PART 1:

Kade Evans got handed a bad hand in life, being left with little and nobody he can count on. Having experienced betrayal he finds himself living alone and with nothing to live for.

A newly launched fulldive game: 'New Earth' offers him something he is looking for, whether that is a goal, a chance to start over, or a way to escape the past.

Will he be able to find a new beginning and live in peace as he hopes, or will the past find him before he is strong enough to handle it?

Part 2: (Do not read if you don't want any spoilers).

Kade Evans, now known as Azrael, Lord of the End Forest, has been slowly warming up to the inhabitants of the world who have elected him as the [Lord] of their small out of the way village buried deep in one of the forests at the end of the known world. So far he's survived mischievous gods, kidnapping Primordials and having to interact with other players, but when one of the world guardians - a red dragon that protects the western End Mountains - almost razes down his village, he realises that his adventurers are far from over. He joins a suicide raid to take it down, but old enemies have caught wind and are seeking to claim the dragon for themselves.

[Winner of the April 2021 Royal Road Writathon challenge].