The Butcher of Gadobhra
The Butcher of Gadobhra
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SUMMARY
I am currently re-writing the first chapters of this story. They are quite rough and bounce around a lot and I can do better. At some point, I will replace these with the better chapters.
Sometime in 2024 Aethon Books will publish the first volume of this story on Amazon, KU, and audible. This will mean the story will be stubbed. I will notify people far in advance of that.
In the dystopian world of the future, life is rough when you live at the bottom. Jobs are non-existent. Far too many people live in poverty, crammed into huge buildings called Habitats. With no jobs in the real world, many people can only find work online in VR worlds as servants to the very rich. And it's getting worse. The old internet is unusable and hacked to pieces. The new system needs AI to run things, but all but one of them were destroyed. The last sentient AI is ordered to create a new game world so the rich can have a playground, and the corporations that rule the world can have a new global market place.
Everyone wants a piece of the new game. The guilds are competing to be the first to find the dungeons and kill the biggest monster. The corporations are claiming land and putting in their online market places. Ozzy and his friends just want a paycheck.
Four friends sign five year contracts as virtual serfs in a small village, and can't go adventuring at all to gain money. They don't have many choices. They can work as a blacksmith, barmaid and shepherd for all those years....or they can cheat and find ways to take advantage of the system and carve out a section of the game world for themselves, and earn a fortune in the real world.
When they give you a mop and not a sword, you have to find the loopholes and change the rules.
6 Latest Chapters[ Updated 3 days ago ]
Chapter List
- Chapter 1: Cheese and Whine
- Chapter 2: Sponsored by Bludgeon Brew
- Chapter 3: Welcome to ACME
- Chapter 4: WALLY
- Chapter 5: Welcome to Sedgewick
- Chapter 6: Who let the players in?
- Chapter 7: A lot of Bull
- Chapter 8: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Chapter 9: Death Perspective
- Chapter 10: Small Talk
- Chapter 11: Whiskey Run
- Chapter 12: Squirmies and Bananas and Deer! Oh My!
- Chapter 13: The Great Rabbit Hunt (1)
- Chapter 14: The Great Rabbit Hunt, (2)
- Chapter 15: It’s been a long week.
- Chapter 16: Corporate Team Building, ACME style.
- Chapter 17: Bludgeon Brew presents "We had it all wrong."
- Chapter 18: A knock on the Door.
- Chapter 19: Loot!
- Chapter 20: Prelude to Chaos
- Chapter 21: Cabers in the dark.
- Chapter 22: Lost and Found
- Chapter 23: Road to Ruin
- Chapter 24: "The first thing to understand....."
- Chapter 25: Life was good today.
- Chapter 26: Night at the tavern
- Chapter 27: Late Night at the Tavern
- Chapter 28: Dark Currents
- Chapter 29: Earn the Light
- Chapter 30: Meat
- Chapter 31: Have we talked to you about your extended warranty?
- Chapter 32: Drunken mornings and busy afternoons.
- Chapter 33: Teaching
- Chapter 34: Barbeque and Loot
- Chapter 35: Naps and Rats
- Chapter 36: Dungeon! (1)
- Chapter 37: Dungeon (2)
- Chapter 38: Drinking and Dowries
- Chapter 39: Adventures in bartending.
- Chapter 40: Negotiations
- Chapter 41: Sir Timothy’s Big Adventure
- Chapter 42: Do try to keep up.
- Chapter 43: Back in the saddle
- Chapter 44: Welcome Home
- Chapter 45: Bacon?
- Chapter 46: Problems
- Chapter 47: New hats and lost satchels.
- Chapter 48: Harmony
- Chapter 49: New friends.
- Chapter 50: Learning to Ride
- Chapter 51: A dark and stormy night
- Chapter 52: One on the way
- Chapter 53: Partings
- Chapter 54: Mixing it up
- Chapter 55: The Price of Tomatoes
- Chapter 56: Hot and Sweet
- Chapter 57: Weeds
- Chapter 58: Awakening
- Chapter 59: War and Pieces
- Chapter 60: Back on his feet.
- Chapter 61: Slow day
- Chapter 62: Options
- Chapter 63: Designing for Dungeoning
- Chapter 64: Cheese?
- Chapter 64.1 Falconer
- Chapter 64.2: The General
- Chapter 65: Dungeons Dark and not-so-Perilous
- Chapter 66: Probably-Poisoned Pie
- Chapter 67: The day before.
