
Mark of the Fool
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Summary
After his parents died, Alex Roth had a plan: become a wizard. Through hard work, he was accepted into the world’s greatest university of wizardry—but fate had another plan.On his eighteenth, he is marked as one of his kingdom’s five Heroes, chosen to fight the land’s great enemy. But his brand is '......more
CHAPTERS (448)
- Chapter 1: Fools and Inheritance
- Chapter 2: Uldar's Legacy
- Chapter 3: The Mark's Mocking Grin
- Chapter 4: Departure and Dogs
- Chapter 5: The Coins and the Priests
- Chapter 6: Coin Tricks and Fire Light
- Chapter 7: Good Dreams and Bad Luck
- Chapter 8: The Chosen
- Chapter 9: Telling the Truth
- Chapter 10: Red Eyes in the Dark
- Chapter 11: The Goddesses' Wrath
- Chapter 12: The Traveller's Magic
- Chapter 13: Walls and Keys
- Chapter 14: The Sanctum of Doors
- Chapter 15: The Hive-Queen
- Chapter 16: The Core
- Chapter 17: Out into the Light
- Chapter 18: Using What You Have (Interlude)
- Chapter 19: The Red Siren
- Chapter 20: Cookies and Dances
- Chapter 21: The Spear-and-Oar Dance
- Chapter 22: Tests by Moonlight
- Chapter 23: The Nightwatch
- Chapter 24: Other Dangers
- Chapter 25: The City at the Center of Creation
- Chapter 26: Wonders in the Sky
- Chapter 27: Negotiations in the Hall of Magic
- Chapter 28: Welcome Home
- Chapter 29: Selecting One's Path
- Chapter 30: The Means of Survival
- Chapter 31: The Chancellor
- Chapter 32: Responsibility and Paths Forward
- Chapter 33: The Beastarium
- Chapter 34: A Clash of Beasts
- Chapter 35: The Beginning Fruits of Failure
- Schedule going forward (Today's chapter right after this)
- Chapter 36: Dummies and Forceballs
- Chapter 37: The Spell-Joust and the Second Spell
- Chapter 38: An Endless Forest (Interlude)
- Chapter 39: The Beginning of Baelin's Test
- Chapter 40: The Plain of Dust
- Chapter 41: Predators
- Chapter 42: Ambushing the Ambushers
- Chapter 43: The Escarpment
- Chapter 44: The Bonedrinker
- Chapter 45: Lessons and Gods
- Chapter 46: A Pie Party
- Chapter 47: The Path of Potions
- Chapter 48: The Art of Asking Questions
- Chapter 49: The First Classes
- Chapter 50: Familiar Encounters
- Chapter 51: Help Wanted
- Chapter 52: Manipulating Mana and Mind
- Chapter 53: The World Opening to the Senses
- Chapter 54: Safety in The Cells
- Chapter 55: Reflecting on Different Paths
- Chapter 56: Naming and Sculpting Futures
- Chapter 57: Terrain and Entourages
- Chapter 58: Planning Around the Mana Vents
- Quick Announcement: Patreon Chapters Increased for Higher Tiers
- Chapter 59: Group Dynamics
- Chapter 60: Wrangling the Herd
- Chapter 61: Trust
- Chapter 62: Glyphs and Quicksilver
- Chapter 63: Unsafety in the Cells
- Chapter 64: Benefits of the Talented
- Chapter 65: Armwrestling Wizard's Hand
- Chapter 66: The Summoning
- Chapter 67: Beyond the Material World
- Chapter 68: The Devil that You Know...
