Marsh Silas

Self-Published

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968.M41. Cadia stands fast against foul xenos incursions, heretical uprisings, and unimaginable horrors spewing from the Eye of Terror. It is a martial life for the Shock Troopers of the 1333rd Cadian Regiment, seconded to their homeworld's Interior Guard for the last six years. Yet, for Staff Sergeant Silas Cross, affectionately known as 'Marsh Silas,' this complacent, monotonous service will change. Soon, Marsh will find himself embarking on a long journey, one that will take him not only across Cadia's sacred soil but that of the Imperium's realm, fraught with peril, obstacles, self-discovery, thought, doubt, faith, love, loss, despair, comradeship, darkness, and hope. A soldier through and through, Marsh Silas will find his mind, his fortitude, and his faith challenged as he struggles to leave a little good in the Imperium he serves and to enfranchise the people he loves so dearly

Information:MarshSilasis aWarhammer: 40,000fanfiction series that directly engages with the innate darkness of the 41st millennium and will proceed into the current, canonical timeline. Themes include humanism, self-betterment, brotherhood, and unity of purpose. It is primarily an action-adventure story, imbued with military drama, the sci-fi elements of 40K, and incorporates elements of mystery, horror, and romance. As the series expands, there will be multiple perspective characters, including non-human ones, and eventually expand into other, spin-off series.

Upload Schedule:Two chapters will be uploaded per week, one on Wednesday and one on Saturday, usually in the window of 7:00PM/19:00 to 8:00PM/20:00, US Eastern Standard Time.

Artwork: Cover art and select illustrations are provided by Caffinated-Pinecone, with additional illustrations and artwork provided by Fail4Fun, CharlieGrins, lonestargazer, and Craftworld Archivist.

Discord:If you'd like to partake in polls, discussions, and homebrewing for the story, and see exclusive artwork, please consider joining our Discord server, Vox-Taps. You must at least be 18 years old to join. Please notify me that you're interested in joining and of the entry age via PM. Because of the high frequency of bots and scammers littering platforms such as this, I ask that you write clearly and correctly, otherwise I'm going to assume you're a bot and I'm going to ignore the message.

Information

Status
Hiatus
Year
2024
Author
AmbroseVox

Tags

ACTIONADVENTUREDRAMASCI-FIMALE LEADWAR AND MILITARYGRIMDARKPROGRESSION

Royal Road Stats

Rating
3.9/ 5.0
Followers
131
Views
84,607

Chapters(208 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

  • SamiKamiRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    The Marsh Silas series is an excellently crafted work of literature. Following the main and titular protagonist Marsh Silas and Co on an interesting and beginner friendly adventure to Warhammer 40K, this series boasts the quality of a properly written and published novel.
    The character development and growth is amazing to see, and feels real rather than just arbitrarily changing characters as time passes. Events stick with and define characters and their future actions. Even secondary and tertiary characters have visible and logical progression and growth, something that not many fanfictions I’ve read take the care to do.
    Ambrose’s writing style is amazing as well. A very simple to understand but detailed sense of writing makes it very easy to imagine these scenes unfolding directly in front of you. I’m no author, but this is a masterclass in how to write and tell a story effectively and from a character’s point of view.
    The characters themselves are balanced and very well made for the setting that is Warhammer 40K. Not overpowered and winning every fight they get involved in, the story is very interesting.
    For the incredibly vast setting that is Warhammer 40K, this story is incredibly beginner friendly. Almost everything you need to know is creatively elaborated on in the story, which only helps its appeal.
    11/10, would read again for the first time if I could. I read the entire series in 3 days.
  • NeslonRoyal Road
    ★★★★ 4.0
    Well written and interesting. I think it's well put together. The paragraphs are a hair longer than average on here but it's very descriptive not just exposition. The author tal s his time introducing the 40k atmosphere so those unfamiliar won't be totally lost but also leaves a lot of details unexplained for the reader to pickup as they go.  All in all I think the beginning is well done and worth checking out the first few chapters.