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Stygian Myth
Lantern After DarkOctober 2026 event author
How it was earned: Participated in Lantern’s October 2026 After Dark event.
Writing dark tales, grimmer the better and chilling in between 🐈⬛
Dark fantasyLitrpgGrimdarkProgression fantasy
10,670published words across 1 Lantern story
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About the author
Dark fantasy author, writing dark tales; grimmer the better and chilling in between.🐈⬛
⌖ 2 meters below ground, turn left, right, then go 8-9 meters deep. You'll find a diamond mine. Quarry it, process it, sell it. Use the money to buy a hacker who can track me down.
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- Dunno. Any and everything. Whatever rhymes with the mood ig😸
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- Stygian began in the void and ended. I'm just some Myth.
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Stories by Stygian Myth
Dark fantasy, litrpg, psychological, grimdark, progression fantasy,
Dawn of the Fanatic [Grimdark • LitRPG • Villain Origin]
In thirty days, she will purify fifty million souls. But today, she just wants to play.
A dark fairy tale about a merciful saint.
Malvika is a priestess of the Clements — the creed of mercy in a world at war for three thousand years. She sleeps in, dances badly with her broom, and is the kindest soul in the town of Orison.
The god she serves measures devotion in a single number: souls purified.
She loved the ash. And the ash loved her back.
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What to expect:
- A villain-origin descent arc — you will root for her, and that's the horror
- LitRPG bones: system screens, titles, Graces, vows that bind power
- Grimdark war: plagues, alchemy fire, mercy with a knife behind it
- Dark fairy tale prose: lullabies, snow angels, ashen rain
- Completed and bingeable — 21 chapters, one countdown, no hiatus
Not for you if: you need heroes who stay heroes, or mercy that stays merciful.
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Never seek vengeance. Always show mercy.
She obeyed. That was the problem.
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