The Forgotten Five:
Levelling Up Together
 

​Fantasy novella inspired by games and their players

In a world fractured by magic and time, I, the humble storyteller, find myself piecing together a tale I can scarcely believe.
It begins with a halfling bard named Digram, whose discovery of a forgotten melody sets him and his companions on a dangerous quest. The dwarf Beryl, the human noble Minelira, and the elven warrior Lord Vaelior all carry their secrets, scars, and simmering tensions into this perilous journey. Together, they brave forests alive with menace, tunnels steeped in shadow, and caves where trolls plot their next meal. The magic rings promise a wish fulfilled, but as I uncover their history, I see how much more dangerous it is to seek what lies within one’s deepest heart. Perhaps I am no more than a scribe to their adventure—but if you’re reading this, you too are caught in its spell.

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I have a difficult task, dear readers: to describe to you the hapless mage, brother to three witches and former husband of Mistress Breezewort. But I shall endeavour to try.

Picture a nameless man who is both present and absent, a contradiction wrapped in frailty. You see him once, but if you glance away even for a heartbeat, he seems to dissolve into the shadows. No, he is not transparent, like a ghost, nor flat, like a reflection or a painted image. Yet, as you stand before him and look into his eyes, an eerie sensation creeps over you—a certainty that you are entirely, irrevocably alone.