Gracious Sternham's Big Secret [Arc Complete][Cozy, SoL, Short Story]
by Barasadian
AdventureComedyCozyFantasyGameLit
Royal Road Community Magazine Contest:"The Person You Pretend to Be"---
Bad cover art done by me (using clipart)
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Blurb:
Hi, I'm Gracious Sternham.
I'm a Shopkeeper, a husband, a father, and more recently... a Nightblade.
That last one is just for me. I haven't told anyone, and I doubt I ever will. I'm not going to do it forever and I certainly didn't set out to be an adventurer.
I enjoyed my quiet life. But when Mary, my beloved wife, got sick and I didn't have the coin to get her healed up right as rain... I had to do something. Only... the something turned out to be a magical wardrobe that takes me to a place where I get quests, earn loot, and level up my randomly bequeathed class. I didn't mean to pick it... it just happened.
But it doesn't matter! I'm earning coin and keeping Mary above ground and out running around with the kids.
They'll never know what I did to get it.