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Borderlands Rogue Soul

Borderlands Rogue Soul

by AIKA.L

ProgressionAnti-Hero LeadWar and MilitaryGrimdarkMale Lead

In the mud and blood of a forgotten battlefield, a 16-year-old boy from 1995 opens his eyes in a dead man’s body.No system. No cheat. No way home. Trapped in the brutal Normandy-Brittany borderlands—a lawless frontier ravaged by the Hundred Years’ War—Malthus has no name worth trading on and no combat training beyond what his dead body remembers in its bones. To survive a world where winter kills faster than steel and mercy is a luxury, he must rely on a 20th-century mind. He knows about organization, sanitation, and risk management. He knows how to stay steady when the world tilts. And in a medieval meat-grinder, that turns out to be worth more than a sword. Borderlands Rogue Soul follows Malthus, a quiet, calculating survivor who must merge 20th-century logic with medieval instinct to carve out a place for himself in a world that devours the weak.Low-magic. High-stakes. Gritty historical dark fantasy.From starving fugitive to something more, he will gather a broken group and fight to build order in a land of chaos — one bloody decision at a time.Expect:·Gritty Survival & Base-Building: From surviving frostbite and fever to building a working manor from ruins.High-Stakes Politics: Navigating ruthless border lords and Church inquisitors who erase inconvenient truths.·Slow-burn team-building and hard-earned loyalty·Brutal yet strategic battles·Historical Dark Fantasy: Low-magic ambiguity rooted in old Celtic stones, Roman ruins, and forgotten shrines. If you enjoy grimdark historical fantasy with realistic progression and the weight of leadership — think The Black Company meets Between Two Fires — then welcome to the border.

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0Chapter 1: Waking in Another World0----
1Chapter 2: Broken Memories0----
2Chapter 3: The First Nigh0----
3Chapter 4: The Water Problem0----
4Chapter 5: Traps and Prey0----
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Chapter 6: The Uninvited Guest
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6Chapter 7: Border Geography0----
7Chapter 8: Tool Making0----
8Chapter 9: The Moral Test0----
9Chapter 10: Fever0----
10Chapter 11: Recovery0----
11Chapter 12: Forced March0----
12Chapter 13: Edge of the Ruins0----
13Chapter 14: Watching and Waiting0----
14Chapter 15: Clean Hands0----
15Chapter 16: Camp Politics0----
16Chapter 17: The Purge0----
17Chapter 18: Bloody Dawn0----
18Chapter 19: Spoils and Fractures0----
19Chapter 20: The Night of Leaving0----
20Chapter 21: Smoke at the Forest's Edge0----
21Chapter 22: Saint Severin's Bell Tower0----
22Chapter 23: The Boy in the Crypt0----
23Chapter 24: Carrying the Books0----
24Chapter 25: The Shadow Behind0----
25Chapter 26: The Shape of the Oath0----
26Chapter 27: The Letter and the Horses0----
27Chapter 28: Blackstone Tower's First Shadow0----
28Chapter 29: The Night Hunt in the Forest0----
29Chapter 30: The Right-Hand Gesture0----
30Chapter 31: The Return Riders and the Council0----
31Chapter 32: The Reunion in the Forest0----
32Chapter 33: The Knight and the Cadet0----
33Chapter 34: The Tower Before Dawn0----
34Chapter 35: The Ledger and the Fracture0----
35Chapter 36: Their Separate Roads0----
36Chapter 37: First Steps on the Hidden Road0----
37Chapter 38: The Fireless Night0----
38Chapter 39: The Old Bridge and the False Deer0----
39Chapter 40: The White Feather0----