The Cassidia Saga

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Roric is the only son in a family of farmers. He dreams to leave his village and break free from its rules of life. When a tragic event shakes the roots of his life he is left alone, almost dead and forced to confront his childish powerlessness. With the help of a mercenary band and a kind priest, he will deal with the shadows of the past and find his true strength.

TheCassidiasaga is a sword and sorcery styled adventure. It spans several books. Updated onTuesdayandFriday.

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Status: Hiatus
Year: 2018
Author: Sigurd

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Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
Followers: 226
Views: 184,746

Chapters(96 total)

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Community Reviews(10)

RexorRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I've followed this story almost since the start and I've watched as it changed and grew. What started as a simple fantasy story became one of my all time favorites.
Style: not many on RR write like this. Thr author knows how to be elegant and emotions find their way into the reader easily
Story: patience is a virtue. Give it to this book and it will reward you. I've yet to meet a story on this site that gives me the same feelings, and explores fantasy in such an adult way. One of the most coherent worlds around here also
Grammar: almost on publish level. It's a joy to read
Characters: here's the shiny part. For what I've been able to know (I asked the author) all the characters have some sort of flaw, of weak point, that they'll need to come to terms with in order to progress. The fact that they look simple doesn't mean they are. In fact, I believe the main characters of this book to be between the best I've seen in any web fiction
Read this, seriously. You will thank me later.
Willingly_IgnantRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The authors good at making you give a damn about the characters, he or she is also good at turning the ones you find an annoyance into someone worth not getting annoyed by.
STARTS SLOW, GETS GOOD.
Most the other reviews at this time are early chapter reviews, but I've read to the end and I say jump in and if even after the story picks up from the start into more... stuff. trying not to outright spoil stuff, but yeah, if you read till the last chapter of this book/ first installment of his/her series and find it lacking or not of your tastes then I'm not sure its for you, but Roric is definitely the star of the show and don't worry he gets better and book 2 has just begun at the time of this review and I'm hungry for more.
VelaraRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This is part of a series of reviews where I read the first 50 pages of the book and give a verdict on if I wish to continue reading.
I'm at a bit of loss about what to say about The Warrior Orphan. It's got an extremely solid opening that I would expect to find in a published novel perusing the local book shop.
If you're interested in a story with a compelling coming of age narrative with a fantasy military bent this story is an excellent example. Better yet, the story is complete so you can enjoy the entire experience right now.
Favourite Part:
I think my favourite part is the narrative arc/pacing. The story moves along at a lively clip, with each scene flowing naturally from the last. Though, that doesn't mean that we get bogged down in the details, scenes end when appropriate and we are invited back into them at choice moments, without any really distruption in story flow.
It can be a difficult effect to achieve but I found that the Warrior Orphan executed it well. And consequently help my interest quite easily for the first fifty pages.
Least Favourite Part:
Awkward sentence construction. Every so often I'd encounter a sentence or a word used in a way that felt unnatural or jarring. These did not make for frequent interruptions, and in each case the meaning was clear, however from a pleasure of reading standpoint the book would be better for an editing pass from a native English speaker to clean up some of the distracting sentences. In the process ideally they would also clean up a few minor mistakes, like mistaken names and other such typos.
If I'm stretching a little, I will say that at times I found Tolwin and the Captain to both be a little melodramatic at times, which stretched credulity, however the impact on my overall enjoyment was minimal.
Overall
The Warrior Orphan is a good book, and you should read it. The plot is excellent, and the main character promises to be very interesting to watch grow.
5/5
hokolomopoRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The quality of the story is amazing. It's like you went to the library to buy a book, but the book is free and is on Royalroad.
Avery LightRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This review is written after reading up to chapter 17.
Firstly English is not my first language so please excuse my grammar.
Style - Descriptive, believable, and no jarring info dumps. My only complaint is the point of view indicator, frankly, you don't need it and it sometimes breaks the immersion while reading it.
Grammar - There are very rarely occasional mistakes but it did not interfere with the enjoyment of the story. In my humble opinion.
Story - Medieval setting, disaster struck the MC, thrown out from his little known world to the outside. Classic, but the way the author builds the world and interactions between characters fits like a glove in said setting, a bit slow for my taste and maybe it seems familiar for some people but interesting nevertheless.
Character - I think the MC needs to stand out more, the secondary characters feel like having the same amount of attention as the MC. With that being said, the chars are believable and some of the important ones were given great backstories like Lowan and the recruits so they kind of grow on me. The boy MC has the x-factor of heroes but it will take time to develop until becoming the wow-factor.
