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Barliona: a virtual world jam-packed with monsters, battles - and, predictably, players. Millions of them come to Barliona, looking forward to the things they can't get in real life: elves and magic, dragons and princesses, and unforgettable combat. The game has become so popular that players now choose to spend months online without returning home. In Barliona, anything goes: You can assault fellow players, level up, become a mythical hero, a wizard, or a legendary thief.

A product of the latest technologies, Barliona is a virtual world brimming with fun and entertainment. The government has become the guarantor for the in-game currency, allowing its free circulation. As a result the population floods Barliona in pursuit of easy money. It doesn't take long for the game developers to discover a source of free labor: real-world prison convicts. While their bodies are locked in special auto-maintenance virtual capsules, the prisoners' minds are released into Barliona's virtual mines.

Preparations for the tournament between the Heroes of the "Earth" release are in full swing. The Great Clans are busy protecting their representatives and arranging unpleasant surprises for their rivals, hoping to come out on top in this unprecedented event. There are three Release Heroes, three...

Revenge is in the past. The Circle Order and the Council of Four accomplished what had been considered impossible for sixty years—they restored the Chaos Clan. The Greymores are no longer in disgrace. We are once again granted the title of a Great House, yet it brings me no joy, because...

Quelle serait la raison d'être un bon clan sans château ? Sans hésiter : aucune. C'est pourquoi l'objectif numéro 1 de tout leader in-game est d'acquérir une base pour mener ses opérations. Et c'est précisément le rôle de Mahan, Haut Chaman, chef des Légendes de Barliona. Il accepte tout naturellement la proposition de l'Empereur et du Seigneur obscur : vaincre l'armée qui hante le Château spectral, Amtameda. Mais cette quête – ordinaire de prime abord – déclenche une série d'événements si décisifs que notre Chaman n'a d'autre choix que de se fier à son intuition, d'agir selon son instinct.

Is there anything better than a quiet life? Well, there's a quiet life surrounded by people you care about, people who love you in return, of course. But Tailyn Vlashich knew nothing of the kind. His parents had died years before, the townspeople stayed well away from the god's favorite, and his guardian just wanted to be rid of him. That was the setting when Tailyn was again placed on the road to uncertainty, beset by terrifying lixes, and hounded by a harsh trainer it was impossible to please.

There are whole anthologies of stories out there about what humankind does when a game enters their world. But what about when they're living in one where a game arrived thousands of years before? What if they're the survivors of a bloody struggle, having fought for and earned their place on the planet? Tailyn Vlashich was a young nobody far away from all those grander issues. All he cared about was one thing: making his way through a harsh world where the emperor, evil foes, and an impartial god held sway.

Maximilian is the last of the noble Valevsky lineage. His entire family was put to death for an alleged attempt on the powerful Duke of Odoevsky, who had his eye set on the Valevsky's land. The young man managed to avoid execution, but not punishment. From here on out, he's condemned to life as a doomed soldier. The front line in the fight against the dark god Skron's mutated creatures. "Do or die"—that's the doomer motto that has been drilled into the last of the Valevsky's head. The Duke took everything from him but his honor and a thirst for revenge.

Und hallöchen – da bin ich wieder. Max, der Auserwählte! Mit meiner Gruppe von chaotischen Trott… Ähm, ich meine, mit meiner Gruppe aus Sammlern, die den Namen „Die Auserwählten“ trägt. Übrigens sind wir inzwischen längst eine Große Gruppe. Ihr könnt mich also Lord Max nennen. Hätten Sie Angst, einem Großen Clan den Krieg zu erklären? Also ich jedenfalls nicht. Notfalls nehme ich es auch mit zweien von denen gleichzeitig auf. Nun ja, vielleicht … Auf jeden Fall ist immer der richtige Zeitpunkt für gute Taten und Gerechtigkeit.

Alles oder nichts. Leben oder Tod. Eine dritte Option gibt es nicht. Weder die Menschen der Vorzeit noch äußere Kräfte oder das Chaos selbst können einen anderen Weg finden, die Integrität der Welt zu bewahren – außer durch die Vernichtung des Erzherzogs Maximilian Walewski. Sie schicken ihn auf eine Mission, die nur unter einer Bedingung erfüllt werden kann: Maximilian muss sterben. Und wenn er sie nicht erfüllt, werden alle, die ihm lieb sind, an seiner Stelle sterben. Eine hoffnungslose Situation, so scheint es. Irgendjemand muss sterben. Aber wer?

