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Chapter 96 - An Unexpected Evolution
Welcome to Arc 3!--------------Unknown LocationAn ancient stone hall near mountains, TzintkraIncarnateMore than an Aspect, you are an Incarnate. Your Concept sets what the meaning of the Affinity you Incarnate does and does not mean. Your Incarnate will always be a part of you, and you will always be a part of it.As an Incarnate, you are not capable of combining or otherwise altering this Affinity...
Arc 3 Teaser
Pulled from a hopeless (if powerful) future back to the moment of Earth’s integration to try to improve the outcome, Serenity has met unexpected threats and unexpected allies - even friends. Everything is different this time. His girlfriend’s alive but back on Earth while Serenity is stranded on another world. He has a promise of a way out, but first he has to find a place to start.Raz’s lif...
Appendix 5 - Commentary and Reference Info
Note for today - it turns out that I made a mistake and used Sterath instead of Stallet for Raz's Academy/City/ancestor. Oops. I've fixed these mistakes, and will try to use them correctly moving forward.--------------------Author’s CommentaryI’m not planning on rewriting anything soon, but I thought I’d share my thoughts with you on how the ride’s been so far. Bumpy is probably th...
Appendix 4 - Characters of Arc 2 and Comparison Character Sheets
DO NOT FORGET TO READ CHAPTER 95! It also posted today (5 minutes earlier)!It's the end of Arc 2, so it's worth a look :-)Enjoy!Arc 2's tentative title is Time or Death.-----------------Character List of Time or DeathThis list does include people mentioned in both Arcs to date. I’ve included some people who showed up only in one scene or a small group of scenes, if they’re characte...
Chapter 95 - Aspect Ascension
Enjoy!--------------[Path Quest Stage 2][Goal: Complete a Path Choice Quest][Reward: Transportation to Earth][Optional Goal: Recruit Assistance for Self or Earth][Optional Reward: Additional transportation to Earth][Penalty for Failure: Discontinuation of Path Quest]Serenity had never been told he needed to find a Path Choice Quest before; they usually just appeared when the conditions were right....
Chapter 94 - Tutorial’s End
Enjoy!-------------In the morning, Serenity woke up to the noise of the waterfall and Rissa running her hands along the downy fuzz on his spine and wings. It was relaxing and comfortable and she seemed happy, so he snuggled into her and let her rub his back.Eventually, the quiet moment ended. Both of them were used to getting up and going in the morning, and Serenity was hungry. Rissa gave him som...
Chapter 93 - Celebration (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------They were led to a long cave with tables piled high with food. The room itself was hung with tapestries, most of which seemed to show different varieties of dragon. It didn’t look anything like Serenity expected a kobold area to look; he’d expected the same run-down, poorly-constructed, filthy sort of place goblins tended to make, but this wasn’t like that at all. It was c...
Chapter 92 - Mirror Match (Stage 3)
Enjoy!--------------The doors were marked with a sea lion, a bipedal lizard in clothing, and a large manlike figure. It was pretty easy to figure out they needed to take the last door (“Yeti”), the sea lion door, and the kobold door.When they walked through the kobold door, they found themselves in a cave. Unlike the last corridor, this one twisted and wound like an actual cave passageway, tho...
Chapter 91 - The Final Level (Stage 3)
Enjoy!----------------When they appeared on the tenth level, they appeared in a square white-walled room. In the middle of the room was a black stone pedestal with a plaque on it and three of the walls held a gray door. The doors had easily visible, colorful symbols that looked like a butterfly (or maybe a moth, since it wasn’t very colorful), a heart (the symbol, not the organ), and a lizard (o...
Chapter 90 - Watch Out! (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------After four days of enforced downtime due to Lancaster’s injuries, Serenity felt anxious to get back into the dungeon to have something to do other than answer inane questions from the people who didn’t delve. Somehow, he’d spent nearly half the time dealing with questions and arguments between people. Someone had to be handling them when he wasn’t there, right?He had man...
Chapter 89 - Maybe this was a Big Mistake
Enjoy!----------------Unknown Campsite, TzintkraThe evening of Earth’s integrationRaz had never traveled on a floating metal disc before, and if he ever had the choice, he never would again. Not unless it was a much better design. Either a place to sit or something to hang on to, at the least. The flying carpet was a much more stable experience!Gustav hopped off the disc and held out his hand. T...
Chapter 88 - Flight to Tzintkra
Enjoy!Edit: Corrected Sterath to Stallet.----------------Sunrise Dungeon, AsihanyaThe afternoon of Earth’s integrationIt took Raz longer to get back to Aki than he’d expected. New monsters had wandered in from elsewhere in the dungeon - or maybe they’d respawned. They weren’t supposed to respawn that deep in the dungeon, but they weren’t supposed to spawn in the first place, either, so w...
Chapter 87 - Riding the Bull (Stage 3)
Enjoy!--------------Serenity needed to get the bull’s attention. “HEY UGLY LOOK OVER HERE.” Insults sometimes worked, and they didn’t cost anything.It didn’t work this time.Fine then. He needed to do something drastic; trying to outlast it wouldn’t work unless he could get it to stop first. Serenity circled around behind the bull. It turned a little, but when it had to choose between w...
