dread.

This is the part 2 to the og I published earlier!

Welcome, traveler. Step into the Crownless Lands-a realm that should have been golden but never was. The maps still show grand borders; the songs still promise glory. But up close you'll find frayed banners, broken vows, and people trying to live between the teeth of history. Here, adventurers hunt fortunes that refuse to be found. Heroes rise late or fall early. Lives are traded, stolen, and sometimes-miraculously-saved. And the creatures? Some stalk the roads and terrorize the villages. Others arrive with a lesson sharp as a blade. And the kingdom's worst monsters wear crowns made of lies. --- What You're Getting Into: A weekly high/dark-fantasy pulp serial-fast, moody, full of intrigue, sorcery, and razor twists. Each episode lands a complete beat and ends on a cliffhanger. Where It All Unravels: A continent under a failing crown: forts crumble, roads go quiet, new rules harden. Towns and frontiers fend for themselves-more grit than resources. Bloodlines, Beasts & the In-Between: Shifts among humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and classic creatures-some scourge, some uneasy allies. How the Story Moves: Chapters leap across the map, braiding many plots into one struggle. Local skirmishes mirror the bigger fight for a crown no one can hold. The People Worth Bleeding For: An ensemble of adventurers, exiles, heirs, and schemers. Not every arc finds light-some rise late, fall early, or trade all for one mercy. Your Weekly Drop: New chapters every Thursday, 6-10k words. Each deepens the world, sharpens the cast, and drives the saga-great for weeklies and first-timers. Important Note: The story follows multiple destinies; chapters are non-sequential and jump between plots across the Crownless Lands.

We all know the story. The Men of Iron rebel, humanity degrades into barbarism during the Age of Strife, Slaanesh is born through the depravity of the Aeldari Empire, the Imperium rises and falls and the galaxy burns in strife and bloodshed. But what if that which was ordained never came to pass? What if the Cybernetic Rebellion never happened? Can humanity defy the dark fate written in the stars with blood and sin? The Golden Age of Humanity of the 25th Millennium VS The Dark and Brutal Future of the 42nd Millennium. Fanfic Created by: Naranka Link of History: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/a-light-not-extinguished-40k-daot-what-if-fic.939626/page-9&ved=2ahUKEwjgjP_hkNmHAxW1CrkGHcnODqsQFnoECBUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2vxgHHtUX5s9ar-sObm6IZ

Short story of a young man who rejects his family's surrender and meets an entity offering vengeance. A quick glimpse into a larger setting.