The spread of the Cursed Lands has been halted. The first of the seven members of the Circle Order, responsible for the fall of the Chaos Clan and the destruction of the Condor group, had been killed. Not a bad start for someone just finishing their first year at the magic academy. Now comes the...

What could be harder for two Combat Mages (even Universal ones) than having to kill a creature who's totally immune to magic? Whatever the answer, the game doesn't care. Anyone who's decided to make something of themselves, let alone earn the status of a "key character," is going to have to...

The first part of my plan has been accomplished: I managed to create my own house. I was no longer just a commoner from a distant kingdom, but a full-fledged citizen of the Empire, head of House Greymore. And as the head of a house, I had new responsibilities. I must protect the Empire from...

Invading the Lands of the Dragons! An epic event that's brought all three Great Clans together in a common enterprise. All so that the Elves can finally wrench a Regional Dungeon back from the winged reptiles and get the key they so desperately need. With a goal like this on the line, the immortal players will spare nothing—and no one. If they have to sacrifice every NPC in the game to achieve it, then that's exactly what they'll do. And they won't feel a single pang of conscience while doing it. New releases, after all, will bring them new servants.

Who's the bravest of them all? Cat lady Mirelle and her Celestial Clan? Yeah, go screw yourself, Mirelle, you and your whole clan! It's bad enough that I'm allergic to you, now you've gone and stayed behind in this world when you should be in the next one. Go on, scram! And take your stupid clan with you. No democracy here, just despotism, tyranny, and the coming of the lord. Which means me, if you hadn't worked it out yet . . . he-he.

Ich war der größte Chaosmagier meiner Zeit. Sechzig Jahre lang habe ich die Welt vor Risskreaturen verteidigt. Wenn mir eine Mission aufgetragen wurde, habe ich sie erfüllt. Wenn sich ein Feind erhob, habe ich ihn vernichtet. Ich war dem Imperium treu bis zuletzt–bis es den Entschluss fasste, den Chaos-Clan und jedes seiner Mitglieder auszulöschen. Doch das Leben hält immer wieder Überraschungen bereit. Ich erhielt eine zweite Chance und konnte den ganzen Weg noch einmal von vorn beschreiten. Dieses Mal jedoch sind die Regeln andere.

The Empire had declared me its enemy. The Circle Order had declared me its enemy. The master, served by mages who commanded all six elements, had declared me his enemy. The Kingdom of Dertan had declared me its enemy. Everyone wanted only one thing—to destroy the chaos mage Solo Greymore before he gained power. Because they understood: once I reached the tenth rank, my enemies would have to answer for their foolish naivety. So let them amuse themselves for now. My goal at the moment is to turn my students into true mages.

Die Außenweltler sind besiegt, die Lithoiden vernichtet. Endlich scheint sich der lang ersehnte Frieden über Hearth zu legen–doch die Diener des Chaos verfolgen ihre eigenen Pläne. Sie wollen den Unruhestifter ausschalten und ihn wie eine Marionette kontrollieren. Einmal ein todgeweihter Soldat, immer ein todgeweihter Soldat. Doch Erzherzog Maximilian Walewski wird das nicht hinnehmen. Wenn sich ein Kampf anbahnt, ist er bereit, der ganzen Welt den Krieg zu erklären–selbst den Göttern! Denn nur so lässt sich wahre Größe erlangen.

Was würde geschehen, wenn unsere Welt in ein Computerspiel verwandelt würde? Klingt gut? Aber was, wenn die Menschen in diesem Spiel nicht wie üblich die Spieler sind, sondern nur als NSC die Welt bevölkern? Erfahrungspunkte, Talententwicklung, Beute und Level sind für andere da. Unsere einzige Aufgabe ist es, nach der Pfeife derjenigen zu tanzen, die die Erde in einen Server verwandelt haben, der zu ihrer Unterhaltung dient.