Heralds of the Dark Age: Hound of Sorrow

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When a man, accused of a horrid act he did not commit, dies, a flawed goddess's mercy becomes the worst curse. Unable to stay dead, a man struggles to find peace in a world where an ancient prophecy claims he will help bring about the dark age. With powerful forces beyond imagining seeking to enact ancient plans, he struggles to find a way to deny them for the sake of his own wants. When the immovable forces of fate meet the man who can never truly be stopped, the world shall bend.

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Crusixblade

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BullerRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
title intetnional. Don't PM about it.
I have a slight hint of this being dark. Nothing serious. Just the angst being shoved in my face. Luckily, I am one who enjoys such introspective show-offs. Nothing bad about them, though they should be paired with conversaitonal skills outside of that which fits low-class comedy skits.
I think that above sounded harsher than it should have. Sorry. But it is a geniunly good idea, though it has been done quite a few times before. As said before, grammar does need to be worked on. Happy the author knows that as well, if the ANs are to be taken into consideration.
Has potential. 4.5/5
StainedGlassThreadsRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
The average isekai. You know it, you hate it, you love it. Heralds of the Dark Age is a particularly grimdark take on the typical isekai. After having a positively rotten last year on Earth, our hero Alexander is murderer, and then given a second chance by a goddess on a fantasy world... but an ancient prophecy, clergies, demons, and brewing war team up to ensure that Alexander's new lease on life will be anything but pleasant.
The isekai genre is infamous for being full to the brim with wish fulfillment and power fantasies, but there's a distinct lack of this sort of stuff here. Though Alexander may be 'blessed' with resurrective immortaliity, he's sorely lacking in plot armor, and those around him are even worse off. Our lead is paranoid, cynical, and far beyond his death, but he still desires friendship, connection, and a peaceful life. Unfortunately, rarely does he realize what he has until it's taken from him.
Early on the author makes quite a few grammatical and typographical errors, but they do slowly improve. The story itself, too, is clumsy and clunky early on, but after a few chapters it does begin to find its footing and pace itself better. The characters, while occasionally somewhat over-the-top, are very likeable and interesting. Most villains are entertaining while on-screen, most allies have interesting flaws and unique and bumpy roads to earning the protagonist's friendship and trust.
While not the best-written story on the sight, I do think it's well-worth giving it a chance. It's a very dark story, with the author completely unafraid to hurt characters in numerous ways. But the story is also capable of softness and kindness. I genuinely believe that if properly cultivated, the author could grow to be quite skilled at taking the reader on quite the emotional roller-coaster. As it stands, the reader probably shouldn't enter expecting something professionally edited and polished, but may be pleasantly surprised by the genuineness of some later chapter