Soon Should a Spire Slay Her Son
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If you can find and ascend the tower, you will live forever. You will hold power over matter, time, and every other aspect of reality you may conceive. Names you won't lack, and you will, in time, be all men that can ever be.The name my mother gave me, I don't remember. The tower's sister, Karerak, calls me Unnamed One. But any first name you can imagine, i probably wore it with pride while I played mortal.If you can find and ascend the tower, you will live forever. It isn't optional. And while blessed is one who lives for a century and maybe even one who reaches a millennium, several of them... I find it unbearable.So now, with this diary and the tower as witnesses, I am going to spurn Ilucaris' gift. If ascending made me a god, descending should make me a man again. Less than man, according to Karerak's words.At the bottom floor of Ilucaris lies my mortality, or perhaps even my death. And I find either of them preferable to another year of immortality.[This fiction participates in the Royal Road Magazine, January 2024 edition]
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- Hiatus
- Year
- 2024
- Author
- Lack of Poochline
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- 4.7/ 5.0
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- SteelTricepsRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0This story follows the reverse of a typical progression fantasy: it depicts an immortal's journey to gradually give away the perks of immortality, hoping to regain their mortality, and eventually die.
Everything written for this story comes in the form of journal entries, written by the main character. Said MC has lived for an unspecified length of time (but likely many thousands of years), and is fed up with nearly total omnipotence and omniscience. They've experienced everything they could ever want, living thousands of lives as sinners or saints, and they long for uncertainty and risk.
Warning: this fiction is incredibly philosophical. The main danger when stories utilize heavy philosophical themes is when the author lacks the intelligence/ experience to support them. So far, the story holds up magnificently, but many people like to steer clear anyway. This sort of thing is right up my alley, and I'm loving it so far.
There's only a few chapters at the time of writing, but I felt the premise and start were promising enough to warrant the slight boost a review can provide. Best of luck moving forward!