The Godless Age
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Last published Sun, Oct 15, 2023
The Elden Ring was broken, and the world was torn asunder when the demigods fought their wars to claim the mantle of God to the new age that followed.
A thousand-year struggle ensured with no victor in sight as both the Tarnished Legions and the Demigods failed to live up to their measure to bandish the Elden Ring.
Unknown years passed as a new tarnished rose from the mud and blood among the bodies of his fellow warriors to enter the lands between.
He embarks on a journey of pain, death, impossible odds, love, friendship, truth, and heartbreak in this cruel and beautiful world.
For how is a God to be born without great struggle?
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