The Prophet and the Dark Lord

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Despite her young age, Elènie is a famous prophet at the Sérannian royal court, having established herself by revealing the existence of a Dark Lord plotting against the king. Yet, one year later with the Dark Lord still unmasked, her status is once again being threatened...
Short story written as a companion piece for the article Prophetess Elènie Damance.

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AmélieIS

About me

I write Romantic Fantasy novels and I worldbuild and make art for them.

I'm French.

I have a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and a MSc in Chemical Engineering, and I work in biomedical research.

Genres I write
Romantic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Alternate History (especially 19th century France), Sci-fi. Profiles
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I'm working on Rome and the Sasanians.

Main WIPs

1) The Empire of the Covenant: Set in a huge federal empire ruled by powerful mages linked to the ancestral magic of their Lands. One Fantasy Romance short story written.
2) The Magical University of Lille: Alternate 1850s France. Set in a university with lecturer characters.
3) Portal to Sérannie: Portal Fantasy, going from France to a secondary world influenced by Roman culture and that is on the brink of a civil revolution.
4) The Engineering Corps: Science Fantasy, Alternate 1845 France. Focus on the engineering corps of the French army during the French revolutionary wars.
5) Dark Lord Seduction Plan: in a world where Light & Dark magic and political parties are on the break of war, set on the the Dark side.
6) Divine Tyranny: Set in world where gods are all-powerful, walk among mortals, and mess up with their lives.
7) Imperial Soulmates: Sci-Fi Fantasy with magitech anchored in plants and fungi, with everyone having a few soulmates all over the world (people with identical magic).
8) Soul Jars: Merchants-Mages steal the soul jars of the ancient Mages-Kings from their mausoleum and use their souls to power artificial bodies that are enslaved to their will.
9) Rome and the Sasanians: Alternative 340s Roman Empire.
10) Challenges of Magical University Life: slice-of-life in a magical university.
11) Victorian Evil Scientists: 19th century Europe, evil scientists work fun experiments in the service of a Dark Lord.
12) The City of the Hundred Fiefs: each fief of the city is controlled by one powerful mage, and all are at war against each other. To thrive in limited areas peaople have built upwards.
13) Alien Monsters: Sci-Fi with a culture centred around challenges and competitions.
14) Magical Maths: magic is practice through complex maths, making mathematician extremely prestigious. Also deals with disability and discrimination.
15) Poisonous Mist: A mysterious mist covers the world, killing most of humanity. Survivors starts to develop strange powers and have to face monsters coming from the mist.
16) Metas: for WA events and list of challenge articles. See my author world for more info about them or just click on their names.

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Check out the world of this story, Portal to Sérannie, and the article that inspired this story, Prophetess Elènie Damance.