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The Bloodforged Kin

The Bloodforged Kin

by R. W. McRae

ActionAdventureApocalypseAttractive LeadContemporary

(If you are reading this anywhere other than Royal Road or Amazon/Kindle then it is a stolen copy)  "My name is Zavier Torres, and The System didn't just end the world - it turned my family into weapons we never wanted to become. When reality collapsed, people expected heroes. Instead, they got a regular dad who barely knows what he's doing, teaching his kids how to kill so they might live another day. My wife and I had a plan: train together, stay together, get stronger together. That lasted about five minutes. In this new world, mercy is death and family is the only thing worth dying for. Lone wolves have to be perfect every time - but when you fight as a family, you just have to be perfect together. Every mistake we've made, every line we've crossed, every drop of blood on our hands has taught us something The System never intended: We're not just surviving anymore. We're hunting. So to whatever made this nightmare - we're coming. The Torres family doesn't break - we adapt. And we're going to make you regret giving us this kind of power."    --------------------------------------------------------- What you should know going in: The Torres family aren't superheroes - at least not in the beginning. They're just regular people trying desperately to keep each other alive, and the start of their journey shows that - intently. (But don't worry - once they figure it out... just hold on for the ride)  Book 1: The Bloodforged Kin - Available on KDP and AmazonBook 2: The Trialborn Legacy - fully releasedBook 3: The Cryptid Challenge - current book, fully scheduledBook 4: The Deviant Path - fully scheduled Book 5: Homecoming - fully scheduled  Book 6: Cryptid's End - fully scheduled Cover artist: J Caleb Designs What you get:✔️ A System, powerhouses, massive fights, boss battles - all your favorite LitRPG tropes✔️ A family that fights and grows stronger together instead of everyone being loners✔️ Real emotional and mental struggles that come with fear of death and killing real people✔️ MCs that start of weak and grow really, really strong✔️ Maybe a little system cheating 😉✔️ Multiple POVs and characters✔️✔️✔️ One of the MC’s is a cat. For realFYI: - Slow burn - the family doesn’t know what they’re doing so they have to figure it out the hard, long way. But oh man, once they do…- Emoootionaaal daaamaage… (it gets grim at times, but doesn’t stay there)   --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Crunch:- Chapters: 1200–3000 words- Posting: 3×/week (Mon/Wed/Fri)- Roadmap: Enough ideas to outlive me.- Hit #4 in RS

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#TitleWordsFK GradeDialogueSSPVariation
1Chapter 0: Prologue0----
2Chapter 1: Integration Protocol0----
3Chapter 2: Tess to the Rescue0----
4Chapter 3: System Announcement0----
5Book 1 Wrap-Up and a little note from me0----
6
Welcome to Book 2: The Trialborn Legacy
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793: The Lowest of Humanity0----
894: Let There be Light0----
995: Nice Doggy0----
1096: Power Station, Level 1: Ground Level - Entrance and Lobby0----
1197: Compliance is Not Optional0----
1298: Power Station, Level 1: Administration0----
1399: An Impossible Choice0----
14100: Some Choices Leave Scars0----
15101: A Believable Lie0----
16102: Too Many Choices, Not Enough Information0----
17103: The Rising Tide0----
18104: Buried Treasure or Buried Trap?0----
19105: Ride to Hell or Walk There?0----
20106: A Previous Experiment0----
21107: The Shattering of a Speed Pool0----
22108: Speedster Science is Weird0----
23109: Interlude - Jaidyn the Orphan0----
24Creature Sheet Chapter - Power Plant0----
25110: Mason: The Forming of the 3000----
26111: Gabriel: An Old Enemy0----
27112: Mason: Gerard Butler and his 3000----
28113: Gabriel: What Do People Fight For?0----
29114: Mason: The Culling of the Weak0----
30115: Ed: There is Power in Blood0----
31116: Interlude - Lady Tutu0----
32117: Power Station, Level 20----