- Chapter 69: Expanding Perspectives
- Chapter 70: Different Paths in Life
- Chapter 71: Gains in Mass and Mana
- Chapter 72: For and Against Pride
- Chapter 73: A 'Handy' Breakthrough
- Chapter 74: Ghosts of the Past I (Interlude)
- Chapter 75: Ghosts of the Past II (Interlude)
- Chapter 76: The Path Alone
- Chapter 77: Fire and Coils
- Chapter 78: Many Hands Make Light Work
- Announcement: Final Patreon Tier and Top Web Fiction
- Chapter 79: An Elemental Battle
- Chapter 80: Pack Tactics
- Chapter 81: Fire and Midterms
- Chapter 82: Challenge
- Chapter 83: A Mana Monster
- Chapter 84: Growing Bonds
- Chapter 85: Chancellors, Ships and Priests
- Chapter 86: Pirate Tales and Dances
- Chapter 87: A Fine Evening and Anxious Morning
- Chapter 88: The Interview
- Chapter 89: Honours
- Chapter 90: Isolde's Pressure
- Chapter 91: The Rally
- Chapter 92: The Demons
- Chapter 93: The Chancellor's Power
- Chapter 94: The Weight of Secrets
- Chapter 95: The First Meeting of the Cabal
- Chapter 96: Taking a Chance
- Chapter 97: Ram's Forceful Guidance
- Chapter 98: The Cleansing Movements
- Chapter 99: Family Time
- Special Announcement: Discord Server!
- Chapter 100: The Masks that are Worn
- Chapter 101: Nostalgic Recipes and Warnings
- Chapter 102: The Festival of Ghosts
- Chapter 103: Opportunities and Exams
- Chapter 104: Golem Sculpting and the Sky-Ship
- Chapter 105: Dryads
- Chapter 106: The Stand-Off
- Chapter 107: Haste and Lateness
- Chapter 108: Secret Analysis
- Chapter 109: Essence of Dungeon
- Chapter 110: Preparing to do Horrifying Things
- Chapter 111: Direction and Redirection
- Chapter 112: Beneath the Barrens
- Chapter 113: The Skeletal Ruins
- Chapter 114: Names Left Behind
- Chapter 115: Traps
- Chapter 116: Creeping Doom
- Chapter 117: Gateways and Redesigns
- Chapter 118: Unreliable Lateness
- Chapter 119: The Core's Properties
- Chapter 120: Design Improvements
- Chapter 121: Hunt-mania
- Chapter 122: Rampage
- Chapter 123: The Opportunist
- Chapter 124: Lances, Cries and Shock
- Chapter 125: The Impetus of Death
- Chapter 126: Consultation and a Leap of Trust
- Chapter 127: The Chancellor's Reaction
- Chapter 128: A Proposition
- Chapter 129: Allies
- Chapter 130: Forging a Body and Plan
- Chapter 131: Stealing the Enemy's Weapon
- Chapter 132: The Forging
- Chapter 133: The Hunters (Interlude)
- Chapter 134: The Nest
- Chapter 135: The Xyrthak
- Chapter 136: A Cold Delivery
- Chapter 137: Cuts, Teeth and Mana
- Chapter 138: The Path of Proper Wizards
- Chapter 139: Frozen Doors and Crooked Rectangles
- Chapter 140: The Talk
- Chapter 141: Rumble in the Alley
- Chapter 142: A Hunger for Vengeance and Mana
- Chapter 143: Escape and Hunting
- Chapter 144: The Beating
- Chapter 145: Preparing the Specimen
- Chapter 146: The World's Worst Teabag
- Chapter 147: The Siphoning
- Chapter 148: Roth; or, The Magical Prometheus
- Chapter 149: Hunters' Gathering (Interlude)
- Chapter 150: Isolde's Dread
- Chapter 151: Preparing for a Long-Awaited Party
- Chapter 152: Reflections Under Moonlight
- Chapter 153: A Dance of Minotaurs
- Chapter 154: Shadows in the Garden
- Chapter 155: A Battle of Masks and Claws
- Chapter 156: Claygon
- Chapter 157: A Duel in Dust
- Chapter 158: A Successful Operation
- Chapter 159: Bouncing Back
- Chapter 160: Reaffirmation
- Chapter 161: A Journey From Tree to Tree
- Chapter 162: The Expedition and the Doodle (End of Book 1)
- Chapter 163: The Heroes' Struggle (Book 2 Begins)
- Chapter 164: The Corrupt Fool in Paradise
