![]() ![]() Herald of Shalia is a fun fantasy LitRPG by Tamryn Tamer and contains attention starved elves, beast-girl courtesans, foul language, twosomes threesomes and foursomes, and completely over the top love making. Although, to be fair, Frost was going to rain misfortune on anybody who attempted to harm his lovable new followers. All they talked about was the deviant, disgusting, detestable, Herald of Shalia that shamelessly laid with elves. But nobody ever talked about any of that. He’d killed twelve giants, eight heroes, a duke, and even a prince. Shalia, her followers, and now Frost himself were viewed by the world as bringers of misfortune and everybody hated them. Sebastian Frost was a man with an interesting reputation. If that wasn’t enough of a blessing, he was in a game world, he was high level, he had hundreds of ability points to spend, and the elves were practically throwing themselves at him. Shalia was the elves’ goddess and that made him her herald. Fortunately, it was the right name to know. Pre-order for Book 4 Live Book 1, 2 and 3 currently 0.99 for those that haven't given the series a chance yet The Fallen Apostles have returned and an adventure of Gods, Blessings and their Shrines is underway RoyalGuard2020. He also remembered hair as white as starlight, eyes like amethysts, and the name Shalia. Atomic Mage 3 Audiobook available now LongjumpingAge1977. Sebastian Frost’s most recent memory was waking up in a field naked, in a body that wasn’t his own, in a world that definitely wasn’t his own, and three stunning pointy-eared women staring right at him. ![]() A village full of gorgeous elves desperate to be loved? There had to be a catch. ![]()
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