Overall - The stories shows the difficulty and struggle of a kid, as it depicts in the title, grim war circumstances seem to be the centerpiece here. All in all, recommended for those that savor reality with a touch of grimness stories.
Elliot MoorsRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This review applies up to chapter 15.
STYLE - The story moves along fairly briskly, and the prose reads smoothly. The only question mark for me is the use of dialogue tags in the way the author uses them, which I've never seen before.
GRAMMAR - The grammar and syntax are clean for the most part, marred by some occasional mistakes. It reads better than most stories on the site in this regard.
STORY - From what I can tell, this is low fantasy military fiction set in a medieval setting, and I thought it was really well realized, considering the politics of the different nations which are often referred to throughout the story. It gives me big Black Company vibes, except without the magic.
CHARACTERS - I enjoy many of the characters introduced, but I think for my taste the intentions and motivations are spelled out a little too clearly. I think the characters could be very engaging if the authors let their traits come across more naturally. In my view, there's no need to tell the reader whether a character is good or bad or in between--that will come across through the dialogue and the actions the character takes.
OVERALL - So far, the story seems to be shaping up into a sweeping adventure, reminiscent of many older fantasy stories, with a dark tone and a gritty realism when it comes to the depiction of war. If that sounds like something up your alley, check this one out.
Lewis AldanisRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Style
The prose is clear and concise, words like 'kid' and 'mister' and 'stuff' could be changed to more descriptive authoritative words.
Story
Being a completed story it is a sweeping tale of finding one's purpose in a sordid injust world.
Grammar
No visible mistakes, though lacking description.
Character
The characters have their own beliefs and agendas, though their voices are a bit too clearly laid out. It would help the author make them more captivating if they dealt with trauma by trying to hide their emotions from other people they don't know as people usually do.
WinterwispRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This review applies as far as chapter 20.
OVERALL - The Orphan Warrior is an interesting take on isses such as power, the use of power, and the responsibility of those in power. Reading of the struggles of a child, on a scene where he definitely does not belong, when he persists against all odds, is hammered down and still stands up again, is a compelling experience and it drives the story forward.
STYLE - The pace is steady and well maintainted. No sudden jumps in ability or powers, good foreshadowing and it raises enough questions to keep one interested in the world. The only issue I find here, is how the timetable may suddenly jump forward without any notice, contrary to my earlier point.
GRAMMAR - Generally no issue with tense, grammar and syntax is orderly for the most time. Besides this, spelling is excellent, so it is a fine clean read.
STORY - As I mentionend above, I find the story compelling, the themes exemplary of the human condition, and the world interestingly presented. Full marks.
CHARACTER - Every character has more subtletey than merely 'good' or 'bad', which mirrors the themes explored. Motivations are clear, and perhaps a little too clear - spelling them out to the reader rather than showing them. Granted, this is difficult, but the devil is in the details.
Finally, I hope this story keeps going and gains more attention!
B. A. Baker (Thedude3445)Royal Road
★★★★ 4.0
I was legitimately very surprised by the emotions within the opening chapters of The Cassidia Saga. The first chapter itself is a quite long, quite detailed look at a young child whose village is destroyed before his eyes, and it does not shy away from giving readers a glimpse at the terror and horror going on. Afterwards, the story introduces some likeable characters, actually fleshing them out enough for you to care about their plights, and then finally throws you into an adventure.
Now, this review only covers the introductory chapters of the story, the first seven chapters which constitute about seventy pages, less than ten percent of the story so far. The Cassidia Saga is a LONG story, and I am sure that this review barely scratches the surface of the overall plot and characters, but in terms of what readers might expect from the story when they first get in, I can tell you all about that.
The first seventy or so pages, because of the quite long first chapter, don’t progress very much. The main character is still just a boy stricken by pain and almost nothing has happened in the story. But luckily, the characters are engaging and the prose is relatively well-written, so it’s all good enough to recommend on that basis alone. I like the main character, just a young boy but one who is eager to learn and grow.
Though... It’s definitely not anything new. By that I mean, the beats in the story up to now are all very well-trodden; a boy’s village is destroyed, he’s found by some mercenaries, and he begins training with those mercenaries. There’s dozens, maybe hundreds of fantasy web novels that start in exactly this same way. It’s all well-crafted, but it doesn’t deviate from the path at all.
The hope must be that the fact that the introduction has been handled well means that the rest of the story will deliver just as strongly. But that’s not a question my weekly review can answer. The introduction is solid but not original, and if readers are still interested in wha
Sam WilliamsRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
Book one was excellent, it was gritty without being edgy, the characters were well written, and the low magic setting really worked. Unfortunately book 2 undid all of this. It honestly felt like it had been written by a different author. My 3 star rating is the average of what I'd rate both books, book 1 being a four star novel, book 2 being a 2 star mess.