Contents
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Copyright
Dawn of the Void Kickstarter
Great Soul Ranks
The Story So Far
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Epilogue
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Book 3 of
THE IMMORTAL GREAT SOULS
By
Phil Tucker
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BOOK THREE OF THE IMMORTAL GREAT SOULS SERIES
Copyright © 2024 by Phil Tucker. All rights reserved.
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either a product of the author’s imagination or used fictionally. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, without expressed permission of the author.
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The Great Soul Ranks & Corresponding Mana Type
Imperator | Noumenon
Crimson Earl/Countess | Diamond
Charnel Duke | Ruby
Blood Baron | Sapphire
Pyre Lord | Emerald
Dread Blaze | Gold
Flame Vault | Silver
Tomb Spark | Bronze
Emberling | Iron
Cinder | Copper
Char | Coal
The Story So Far
Scorio awoke within the Gauntlet, devoid of memories, to discover he was a Great Soul, reborn eternally to combat in Hell's depths. Unique among his peers as a Red Lister, he faced expulsion from the Academy by Chancellor Praximar but managed to flee into Bastion—a city encased within a cylindrical structure buried in the northern pole of Hell.
In the ruins of Bastion, he allied with Naomi the Nightmare Lady, who trained him from a Char to a Cinder and enabled him to tap into his inherent power. Reunited with his Gauntlet companions, Leonis and Lianshi, their training in the long abandoned Old Gauntler attracted Imogen the Woe's wrath, a threat they overcame with Imperator Sol the Just's assistance. This victory led to their reinstatement at the Academy, where Scorio sought the backing of House Chimera, only to fall into Praximar's trap of blackmail over his past misdeeds.
Rejecting manipulation, Scorio confessed his crimes to Chimera and lost their support, jeopardizing his chances to heal his Heart and continue training at the Academy. Desperate, he turned to Nox, an Imperial Ghost Toad, and through a unique fiendish ritual, ascended to Emberling. His defiance continued in the Gauntlet Run, culminating in an unexpected victory against the formidable Jova Spike, securing him first place and stunning the Academy.
Despite Praximar's begrudging praise and offer of patronage, Scorio chose independence, inspiring others, including Jova Spike, to follow his lead. Bastion ends with Scorio and his companions quitting the Academy, determined to uncover the truth behind the "Herdsmen" and the fabrications fed to them.
Beginning in The Rascor Plains, Scorio and his friends are quickly embroiled in the city’s unrest. Seeking to avoid a massacre, Scorio promises the revolutionaries to leverage the White Queen’s aid to convince the local Great Souls to reform.
The group aligns with Manticore, a small band that agrees to escort them to the Fiery Shoals. Just as they’re about to reach their goal, the party is saved from death by the White Queen, who teleports everyone back to her domain. Scorio’s news proves the catalyst for her own decision to abandon upper hell, and she agrees to forge the Queen’s Accords, a set of rules enforced by Heart Oaths that will forge a new administration of the Shoals, the Plains, and Bastion proper.
Celebrated as a hero, Scorio joins Manticore and trains under Daemon’s watchful eye. He and Naomi endure harsh conditions beside the Chasm to cleanse their bodies of Coal saturation. As they near their goal, Scorio is tricked into helping Manticore launch an assault on The Celestial Coffer, a whale-ship owned by the Iron Tyrant at dock in the Fiery Shoals. Betrayed, he is thrown into the depths of the Crucible, the subterranean font of the Shoals’ Gold mana to die.
But Scorio survives. Protected by Ydrielle’s prism, he spends two years evolving Nox’s Delightful Secret Marinating technique to protect himself against the Gold mana, and simultaneously Gold-tempers his body. Emerging as a Flame Vault, he seeks revenge on Manticore for their betrayal and the murder of Leonis and Lianshi. He systematically targets the traitors, and finds that Naomi has survived and Silver-tempered in the Chasm while he was lost.
Together they make their way back to Bastion, where they fall in with the remnants of House Basilisk. Their vendetta is interrupted when Scorio is taken prisoner, but Nox’s intervention and their freeing of the formidable Pyre Lady Druanna lead them to confront Praximar and Daemon. Aided by Jova, and the reborn Leonis and Lianshi, Scorio is able to slay the Chancellor in his own study, though Daemon is able to flee.
In the Chancellor's study, Scorio uncovers a book on secret societies, hinting at a more informative volume in LastRock’s Lost Library. Opting against joining forces with Jova, he and Naomi set out to find this book, continuing their quest to unravel the mysteries of their existence in Hell.
Chapter 1
“Blast it to the depths of the ten hells!” Naomi leaped to her feet, immediately shifting to her Nightmare Lady form. The change was instantaneous, and her bladed tail whipped back and forth as she glared at Scorio over the campfire with her blazing green eyes. “It’s impossible!”
He grinned and leaned back on his outstretched arms. “Careful. That sounded dangerously close to a compliment, seeing as I pulled it off with ease.”