- Chapter 68: Weasel Attack!
- Chapter 69.1 :Dawn of War (1)
- Chapter 69.2: Dawn of War (2)
- Chapter 69.3: Dawn of War (3)
- Chapter 69.4: Dawn of War (4)
- Chapter 70: Knives in the back
- Chapter 71: Better than muffins.
- Chapter 72: First Strike!
- Chapter 73: The Battle for the Tavern
- Chapter 74: A Death in the Family
- Chapter 74.1: Mourning (1)
- Chapter 74.2: Mourning (2)
- Chapter 74.3 Mourning (3)
- Chapter 74.4 Mourning
- Chapter 75: Walking off a cliff.
- Chapter 76: The rise of Fearless Leader
- Chapter 77: Surrender
- Chapter 78: Sir Timothy in Spiderland
- Chapter 79: Reborn in a new world with my oblivious barbecuing boyfriend (1)
- Chapter 80: The Butcher of Sedgewick
- Chapter 81: Suzette, the Lonely Barmaid
- Chapter 82: Repentence
- Chapter 83: Chapter Digging In
- Chapter 84: The Friendly Local Courier
- Chapter 85: The Simple Shepherd
- Chapter 86: Leroy
- Chapter 87: Bunny Hunting
- Chapter 88: Bottoms Up!
- Chapter 89: Stick, Stone, Clouds
- Chapter 90: Definitely not part of the plan
- Chapter 91: A Sticky Wicket
- Chapter 92: Victory
- Chapter 93: A town in peril, and hope jogs to the rescue!
- Chapter 94: Bigger than The Big Rat
- Chapter 95: The Charge of the Workers Brigade
- Chapter 96: War Council
- Chapter 97: Ubermaus Snack Time
- Chapter 98: The Horde Attacks!
- Chapter 99: War’s End
- Chapter 100: Paladins to the rescue!
- Chapter 101: Accounting
- Chapter 102: The Gangs all Here
- Chapter 103: Loot while you can.
- Chapter 104: Collection Day
- Chapter 105: No, you can’t hit him!
- Chapter 106: Opening statements
- Chapter 107: Heavy Reading
- Chapter 108: Friends of the Court
- Chapter 109: Guile and Brute Force
- Chapter 110: Baron of Gadobhra
- Chapter 111: The Hunter
- Chapter 112: Wrapping things up.
- Chapter 113: Legendary Loot!
- Chapter 114: Repairs
- Chapter 115: Dust and noise.
- Chapter 116: Bedtime for Bonzo
- Chapter 117: The Rest of it
- Chapter 118: Visitors from afar.
- Chapter 119: The Tax man comes calling
- Chapter 120: Deals and Investigations
- Chapter 121: Planning Session
- Chapter 122: Cargo and Escargo
- Chapter 123: Civic Duty
- Chapter 124: During a quiet moment.
- Chapter 125: Squirrels and Bunnies and Barrows, oh my!
- Chapter 126: One for all, and all for one.
- Chapter 127: Buying Tenure
- Chapter 128: Thunderpunks
- Chapter 129: The Butcher of Gadobhra
- Chapter 130: Mud Wrestling
- Chapter 131: A Hard Days Slaughter
- Chapter 132: Apprentice Butcher
- Chapter 133: Breakfast
- Chapter 134: Minor Minion Misunderstanding
- Chapter 135: A Rising Power is recognized!
- Chapter 136: At the mercy of the Pit Master!
- Chapter 137: More visitors from afar
- Chapter 138: The Assistant Butchers of Sedgewick
- Chapter 139: Bears, Boars, and Fursnakes
- Chapter 140: Bunnies, and Cows, and Hell-Pigs, oh MY!
- Chapter 141: Some Pig!
- Chapter 142: Workers with benefits.
- Chapter 143: Bunny Girls and Wood Sprites
- Chapter 144: Things heat up
- Chapter 145: Fool’s Gold
- Chapter 146: Lost Lambs
- Chapter 147: The Death of Roland, and his Journey Home
- Interlude: Town Building Points
- Chapter 148: Bacon
- Chapter 149: Tall Timber
- Chapter 150: War of the Oaks
- Chapter 151: Expansion and Negotiation
- Chapter 152: Reunion
- Chapter 153: No plan survives contact with the enemy.
- Chapter 154: A Short, Victorious War
- Chapter 155: My oblivious boyfriend in another world got bitten by a radioactive cow.
