Content Warnings: Sexism, Graphic Violence, References to Sex-Based Violence, References to Ethnic Conflict, References to Homophobia, Relationships between Underage Characters
Hello all! This is a fanfic centered around Princess Renner from the Overlord (オーバーロード) light novel series / manga / anime by Kugane Maruyama. It is a dark fantasy political drama, and follows the inner worlds of characters as events escalate and their Kingdom is put under compounding danger. I am still a novice author, and this is my first real work. This has been running on Ao3 for some time now. I am on that website under the same handle, or you can go to my profile on here and click on the attached link.
As far as details about the fic, it is focused around Renner, and starts around one month before transport day of Nazarick into the New World, and runs parallel to the events of the light novel version. This fic is not for anime or manga only viewers, nor is it for Yen-Press only readers. I intend on keeping it consistent and accurate to the canon, merely attempting to expand the lore when I deep necessary. I make a minor revision in how Renner meets Climb. In addition, this is far in the future (probably about a year out from time of writing), but I do plan on not adopting book 14 as accurate to the canon (but rather, an alternate timeline in which Philip doesn't screw up so badly).
As far as motivation goes, I like Renner a lot. She is by far my favorite Character in the series, and I think the Kingdom is the most compelling of the nations Maruyama-sensei wrote. In addition her progression from Princess to betrayer is I think one of the most compelling in the series, and it's a deep shame (in my opinion), that she received so little screen time as her true self. My intent is to write a fic to explore her character; explore the lives of Climb; Gazef and Brain; Zanac, Barbro, and Ramposa the Third; the Lakyus and the Blue Roses. In addition, I wish to explore the villains of the show, Eight Fingers, Zurrernorn, the Sunlight Scripture, and Nazarick. A core objective for me is to write these characters true to their portrayal in the book series and light novel. If you believe I have made a character behave inconsistently, please tell me! I am very open to criticism.
Finally, I would like to thank a few people. Kugane Maruyama for his amazing books that have inspired and captivated me so much; all the fan translators who got copies of the books in the hands of english speakers like me long before Yen-Press did; my boyfriend, who has been helping me proofread and generally been someone to bounce advice off of; Sherrick, who's advice and proofreading helped me get a much better grasp of what to do with the fiction; Stephen King, whos work in dark fantasy made me a voracious reader, and who has inspired me to become an author; the Grand Library of Ashurbanipal, who have served as a wonderful resource and community of fellow Overlord writers.
I will be posting one chapter here a day up until I catch up with the Ao3 release, at which point chapters will be released in tandem.
