Royal Road
The Last Orellen
by sieley
A beautifully patient epic-fantasy progression setup with a serious hiatus caveat; the craft is strong enough that the incompletion warning has to be stated twice.
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A prophecy says Lord Orellen's ninth child will change the world, so hundreds of false heirs are created and scattered across a continent where any one of them might be the real threat.
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