Path of Transcendence Series by Brian McGoldrick

Taereun: Battleground of the Damned was never really a game. It was a testing ground to find minds and souls for the Nameless God to use, and for tens of thousands of players, the game became reality, when they were put in the bodies of their characters. The Nameless God told them that he would return them to their real lives, if they fought through the Labyrinth of Yggr and freed his body from beneath the city of Haven. After searching for over 11 years, they found the Gate leading to Haven... moreTaereun: Battleground of the Damned was never really a game. It was a testing ground to find minds and souls for the Nameless God to use, and for tens of thousands of players, the game became reality, when they were put in the bodies of their characters. The Nameless God told them that he would return them to their real lives, if they fought through the Labyrinth of Yggr and freed his body from beneath the city of Haven. After searching for over 11 years, they found the Gate leading to Haven.After being murdered right before the gate to Haven was opened, Mark McGuinness wakes up in a hospital in his original body. As a child, he was in an automobile accident. A freak whose body rejects most medical treatments, he was left scarred and disfigured. Angry, bitter and disgusted with the world, he had used Taereun: Battleground of the Damned to take out his frustration and anger, so he would not lose control and hurt or kill someone in real life. The closest he had ever come to being happy was living as Talon, during the eleven year search for Haven.Having learned about the Power called ki, Mark McGuinness discovers that his human body is capable of channeling and using it. Once again armed with Power, he finds a way to travel from Earth to Taereun. He has questions he wants answered and people he owes. Whether mortal or divine, he will let no one and nothing stand in his way.WARNING: For Mature Audiences Only. This story contains profanity and rather graphic descriptions of violence, gore, sex and sexual violence. less

Betrayed by the person he trusted most, Brand, formerly Mark McGuinness of Earth, has been enslaved and given to a DokkAlfar Wytch, Elan'fer'sha. Trapped deep within the heart of the Great Citadel of Gor'achen, he is thrown into a gladiatorial stable and marked to be the new Champion for the stable. In the gladiatorial stable of Elan'fer'sha, Brand meets a mysterious human Smith, with Power far beyond anything he has ever seen used before... moreBetrayed by the person he trusted most, Brand, formerly Mark McGuinness of Earth, has been enslaved and given to a DokkAlfar Wytch, Elan'fer'sha. Trapped deep within the heart of the Great Citadel of Gor'achen, he is thrown into a gladiatorial stable and marked to be the new Champion for the stable. In the gladiatorial stable of Elan'fer'sha, Brand meets a mysterious human Smith, with Power far beyond anything he has ever seen used before. Given no alternative by the Smith, Brand forms a compact with Elan'fer'sha. Somewhere within Gor'achen lie partial answers in Brand's quest for vengeance. If he can truly become Gor'achen's Champion, he may open a road to the Wytch's future. While learning from the Smith, Brand works with and against Elan'fer'sha, as he tries to move farther along the Path to Power. Will Brand achieve his goals or will he fall in the blood drenched arenas of a DokkAlfar empire? less

The Labyrinth of Yggr was originally the dimensional battle fortress of the True Dragon Nidhoggr. The Jotun Lords have a limited understanding of how or why it works. With their repeated absorption of plane after plane into a dimensional matrix maintained by the the dimensional drives and the Furnace of Life and Death, Yggdrasil has become unstable. When the matrix breaks down, the unleashed Power will destroy the planes within Yggdrasil and countless planes outside of it... moreThe Labyrinth of Yggr was originally the dimensional battle fortress of the True Dragon Nidhoggr. The Jotun Lords have a limited understanding of how or why it works. With their repeated absorption of plane after plane into a dimensional matrix maintained by the the dimensional drives and the Furnace of Life and Death, Yggdrasil has become unstable. When the matrix breaks down, the unleashed Power will destroy the planes within Yggdrasil and countless planes outside of it. Boran Second Father has given Brand a mission to recover the Yggdrasil's primary dimensional drive from Woden, who is The Nameless God. With the primary drive in his control, Boran will be able to deal with the unstable Yggdrasil. While Brand does not care what happens to others, he agrees to help because he has no way to escape the destruction that will be unleashed. Yggdrasil's primary drive is on Earth. Brand saw it once before it was taken by Woden, and he no longer knows where it is located. On Earth, Jinmu was Ryouske Urehara, the owner of the Urehara Group. Prophet and Delphi were created and controlled by the Urehara group and nearly every nation on Earth has one of the systems installed to coordinate and control their information network to monitor their population. Everything on Earth that happens within range of any device connected to the data networks is recorded by Prophet and Delphi. Needing to gain control over the Prophet and Delphi systems, Brand sets out to confront Jinmu, a man who betrayed him and sold him into slavery. less

Yggdrasil's main drive is in the hands of Boran, Second Father, but Brand still has business on Earth. He wants answers about his past, which only his nominal aunt, Karin McGuinness, can provide, and that is not his only objective. Driven by his unquenchable hatred for Earth and its culture, Brand is intent on starting a nuclear war that will exterminate life on Earth.The agents of Woden have sent their lackeys out to kill Brand, and they are not the only ones... moreYggdrasil's main drive is in the hands of Boran, Second Father, but Brand still has business on Earth. He wants answers about his past, which only his nominal aunt, Karin McGuinness, can provide, and that is not his only objective. Driven by his unquenchable hatred for Earth and its culture, Brand is intent on starting a nuclear war that will exterminate life on Earth.The agents of Woden have sent their lackeys out to kill Brand, and they are not the only ones. Woden was not the only self-proclaimed God to be active on Earth, and the agents of the Dragon Gods have ordered their followers to deal with Brand, as well.Will Brand succeed in his plan to destroy the world where grew to adulthood, or will the agents of the Gods kill him first?WARNING: For Mature Audiences Only. This story contains profanity and rather graphic descriptions of violence, gore, sex and sexual violence. less

Brand is a descendant of Life and Death, a member of the race known as the High Men. He is also the man that is closest to being an Avatar of Death and is responsible for the deaths of billions of people on Earth. With the dimensional drives under his control, Boran destroys Yggdrasil and begins the creation of a new multiverse. Withing the Aether, he grows a tree that will contain Taereun and all the planes that were trapped within Yggdrasil... moreBrand is a descendant of Life and Death, a member of the race known as the High Men. He is also the man that is closest to being an Avatar of Death and is responsible for the deaths of billions of people on Earth. With the dimensional drives under his control, Boran destroys Yggdrasil and begins the creation of a new multiverse. Withing the Aether, he grows a tree that will contain Taereun and all the planes that were trapped within Yggdrasil.With the destruction of Yggdrasil, Yggr loses his means to dominate the other members of the Three Divine Tribes. The Jotun Lords split into factions, and a struggle begins for dominance over the Three Divine Tribes. Seeing their own opportunities, the Dragons of the Celestial Court and the Kingdoms of Diyu renew their conflicts with the Jotuns and each other. With the Jotun Lords distracted, Emperor Pan Long, a Transcendent Dragon, enters Tren'fon Citadel through a dimensional gate opened by a LjosAlfar agent and claims it for his own. Disturbed by what he learns of Brand, Emperor Pan Long sends agents to hunt down and kill him.The chaos of war descends on Taereun and the realms from Yggdrasil, and Brand's swords will be bathed in the blood of enemies and innocents. less