- Chapter 156: Meals and Deals
- Chapter 157: Swift travel and a quick return
- Chapter 158: Wolves in the Night
- Chapter 159: Delving Deep
- Chapter 160: McTeeth on the Job
- Chapter 161: Visitor from the Stars
- Chapter 162: When things go ’WrongjustWrong’
- Chapter 163: When you’re hot, your HOT!
- Chapter 164: Burning Ring of Fire!
- Chapter 165: Swifter Returns
- Chapter 166: After the Fire
- Chapter 167: Chicken and Dumplings?
- Chapter 168: Don’t go in the Basements!
- Chapter 169: Dealing with Dryads
- Chapter 170: Town Planning
- Chapter 171: The second meeting
- Chapter 172: Lord Hound
- Chapter 173: Changes
- Chapter 174: Beginning College
- Chapter 175: Of Tree and Unicorns, and of Badgers who should be wary of Hounds bearing gold.
- Chapter 176: Getting her hands dirty
- Chapter 177: Harsh Truths
- Chapter 178: Beasts and Promises
- Chapter 179: Makeovers and Menageries
- Chapter 180: Dungeon Prep
- Chapter 181: Regrouping
- Chapter 182: The Bloody Baron
- Chapter 183: Brewing Sunshine
- Chapter 184: Diplomacy
- Chapter 186: Tavern Politics
- Chapter 185: Talking with Joe
- Chapter 187: Pinching Penny Pinchers
- Chapter 188: Normal is Boring
- Chapter 189: Welcome to the Smoke
- Chapter 190: Oink takes a nap.
- Chapter 191: Welcoming Committee
- Chapter 192: Adrift
- Chapter 193: Splinter
- Chapter 194: Salvage
- Chapter 195: Fishing
- Chapter 196: Blackfetter
- Chapter 197: Dead Man’s Chest
- Chapter 198: Salad
- Chapter 199: Bag Hag
- Chapter 200: Billy gets back to Business
- Chapter 201: Dues owed, deals made.
- Chapter 202: Smokejammer
- Chapter 203: Shark Hunting
- Chapter 204: Eruption
- Chapter 205: We have concerns
- Chapter 206: The Hunting Club
- Chapter 207: It’s a charred world now.
- Chapter 208: Hags and Dreams
- Going forward (non-story update).
- Chapter 209: Bankers and Barmaids
- Chapter 210: Bugs and Baronesses
- Chapter 212: Urgently needed elsewhere
- Chapter 211: Birds Eye View
- Chapter 213: Treasure of a mundane variety
- Chapter 214: Jack
- Chapter 215: Hammocks and Carpet Tacks
- Chapter 216: Everything is Sausage
- Chapter 217: Something that glitters, something old...
- Chapter 218: … something lost, something gold.
- Chapter 219: Cut the Deck
- Chapter 220: Mordecai
- Chapter 221: Friends in Low Places
- Chapter 222: Ship of Gold
- Chapter 223: Some planning
- Chapter 224: Shipbreaker
- Chapter 225: Lookout
- Chapter 226: Clubbing Crocs
- Chapter 227: Just ask Odysseus
- Chapter 228: Shares
- Chapter 229: Hull
- Chapter 230: The Proper was to roast a Crab
- Chapter 231: More Sausage
- Chapter 232: Run!
- Chapter 233: No where to run
- Chapter 234: Sailing Away
- Chapter 235: The Treasures of Admiral Peerson
- Chapter 236: Tier 3 Choices
- Chapter 237: These go to 11!
- Chapter 238: The Long Blue Box
- Chapter 239: Unfolding Events
- Chapter 240: Congratulations
- Chapter 241: Rain!
- Chapter 242: Ship Ahoy!
- Chapter 243: Rendering Aid
- Chapter 244: Five Captains Courageous
- Chapter 245: Blockade Runners
- Chapter 246: Clever Little Helpers
- Chapter 247: Clear Sailing
- Chapter 248: Brace for Impact!
- Chapter 249: Follow me to Hell
- Chapter 250: "Not my fault"
- Chapter 251: Old Smoke
- Chapter 252: Red Banner
- Chapter 254: You can’t get there from here.
- Chapter 253: You can’t get there from here.
- Chapter 255: Horse Trading
- Chapter 256: Dead Man’s Hand
- Chapter 257: Sailing Home
- Chapter 258: Horse Sense
- Chapter 259: Trade Talks
- Chapter 260: Homecoming
- Chapter 261: Let’s get the hell out of here before the damnable gods show up.
