A Tale of Heroes (WIP) - 224k words. Updated 29/01/2025!

Question 3 is a bit of a spoiler, so I’ll skip answering that one right now, hope you can forgive me. :sweat_smile: All I can say is, the blurb I wrote about the game in the OP deserves a fair bit more scrutinity if you want to know about that…

As for the rest, though:

There are no hard limits, no. Technically speaking, the MC has a fair few, in the form of Super Strength, Flight, and Energy Manipulation. That’s not counting their Adaptive Evolution.

Same thing with Latooni, who has Telepathy, Telekinesis, and a very different sort of Energy Manipulation from the MC (this will be important later).

Forlorn also has three, and Ignis… um, spoiler, but you’ll see eventually why she’s the golden goose of her family.

The second part of your question goes more into this one, I think, so I’ll answer them together.

There aren’t any conceptual powers in the story, and it’s very unlikely that any will show up.

I agree that such powers are pretty OP and awesome to see, but they tend to be kind of hard to wrangle and limit properly (Lord knows how many mangas I’ve read get endlessly attacked for not using them properly), and some times, the story turns into figuring out how to sidestep them instead of the actual plotline.

I don’t really think I’m capable of wielding such esoteric skills properly, so the most you’re going to see regarding time and space is that someone can see the future (and even then it’s unreliable), and someone that knows precisely the correct way to move 100% of the time.

The big boy powers of the setting are going to be more common stuff. Atmokinesis, (forceful) power transferring, lifeforce manipulation, that kind of thing.


@Alfa_Rico Don’t worry, it’s not rude at all. :grin:

As to your question, there is another being close to the Monarchs’ level (as close as can be, anyway), and they have met.

But in general, it is meant to be unfair.

The Hero-Monarchs aren’t figures which the cast is meant to eventually shoot past, or threats capable of being contained. They’re meant to be these unstoppable figures which can’t be stopped despite individual effort who have their own agendas, goals, and who you can’t force to see things from your point of view, because they hold all the cards.

Those two are the epitome of what individual strength can be, and they’re just… beyond. They both push the supposed masters of the world (be it the Western or any other) out of the limelight, with all the good and bad that implies, as well as all the decisions it will lead people to make.

After all, you didn’t think I made the destruction of an empire’s whole army when it got in their way their most famous act for absolutely no reason, did you?

The Hero-Monarchs aren’t meant to be balanced, because their point is that they break the scale.

Right now, their power matters not, because the Queen is dead, and the King remains chained (which is, perhaps, a better situation than the Queen being alive and still holding the chains). They aren’t the destabilizing, geopolitical shattering, ‘cause the world’s armies to desert en-masse’ force that they would be, because they don’t care enough to remind the world why their mere presence kept three empires paralyzed for a decade.

But if people keep poking, if the Cult keeps putting out bait, if the world powers keep taking it, if foolishness outpaces caution, and if the last, sole chain is broken before the beast-tamer’s return…

Well, in the words of Forlorn and his opponent at the end of Chapter 10:

"Heaven have room."
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i’m so interested in forlorn’s story, your tumblr has me hooked

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Thanks! I really appreciate the support.

You’ll enjoy Chapter 5 if you’re looking forward to a bit more Forlorn mystery, and while Seeker/Ignis take the limelight in this Book, Forlorn/Aki take the center in the next two, so you have plenty to look forward to!

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I have to say that I’m glad my taste for the Friends to Lovers trope is vindicated here. Although, that probably explains Forlorn’s grumpiness for the first few months.

Forlorn: (watching TV)

Seeker: (staring longingly at Ignis)

Latooni: (dropping hints a mile-long to an oblivious MC)

Forlorn: (sighs and heads to the gym)

Aki: Where are you going?

Forlorn: To punch something. I don’t know when I’ll stop.

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Yep that basically sums up the team for the first chapters

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Can someone explain what the MCs powers are?? Also who are the romance options. A minor quibble you should also add an option to change your hairstyle and pick what color your eyes are. Just my two cents but overall a cool story

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Powers that we are aware of are Flight, Invulnerability, Super Strength, Energy Manipulation (focused blasts), and Super Senses.

Spoilers Ahead

EXTREME CAUTION when reading below, this is spoiler that will have breadcrumbs but won’t happen till like chapter 10.

Ignis is a doomed romance, no matter what you do you won’t end up with her…

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Oh c’mon, that’s not fair. If she ends up going for seeker, am going to flip

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Feel free to flip now, get it out of your system.

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like was stated might as well do so now lol because ignis and seeker have this thing going allready.

Forlorn might kill me but I’m still going for Aki. I don’t know if it’s stupidly or bravely at this point.

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Aki’s best girl!

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When did this wip come out, I must be blind missing all these good wips.

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It’s been out for ages. I’m surprised u didn’t find it sooner

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OP is dated Jan '21, so we’re coming up on its 2-year anniversary.

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Hm, Super Senses are Mars’ thing, actually, unless you mean that the MC can perceive things at high speeds and such?

As for invulnerability, that’s not actually a power the MC has. Their resilience has more to do with physics than a different power entirely.

That said, there’s also the Adaptive Evolution power, which is what lets the MC grow in power so (relatively) quickly.

And there may be more hidden, fit only to awaken in the most hopeless of scenarios…

Sorry about that.

Time flies. ;-;


Fyi, I got… super sick these past few days. I didn’t have a good time (though I did leave myself a hilarious hint for writing while I was wrecked with a fever), but I am essentially fully healed now, and near completely done. I’m just writing the ‘breakdance at the rooftops’ and ‘the BQ is a FUCKING WH- why do I hear boss music?’ scenes. The chapter should be out in the next few days, maybe even on New Years’ Eve itself to be properly dramatic.

Something I should note (though I’m not sure how helpful it will be until the chapter is out, I suppose) is that I’d like you all to prepare for dialogue suggestions. The more I’ve been writing this chapter, the more I’ve realized y’all have different (but entirely valid) views of its conflict and situation, and it’s been a bit hard to bridge the gap regarding how to represent everyone. I’ll be looking for a lot of suggestions on what you’d like the MC to say or think about some of the developments, since the chapter does have some ‘slow’ moments.

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Sorry to hear about the sickness, good to hear you’re feeling better!

So, when we come up to a sequence that looks like it came from a fever dream, it actually did? :stuck_out_tongue:

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You think too highly of me. :stuck_out_tongue:

No, this was what past me left for future me:

I’m perpetually 15 years old.

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I also wanted to talk about our hero names as well. After a lot of thinking and research I chose the name: Cryosar. It’s a another word for cold. What about the rest of you? Also how does the name Cryosar sound?

I go with Prometheus.

Super strong and tough, which ties into the view of Titans being giants.

Energy powers, and Prometheus gave the gift of fire to humanity.

And I chose to specialize in intelligence, which ties into Prometheus being the titan of foresight.

Sadly I can’t work the flight into the theme, oh well.

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