Chapter 86 - Sea Lions (Stage 3)
Enjoy!------------The pool the kelp monster came out of led to a kelp forest. It was as beautiful as the coral reef, and both similar and different at the same time. Unlike the reef, there wasn’t a clear path through the kelp; it had to be carefully stepped around or even pushed over a bit when there wasn’t enough room to get through. The water was also noticeably colder, and there were differ...
Chapter 85 - Safe Enough (Maybe?) (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------“The magic you’re using. You said Essence is what makes monsters?” Rissa touched the side of Serenity’s head and gently turned it to face her.Serenity met her eyes. “Yes. That’s what makes it dangerous.”Rissa shook her head. “No, inexperience is what makes it dangerous. Having the magic that can fix exactly what you’re worried about is what makes it safer. If s...
Chapter 84 - Finding an Alternative (Stage 3)
Enjoy!--------------The analogy to a blood donation threw Serenity. He wouldn’t have had an issue if it had been a blood transfusion; why was this different?It was. He would be literally drinking Rissa’s blood. It was wrong. He didn’t want to be a vampire.Yet he wasn’t sure how to express that. He wasn’t even entirely certain why he felt it was different....He did feel better than he had...
Chapter 83 - A Kraken Plot (Stage 3)
Enjoy!------------------[Dungeon Party]Serenity - Battle Adept - Melee Tank, Melee Damage, Self HealingMoira (Follower) - Mage - Ranged Damage (Magic)Echo - Baffles - Ranged Damage (Magic), ScoutLancaster - Steadfast - Melee Damage, Agility TankRissa - Time’s Eye - Healing, SupportAll of the other groups had left by the time Rissa, Moira, and Echo were ready. Lancaster waited with Serenity near ...
Chapter 82 - Looking for Options (Stage 3)
Enjoy!--------------The next morning was awful. He felt dreadful when he woke up, tired and slightly dizzy. He was up before Rissa, which was just as well; he could change shape before she woke.The shift was strangely painless. He didn’t feel hungry while he was shifting, and the relief was incredible until it hit him again when he finished transforming. A look down gave him the bad news; it had...
Chapter 81 - An Apology or Two (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------------The goat path led to a crevasse in the ice. The path led down one side and directly to another tunnel entrance. This tunnel seemed larger than the ones they’d explored at the entrance to the level, but it was even more regular. The sides were smooth, and looked partially melted.Serenity was more than half convinced that the damaged ship at the beginning had been stage dr...
Welcome!
Welcome to the Patreon for After the End: Serenity!For anyone who's somehow found their way here without knowing what After the End: Serenity is, it's a story I publish daily at https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/44593/after-the-end-serenityThere are currently 7 advance chapters (1 week) available here for $5 a month.And for those of you who think this welcome is out of order - you're r...
Chapter 80 - Ice (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------------[Dungeon Party]Serenity - Battle Adept - Melee Tank, Melee Damage, Self HealingMoira (Follower) - Mage - Ranged Damage (Magic)Echo - Baffles - Ranged Damage (Magic), ScoutLancaster - Steadfast - Melee Damage, Agility TankRissa - Time’s Eye - Healing, SupportThe seventh floor was cold and the walls were coated in ice.So was the floor.And the ceiling.Light came through the...
Chapter 79 - Second Path (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------------Serenity woke up as a hatchling dragon again. Fortunately, he’d once again awakened before anyone else, so he was able to shift back without anyone noticing the slip.When they got back into the dungeon, they pulled a couple of Death elementals, then finished the puzzle. The poles sank into the ground and were replaced by a pedestal with a crystal floating above it and a ...
Chapter 78 - Puzzle (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------------[Dungeon Party]Serenity - Death-Eater - Melee Tank, Melee Damage, Self HealingMoira (Follower) - Mage - Ranged Damage (Magic)Echo - Baffles - Ranged Damage (Magic), ScoutLancaster - Steadfast - Melee Damage, Agility TankRissa - Time’s Eye - Healing, Support[Select level: 5 or 6]When the group appeared on the sixth level, they stood at the edge of a large stone room. In t...
Chapter 77 - It’s not That Easy (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------------“Today’s been mostly wasted, but we needed the rest.” Lancaster carefully didn’t look at Serenity, but Serenity knew he was a lot of the reason they hadn’t continued on; they couldn’t, while he was in an egg. “We should head back to the surface, see how the other groups are doing.” He turned to face Serenity. “I already warned them to take any cities they...
Chapter 76 - Finishing Level 5 (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------------Once the pants situation was resolved and Echo finally stopped laughing, everyone gathered around Serenity. Serenity was examining what little he could see of himself.First of all, he didn’t have a tail. He was grateful for that; it meant there had been no surprises when putting pants on.His chest was covered in scales that seemed to shade from deep blue to deep purple, ...
Chapter 75 - Hatching (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------------Something woke Moira. She was comfortable, and didn’t want to get up. It was light out, but it’d been light out when she went to sleep. That wasn’t what had woken her.LonelinessIt stabbed through her, and suddenly she was completely awake. Lancaster was still asleep next to her as she tried to figure out where the feeling came from.All AloneIt had to be Serenity. She...
Chapter 74 - Dragons! (Stage 3)
Enjoy!-------------------Why did Chimera disappear on the first one?[The first option is an Evolving Path, while the second is a Chimeric Path][Transitioning to the Evolving Path removes your current Heritage, including all chimerical features, but you would gain all Species abilities of the species you belong to][Following the Chimeric Path maintains your full history but limits your Species abil...