- Chapter 165: The Final Hunt of First Year
- Chapter 166: Rumbling Earth
- Chapter 167: Earth Magic and New Beginnings
- Chapter 168: The Final Debrief and Youth
- Chapter 169: The Migration
- Chapter 170: Birthdays and Spell-Guides
- Chapter 171: Blood Magic and Incoming Visitors
- Chapter 172: The Hydra and the Beast
- Chapter 173: A Little Magical Botany Class of Horrors
- Chapter 174: Respect and Questions
- Chapter 175: Binding Circles
- Chapter 176: The Power of Names
- Chapter 177: The War-Spirit
- Chapter 178: Relations Across the Planes
- Chapter 179: Messenger Constructs and Limits
- Chapter 180: New Prey
- Chapter 181: Kitchen Nightmares
- Chapter 182: The Rain
- Chapter 183: Honey & Wine
- Chapter 184: Wasp and Strange Circumstance
- Chapter 185: Raging Wasp
- Chapter 186: The Night of Long Stingers
- Chapter 187: Reflections on Death
- Chapter 188: The Patterns and Scripts of Time (Interlude)
- Chapter 189: Like a Marriage (Interlude)
- Chapter 190: A Brewing Rivalry
- Chapter 191: Old Acquaintances and Reunions
- Chapter 192: Rumours
- Chapter 193: The First Briefing...and a Big Mouth
- Chapter 194: Digging a Hole
- Chapter 195: Beneath the Garden
- Chapter 196: Magic Mushrooms
- Chapter 197: The Birthday and the Rainbow Tower
- Chapter 198: The Talk
- Chapter 199: Prepping for the Grand Battle
- Chapter 200: Strange Offers and Strange Summonings
- Chapter 201: Travelling from the Deep
- Chapter 202: Debts
- Chapter 203: Revelations (Interlude)
- Chapter 204: Chasing Vermin
- Chapter 205: In a White Room with No Curtains
- Chapter 206: Alex Roth Goes to Jail (Maybe)
- Chapter 207: Resolution
- Chapter 208: Nonaggression and Reading Lies
- Chapter 209: Scouting Out The Grounds
- Chapter 210: Posturing
- Chapter 211: Lightweight
- Chapter 212: The Prince vs. The Mad Wrangler
- Chapter 213: The Prince and The Goblin
- Chapter 214: Super-heavyweight
- Chapter 215: Four Arms vs. Ten
- Chapter 216: A Rain of Fists
- Chapter 217: Mirrored Golems
- Chapter 218: Vesuvius
- Chapter 219: Powerlifting
- Chapter 220: Fire in the Sky
- Chapter 221: Archers and Cowards
- Chapter 222: Reverent Archery
- Chapter 223: Deific Need
- Chapter 224: Great Hunts on Land and Sea
- Chapter 225: Loss and Resolve (Theresa)
- Chapter 226: Melee (Theresa)
- Chapter 227: The Clash (Theresa)
- Chapter 228: Heading to The Grand Battle
- Chapter 229: The Grand Battle Begins
- Chapter 230: Shock and Awe
- Chapter 231: Vanishing Point
- Chapter 232: Confrontation of Arrow and Word
- Chapter 233: Bait
- Chapter 234: The Battle of the Grasses
- Chapter 235: Divine Wind
- Chapter 236: Cutting In
- Chapter 237: Double Elimination
- Chapter 238: The Rising
- Chapter 239: Fanaticism and Divinity
- Chapter 240: The Wrinkle of Recognition
- Chapter 241: The Prey that Fights
- Chapter 242: Reckoning
- Chapter 243: Mine
- Chapter 244: The Bonds that Heal
- Chapter 245: The Bonds that Harm
- Chapter 246: Getting to Know Someone
- Chapter 247: Demonic Reconnaissance
- Chapter 248: Justice and Blood
- Chapter 249: Life to Mana
- Chapter 250: Flowers for the Fallen
- Chapter 251: Memories, Recognition and Inheritance
- Chapter 252: Grand Gifts and Unholy Friendships
- Chapter 253: Scars
- Chapter 254: An Ancient Search
- Chapter 255: Late Summer Days
- Chapter 256: Birthdays and Miserable Businessmen
- Chapter 257: Fingers and Departures
- Chapter 258: Family’s Parting on the Eve of Change
- Chapter 259: Finals and Final Preparations
- Chapter 260: The Usurper Returns
- Chapter 261: Cycles and Struggles