- Chapter 262: Urban Planning, Southern Style
- Chapter 263: Accountants
- Chapter 264: Spare the shovel, and spoil the hell pit.
- Chapter 265: Business Lunch
- Chapter 266: Lair of the Ice Wizard
- Chapter 267: Profitable Dealings with Small Town Mayors
- Chapter 268: I hope you know...
- Chapter 269: Preparing for Battle
- Chapter 270: Cleaning House
- Chapter 271: End of one road, Start of Another.
- Chapter 272: Hamlet Building
- Chapter 273: The Great Gopher Hunt
- Chapter 274: North Farthing
- Chapter 275: Has anyone seen our scribes?
- Chapter 276: Captains Outrageous
- Chapter 277: A morning of friendly negotiations
- Chapter 278: The Long War
- Interlude: Pomeline
- Chapter 279: Corporate Complaints.
- Chapter 280: You had us at ’crazy’.
- Chapter 281: Farthing on the Pond
- Chapter 282: Merchant War
- Chapter 283: Sailors and Dragons and Paths Less Taken.
- Chapter 284: The Last Hamlet
- Chapter 285: The Barony Goes to War
- Chapter 286: Death and Fertilizer
- Chapter 287: The Penalty for Getting Noticed
- Chapter 288: A Day off, (1)
- Chapter 289: A Day Off, (2)
- Chapter 290: A Day Off, (3)
- Chapter 291: "We have multiple Code-Threes!"
- Chapter 292: Going for Silver
- Chapter 293: Lady Mourninglade’s Apprentice (Suzette Tier 3)
- Chapter 294: Offerings to the Goddesses
- Chapter 295: Bacon? Not-Bacon?
- Chapter 296: Remembering Old Times
- Chapter 297: Franklin House
- Chapter 298: Tinkers, Pirates, and Troublemakers
- Chapter 299: Frankly, gentlemen, I’m insulted that you didn’t invite me.
- Chapter 300: Judgement
- Chapter 301: Safe Delivery
- Chapter 302: The Red Banner goes Shopping
- Chapter 303: Pit Fight!
- Chapter 304: When the smoke settles...
- Chapter 305: After Dinner Drinks
- Chapter 306: Choosing a Path
- Chapter 307: Family Reunion
- Chapter 308: The Proper Diet for a Training Montage.
- Chapter 309: Legacy of Prometheus
- Chapter 310: Attempted Delivery
- Chapter 311: Shepherds doing what Shepherds do best.
- Chapter 312: Ducal Reunion
- Chapter 313: The Emperor’s Birthday, (1).
- Chapter 314: The Emperor’s Birthday, (2)
- Chapter 315: The Emperor’s Birthday, (3)
- Chapter 316: The Emperor’s Birthday, (4).
- Chapter 317: The Emperor’s Birthday Party, (5)
- Announcement about the Future of my Stories. (Non-Story)
- Chapter 318: "No, really, I just came for a cup of coffee."
- Chapter 319: Why, yes, I might know where a dungeon is. Are you looking for one?
- Chapter 320: Who stole my kobold?
- Chapter 321: Fire Sale
- Chapter 322: A Dragon for Myrna
- Chapter 323: Gophorian Loot
- Chapter 324: Don’t you lie!
- Chapter 325: A good cup of coffee before going to work.
- Chapter 326: Deals while Drying Dishes
- Chapter 327: The Crusade Against Ghoulish Aggression
- Chapter 328: Humbling the Nobility
- Chapter 329: Ghoulish Bargains
- Chapter 330: The Red Chapel
- Chapter 331: Souvenir Loot
- Chapter 332: It’s not going to work.
- Chapter 333: The Rousing of Lord Alwyn
- Chapter 334: Perils of the Wildlands
- Chapter 335: Congenial Conversation
- Chapter 336: The Cost of Passage
- Chapter 337: An Honored Guest
- Chapter 338: One Night at the Library of Lost Time
- Chapter 339: Backstabbing, Treachery, and Dancing: The History of the Fae Realms during Peacetime.
