For the longest time, Aideen Fiachna had only one prescient wish; to be the daughter her parents could take pride in.
The idea was a tall order, especially as her father stood at the head of the Templar order, and her grandfather as the Pope. However, she endeavored to try nonetheless.
Yet fate had a different path in store for her.
For all her efforts, all her best laid plans, were but the broken off crumbs of 'one day'. That day, she was brutally slain by a vile, accursed undead being.
Though, not even restful eternity awaited her in death.
She awakened inside a coffin. Her coffin. During her own funeral wake. Discovering, to her horror, that she had risen. Not somehow resurrected, no, but back in the form of that most hated of beings--the curse of undeath.
What will fate deal her next?
Chapters will range from 1-2.5k words, scheduled for release every day from Monday to Friday.
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Expect:
-Character progression in a journey of self discovery that spanned the ages
-World building
-Tragedy and Comedy in roughly equal measures
-Occasional action
Do not expect:
-Much in terms of romance
-Politics, barring passing views and mentions
-A lighthearted tale. This story will be a good bit grimmer than my previous one
Any comments, reviews, and criticism will be much appreciated.
And thank you for reading.
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This story is my original work and only posted on the Royal Road and Scribblehub websites. If you should find this story elsewhere or under another name, please let me know.
Also please don't be too hard on me when I make occasional grammatical mistakes, English is my third language after all. XD
Edit suggestions are very welcome though.
READ UP TO 55 CHAPTERS AHEAD ON MY PATREON AT https://www.patreon.com/Avitue
Starts out slow and relaxed, picks up pace for a bit before becoming one of the best slice of life stories I have found on the web thus far. Only negative point: The part about 'trying to be a daughter her family could take pride in' from the Synopsis doesn't realy comes up.
Otherwise, a fantastical story with fantastical world building. It also truly explores the consequences of being truly immortal and eternal in a world mostly consisting of mortals, and best of all: MC is not some evil powerhungry twisted murderhobo bitch which I am seeing all too often as of late. No, MC is, considering her circumstances, pretty normal.
If you are searching for something relaxed to read, without all those attempts to make up some nonesense shemes and dark atmosphere, you are right here. There is no greater evil to fight, no monster from beyond time and space waiting as the final boss, no, just a woman making due with living forever (, or unliving forever?).
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The story starts slow, but moves at a steady pace after chapter 14. I don't think the pacing is an issue since the chapters are not too long. The writing style is fluid and easy to read, another plus.
Overall, it's surprisingly fluffy for a story with this premise, but it can be attributed to the main character's personality. Aideen is stronger than she seems. Her sudden and brutal death only shocked her instead of giving her a crippling post death trauma.
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Boring. Not my type of story or writing I enjoy. Very slow paced. All the cool parts like powers and people are not emphasized in a interesting way. The whole premise of her being undead in a holy country with a family in the church was very underwhelming. It felt like it was just sweeped under the rug or underreacted. In short, not gripping at all, made me sad at the lost potential.
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