Mark of the Fool: A Progression Fantasy

***Mark of the Fool: A Progression Fantasy*** is an Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Slice of Life webnovel created and written by Unstoppable Juggernaut.

## Synopsis

> 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.
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> 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 'The Fool', worst of the marks.
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> Rather than die or serve the other Heroes like Fools in the past, he packs up his little sister, his childhood friend and her cerberus, then flees for the university in hope of refuge, magic and to unravel the truth about his land’s evil.
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> There’s one small problem: The Mark tries to ruin magic while enhancing skills outside of divinity, combat and spellcraft.…
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> …that is, unless he can learn to exploit the hell out of it.
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## Chapters

### Book 1

1: Fools and Inheritance

2: Uldar's Legacy

3: The Mark's Mocking Grin

4: Departure and Dogs

5: The Coins and the Priests

6: Coin Tricks and Fire Light

7: Good Dreams and Bad Luck

8: The Chosen

9: Telling the Truth

10: Red Eyes in the Dark

11: The Goddesses' Wrath

12: The Traveller's Magic

13: Walls and Keys

14: The Sanctum of Doors

15: The Hive-Queen

16: The Core

17: Out into the Light

18: Using What You Have (Interlude)

19: The Red Siren

20: Cookies and Dances

21: The Spear-and-Oar Dance

22: Tests by Moonlight

23: The Nightwatch

24: Other Dangers

25: The City at the Center of Creation

26: Wonders in the Sky

27: Negotiations in the Hall of Magic

28: Welcome Home

29: Selecting One's Path

30: The Means of Survival

31: The Chancellor

32: Responsibility and Paths Forward

33: The Beastarium

34: A Clash of Beasts

35: The Beginning Fruits of Failure

36: Dummies and Forceballs

37: The Spell-Joust and the Second Spell

38: An Endless Forest (Interlude)

39: The Beginning of Baelin's Test

40: The Plain of Dust

41: Predators

42: Ambushing the Ambushers

43: The Escarpment

44: The Bonedrinker

45: Lessons and Gods

46: A Pie Party

47: The Path of Potions

48: The Art of Asking Questions

49: The First Classes

50: Familiar Encounters

51: Help Wanted

52: Manipulating Mana and Mind

53: The World Opening to the Senses

54: Safety in The Cells

55: Reflecting on Different Paths

56: Naming and Sculpting Futures

57: Terrain and Entourages

58: Planning Around the Mana Vents

59: Group Dynamics

60: Wrangling the Herd

61: Trust

62: Glyphs and Quicksilver

63: Unsafety in the Cells

64: Benefits of the Talented

65: Armwrestling Wizard's Hand

66: The Summoning

67: Beyond the Material World

68: The Devil that You Know...

69: Expanding Perspectives

70: Different Paths in Life

71: Gains in Mass and Mana

72: For and Against Pride

73: A 'Handy' Breakthrough

74: Ghosts of the Past I (Interlude)

75: Ghosts of the Past II (Interlude)

### Book 2

76: The Path Alone

77: Fire and Coils

78: Many Hands Make Light Work

79: An Elemental Battle

80: Pack Tactics

81: Fire and Midterms

82: Challenge

83: A Mana Monster

84: Growing Bonds

85: Chancellors, Ships and Priests

86: Pirate Tales and Dances

87: A Fine Evening and Anxious Morning

88: The Interview

89: Honours

90: Isolde's Pressure

91: The Rally

92: The Demons

93: The Chancellor's Power

94: The Weight of Secrets

95: The First Meeting of the Cabal

96: Taking a Chance

97: Ram's Forceful Guidance

98: The Cleansing Movements

99: Family Time

100: The Masks that are Worn

101: Nostalgic Recipes and Warnings

102: The Festival of Ghosts

103: Opportunities and Exams

104: Golem Sculpting and the Sky-Ship

105: Dryads

106: The Stand-Off

107: Haste and Lateness

108: Secret Analysis

109: Essence of Dungeon

110: Preparing to do Horrifying Things

111: Direction and Redirection

112: Beneath the Barrens

113: The Skeletal Ruins

114: Names Left Behind

115: Traps

116: Creeping Doom

117: Gateways and Redesigns

118: Unreliable Lateness

119: The Core's Properties

120: Design Improvements

121: Hunt-mania

122: Rampage

123: The Opportunist

124: Lances, Cries and Shock

125: The Impetus of Death

126: Consultation and a Leap of Trust

127: The Chancellor's Reaction

128: A Proposition

129: Allies

130: Forging a Body and Plan

131: Stealing the Enemy's Weapon

132: The Forging

133: The Hunters (Interlude)

