Blood Eagle

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Description

They took his tongue, and with it, his song and his sorcery. They threw him to the lions, expecting him to die.

Mauled, multilated, and bereft of magic, Arn survives. A prisoner in Aquila, the northern skáld has lost all his powers. But a felled tree can regrow. A destroyed house can be rebuilt. A broken man can be made whole.

The method is forbidden magic, and the price is life's blood. With each death by his hand, Arn will claw his powers back, little by little. Unwittingly, his new masters will aid him in his endeavour, as they have but one use for him, same as before...

The arena.

If the sound of Norse progression fantasy in a Roman setting sounds intriguing, read on!

This novel is completed and can be read in full on RR.

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2024
Author: Quill

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.7/ 5.0
Followers: 2,516
Views: 687,012

What readers say about Blood Eagle

“As I am writing this review there are only 18 chapters. But so far the quality is excellent. One of the extra things the author has been doing is to give little snippets of real world history that somewhat relates to the story. I’m excited to see how the st…”
Boss ManRoyal Road5.0 / 5
“Excellent book. Long enough for a few hours of reading, but short enough that it’s not a large commitment. Excellent story, unique magic, and tons of read watch done into it to make it much more authentic. It felt real, with tense moments and great action.…”
Corbin RappleyeaRoyal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

Boss ManRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
As I am writing this review there are only 18 chapters. But so far the quality is excellent. One of the extra things the author has been doing is to give little snippets of real world history that somewhat relates to the story. I’m excited to see how the story goes from here.
Corbin RappleyeaRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Excellent book. Long enough for a few hours of reading, but short enough that it’s not a large commitment. Excellent story, unique magic, and tons of read watch done into it to make it much more authentic. It felt real, with tense moments and great action. Would highly recommended to pretty much anyone.
DoishanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is definitely the only(relatively for me ) short story I've read that I am not able to find fault in it's execution, pacing like no other story building detailed but sparce, and finally a story that you might say "De-bone's" our protagonist in the aspects of what vengeance can entail but also what warm can do to a dark heart.
Just and epic tail through and through thanks Quill and am glad I got to know you from this story, may I hear you "sing" more storys for now on
MjphdcRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Saw Pirateaba from wandering inn link this, figured it would be good, but this is a fantastic read. The characters and pacibg are fantastic and the world building hooked me instantly. I will be binging this before bed for the next few days. Highly suggest this book to anyone. Not sure why I have to write 50 words but im adding this last sentence for that purpose and that purpose alone.
OptimysticRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A wonderful read so far. Feels like watching a roman-themed Hollywood classic on TCM, 1960. Spartacus for instance.
Style score - almost perfect, there's a bit of time hopping and flashes of memories split amongst multiple chapters. The former I found distracting, the latter is fine, even though I would have preferred a chapter dedicated to how Arn got captured, alternatively, the author could have just skipped it, since it is not relevant.
Story - great, haven't read a roman colosseum story in a long while.
Grammar - Good.
Character - Was great 5/5, then Arn suddenly has moral issues with killing a mobster, after already leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. Why didn't he hesitate about killing escaped serfs, but suddenly a mobster is a moral dilemma?
Right, 200 words...
We're no strangers to love
You know the rules and so do I (do I)
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
You wouldn't get this from any other guy
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but you're too shy to say it (say it)
Inside, we both know what's been going on (going on)
RunicSnow7Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I want to say thank you, this book has been an absolute delight to read. it has also helped me as inspiration for what I want to do with my own tamreelic fanfic that I am writing in my own journal. also love the way you expound on some of the historical stuff in relation to the book.
duQuesneRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
TLDR: Well-rounded with good character development, a believable world, and a story that doesn't get in its own way.
The historical anchoring is a delightful flavor throughout the tale, and the after-words on many of the chapters give interesting background information on themes and events.
My bar for historically related fiction is relatively high, but this story hopped it with no issues.
ducksoupRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
If you like progression fantasies, this is a story not to be missed...
Quill is at it again with his excellent story telling skills. In my opinion Quill is one of the best authors on Royal Road. If word-smithing is an art, Quill is one of the greatest there is.
Firebrand, his last work was over 700 chapters with six books brought to AMZN...this one he says will be presented as a 'short' story so I suspect maybe 100 chapters...oh goody.
Bring on your greatness Quill, I shall devour each as you feed them to us...
The style builds upon on a simple manner the same as the life of the burg wherein the story originates...a fishing village large enough to have the riff-raff to warrant a fighting arena to bring a certain glamour to Quill's work.
Each character is unforgettable in their own right as individuals usually are. Arn is rebuilding his destroyed runes on his body to build his magic to a level which is useful to him. As he does dirty deeds for the punks that run the underworld he is able to get what he needs without others finding out his talents.
His grammar is a strength many lack in their writings...finding errors is generally a difficult task so why look for them?
This is meant to be a short story, but I am desiring more even at this short stage...we can only wait to see what Quill gifts us with as he posts this.
GladisRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story in so far seems great, it has a balanced pace and great world building the author seems passionate about the historical elements he uses in the stories world-building. I haven't seen any grammatical errors. So far the mc has been pretty bland and hasn't really shown a lot of character traits or opinions other than, that he dislikes his current situation and the people that put him there and he deeply loves the ways of his people. I hope more of his self will be shown as the story progresses it is too soon to tell. I just wanted to give an early review. This review will.be changed accordingly as I read the story.
JackSoulusRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Great story about a clash between a Norse and Roman mythology with all it's different gods and magic.
Spoiler warning:
I loved the development of comraderie among Arn and the other gladiators. And the ending was a fantastically written fight and escape scene. Hopefully we get a sequel or different perspective?