Eli was the highest-ranked warrior in the lands.Until he wasn't.

Overgrown magic brings trees and plants to life and mutates animals into otherworldly monsters. All attributes and skills once known are lost. Left with little but his wits and decades of weapons knowledge, Eli scrapes out an existence far from civilization, too old to fight, nursing his grief, unwanted by former allies who chose their downfall with the chasing of power.

Until two children are on his doorstep. A brother and a sister, alone and with their own secrets, dragging him back into the broken magic of their world.

Both bearing the same eyes as his son.

(The system in this story will take a while to appear properly given the nature of the world-building, and it will be a slow burn, but rest assured there will be stats.)

(Warning: there are plenty of made-up plants here as well as more familiar ones, this is not a world based on Earth so I had fun with the world-building. )

This story contains:- a plot-line heavy on the character relationships- a smart main character who will still make mistakes- a broken, "overgrown" magic system- mostly progression fantasy, a little litrpg- some chapters without stats- slow burn on the system, no info dumps

Chapters are 1.4-1.6K words. Lots of updates in the beginning, then every other day after that. 15 chapters ahead on Patreon!

If you are reading it anywhere other than Scribblehub, Royal Road, or Patreon, please let me know.