33118: Bring Your Daughter to Work Day0----
34119: The Battle for the Security Offices0----
35120: Boss Battle0----
36121: What Remains of Fara0----
37122: Major Loot Drop0----
38123: Power Station, Central Reactor0----
39124: Never Split the Party - or Family0----
40125: A New Family0----
41126: GET OUT OF MY HEAD!0----
42127: Not Safe Yet0----
43Character Sheet Chapter0----
44131: Tess: An Uneventful Trip Home and an Unexpected Visitor0----
45128: Interlude, pt 1 - “Serbs”0----
46129: Interlude, pt 2 - The Misfit Toys0----
47130: Interlude, pt 3 - An Apocalyptic Battle0----
48132: Tess & Maisy: Nothing That Is Not You0----
49133: Tess & Maisy: The Hunt for Tess0----
50134: Tess: A Living Weapon0----
51135: Maisy: One More Thing To Do0----
52136: Luna: Misspent Luck0----
53137: Tess: An Unexpected Guest0----
54138: Tess: The Best Thing The System Created0----
55139: Luna: A Day for Deals and Luck0----
56140: Gabriel and Mason0----
57141: Tess: Mind over Winter0----
58142: Madison: Ignorance is Bliss0----
59143: Luna: The Ultimate Luck Powerup Kit0----
60144: Tess: What We Need is an Action Plan0----
61145: Interlude: Masaru "Ash" Saito0----
62146: A New (Potential) Leader Arrives0----
63147: No Room for Dissent0----
64148: One Last Meeting With an Old Friend0----
65149: Time to Get Lucky0----
66150: All the Lives You Almost Lived0----
67151: The Crimson Scythe0----
68152: Time to Get Closer0----
69153: A Repertoire of Souls0----
70154: Control vs Chaos0----
71155: Chaos vs Control0----
72156: Time to Make Fast Friends0----
73157: The Apocalyptic Free Market0----
74158: Hook…0----
75159: Line…0----
76160: Sinker…?0----
77161: Old Stomping Grounds and New Friends0----
78162: Recruitment0----
79163: Nisha and Diya0----
80164: Shopping for Toys0----
81165: Luna Finds an Orphan0----
82166: Playing for Keeps0----
83167: Maisy and Lady Tutu0----
84168: The Gang is (Almost) All Together0----
85169: Introductions0----
86170: A Little Destructive Showmanship0----
87171: A Side Trip to the Lake0----
88172: An Expected Betrayal0----
89173: Epilogue: Zavier0----
90Book 2 Recap0----
91174: Character Sheet Recap for Book 30----
92175: Warlord of the Forsung Clan0----
93176: Zavier: Day 10----
94177: Tess: Day 10----
95178: Mason: Day 10----
96179: Maisy: Day 10----
97180: Troop 276: Day 10----
98181: Zavier - The Evernight Woods0----
99182: Zavier - Death Stalks the Woods at Night0----
100183: Zavier - An Impossible Choice0----
101184: Safehold - The Vanguard of Safehold0----
102185: Safehold - The Worst Ideas are the Most Fun0----
103186: Safehold - A Little Light Kidnapping0----
104187: Safehold - You’re Pretty Sassy for Someone Who Was Just Kidnapped0----
105188: Safehold - Maybe Being Kidnapped Isn’t so Bad0----
106189: Safehold - Apocalypse TV & Cryptid PPV0----
107190: Safehold - An Unstoppable Force0----
108191: Safehold - Light and Darkness, Sword and Ice0----
109192: Mason - The Elite Hellbound0----
110193: Mason - Synergies of the Hellbound and Enchantress0----
111194: Mason - Platoon 1: Blake, Seraphina, Rodrick, and Ravena0----
112195: Mason - Platoon 2: Elijah, Morgana, Dante, and Lilith0----
113196: Mason - A Silent Reaping0----
114197: Mason - Platoon 3: Jonas0----
115198: Mason - Battle Report0----
116199: Maisy - Judgement Day0----
117200: Maisy - Human Noises0----
118201: Troop 276 - Idaho City: Impending Doom0----
119202: Troop 276 - Hunting Certain Death0----
120203: Troop 276 - Cannibal Camp0----
121204: Troop 276 - A Battle Between Giants0----
122205: Troop 276 - The Battle of Idaho City0----
123206: Troop 276 - Death by Sasquath0----
124207: Zavier - Dungeon Guardian0----
125208: Zavier - Boss Battle0----
126209: Safehold - What is Buried Eventually Rises Up0----
127210: Safehold - Abominable Safehold - The Toys0----
128211: Safehold - Leon and the Underpowered0----
129212: Safehold - The Deadly, Beautiful Grace of Takeshi Saito0----
130213: Safehold - The Vanguard Rates Their Powers0----
131214: Safehold - Nisha and Diya0----
132215: Safehold - Cassian0----
133216: Safehold - Defeat in Victory0----
134217: Safehold - Unbelievably, it’s Luna0----
