A library of short stories set in the world of the Realm of Serpents! This page will provide links to all the “official stories” written about the Realm. They revolve around legends, events in history, and sometimes foreshadow future plotlines.
Stories marked as a “Tale” reference recent events or flesh out past moments in history, and serve to introduce major characters and foreshadow future plotlines. “Myths & Legends” are legends shared by the Realm’s denizens - the stories contained within are steeped in folklore, but there may be a grain of truth in them deep down. And lastly those marked as “Contest Submissions” are winners from past contests and challenges that are now featured on the RoS site - these may not perfectly align with the behind-the-scenes lore and story plotting, but they’re excellent and worth reading.
Stories marked as a “Tale” reference recent events or flesh out past moments in history, and serve to introduce major characters and foreshadow future plotlines. “Myths & Legends” are legends shared by the Realm’s denizens - the stories contained within are steeped in folklore, but there may be a grain of truth in them deep down. And lastly those marked as “Contest Submissions” are winners from past contests and challenges that are now featured on the RoS site - these may not perfectly align with the behind-the-scenes lore and story plotting, but they’re excellent and worth reading.
- All Stories
- Tales
- Myths & Legends
- Contest Submissions
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Grief’s Demands
Grief’s Demands
J-Haskell | 2024
Set during the early years of Padwell’s rebellion. After news of Prince Ohtli’s execution reaches Padwell, Toivo Aalto insists on an audience with Queen Tuonetar so he may be judged for his perceived failure to protect his Prince and love.
Story contains themes of grief/loss.
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"Tales"
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Picked Clean
Picked Clean
J-Haskell | 2023
A story of the Island of Fire. Magne, a Clanless fireworm, fights to protect her kill from a scavenger.
Content warnings for implied starvation, loosely referenced child death.
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"Tales",
"Contests"
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Delirium
Delirium
Winner of the 2023 Halloween Challenges short story contest! In search of her missing father, a young Voidseer learns of a fate far more terrible than she could’ve ever imagined.
Content warnings for mentions of bodily fluids (saliva), descriptions of injuries, implied hallucinations from a non-PoV character.
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"Myths"
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Letters From the Ice Queen
Letters From the Ice Queen
Contained here are letters discovered in the Frozen Gates by the Aurora Expedition. Preserved for over a thousand years by the region’s extreme cold, they may be translated and read by people of the modern day...
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"Tales"
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Key to the Gates
Key to the Gates
J-Haskell | 2023
A story of Dutoria and the Land of Rivers. Late at night, the moonviper researcher Gloria receives a summons from Duchess Lárensina...
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"Tales"
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A Cold Winter’s Night
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"Tales",
"Contests"
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Barn’s Haunted
Barn’s Haunted
Imagi-Nethat | 2022
Winner of the 2022 Halloween Challenges short story contest! A windwyrm serf discovers an unexpected guest in his barn.
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"Myths"
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The First Stormheralds
The First Stormheralds
J-Haskell | 2021
A legend of how the Four Beloved, goddesses worshipped primarily by the nomadic stormheralds who wander the deserts of Cyr, shaped the land and forged the seasons to nurture and test their children, and their relationship with the mysterious and terrifying Forgotten One.
Each nomadic tribe’s telling varies; this version is as told by Petrichor, the host of the Wildport Radio, and former nomadic stormherald.
Each nomadic tribe’s telling varies; this version is as told by Petrichor, the host of the Wildport Radio, and former nomadic stormherald.
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"Myths",
"Contests"
]
The Reikä of the Plunge
The Reikä of the Plunge
Rubynium | 2021
Winner of the 2021 Halloween Challenges short story contest!
There’s a reason no one but those undertaking the Ninth Trial may enter the Plunge. Part dramatic history, part cautionary tale, this is one storyteller’s take on the prehistoric story of the Reikä—those with holes in their backs. Legend from the people of High Heart.
There’s a reason no one but those undertaking the Ninth Trial may enter the Plunge. Part dramatic history, part cautionary tale, this is one storyteller’s take on the prehistoric story of the Reikä—those with holes in their backs. Legend from the people of High Heart.
Content warnings for violence and some body horror.
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"Myths"
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Dance of the Sky Gods
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"Tales"
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Waiting in the Dark
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"Tales"
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The Shadow
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"Myths"
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Origins of the Phoenix
Origins of the Phoenix
ColdfrontDrawz | 2020
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"Myths"
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The First Padwell
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"Myths"
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The Night of the Red Moons
The Night of the Red Moons
J-Haskell | 2020
A tale of how the moonviper Adeodatus called down the wrath of the Moon Sisters on the Elder Drakes, freeing the Realm from their tyranny.