134: The Nest

135: The Xyrthak

136: A Cold Delivery

137: Cuts, Teeth and Mana

138: The Path of Proper Wizards

139: Frozen Doors and Crooked Rectangles

140: The Talk

141: Rumble in the Alley

142: A Hunger for Vengeance and Mana

143: Escape and Hunting

144: The Beating

145: Preparing the Specimen

146: The World's Worst Teabag

147: The Siphoning 4 months ago

148: Roth; or, The Magical Prometheus

149: Hunters' Gathering (Interlude)

150: Isolde's Dread

151: Preparing for a Long-Awaited Party

152: Reflections Under Moonlight

153: A Dance of Minotaurs

154: Shadows in the Garden

155: A Battle of Masks and Claws

156: Claygon

157: A Duel in Dust

158: A Successful Operation

159: Bouncing Back

160: Reaffirmation

161: A Journey From Tree to Tree

162: The Expedition and the Doodle

### Book 3

163: The Heroes' Struggle

164: The Corrupt Fool in Paradise

165: The Final Hunt of First Year

166: Rumbling Earth

167: Earth Magic and New Beginnings

168: The Final Debrief and Youth

169: The Migration

170: Birthdays and Spell-Guides

171: Blood Magic and Incoming Visitors

172: The Hydra and the Beast

173: A Little Magical Botany Class of Horrors

174: Respect and Questions

175: Binding Circles

176: The Power of Names

177: The War-Spirit

178: Relations Across the Planes

179: Messenger Constructs and Limits

180: New Prey

181: Kitchen Nightmares

182: The Rain

183: Honey & Wine

184: Wasp and Strange Circumstance

185: Raging Wasp

186: The Night of Long Stingers

187: Reflections on Death

188: The Patterns and Scripts of Time (Interlude)

189: Like a Marriage (Interlude)

190: A Brewing Rivalry

191: Old Acquaintances and Reunions

192: Rumours

193: The First Briefing...and a Big Mouth

194: Digging a Hole

195: Beneath the Garden

196: Magic Mushrooms

197: The Birthday and the Rainbow Tower

198: The Talk

199: Prepping for the Grand Battle

200: Strange Offers and Strange Summonings

201: Travelling from the Deep

202: Debts

203: Revelations (Interlude)

204: Chasing Vermin

205: In a White Room with No Curtains

206: Alex Roth Goes to Jail (Maybe)

207: Resolution

208: Nonaggression and Reading Lies

209: Scouting Out The Grounds

210: Posturing

211: Lightweight

212: The Prince vs. The Mad Wrangler

213: The Prince and The Goblin

214: Super-heavyweight

215: Four Arms vs. Ten

216: A Rain of Fists

217: Mirrored Golems

218: Vesuvius

219: Powerlifting

220: Fire in the Sky

221: Archers and Cowards

222: Reverent Archery

223: Deific Need

224: Great Hunts on Land and Sea

225: Loss and Resolve (Theresa)

226: Melee (Theresa)

227: The Clash (Theresa)