135218: Safehold - The Unmitigated Power of the Crimson Scythe0----
136219: Safehold - The Huntress0----
137220: Mason’s Hellbound0----
138221: Mason - Freezing Death, Fast and Sharp0----
139222: Mason - Freezing Death, Massive and Glacial0----
140223: Mason - Howling, Hungry Death0----
141224: Mason - Speaking Truth to Power0----
142225: Mason - A Weasel in the Henhouse0----
143226: Maisy - Abominable Losses0----
144227: Maisy - Arcane Power and Abominable Cold0----
145228: Zavier’s Second Run0----
146229: Zavier - A Lesson in Growth and Power0----
147230: Zavier - The Funhouse0----
148231: Zavier - Stop Biting My Face Off!0----
149232: Safehold - Cryptid Challenge: Phase 20----
150233: Cass - A Trial of Choices0----
151234: Cass - A Trial of Decisions0----
152235: Cass - A Trial of Potentials0----
153236: Cass - A Trial for the Soul0----
154237: Safehold - Jaidy and Lady Tutu Get Bored0----
155238: Jaidyn - Bargaining for Life or Death0----
156239: Ash - The Duality of Souls0----
157240: Mason’s Test of Strength0----
158241: Mason - “I Don’t Lose!”0----
159242: Maisy - Is Loyalty Only for the Strong?0----
160243: Book 3 Epilogue - The Forsung Clan0----
161Character Sheet Chapter - End of book 30----
162Book 3 Recap0----
163244: Cass - Trials of Humanity0----
164245: Cass - The Need for Speed0----
165246: Jaidyn: A Trial of Dominance0----
166247: Jaidyn - A Horse of a Different Color0----
167248: Jaidyn - A Fight for Night Itself0----
168249: Luna - A Luckless Trial0----
169250: Luna - No Luck for the Weary0----
170251: Luna - The Minotaur0----
171252: Luna - A Deadly Beauty0----
172253: Luna - The Icarus Path0----
173254: Zavier - Welcome to the Funhouse0----
174255: Zavier - A Trial of Accuracy0----
175256: Zavier - A False Assumption0----
176257: Zavier - One Shot0----
177258: Zavier - A Deafening Silence0----
178259: Zavier Channels his Inner Donatello0----
179260: Zavier - A Jack of all Blades0----
180261: Zavier - Unseen Death Hovers0----
181262: Zavier - The Battle for the Center0----
182263: Zavier - Queen’s Gambit, Bastard’s Rewrite0----
183264: Zavier - The Man Who Couldn’t Fly0----
184265: Ash's Trial - The Sepulcher Archive0----
185Book 1 is available on Kindle and Amazon!0----
186266: Ash's Struggle - The Memory Eaters’ Assault0----
187267: Ash’s Final Struggle - The Memory Eaters Taken0----
188268: Zavier - Spider-Z, Spider-Z…0----
189269: Zavier Experiences an Identity Crisis0----
190270: Zavier - Back to the Beginning, and the End0----
191271: Zavier - A Target-Rich Environment0----
192272: Zavier - Today is a Good Day to Die0----
193273: Zavier - In the Land of the One-Eyed Men, the Blind Man is King0----
194274: Zavier - Welcome to the Freeze0----
195275: Zavier - Frozen Apocalypse0----
196276: Maisy - The Weight of Numbers0----
197277: Maisy - The Unkillable Queen0----
198278: Maisy - The Scent of Strangers and an Accidental Betrayal0----
199279: Maisy - The Weight of Months0----
200280: Zavier - A Deeper Understanding and a New Friend0----
201281: Zavier - Dancing with Fire0----
202282: Zavier - Obsession0----
203283: Zavier - Two Parts Strategy, One Part Cheating0----
204284: Maisy - The Grinding of Seasons0----
205285: Maisy - The Tightening Noose0----
206286: Maisy - The Last Stand0----
207287: Maisy - The Alpha's Last Hunt0----
208288: Zavier - Feeling the Code0----
209289: Zavier - The Kobayashi Maru0----
210290: Zavier - Perfect Harmony0----
211291: Zavier - Reaching for the Dark0----
212Author's note: I want your opinion!0----
213292: Zavier - Into the Void0----
214293: Zavier - When Shadows Scream0----
215294: Zavier - The Final 1000----
216295: Zavier - The Last Dance0----
217296: Mason - Sedition0----
218297: Mason - Orders and Obligations0----
219298: Mason - The Weight of Service0----
220299: Mason - Breathing Room0----
221300: Mason - Drawing Lines—----
222301: Mason - In Vino Veritas—----
223302: Mason - The Sword of Kings—----
224303: Mason - The Sword of-—----
225304: Mason - Spectacle of Power—----
226305: Mason - March to War—----
227306: Zavier - Dungeon Boss, Attempt 2—----
228307: Zavier - What Did You Learn?—----
229308: Zavier - The Blighted Foundry—----
