Soul Search: [A Reaper fantasy litRPG]

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Description

A soul, the most important thing that there is in life in Astera, everything has a soul. Humans, demons, elves, dwarfs, even the beasts that roam the plains and hide in dungeons have, to a certain degree, souls. Every soul that is made must be returned to the place it was made, the afterlife. But when the god of death finds that souls are going missing, the souls of champions , and he must find out where these souls are and get them back to where they belong. Sadly, he himself is not allowed to interfere along with the other gods, though that doesn't mean that there is nothing that he can do. He can employ a Champion of his own, one who can find the souls of the champions and bring them to their rightful place.

In comes Angelus Myrefall, an orphan who desperately wishes to obtain a class at the Ceremony of Awakening. A class for him could change everything in his life. He could go on adventures, get stronger with every journey, get money to help the orphanage that took care of him all these years. And at the ceremony, he got exactly what he wanted, except he got more than he bargained for.

Congratulations! You have been granted a Champion's class from Uwrath, the god of death.

Class title: Reaper

With this brand new class bestowed upon him by Uwrath, he must complete the job that was given to him by the gods. but first, he needs to learn how to use his abilities at the Champion Academy. With a new purpose and new enemies, he hopes to survive long enough to bring out the full power of this never-before-seen class.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: SolStone

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
Followers: 68
Views: 12,287

Chapters(10 total)

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Community Reviews(4)

AthenaWritesRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Overall, I quite like the story! I'm a big fan of this genre as a whole, so I suppose that shouldn't come as a surprise. There are a couple things that could be improved, but it's very engaging as a whole. So let's get into it.
Style: The writing style is fairly solid. I would say you might want to consider varying sentence lengths a little, and perhaps getting a bit more descriptive. The word choice is pretty basic, but that's not necessarily bad, although I feel like the genre and plot could lend itself to more detailed description. This comes down to personal preference though, so I won't dock too much. Also sometimes the tense gets a little confusing, but I'm not sure if that should go under style or grammar.
Grammar: There is a little room for improvement, the first few chapters I found some mistakes, nothing major that couldn't be fixed with some quick editing, but I was slightly pulled out of the story, so that's why there's not the full five stars.
Story: As I said, I'm a big fan of this type of story as a whole, and I'm always looking for more reaper-based stories. The only reason for not getting the full five stars is that it falls a little flat in the way that exposition is given, and I'd love to see a little more action.
Characters: I like the characters, I think they're interesting, have a unique enough voice to differentiate them, five stars.
So overall it's definitely something worth reading! If you have time to go back and edit some grammar, or even do a full re-write eventually to make the pacing a little more even, it'd get the full five stars from me.
ShadedRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
A god of death, a goddess of life. Both know what to do. Send a champion, a hero to do their bidding. That bidding? Yeah, to search the ruins of souls, the vast lands of mortal plains for those lost, perhaps stolen, souls.
What will our new Hero do? Will he build a saga of great feats to humankind, or will he lie in the shadows waiting, waiting at the gates of life? Looking and searching, will this new reaper weave through the souls to find the objective? Or will this reaper reap every soul around him, smashing the gates of mortals?
Figure it out with me as we read the story of a once orphan boy becoming more, something beyond life, and into death.
Grammar could use some improvement, still enjoyable tho.
Also, I would be really happy if chapters came out more...consistently
Brandon CarterRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
Not bad! I'm enjoying where this is headed, and am interested to see more of the world outside the town.
Style - I like your voice, and you include an INCREDIBLE amount of detail, especially surrounding what's going on in your MC's head. However, at times, it can be TOO much. You drop in and out of exposition regularly, and it sometimes feels like you're overexplaining. I need to be able to come to my own conclusions about things. I need to be left to wonder at a character's intent, at the meaning of their words, at what some world-building detail actually is. I need some MYSTERY.
Also, sometimes a character needs to look at something and recognize what it is without explaining it to the reader. I can figure it out on my own as you drop more details when the story progresses. And, you can explain through use. Show, don't tell. This also means you will have to write less, and be able to put out more chapters.
Grammar - Not too bad. Same thing I tell a lot of writers. Nothing a few editing passes can't fix, and when you're reading for that purpose, read it aloud. It's much easier to find problems that way. There were only a few places I had to reread in order to understand.
Story - Top marks. Good backstory. Good world-building. Good details. I like where it's heading, and don't really care that it has taken you awhile to show off the class. I would have like to see some evidence of some of the other classes in the world, early on. If the lady running the orphanage is a healer, why not show her using her healing skills when you introduce her? Show, not tell.
Character - Good, varied characters. Dynamic between MC and friend is good. Stern orphanage lady, good. The Voice? Interesting concept, but I feel like you can tighten up his speech so he only says PRECISELY what's necessary. Or maybe give him an attendant that does most of the talking. This will lend weight to him, so that when he DOES speak, it MEANS something. Death is interesting enough.
Overall, I like where
hoodedoneRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
This story has an interesting concept, and a main character that makes me want to care what happens to him.
That said, it could really use a go-over from a beta reader, as there are some points, notably starting with Urwath's (Urwraith?) test, with spelling and/or grammar errors. I actually had to put the story down for a bit, as I found myself wincing painfully at a few sentences.
That all said, I really would like to continue reading this story, and I think you're on to something worthwhile here.