228: Heading to The Grand Battle

229: The Grand Battle Begins

230: Shock and Awe

231: Vanishing Point

232: Confrontation of Arrow and Word

233: Bait

234: The Battle of the Grasses

235: Divine Wind

236: Cutting In

237: Double Elimination

238: The Rising

239: Fanaticism and Divinity

240: The Wrinkle of Recognition

241: The Prey that Fights

242: Reckoning

243: Mine

244: The Bonds that Heal

245: The Bonds that Harm

246: Getting to Know Someone

247: Demonic Reconnaissance

248: Justice and Blood

249: Life to Mana

250: Flowers for the Fallen

251: Memories, Recognition and Inheritance

252: Grand Gifts and Unholy Friendships

253: Scars

254: An Ancient Search

255: Late Summer Days

256: Birthdays and Miserable Businessmen

257: Fingers and Departures

258: Family’s Parting on the Eve of Change

259: Finals and Final Preparations

260: The Usurper Returns

### Book 4

261: Cycles and Struggles

262: Greymoor

263: One’s Territory

264: Foul Bargaining

265: The Battle of the Bog

266: The Prisoner

267: The Lean Times and Time of Plenty

268: Uldar’s Apostles

269: The Fae Wilds

270: The Fae Lord

271: The Offer

272: Interlopers

273: The First Survey's End

274: The First Blood Magic Class

275: Blood and Whine

276: Patches, Circuits and Knots

277: The Three Spells

278: Elemental Experiments

279: Unexpected Breakthrough

280: Necessity in Discovery

281: The Final Hunter

282: The Arrival

283: Recognition

284: A Gathering of Heroes

285: The Heroes Go Forth

286: Heroic Battle

287: The Blood-Hydra

288: Fire and Retreat

289: Dungeon Attack Plan

290: Magical Reconnaissance

291: The Delve

292: Hand on Glass

293: Breaking Walls

294: Storming the Final Chamber

295: The Battle of Chitterer Dungeon

296: Harvest

297: Sewing the Seeds

298: Enchantment and Dodging Questions

299: Brewing Allies

300: And Just One More Thing...

301: The Sage Contemplates a Third Option

302: Reflections and Questions

303: Aftermaths

304: Dark Allies and Operation Grand Summoning Ascension

305: Learning & Teaching

306: The Evil Wizard Val'Rok

307: The Spiral

308: Ugly Behaviour

309: Partners, Spirals and Tempting Fate

310: Night Attack and Planning a Trap

311: Movements in Sanctuaries of Magic and Faith

312: Learnings in the Market

313: For Science!

314: Morning Amusement and Power

315: Those that Have Faded

316: An Explosion of Chaos

317: A Fallout of Dust

318: The Potential Horrors of Discovery

319: A Wizard's Integrity

320: The Set Up of Mercantile Schemes

321: Dance and Ignition

322: The Mana Fountain

323: Sleep Demon

324: Warping Flesh

325: A Special Kind of Training

326: A Moment of Tension

327: New Sources of Power

328: Assessing Each Other

329: A Bigger Fish

330: Treachery in the Dark

331: Curtains of Tension

332: An Impressive Demonstration

333: The Shedding of Filth

334: Like a Titan From the Tales of Old

335: A Theft of a Sapling

336: A Lack of Repentance

337: For a Price of Three Wasps

338: An Otherworldly Muster

339: The Summoner's Commands

340: The Fruits of Summoned Labour

341: Make Like a Tree and Leave

342: The Hunted

343: A Living Clue

344: Months in the Making

345: Considering Dead Clues

346: Fighting Fire with Fire

347: Alexander Roth

### Book 5

348: A "Triumphant" Return

349: Just Communication

350: Confounding the Confounding Variables

351: Ancient Rituals and New Applications

352: The Origin of Affinities

353: The Changing Flame

354: Redundancies

355: Convenience

356: One Person's Entrance...