- Chapter 262: Greymoor
- Chapter 263: One’s Territory
- Chapter 264: Foul Bargaining
- Chapter 265: The Battle of the Bog
- Chapter 266: The Prisoner
- Chapter 267: The Lean Times and Time of Plenty
- Chapter 268: Uldar’s Apostles
- Chapter 269: The Fae Wilds
- Chapter 270: The Fae Lord
- Chapter 271: The Offer
- Chapter 272: Interlopers
- Chapter 273: The First Survey's End
- Chapter 274: The First Blood Magic Class
- Chapter 275: Blood and Whine
- Chapter 276: Patches, Circuits and Knots
- Chapter 277: The Three Spells
- Chapter 278: Elemental Experiments
- Chapter 280: Necessity in Discovery
- Chapter 281: The Final Hunter
- Chapter 282: The Arrival
- Chapter 283: Recognition
- Chapter 284: A Gathering of Heroes
- Chapter 279: Unexpected Breakthrough
- Chapter 285: The Heroes Go Forth
- Chapter 286: Heroic Battle
- Chapter 287: The Blood-Hydra
- Chapter 288: Fire and Retreat
- Chapter 289: Dungeon Attack Plan
- Chapter 290: Magical Reconnaissance
- Chapter 291: The Delve
- Chapter 292: Hand on Glass
- Chapter 293: Breaking Walls
- Chapter 294: Storming the Final Chamber
- Chapter 295: The Battle of Chitterer Dungeon
- Chapter 296: Harvest
- Chapter 297: Sowing the Seeds
- Chapter 298: Enchantment and Dodging Questions
- Chapter 299: Brewing Allies
- Chapter 300: And Just One More Thing...
- Chapter 301: The Sage Contemplates a Third Option
- Chapter 302: Reflections and Questions
- Chapter 303: Aftermaths
- Chapter 304: Dark Allies and Operation Grand Summoning Ascension
- Chapter 305: Learning & Teaching
- Chapter 306: The Evil Wizard Val'Rok
- Chapter 307: The Spiral
- Chapter 308: Ugly Behaviour
- Chapter 309: Partners, Spirals and Tempting Fate
- Chapter 310: Night Attack and Planning a Trap
- Chapter 311: Movements in Sanctuaries of Magic and Faith
- Chapter 312: Learnings in the Market
- Chapter 313: For Science!
- Chapter 314: Morning Amusement and Power
- Chapter 315: Those that Have Faded
- Chapter 316: An Explosion of Chaos
- Chapter 317: A Fallout of Dust
- Chapter 318: The Potential Horrors of Discovery
- Chapter 319: A Wizard's Integrity
- Chapter 320: The Set Up of Mercantile Schemes
- Chapter 321: Dance and Ignition
- Chapter 322: The Mana Fountain
- Chapter 323: Sleep Demon
- Chapter 324: Warping Flesh
- Chapter 325: A Special Kind of Training
- Chapter 326: A Moment of Tension
- Chapter 327: New Sources of Power
- Chapter 328: Assessing Each Other
- Chapter 329: A Bigger Fish
- Chapter 330: Treachery in the Dark
- Chapter 331: Curtains of Tension
- Chapter 332: An Impressive Demonstration
- Grand Announcement: Paperback, Audiobook and E-book!
- Chapter 333: The Shedding of Filth
- Chapter 334: Like a Titan From the Tales of Old
- Chapter 335: A Theft of a Sapling
- Chapter 336: A Lack of Repentance
- Chapter 337: For a Price of Three Wasps
- Chapter 338: An Otherworldly Muster
- Chapter 339: The Summoner's Commands
- Chapter 340: The Fruits of Summoned Labour
- Chapter 341: Make Like a Tree and Leave
- Chapter 342: The Hunted
- Chapter 343: A Living Clue
- Chapter 344: Months in the Making
- Chapter 345: Considering Dead Clues
- Chapter 346: Fighting Fire with Fire
- Chapter 347: Alexander Roth
- Chapter 348: A "Triumphant" Return
- Chapter 349: Just Communication
- Chapter 350: Confounding the Confounding Variables
- Chapter 351: Ancient Rituals and New Applications
- Chapter 352: The Origin of Affinities
- Chapter 353: The Changing Flame
- Chapter 354: Redundancies
- Chapter 355: Convenience
- Chapter 356: One Person's Entrance...
