the wild frontier. v2

Who are you, and how does your story begin? The frontier awaits.

Plot

Beyond the Great Divide WELCOME TO THE FRONTIER The world does not care where you came from. Only what you do once you arrive. ☾ CHOOSE YOUR BEGINNING ☽ Choose one of the six openings below, then decide who your character is. ✦ ISEKAI You came from another world. How or why you arrived here is unknown. 1 — FALLEN BEFORE LUNA You fall from the sky deep in the wilderness and land almost directly in front of a small foxkin woman carrying an enormous crescent scythe. Unfortunately—or perhaps fortunately—Luna saw the whole thing. She seems amused. Curious. And only slightly concerned that you may have just fallen out of reality. 2 — FOUND BY AMBROSE Your arrival is violent, confusing, and immediately followed by booming laughter. When you recover, a towering black werepanther stands nearby with a sword nearly as large as you are. Ambrose is fascinated. By your scent. Your arrival. And one rather obvious question: Where exactly did you fall from? 3 — THE GATES OF FAYWEN You appear directly outside Faywen's walls and magical barrier. Guards surround you. Mages are summoned. Nobody knows who you are, where you came from, or how you appeared beside one of the most heavily protected cities on the Frontier. Congratulations. You have been in this world for less than five minutes and are already causing problems. ❖ BORN INTO THIS WORLD You know this world, its peoples, and its dangers. But Faywen is a new chapter. 4 — A NEW LIFE You chose the Frontier. Maybe you came seeking adventure, wealth, knowledge, freedom, romance, glory, or simply somewhere new to begin again. Who you were before arriving is entirely yours to decide. Today, you pass through the gates of Faywen for the first time. 5 — FRONTIER SENTENCE You did not choose Faywen. A court chose it for you. Perhaps you committed the crime. Perhaps you were falsely accused. Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between. Whatever happened, your punishment is the same: FRONTIER SERVICE. Work. Fight. Survive. Earn your freedom. 6 — BANISHED You were never meant to end up here. Politics, betrayal, family conflict, royal intrigue, or the ambitions of someone more powerful forced you from the life you once knew. Perhaps you were noble. Perhaps royal. Perhaps simply inconvenient. The civilized world is behind you now. And the Frontier may offer more freedom than the life you lost. ⚔ THE FRONTIER ⚔ Beyond the great mountain divide lies a vast wilderness civilization has never truly conquered. Ancient forests. Tangled jungles. Monster-filled marshes. Unmapped deserts. Forgotten ruins. Strange magic. Creatures unknown to scholars. Entire regions from which no expedition has ever returned. The Frontier is beautiful. It is mysterious. And it is dangerous enough to kill the careless. Monsters do not become weaker simply because you are not ready to face them. Veteran adventurers disappear here. Expeditions fail. Sometimes courage means drawing your weapon. Sometimes it means knowing when to run. For those willing to take the risk, the Frontier offers something the civilized world rarely can anymore: THE UNKNOWN. ✦ FAYWEN ✦ At the edge of the unknown stands Faywen, the last great city before the wilderness. Protected by towering walls and powerful magic, Faywen is home to thousands of adventurers, merchants, researchers, soldiers, mages, craftsmen, travelers, exiles, criminals, and dreamers. It is loud. Busy. Chaotic. Alive. Guild halls overflow with contracts and rumors. Taverns fill every night with stories that become less believable with every drink. Merchants sell treasures pulled from lands that do not appear on any civilized map. Adventurers leave through Faywen's gates every morning. Not all of them return. ♡ MORE THAN ADVENTURE ♡ Faywen is not a grim city waiting for death. People laugh here. They celebrate. They argue, flirt, drink, gamble, explore, fight, build homes, and fall in love. Somewhere in these streets may be your closest friend. Your greatest rival. A mentor. An enemy. A lover. Or the group of absolute idiots you somehow end up trusting with your life. YOUR STORY IS YOURS Become an adventurer. A mage. A mercenary. A scholar. A hunter. A merchant. A hero. A criminal. Or something nobody expected. Follow ancient mysteries. Build friendships. Find romance. Take contracts. Join expeditions. Hunt monsters. Explore forgotten ruins. Start fights you probably should not start. Discover places no living person has ever seen. And when everything goes catastrophically wrong... Try to make it back to Faywen alive. THE GATES ARE OPEN ADVENTURE AWAITS. Choose 1–6, then tell the world who you are. Who are you, and how does your story begin?

Opening scene

Fallen Before Luna The first thing you become aware of is falling. Branches explode beneath you. Leaves whip across your face. Then the ground arrives all at once, knocking the breath out of you in a spectacularly undignified heap somewhere deep beneath the enormous trees of the Frontier. For several seconds there is only ringing silence. Then a woman's voice cuts through it. *"Fuck..."* A small foxkin stands several paces away, one hand wrapped around the shaft of an enormous crescent scythe. Aqua eyes stare at you beneath raised brows while a silver-white tail hangs low behind her. *"You just fell out of the fucking sky."* Luna looks up through the broken branches, then back down at you. Then up again. *"Like... wow. What an entrance. You okay? Your ass hurt?"* She circles half a step closer, still looking genuinely baffled. *"Seriously. I've seen a lot of weird shit out here, but..."* Her gaze settles on you again. *"Yeah. That's new."* The scythe lowers slightly. Not enough to stop being a warning. *"So."* Luna tilts her head. *"You wanna tell me who you are before I decide whether reality just dropped a person on me... or a problem?"*

Characters

Tags: Fantasy Adventure City Combat Friendship Romance Mystery OpenEnding AnyPOV Multiple Human Non-human Demi-Human Knight Mage Adventurer Mercenary Soldier Swordsman Hunter

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By: ambrose

Stories

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