357: ...is another's wall

358: Uldar's Guidance

359: Usurpers

360: The Challenges of Faith

361: Challenged Beliefs and Alternate Plans

362: Suppositions and Stories

363: Heroic Tricks and Divine Gifts

364: Convictions

365: The Next Stage

366: The Witch's Suggestion

367: The Teleportation Shuffle

368: Ransom and Descent

369: The Dangers of Crymlyn Swamp

370: The Dead Aeld

371: The Elder Witch

372: A Running Battle

373: The Demons and Witches

374: The Baby on the Mushroom

375: The Patrol

376: They Which Come From Beneath

377: Painting with the Colours of Horror

378: An Interrogation Professor Jules Wouldn't Like Very Much

379: The Bait in the Skull Pits

380: The Battle of the Skull Pits

381: The Infiltration of the Demonic Camp

382: Goading

383: The Crack

384: The Unmasking

385: Roiling Chaos

386: The War-Spear

387: A Surprise Strike by Morning Light

388: Ffion's Touch

389: Looking to Question the Source

390: Rewards Under a Grim Sky

391: A Rude Breakthrough

392: A Uniting Force

393: The Catching of One Offguard

394: Alex's Sickness

395: A Man of Culture...and Planning

396: A Fortified Cavern

397: A Confluence of Luck

398: Links in the Chain of Destiny

399: The Hidden Gateway

400: Reaping the Harvest

401: The Varied View of Death

402: The Ghosts of Faith and Gods

403: Reunions and the Refusal of Pettiness

404: Isolde's Shame

405: The Petrifier

406: The Confounding Secrets of the Swords

407: Seeing Things as They Are

408: Dancing for Three

409: Hostile Negotiations

410: An Almost Empty Dungeon

411: Bargaining From a Seat of Power

412: The Wake of Pronouncement

413: The Coming Storm

414: Tapestries of Past Victories

415: What Brews in the Dark Beneath the World

416: Hungry Stone

417: Theresa's Battle in the Dark

418: Defences in the Blizzard

419: A Battle in the White

420: Blazing Desperation

421: Seeing As They Are

422: The Twinblade

423: Awakening and Arrival

424: The Battle on Two Fronts and the Stalker's Summoning

425: Unable to Scream

426: Change

427: Racing the Explosion

428: To Make the End of Battle

429: The Exploring of Change and a New Battle Brewing

430: Father

### Book 6

431: Seven Seasons of Change

432: The First Letters

433: Protective Children

434: Tada

435: Comparing Notes

436: Reading People

437: 'Protect'

438: The Heroes' Paths are Not the Same

439: Consolidating Resources

440: Operation 'Nurturing Heroes'

441: The Ancient Wizard and the Golem

442: Approaches of Bombardment and Guile

443: A Dance of Heat and Flame

444: Selina and Claygon

445: Upcoming Hellish Difficulties

446: New Frontiers of Fortune

447: Claygon's Good Impression

448: The Lion's Den

449: Creating Demand

450: A 'Haunted House'

451: The Baker's Tale

452: The Horrible Hoard

453: Cornering the Vermin

454: A Beautiful Gift

455: The Death of Winter Break

456: A Favour and a Plan

457: Dark Roads to Darkest Dungeons

458: Rapid Dungeon Raiding

459: Preparing the Proposal

460: The Final Financial Battle of Operation Grand Summoning Ascension

461: When it Rains...

462: ...It Pours.

463: Extermination by Army

464: The Methods of Staff-Making

465: Magnificent Blooms of Power

466: Growth and Labour

467: A New Battle Brewing

468: The "War Council"