- Chapter 340: Negotiations Begin
- Chapter 341: Gone Fishing
- Chapter 342: The Captain, the Duchess, the Barmaid and the Hound
- Chapter 343: Giving the Duchess her Greatest Desire
- Chapter 344: The Illusion of Control
- Chapter 345: In Death Ground
- Ozzy Tier 4
- Chapter 346: Kings and Klaxons
- Chapter 347: Diplomacy at the Border
- Chapter 348: Getting some attention
- Chapter 349: Applied Banking Principles
- Chapter 350: "I am Renegotiating the Deal"
- Chapter 351: Avoiding the Bad Pudding
- Chapter 352: The Countess and the King
- Chapter 353: The Proper Respect for Freckles
- Chapter 354: Life Finds a Way
- Chapter 355: The Brownie Caravan
- Chapter 356: The further travels of Clan Brindleberry
- Chapter 357: Billy goes bowling.
- Chapter 358: The Wheel of Eight
- Chapter 359: The Terrible Assault of the Blue Boxes
- Chapter 360: Conversation amid the Desolation
- Chapter 361: Disproving Bernie’s Hypothesis
- Chapter 362: A Visit with Mother
- Chapter 363: A Bloody and Brutal Perspective
- Chapter 364: The Crossroads
- Chapter 365: Talking with Hekate
- Chapter 366: What do we want and how do we get it?
- Chapter 367: More Legendary Loot
- Character Sheet: Ozzy TIer 4
- Chapter 368: The Unca-Varn Show
- Character Sheet: Ben, Tier 4, The Ingenious Imperial Courier
- Chapter 369: Back to the Grind
- Rolly, Tier 4: The Heroic Shepherd
- Chapter 370: Madmen and Professional Mages
- Chapter 371: Pomeline and the Captain
- Tier 4, Suzette, the Woman with Three Shadows.
- Chapter 372: Midnight Cruise
- Chapter 373: One Snowy Night
- Chapter 374: Ben’s 11
- Chapter 375: Date Night
- Chapter 376: Ice and War
- Chapter 377: That time I broke a friend out of jail and flew away on an inflatable dragon.
- Chapter 378: A History Lesson from Uncle Damien
- Chapter 379: The Growing Storm
- Chapter 380: Brownies, Knights, and Stinky Cheese.
- Chapter 381: Broken Quests and Unexpected Guests
- Chapter 382: Tea with a Black Dragon
- Chapter 383: Small eyes and ears.
- Chapter 384: Sneaky Bad Guys, and Sloppy Math
- Chapter 385: Madmen in Mad, Mad World
- Chapter 386: Season of the Witch
- Chapter 387: Eviction Notice
- Chapter 388: Not sticking with the Plan.
- Chapter 389: Weaponizing Merchants and Merchandizing War
- Chapter 390: Riding the White Lightning
- Chapter 391: Let’s get this party started.
- Chapter 392: Hedgehogs and Picnics
- Chapter 393: Job Interview
- Chapter 394: The Triple Witching Hour
- Chapter 395: Casualties of War
- Chapter 396: Chairmen of the Boards
- Chapter 397: Coffee Break
- Chapter 398: When a Plan Comes Together...and Explodes.
- Chapter 399: Laws of Contagion and Similarity
- Chapter 400: Like a Flock of Vultures
- Chapter 401: Science is Loud!
- Chapter 402: Exploring Sedgewick
- Chapter 403: Moss Masters and Distinguished Scholars
- Chapter 404: The Sum of the Parts
- Chapter 405: Vultures at Bay
- Chapter 406: Thunderstruck!
- Chapter 407: The End of the Tail
- Chapter 408: They aren’t making any more....
- Chapter 409: Generous Gifts
- Character Sheet, Tier 4: Suzette, the Woman with Three Shadows.
- Chapter 410: Setting up Shop
- Chapter 411: A Chill Wind Blows
- Chapter 412: Cold Reception
- Chapter 413: Chicken Soup, Chamomile Tea, and the Inquisition.
- Chapter 414: Head Lackey to Two Windbags
- Chapter 415: Too Many Hands Making the Sausage Means Someone is Losing Fingers.
- Chapter 416: Job Openings
- Chapter 417: Teapots
- Venn Diagrams, Sausage and Black Beans: Not a real Chapter, but does have a tasty recipe. )
- Chapter 418: The Curious Cooking Rituals of the Fire Flume Kobolds.
- Chapter 419: Following a Cold Trail
- Chapter 420: Still Want to Be in Front?
- Chapter 421: Cold as Ice
- Chapter 423: Cleaning out the Freezer
- Chapter 422: Cleaning out the Freezer
- Chapter 424: Where there’s Smoke....
- Chapter 425: ACME makes progress.
- Chapter 426: He Bidged! He Budged! Today is the day!