Wood and Iron

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Description

A great tyrannical empire has fallen, its dark empress defeated. But peace remains elusive. The hero that had brought down the empire has vanished not long after their victory and what is left of the free western kingdoms reel from what they lost. They are left with empty thrones and eager claimants. The once mighty empire has shattered into pieces. It is a time of change, it is a time of political chaos.

Not that Elise could care. All this eccentric wand maker cares about is her craft. In a world where everyone has magic, hers is perhaps the weakest of anyone alive. Yet despite this, she will end up dragged into the political struggles created in the aftermath of the Undying Empress's fall. Though weak in magic, she is among the best at making wands and staves. Strange and sometimes belligerent she holds many secrets. This is a story about the shape the world took when the empress fell, this is a story about the proprietor of a small magic focus shop called 'Wood and Iron'.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2019
Author: Jerick

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Rating: 4.5/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(9)

j03manRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Story: The medieval fantasy world-building is amazing and is worked seamlessly into the narrative rather than dumped as exposition. The story is mostly told from the perspective of commoners with occasional chapters focused on nobility or soldiers to give the context of world events. Unlike many medievil fantasy novels, while there is conflict in the story it never ventures into misery porn or grimdark territory.
Grammar: Some chapters are proofread better than others. Sometimes the grammar's perfect other times there are missing words, extra words, or oddly arranged sentences, that made the chapter tough to parse.
The characterization and style are both very good I don't have any detailed thoughts on them as of this review (ch17).
Roguish wizardRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Fascinating background and world, interesting characters and a massive amount of potential. What's not to love!
Cold_SunRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
A gem of a writer. With no boxes and systems, this story stands a class apart.
Kay'oRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
👌👌 This story deverves a >4.5 star rating so imma try and bump those numbers up. This is not 50 word so let me just keep typing until the red requirement message goes away why is it still there god damn it this is totally 50 words just a nother couple should do it come on god damn it wtf i just want to leave a short review i dont think its going to disapear i just have to hit submit again. Embarrasing
Nobody4548Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
This story has potential, very nice steps telling so far. Looking forward to goes this goes...
DunimonRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
The story is very well written, its world building is superb. This feels like a high end story that absolutely has me wanting for more. My only complaint is that upload speed looks rather slow, but by god is it worth the wait.
TechmanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Fascinating story with a well thought out world, ingenious magic system, and characters that feel real. Blending the big picture kingdom stuff with people and relationships is done very well.
Only gripe is that the grammar could use some work. There are some run-on sentences and odd phrases that make me have to read things twice to understand.
All in all, a really promising story (only 18 chapters so far). The author has created a fantastic world with a unique twist on magic and I'm hungry to read more. Definitely recommend.
Edit (Aug 8): Making this an advanced review because this story is too good to not be trending. Doing my part to get it noticed.
WisdomKingRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Forgive me for i don't know how to write reviews,
this novel is good, really good, hope the author comes back soon
BioniclegeniusRoyal Road
★★★★ 3.5
The story has an excellent plot, strong characters, and the makings of a masterful story. It draws you in and immerses you, and you can't help but want to figure out what's going on.
That said, the author needs an editor. There are frequent run-on sentences, and at times it's as though they haven't heard of commas. For me, every time I hit one of these, it forcibly breaks immersion, which just adds to my frustration because there is such a good story hidden behind these flaws. This could truly shine with some minor, easy cleanup.
If lines like the following don't bother you, welcome to your new home:
"Keeping precise track of the time was a great way to avoid unpleasant surprises for instance soon these green hills would be replaced with a forest. Perfect he could work with this."