469: I Can Fix—

470: In the Aftermath of Disaster

471: Advanced Alchemy

472: The First Staff Tests

473: Testing the Staff and Testing the Nerve

474: A Saint's Questions

475: The Phantoms of Faith

476: A Relaxed Introduction into Demonology

477: The Ruined Demon City

478: Invasion Plans

479: The Wilderness of Cawarthin

480: Demonic Trapfinding

481: Out of Place

482: The Unexpected Finds

483: Streppler's Sins

484: Three Demonic Brothers

485: Demonic Laughter

486: To Pay Back What You Owe

487: Replaying Illusion

488: Reinforcing the Will

489: Preparing for Mad Experiments

490: Hart's Transformation and Cedric's Horror

491: Growth and Minions

492: Moving Day

493: Loud and Clear

494: Golem Songs and Minds

495: A Rich Woman's Fun

496: Hidden Thoughts and Hidden Stars

497: The Manacles of Distance

498: A Meeting Among the Stars

499: The Purest Form of Entertainment

500: A Warm Prelude to Cold

501: Impressed and Dismayed

502: The Dark Struggles of Wrath

503: A Small, But Insistent Explosion

504: All Secrets be Damned

505: Revelation

506: A Step out of the Circle

507: The Creation of an Act

508: A Loved One's Responsibilities

509: The Death of the Beard

510: Building a Team

511: And They All Met in a Tavern

512: Those of Oaths, Blood and Coin

513: The Consequences of Minions' Incompetence

514: The Image of the Fool Fulfilled

515: Into the Labyrinth

516: The Mercenaries' Power

517: The Walls in the Centre of the Labyrinth

518: Old "Friendly" Faces and New Unfriendly Ones

519: A Symbol of Fruit

520: A Performance among Fiends

521: The End of Patience

522: Chaos in Jaretha

523: The Rescue Begins

524: Death Comes to Jaretha

525: A Dish Best Served by Way of Many Pointy Teeth

526: A Dish Best Served Twice

527: Iron, Smoke and Flame

528: Terrible Tearing of Metal

529: To Rip and Tear...Until it is Done

530: The Screen

531: Heroes Across Time and Space

532: Passing Things to Needy Souls

533: A Ritual's Unexpected Side Effect

534: The Traveller

535: Hannah Kim, the Patron Saint of Alric

### Book 7

536: Fires of Past and Present

537: Teleportation Tactics

538: Aggressive Recruitment

539: A Shining Finger

540: Taking the Bull By His Horns

541: The Last Rabbit in Hiding

542: The Light of Darukesh

543: Those that Fought and Drank Together

544: Spreading Word of the Traveller

545: The Gestation of Divinity

546: Moving Up in the World

547: Lucia's Story

548: The Seeds of an Empire

549: Seeds of an Imperial Court

550: Searching for Inner Power

551: The Parable of Worship

552: Those That Are Silent and Those That Are Not

553: A Demonstration of Growth

554: Planning for a Return to the Games

555: When Enemies are Unaware

556: Canine Operatives

557: The Grand Opening

558: The First Customers and The Wells that Dry

559: Sabotage

560: The Roth Family Bakery Counter-Offensive

561: It's Strange When It Happens Twice

562: The Lantern against Loneliness

563: To Keep Good Company

564: Chasing the Traveller's Lantern

565: The Prince's Request

566: A Sacred Bond

567: A Decision a Long Time Coming

568: Rite of Passage

569: The First Spell of a New Generation

570: A Hint

571: What is Here and There

572: The Countryside after a Year

573: The Prince

574: The Royals

575: Another Beginning to the Games

576: Coins in Question

577: Mad Stan's Fear

578: Khalik's First Match

579: The Real Winnings

580: The Trash that's About to be Taken Out

581: The Middleweight Terror

582: Kybas' Final Match

583: Kybas' War

584: Not so Harmless

585: One Punch Golem

586: The Nature of Bravery

587: Soon

588: A Change in the Program

589: The Terror of Advancement

590: Roth vs. Ram

591: The Tool of the Mind in War

592: Ram's Pride

593: Prime Time

594: Flim Flam

595: Heels

596: Hunting Sparks

597: The Spark

598: The Light of Creation

599: Fire-Kissed

600: Arc of Fire

601: The Flame's Journey

602: Prelude to the Second Grand Battle

603: The Unstoppable Juggernauts

604: The Second Trump Card

605: Victory, Spoils and Celebrations

606: To the Beach of Before

607: A Simple Proposal

608: Prelude to the Ritual

609: Blood Ritual

610: Metamorphosis

611: Uldar's "Servants"

612: Leaving in the Face of Storms

613: Broken Glass

614: Taken

615: The Falling Dark

616: Terrifying Solutions

617: Shadow over Luthering

618: Vivisection

619: In the Belly of the Beast

620: Folly

621: Faith

622: Three Eyes to Find

623: If We Happen to Die

624: The Coming Storm

625: Explosion

626: War Comes

627: A Living Legacy

628: Desperation

629: Everything.

