Exiled Realm (GameLit Isekai)
novel
ARC 1 — 'THE FORLORN KINGDOM' — Completed ARC 2 — 'THE FIELDS OF RED' — Completed ARC 3 — 'THE WANDERING FOREST' — TBA Trapped in a foreign realm, where reality and the supernatural are blended into a game-like trial all for the amusement of some absurd Deity, Aomori Aiko has to battle with her missing memories and the many previous lives she has lived within this strange realm. She struggles greatly to come to terms with being well-known and renowned under the moniker "Raven-Black", despite having zero memories of what actions led to this. Aiko quickly finds herself facing a sadistically-designed trial that punishes its 'players' in countless ways, such as robbing memories and abilities if they are gravely injured, but she has to continue to rise and rise again, because only by progressing can she regain her past and figure out how to escape the Exiled Realm. As she advances through the Stages of the first World, The Forlorn Kingdom, and uncovers its story, she encounters people who idolise the person she was in the past, but also people who wish to harm her for simply trying to progress. Despite her lone-wolf nature, she makes some friends along the way, who teach her about her past self and her famous exploits. I have been writing on this story for about 4½ years, and thus have roughly 1400 pages' worth of material (though most of it needs proofing). This story is my baby that I have been raising for many years and is what originally brought me to RoyalRoad in the first pl