Realmshaker: Giant Progression LitRPG

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Norse Mythology. DnD. High Fantasy Progression LitRPG.

Rhonda is a noble giant⁠—a huge savage beauty learning to become a ranger and a chieftess. But five centuries after a terrible war eliminated the noble giants' civilization, Rhonda wakes up alone on a runic ritual site far from home. Her culture is plundered, erased, and nearly forgotten. Terrible beasts roam the land, and smaller beings are taking over. Stranger yet, there’s a mystical mechanism revealing to Rhonda her class, attributes, perks, star power, and more.

It’s the Star System.

And its master could be an eldritch thing covering the world, unknown to all except the giantess herself.

Follow Rhonda and her friends on an epicCONQUESTto collect star power, go berserk on their enemies, and make an impact that no one can ignore. The noble giants' civilization may have fallen, but it’s Rhonda’s birthright to shake the realm.

REALMSHAKER Book 1 is officially on KU!

The cover art is done by KrazeKode.

Information

Status
Ongoing
Year
2021
Author
Epikos

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4.2/ 5.0
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1,201
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72,265

Chapters(8 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

  • xam54321Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Overall
    Simply a great read, once you get a taste of it you just want to keep reading as much as you can!
    Story
    Just an amazingly done Progression LitRPG story! A great hook that ignites any reader's interest in the story and the world, additionally an overarching mystery is introduced that makes sure that the reader pays attention to any world building elements in search of answers! Speaking of which, the worldbuilding, history and lore is incredibly well done, when the main characters arrive at a location they can both contribute which is very rare!
    Character
    Very well writen characters with clearly defined goals, intrest and motivations! Probably the most noteworthy element is the duality of the main character, with one side of a trained ranger letting her prevail in the unknown situation that she found herself, and with the other of a leader/diplomant allowing her to accumulate friends and allies!
    The only reason that I gave this category 4.5 stars is that sometimes I feel as tho the characters don't act correctly, but if some one asked me what exactly the problem was I wouldn't be able to point to a specific spot or incident, it's just a gut feeling.
    Style
    Nothing much to be said there, the author has a clear and concise writing style that is able to pass on what the characters are feeling, why they are doing their current action and where all of this is happening. Additionally the pacing is well done, with no noticable boring spots and a constand feeling of progression with spikes of excitement, in my opinion the perfect example of how it should be done.
    Grammar
    Didn't notice any problems.
  • ArcaneMaze100Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    The story is good overall, no mistake could be seen and I can enjoy the stories as it is.
    Very recommended. The story is in the first person and from the very first chapter we already who she is and what she is. Also I never read a story about a giant before and its fun lmao
  • Vitaly S AlexiusRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Realmshaker [A Giant Progression LitRPG] by Epikos takes the readers to fantasy lands filled with delightful servings of Norse Mythology, Dungeons and Dragons and bloody violence.
    Rhonda, the giant is a strong female main character who is cast hundreds of years into a disant future in which the Giant's civilization has been decimated by the war between Fae and Dragons. She is the last of her race and she must learn to become a strong ranger as taught by her mother long ago. She finds herself a new friend - who is a small, clever goblin who can make things explode and their relationship is all sorts of wholesome fun in which they murder things together with fists, rocks and explosions such as giant squirrels, bears and wolves and encounter a variety of primordial beasts on their journey.
    Spelling is pretty good, only a couple of small mistakes in spelling here and there, but sentence structure is superb and flows very smoothly, no complaints there.
    Characters overall are excellent - relatable and lovable.
    Overall: Is definitely a huge improvement over the original concept of this book, the Lazy Giantess. Epikos takes everything that was good in the original and pushes it entirely to a new epic level of fun!
    The story is very catchy, check it out.
  • crackheadRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Nice read  I have been enjoying this story. lets get the big four ove first.
    Grammar I have seen few or none so no down side there.
    Style girl power Yes. Frinds that work on all kinds fo diffrences that they must work on and live through.
    top noch.
    I just hit on story and character but I shall move on.
    Story  A giant an A gobblen and a human go in to a bar Oh no soor diffrent story LOL  no just think about that 18 or 19 foot tall with someone 3 or 4 foot tall, makes work somwhat tricky but they make it work, world bilding is on going and the LitRPG good.
    Well what can I say I do like it happy your going back to your studes but sad the chapters well slow down.
    I think you are doing a fine job on your first LitRPG story.
    I gave the overall five stars!!  looks like I need a few more words here goes what. shrug
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  • AllantherRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Review at chapter 20 / page 181.
    Realmshaker [A Giant Progression LITRPG] is in every sense a true fantasy novel.
    Rhonda, the Realmshaker is a giantess sent through time.  When her people were threatened, they sent their miracle princess, a giantess born from a fire giant father and ice giantess mother through spellwork into the future.
    Rhonda arrives five hundred years after the war that led to the deaths of giantkind, as well as dragonkind and the fae, in a much changed world ruled by humans with a system and overseen by a single god.  A god with dark designs on the world.
    Will she recover from her lost past?  Find victory over the hundreds of new monsters that inhabit her new world?  Find peace amongst humans and their goblin slaves?  Become strong enough to save a world that doesn't want to be saved from a dark god?  There's only one way to find out.