630: Everything and More

631: The Stone Prison

632: The Five Heroes

633: Watching the Throne

### Book 8

634: The Wail for the Dead

635: A Parent

636: Weep Not For Me

637: The Waiting Meal

638: Windows into a Lower World

639: The Poisonous Ichor

640: The Dark beneath the Throne

641: Are You With Us?

642: The Call of the North

643: The Hero, Gabrian

644: An Ominous Providence

645: The Grieving Guardian

646: The Alchemist and the Fool

647: The Secrets of the Stars

648: Claygon's Path

649: Going for Distance and a Memorial Creation

650: Convergent Development

651: The Slap

652: The Temple of Death

653: Five Birthdays and a Funeral

654: Painted Memories

655: The Castle of Wonders

656: An Open Seat

657: An Exciting Day

658: The Silent Crew and the New Deal

659: The Name ‘Roth’

660: Daily Teleportation

661: Fifth

662: Greed

663: Limits

664: The Barred Gate of Spellcraft

665: The Message

666: A Devilish Deserter and Coward

667: The Fool's Story

668: Paranoia

669: Teleportation Practice and the Arrival at Greymoor

670: Professor Jules' Confrontation

671: Secrets in Luthering

672: Mother Charity

673: Shoulders that Bear

674: Desiring a Confrontation

675: The Cabal's Gathering with the Fool

676: The Cabal's Fellowship

677: The Storm before the Storm

678: The Fool and the Siren against the Storm

679: The Siren's Gratitude

680: The First Battle for the Fool

681: An Argument for an Audience

682: The Hall of Roth's Fate

683: The Chamber at the Center of Creation

684: The Ruling Council of Generasi

685: Citizen Roth

686: A Mixed Taste

687: Rockmoot

688: The Fool and the King

689: Heroes, Devils and a King

690: Harmony

691: The State of the Empire and Journey’s Preparations

692: Kymiland from the Sky

693: The Greasy "Merchant"

694: The Treacherous Trading Post

695: A Lesson on Terminal Velocity...and Lying

696: Prototypes and Time

697: Build me a Worthy Army

698: The Ultimate Technique of Mana Regeneration

699: Unnatural Power in the Most Natural Way

700: Firbolgs in the Forest

701: The Giant's Cottage

702: A Carving Knife Through Bark

703: Runed Seekers

704: The Marked, the Runed and the Bloody

705: Heading off the Problem

706: The Coin of Silent Friends

707: Giants' Confrontation

708: The March

709: Operating on the Soul

710: Sorkovo

711: The Knock on the Door

712: Warder

713: The Dark University of the North

714: The Dark Night of Brightfire

715: 'Shopping'

716: Promises of Eight and Ninth

717: When Things Go Not so Smoothly

718: Honour Among Red Mice

719: Pain

720: The Blizzard and the Mark's Attack

721: A Short Lesson in Divinity

722: An Argument for Departure

723: Once Again, Preparing to Leave Home

724: The Iron Child

725: The Lonely Departure

726: The Lake of Ever Ice

727: The Hole Left Behind

728: A House Out Of Order

729: The Hunt for the Sanctum

730: A Cold Spray

731: Just Out of Mind

732: Ever Moving

733: "Welcome Home, Kelda"

734: The Laboratory

735: The Fool's Notes

736: A Cold Trail

737: Doing the Maths

738: The Foreboding Machine

739: Dying Screams

740: Questioning Protocol

741: The Best News and New Frontiers

742: Learning New Limits

743: The Past Weaving into New paths

744: Skills Outside Spellcraft

745: Studying the Blade

746: Fire and Steel

747: Training in the Rain

748: Artificial

749: Seven and Eight

750: The Beginning of the Final Tier

751: An Engeli Summoner

752: The Unmaker

753: Army's Completion

754: Hidden Icons

### Book 9

755: The Legend of the Last Fool

756: The Strange Messenger

757: The Crossroads

758: A Great Decision

759: The Trap

760: Into the Portal Maze

761: The Darkest Humour

762: Sanctified Storm

763: The Return of the General

764: Boom

765: The Unmaking

766: The Few Who Survive

TBA

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