Rebirth of Destiny I

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Description

In a world where magical runes called Rebirths rest in the hands of hostile nations, fourteen-year-old Aiden lived a quiet life in a small town conveniently named Khalm. Born with crescent-shaped irises and silver hair, young Aiden was never bothered by his unusual birthmarks until the night his life as a simple delivery boy changed. He was the 'Rebirth Destroyer', someone ruling powers deemed a threat.

Chased by death and the foretelling of the world ending by his hands, Aiden soon finds that there are few people he can trust.

My stories are fantasy-based and heavily influenced by classic Final Fantasy games ( by classic I mean 1-10 ) and other Japanese Role-Playing Games I used to enjoy, with one difference; the main characters are Black.

July 2022 update!

After months of deliberation, I've decided to continue with this cast of characters in the next books instead. The loose ends in this story have been keeping me up all night. I've gotten started on 2 sequels to this; Rebirth of Destiny II based on the good ending and the alternative ending. After I get a good backlog built up they'll be published once a week.

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2020
Author: Aaliyah_D

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Rating: 4.7/ 5.0
Followers: 28
Views: 28,753

Chapters(62 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

Sanderson Fanatic 103Royal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Right off the bat, it reminded me of Dororo. The child born deformed (arguably just different) and the lady wanting to kill it. It's a bit reminiscent of Greek myths like Oedipus, or Shakespearean plays like The Winter's Tale. In a good way. I'm a bit of a sucker when it comes to an underdog that's hated by birth. I wish the pacing was a bit slower at the beginning, but I get that's really just a personal preference. I like getting to know, and care about my characters, before lunging into the action. Though I can see the appeal of growing to care about characters as the action progresses. I also would have liked to have heard more about the magic system of Rebirth before we actually witnessed it in combat. It sort of came out of the blue for me and confused me at first. All in all, I'm enjoying the story! Looking forward to reading more in the future.
Ben ArissonRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Opening /Story - Like I said in my review title this story is really quite interesting. It does start off from the generic chosen one plot but I believe that it a really good launch point. From here it is up to the author to show us how creative they can be. From what I've read so far there's are a few interesting twists and deviations from the standard chosen one trope. The world-building was really great - I'm a sucker for good world-building.
Style. The author's style is dynamic which really helps to capture the action scenes. I would suggest that the author play around a bit more with the pacing to build up the tension of those scenes.
Grammar - Nothing major, the grammar was generally good. It would definitely benefit from another look through.
Characters - I haven't read enough to be sure about the characters yet. Characters, for me, usually take some time to warm up too - I've been burned before. Although the character Aiden seems very promising.
Really great series, so please check it out!