- Chapter 357: ...is another's wall
- Chapter 358: Uldar's Guidance
- Chapter 359: Usurpers
- Chapter 360: The Challenges of Faith
- Chapter 361: Challenged Beliefs and Alternate Plans
- Chapter 362: Suppositions and Stories
- Chapter 363: Heroic Tricks and Divine Gifts
- Chapter 364: Convictions
- Chapter 365: The Next Stage
- Chapter 366: The Witch's Suggestion
- Chapter 367: The Teleportation Shuffle
- Chapter 368: Ransom and Descent
- Chapter 369: The Dangers of Crymlyn Swamp
- Chapter 370: The Dead Aeld
- Chapter 371: The Elder Witch
- Chapter 372: A Running Battle
- Chapter 373: The Demons and Witches
- Chapter 374: The Baby on the Mushroom
- Chapter 375: The Patrol
- Chapter 376: They Which Come From Beneath
- Chapter 377: Painting with the Colours of Horror
- Chapter 378: An Interrogation Professor Jules Wouldn't Like Very Much
- Chapter 379: The Bait in the Skull Pits
- Chapter 380: The Battle of the Skull Pits
- Chapter 381: The Infiltration of the Demonic Camp
- Chapter 382: Goading
- Chapter 383: The Crack
- Chapter 384: The Unmasking
- Chapter 385: Roiling Chaos
- Chapter 386: The War-Spear
- Chapter 387: A Surprise Strike by Morning Light
- Chapter 388: Ffion's Touch
- Chapter 389: Looking to Question the Source
- Presenting: Limited Run of Baelin's Charm-Pendants (Available in the Link below)
- Chapter 390: Rewards Under a Grim Sky
- Chapter 391: A Rude Breakthrough
- Chapter 392: A Uniting Force
- Chapter 393: The Catching of One Offguard
- Chapter 394: Alex's Sickness
- The Amazon Launch of Mark of the Fool: Paperback, Audio and Kindle! [+more]
- Chapter 395: A Man of Culture...and Planning
- Chapter 396: A Fortified Cavern
- Chapter 397: A Confluence of Luck
- Chapter 398: Links in the Chain of Destiny
- Chapter 399: The Hidden Gateway
- Chapter 400: Reaping the Harvest
- Chapter 401: The Varied View of Death
- Chapter 402: The Ghosts of Faith and Gods
- Chapter 403: Reunions and the Refusal of Pettiness
- Chapter 404: Isolde's Shame
- Chapter 405: The Petrifier
- Chapter 406: The Confounding Secrets of the Swords
- Chapter 407: Seeing Things as They Are
- Chapter 408: Dancing for Three
- Chapter 409: Hostile Negotiations
- Chapter 410: An Almost Empty Dungeon
- Chapter 411: Bargaining From a Seat of Power
- Chapter 412: The Wake of Pronouncement
- Chapter 413: The Coming Storm
- Chapter 414: Tapestries of Past Victories
- Chapter 415: What Brews in the Dark Beneath the World
- Chapter 416: Hungry Stone
- Chapter 417: Theresa's Battle in the Dark
- Chapter 418: Defences in the Blizzard
- Chapter 419: A Battle in the White
- Chapter 420: Blazing Desperation
- Chapter 421: Seeing As They Are
- Chapter 422: The Twinblade
- Chapter 423: Awakening and Arrival
- Chapter 424: The Battle on Two Fronts and the Stalker's Summoning
- Chapter 425: Unable to Scream
- Chapter 426: Change
- Chapter 427: Racing the Explosion
- Chapter 428: To Make the End of Battle
- Chapter 429: The Exploring of Change and a New Battle Brewing
- Chapter 430: Father (End of web novel book 2...ish. More like book 5 now, lol)
- Chapter 431: Seven Seasons of Change (Beginning of book 6. Properly.)
- Chapter 432: The First Letters
- Chapter 433: Protective Children
- Chapter 434: Tada
- Chapter 435: Comparing Notes
- Chapter 436: Reading People
- Chapter 437: 'Protect'
- Chapter 438: The Heroes' Paths are Not the Same
- Chapter 439: Consolidating Resources
- Chapter 440: Operation 'Nurturing Heroes'
- Chapter 441: The Ancient Wizard and the Golem
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