230309: Zavier - Death by 1000 Cuts—----
231310: Zavier - Waking up to a World of Pain—----
232311: Zavier - Learning to Mend—----
233312: Zavier - The Only Way Through—----
234313: Zavier - INVINCIBLE—----
235Chapter 4: System Breakdown0----
236Chapter 5: The World We’re in Now0----
237Chapter 6: Family Meeting0----
238Chapter 7: This Calls for a Spreadsheet0----
239Chapter 8: Identifying, Planning, and Shopping0----
240Chapter 9: Shopping Spree0----
241Chapter 10: Weapons of Choice0----
242Chapter 11: The Crazy Canuck0----
243Chapter 12: Kids and their Technologies0----
244Chapter 13: And Now, it Begins0----
245Chapter 14: Man Plans, God Laughs0----
246Chapter 15: Aftermath0----
247Chapter 16: Kill Box0----
248Chapter 17: Someone Stronger0----
249Chapter 18: Trial by Fire and Fangs0----
250Chapter 19: Rampage0----
251Chapter 20: Team Tactics0----
252Chapter 21: Solo Tactics0----
253Chapter 22: Oh How the Turntables0----
254Chapter 23: The Night Belongs to Tess0----
255Chapter 24: Level Five Rewards: Tess0----
256Chapter 25: Skill Choices0----
257Chapter 26: Level Five Rewards: Zavier0----
258Chapter 27: “Am I Asking Too Much?”0----
259Chapter 28: A Mismatch of Priorities0----
260Chapter 29: An Indefensible Choice0----
261Chapter 30: Rewards and Enhancements0----
262Chapter 31: Skill Selection: Maisy0----
263Chapter 32: Character Sheet Chapter0----
264Chapter 33: A Dark, Dark Night0----
265Chapter 34: Homework and a Helpful Visit0----
266Chapter 35: Really Cool Gear0----
267Chapter 36: Time to Level Up0----
268Chapter 37: Into the Woods0----
269Chapter 38: A Poor Excuse for a Neo0----
270Chapter 39: No Skills Available to This User0----
271Chapter 40: A Decent Excuse for a Wolverine0----
272Chapter 41: A Little Talk Before the Carnage0----
273Chapter 42: Mason Cane0----
274Chapter 43: Character Sheet Chapter: The Hellbound0----
275Chapter 44: Time to Train the Twins0----
276Chapter 45: A Hard Day of Training0----
277Chapter 46: A Father’s Sacrifice0----
278Chapter 47: A Night for Predators and Prey0----
279Chapter 48: When a Predator Becomes Prey0----
280Chapter 49: Family Tactics0----
281Chapter 50: Time to Train the Twins - with Less Friendly Fire0----
282Chapter 51: The Family that Slays Together0----
283Chapter 52: Take it to Another Level0----
284Chapter 53: A Coleoptera of Beetles0----
285Chapter 54: A Boaring Trip Home0----
286Chapter 55: Creature Sheet Chapter0----
287Chapter 56: Father Gabriel0----
288Chapter 57: Predators and Prey0----
289Chapter 58: Level 5 Rewards: Cass0----
290Chapter 59: Level 5 Rewards: Luna0----
291Chapter 60: Fear and Loathing in the Apocalypse0----
292Chapter 61: A Family Trip to the Zoo0----
293Chapter 62: A New and Improved Zoo Experience0----
294Chapter 63: Aren’t Penguins Cute?0----
295Chapter 64: Maybe Zoos Aren’t So Fun After All0----
296Chapter 65: No More Small Animals0----
297Chapter 66: No Laughing Matter0----
298Chapter 67: A True Apex Predator0----
299Chapter 68: Predator vs. Predator0----
300Chapter 69: An Eventful Trip Home0----
301Chapter 70: A Rising Storm0----
302Chapter 71: He Who Creates0----
303Chapter 72: Dangerous Experiments0----
304Chapter 73: Apologies Are Not Enough0----
305Chapter 74: A Confluence of Destinies0----
306Chapter 75: Tess and Zavier0----
307Chapter 76: Later that night0----
308Chapter 77: Luna and Madison0----
309Chapter 78: Edward Steck0----
310Chapter 79: The Community and Bouchard Keep0----
311Chapter 80: Ed and Zavier0----
312Chapter 81: The Law of Attraction0----
313Chapter 82: A Dawning Truth0----
314Chapter 83: Get the book. Get the rosary. Get them far away from him.0----
315Chapter 84: System Block0----
316Chapter 85: Let There be Darkness0----
317Chapter 86: Zavier and Ed0----
318Chapter 87: Aftermath0----
319Chapter 88: A Beautiful Cage0----
320Chapter 89: Let There be Light0----
321Chapter 90: Interlude - Scout Troop 2760----
322Chapter 91: Epilogue0----
323Chapter 92: Post-Credit Scene: The Trinity0----
324314: Zavier - Metamorphosis—----
325315: Zavier - Integration—----
326316: Zavier - Blood, Dust, and Becoming—----
327Book 4 Recap—----
328317: Book 5 - Homecoming (Prologue)—----