    Style Score:  this story is told in first person point of view, and does so excellently.  While there are minor improvements I personally feel could be done to increase characterization, that doesn't detract from the read.
    Story Score:  The story pacing is excellent.  Scene setting and descriptions work well so far.  Author shows a minor fixation on the breasts of the giantess, but that is less prominent than fanservice in most animes.  This was the only thing that caused me to lose immersion and losing immersion is why I didn'tgive this part a full 5 stars.  Otherwise, plot is freaking magnificent.  Worldbuilding is awesome.
    Grammar Score:  In 121 pages, I found one typo and was too busy reading what happened next to concern myself with marking it down in the comments for the author to fix.  Granted, I'm not the best for proofreading.
    Character Score:  Characters, only two real characters so far, both speak with their own voice and I had not issues with either.
    Realmshaker is definitely worth reading in my opinion.  I hope you do give it a chance, but, honestly, I'll be too busy reading it to worry about what you'r
  • Chakra the DrelkRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is a fantastic story with fantastic characters so far. Each character has their own story to go with them and each one is unique in their own way. Development seems to be right on point as it isn't too overpowering whenever they star-up. It's like the right amount of progression for the effort put into their tasks. The author put a lot of heart into researching the characteristics and history of each character as well. Which brings me to the story, fantastic! Rhonda's goal is the perfect setup for a long term novel that brings a lot of action to the plate. I'm going to mark this down as one of my favorite story's ever because of 3 reasons, it has a non-human MC which isn't just a pseudo human like a vampire or a werewolf that never turns into its wolf form. It's an actual character with actual problems that "normal" humans never have. Two, the progression system in this world doesn't make people overpowered, but just enhances what they can do with themselves in just the right ways. Three, this author is one hell of a worker with one hell of a work ethic. I believe they deserve more praise for the amount of work they put into this story. Highly recommend checking out Vainqueuer the dragon if you like stories like this one, but in my opinion this novel is better!
  • CortishaneRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    The merge of Norse mythology and DnD is delightful, and I love the way the dialogue is written. It manages to feel "old world" without being tedious ( looking at you, FF14 Urianger). I'm excited to see how the system of progression works with our heroine vs the other races of the world. I've read dozens of stories with game like mechanics in them, and it can be overbearing at times, but so far that is not the case here. You get just enough to get a feel for how it can help or hinder, and there's no slog of an info dump to get through either. It reads like a good fantasy story should IMO, you learn with the characters.
  • L'odeur de WumpusRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This takes everything I was excited about for Lazy Giantess, and throws out all the stuff that made me drop it.
    This is a fun story with intriguing hooks and a neat twist on systems.  I hope the hunger thing doesn't get taken too far - that got really tiresome, but as of the current chapters, it's perfectly fine.
    Style: It's quite readable, paragraphs and dialogue flow nicely.  Exposition isn't too heavy-handed.  Dialogue especially tends to be a problem with a limited cast, but I've found it to be pretty alright so far.
    Story: We're still at the early stages, but I'm interested.  There's an engaging and interesting world background that makes me wonder about it, and our MC has reasonable and interesting motives.
    Grammar: Excellent grammar for royal road.  An editor would help for things like comma usage, but it's nothing serious.
    Character: The best part of the story.  Not only the MC and her goblin companion, but I feel like the characterization of the MC's parents and servant are wonderful and, more importantly, the MC's focus on thinking about things from the perspective of other characters lends a really nice bit of depth.  I really, really like that the MC frequently tries to think about things from others' perspectives.  It really makes her feel like a living person who is doing her best in every way.
    Conclusion:  If you like fantasy-with-a-system, give it a read.
  • PoonMonkeyRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is a good one. And a nice break from the typical non-human MC. A giant is still humanoid but we can see the subtle differences that make her stand out. The Litrpg elements are acceptable.
    The best part of this has to be the Characters. Mofee is cutu. But Rhonda feels like an actual individual with a personality. She is still exploring her values and philosophy and acting her age. Many a times we see MCs having already developed thier values and beliefs which make the story very stale. Not this one.
    Her father being a Charismatic leader and her mother being a Savage combatant gives her two different ways of thinking. This setup makes her a flexible person and its a pleasure to see her navigates situtaions.
    The language is very comfortable to read. Dialogues feel natural. There is no jarring grammer. Good read.The world also feels pretty fleshed out. We dont really see the Ancient=Powerful trope.  Also very excited to see Giant MC as they are usually side characters or villains. Very promising
    And unlike this review the story doesnt have muck filler. On that note have some more filler to meet word requirement. On that note have some more filler to meet word requirement. On that note have some more filler to meet word requirement. On that note have some more filler to meet word requirement
  • SophoclesRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    The story is well written and has no grammatical or spelling errors that I can spot. I'm really enjoying the savage aspects of the fight scenes, they are quick and dirty as they should be. The characters we've met so far, just 2, are well written and have depth. Give it a go if you're interested