Summary
Revenge story of two traveling monster huntresses, set in a dark world of Cairn from the video game Grim Dawn. Major characters in the story are inspired by the video game series Life is Strange.
Important Notes
I would like to ask you (and recommend to you) reading the foreword and paragraph on trigger warnings. Thank you.
Also – English is my second language. Should you find any glaring, problematic grammar errors, do not hesitate to let me know.
One of the especially important notes here is - names of the characters (inspired by Life is Strange) are altered to suit the world of Grim Dawn better. More on this in the foreword.
The story - consisting of 5 chapters (plus prologue) - is now finished and closed. I hope you enjoy it.
Trigger Warnings
The world of Grim Dawn – Cairn – is dark, post-apocalyptic and violent. To fully realize it I describe violence, death and pain graphically. There are many dark themes of loss, trauma and mental stress. The characters do suffer both physically and mentally and the barrage of trigger warnings for this work would be too wide to list here.
But there is one thing I would like to mention separately – this story does contain a character threatening other character with rape. That is all sexually themed content in the story. There are no other scenes or mentions of sex or sexual violence. I know sexual violence is an especially sensitive topic – that is why I give it extra mention here.
I do want to make my characters suffer, but never my readers.
Foreword
This fanfiction came from two collapsing desires of mine.
First desire – to stay a bit longer with the characters from Life is Strange video games. The series just got another installment, so it is no surprise, that the characters were deeply on my mind. I wanted to push them. Put them in extreme situations and show their strengths and weaknesses.
Second desire – to shorten the wait for the release another favorite video game of mine. Grim Dawn – specifically it's expansion – Ashes of Malmouth. I couldn't wait to return to that dark world.
Inspired by classic stories of wild west, buddy detective dramas and the previously mentioned video games I've started to write one of the most strange and clashing crossover fanfictions imaginable.
For Grim Dawn fans: I do believe you might find this work of mine enjoyable. There are very few fanfictions set in this world and I genuinely tried to replicate it's violent and hopeless feeling as close as possible. On purpose I did not went deep into stories told within the game – I wanted this to be an experience working on it's own. Still, should you find any parts of this work heavily clashing with Grim Dawn's lore, do not be afraid to contact me. I am not opposed to making corrections. This should be fully lore-friendly story after all.
For Life is Strange fans: Our favorite characters are to be seen here in unique perspective of completely different, post-apocalyptic world. On purpose, I altered characters names and occupations quite heavily. I hope you find entertainment identifying some of them. This work is more "inspired by" Life is Strange, rather than loyal portayal. Still, I do believe some of you will enjoy badass gunslinger Chloe Price, dangerous occultist Max Caulfield and also – the disgusting, violent and highly dangerous villain, that will challenge our heroines, like no one before.
In the end, I'd like to thank you for giving this – my first fully realized fanfiction and my first realized story in English language – a chance. I cannot wait for you to read it and let me know what are your thoughts on it.
Thank you.