The Enchanted Mishaps of Elric Thorne

The Enchanted Mishaps of Elric Thorne

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m Description: Elric Thorne always believed he was destined for greatness-mainly because a talking goat once told him so. Armed with an ancient prophecy he definitely misinterpreted, a spellbook he can barely read, and a magical sword with better comedic timing than combat skills, Elric sets out to save the kingdom of Virelia from a looming darkness. What he didn't expect was to be roped into a political scandal involving a runaway princess who moonlights as a thief, a shape-shifting fox spirit with a hoarding problem, and a rival hero who might actually be the Chosen One. Along the way, Elric finds himself at the heart of a mystery involving vanishing cities, cursed love letters, and a forgotten war locked away in time. Between dodging assassins, accidentally summoning gelatinous monsters, and falling in love with someone he's technically supposed to betray, Elric realizes heroism is a lot messier-and funnier-than the bards make it sound.

Chapter 1 1. Chapter 1:The Goat and the Drunken Prophecy

Chapter 1: The Goat, the Spellbook, and the Drunken Prophecy

Elric Thorne had three core beliefs:He was destined for greatness.

Magic was mostly about confidence and hand gestures.

Talking to goats in taverns was a perfectly valid way to interpret prophecy.

He wasn't exactly the most promising wizard in the village of Thistlewhip. In fact, he wasn't even technically a wizard. He'd flunked out of the Royal Academy of Arcane Arts after setting the Dean's wig on fire during a demonstration on "controlled combustion." Since then, his magical resume included: summoning frogs into people's ale mugs, enchanting a pair of boots to sprint off mid-walk, and accidentally marrying a broom.

So when the goat-smelling vaguely of ale and existential dread-leaned across the tavern table and bleated, "You are the One, Elric Thorne," he believed it. Partly because the goat had glowing red eyes. Mostly because he really wanted it to be true.

"Did anyone else see that?" Elric asked the room, which mostly responded with disinterest, grumbling, and one peasant throwing up in a bucket.

Thus began the greatest adventure of his life. And possibly the dumbest.

The next morning, Elric stood outside his cottage with his sword, his boots (now legally single), and a spellbook titled "Practical Prophecy: How to Save the World Before Breakfast." The book was written in Ancient Vernacular, which Elric could only kind of understand. He assumed that "Ignitium Arcanum!" meant "Summon Breakfast." It did not. It summoned a very angry fire sprite that immediately lit his front door on fire.

By the time he reached the edge of the village, smoke curling behind him like a dramatic exit plume, Elric was ready.

"Where are we going?" asked his sword, who introduced himself earlier that morning with: "Put me down, you idiot!"

"I'm not sure yet," Elric admitted. "But the goat said the world needed saving."

"Oh, well if a goat said it," the sword replied dryly. "Do you often take orders from livestock?"

Elric narrowed his eyes. "Only if they speak with gravitas."

Their first stop was the capital: Ivory Hollow, seat of the High Court, home to at least seventeen kinds of soup, and the place where everything went downhill.

Elric entered the city looking like a confused scarecrow, his cloak billowing, his boots squeaking, and his sword muttering profanity at passersby. He had barely made it two steps into the marketplace when a delicate hand tugged his sleeve.

"You dropped this," said a girl with wide, innocent eyes and a voice like bells. She held out a small, shiny coin.

"I don't-" he began.

She leaned in and whispered, "Play along. You're about to be robbed."

That's when he noticed three burly men surrounding him, eyes locked on his satchel.

"Oh," he said.

"Run?" she suggested.

"Run."

They sprinted through winding alleys, over cabbage carts, and through a chicken coop. Eventually, they dove behind a pile of discarded cloaks in the alley. Elric caught his breath, heart pounding, feathers in his hair.

"I'm Mira," the girl said, grinning. "You owe me a drink."

"Only if you explain how you knew I was being robbed."

"I was robbing you first," she said sweetly.

Elric blinked. His sword sighed. Somewhere in the distance, a goat laughed.

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The Enchanted Mishaps of Elric Thorne
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Chapter 1 1. Chapter 1:The Goat and the Drunken Prophecy

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Chapter 2 2.Chapter 2: A Princess, a Pickpocket, and a pie to the Face

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Chapter 3 3.Chapter 3: of Daggers, Deceptions, and Deeply Disappointing

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Chapter 4 4.Chapter 4: Of Crowned Goats and Unwanted Royal Visitors

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Chapter 5 5.Chapter 5: The Forest of Withering Whispers and Mildly Trees

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Chapter 6 6: The Vault of Forgotten Crowns

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Chapter 7 7.Chapter 7: The Council of Thorns

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Chapter 8 8.Chapter 8: The Shadows Between

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Chapter 9 9.Chapter 9: The WidowKnights Ride

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Chapter 10 10.Chapter 10: The Choir of Pale

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Chapter 11 11.Chapter 11:Echoes of Ink and Ask

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Chapter 12 12.Chapter 12: The City of Thorn

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Chapter 13 13.Chapter 13: Songs for the Forgotten

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Chapter 14 14:Chapter 14: The Peaks of Dust

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Chapter 15 15.Chapter 15: Of Fire and First Light

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Chapter 16 16.Chapter 16:The City Beneath the Sea

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Chapter 17 17.Chapter 17: The Library of Ends

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Chapter 18 18.Chapter 18: The Crownless Summit

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Chapter 19 19.Chapter 19: The Clockmaker's Riddle

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Chapter 20 20.Chapter 20: The Hourglass Wastes

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Chapter 21 21.Chapter 21: The wand the Wouldn't Shut Up

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Chapter 22 22.Chapter 22: The Rebellion of the Relics

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Chapter 23 23.Chapter 23: The Headmaster's Ultimatum

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Chapter 24 24.Chapter 24: The Trail of the Whispering Vault

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Chapter 25 25.Chapter 25: The Lecture Hall of Forbidden Futures

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Chapter 26 26. Chapter 26:The Janitor, the Key, and the Vault that Breathes

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Chapter 27 27.Chapter 27: The Dean's Disappearance and the Breakfast of Shadows

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Chapter 28 28.Chapter 28: The Dream Itself

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Chapter 29 29.Chapter 29: The Feather, Forbidden Feast

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Chapter 30 30.Chapter 39:The Vault Unbound

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Chapter 31 31.Chapter 31: The Harrowed Stair and the Crooked Bell

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Chapter 32 32.Chapter 32: The Symposium of Stolen Names

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Chapter 33 33.Chapter 33: The Quill That Wrote the World

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Chapter 34 34.Chapter 34: The Museum of Misremembered Magic

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Chapter 35 35.Chapter 35: The Librarian of the Blank Page

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Chapter 36 36. Chapter 36:The Twentieth Choice

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Chapter 37 37.Chapter 37: The Pen and the pendulum

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Chapter 38 38. Chapter 38:The End, Chosen

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