Maroon Odyssey: Story of the survivors of a plane crash in a magical world

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Description

This is the story of a myriad group of characters who had the misfortune of being passengers on a plane that crashed in the remote mountains of a fantasy world. They now have to survive the harsh environment; find civilisation and rebuild their lives in the best way possible.

A marine rifleman, a competition archer, a juvenile delinquent, an aspiring musician and a physics student with a love of the arcane are among the many individuals making their way in a new world of adventure.

The story is heavily inspired by dnd style fantasy but it isn't a true litrpg. There are progression fantasy elements where characters grow in power of time. But they can't see their character sheets or assign points to attributes or classes.

The story is survival focused. All the characters will struggle to grow and none will become OP. But their different backgrounds will enable them to gain a role in life that will allow them to thrive within reasonable limits.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2020
Author: assasin

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 3.6/ 5.0
Followers: 17
Views: 14,165

Chapters(34 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

princepabloRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
The concept of this story is super interesting, and the world is well made. The environment that the group is thrown into is interesting and detailed enough to suggest at a much larger and more alive world outside of where the story starts. The characters are distinct and the way that they act on their skillsets and dispositions makes the situation feel real and believable.
The frequent character changes are a little distracting though. If there was more time spent in each character's perspective it would be easier to get attached to one or the other. As it is right now I'm interested to see how the group as a whole manages to assert itself and survive in the world, but I have trouble identifying characters I really want to see succeed. I think that the story could benefit from slightly slower character introductions, a lot of people and names are introduced in quick succession and it can make scenes slightly difficult to follow at times.
The grammar is generally pretty good, and doesn't detract from the conveyance of the story. There are several minor errors though.
I think that this story is an excellent introduction to an interesting world, and the little appendices provide some really interesting passive information about the world outside of the collection of crash survivors.
SleepingdragoonRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
For those interested in reading this story, it starts slow, but the characters, story, and intrigue do slowly get better as chapters pass. If you can read it to part 3.1, you should be interested, and most of what the first chapters failed to do the later chapters succeed in.
Style: This story's greatest(unique) benefit is how well researched it is and how in-depth the survivor's survival plan can be.
Story: The story is good and well written. Survivors on a plane crash into a D&D-like world and need to survive with leadership, survival tactics, scouting, makeshift weapons, and other interesting techniques.
Grammar: The grammar is excellent and does not drag the reading experience down at all. I found numerous errors, though, so not a 5.
Character: This is why the story score isn't any higher. You are given little to no reason to care for most of the characters early in the story, though some begin to stand out early on. The characters are by no means bad at any point, though, with most of the main ones being not-unlikable. As the story continues and the characters grow more relationships, work together more, gain more depth, and generally become better, so does the story. The issue with the characters is that early on, we have no one to stick to and get invested in-this is a symptom of switching the character we focus on early on.
Get to chapter 3.1, and the fiction is sufficiently well built up and would be given a four+ in every stat.
-just contact me if you want me to read further