Captured Hearts
ABOUT CAPTURED HEARTS
Captured Hearts is a Dungeons and Dragons campaign that me and my best friend, @visceryl are running between the two of us that we have decided to novelize. Each of us hold a host of npcs and trade off DMing while following the main storyline. Here’s some tidbits about the campaign and what its’ about!
Captured Hearts is inspired by Captive Prince and shares many similarities - though the plot and direction of the stories both go in very different directions. You may find some Captive Prince ‘easter eggs’ here and there as well as nods to that amazing series.
The campaign takes place on a homebrew continent in the Forgotten Realms setting called Aeliorn.
There are mature themes that take place in this campaign, including and not limited to: gore, torture, sexual encounters, sexual abuse, drug use and alcoholism.
We aren’t looking for any suggestions! This is merely a novelized version of our campaign that we thought would be fun to write and all of our ideas are already set in stone.
We have homebrew rules set in place for our campaign and as such you may find the mechanics of the game working differently. (For example, wizards and sorcerers are the same thing, and don’t draw power from spellbooks but from their own ‘mana’, as well as the fact that all people have ‘mana’ but only mages can control it.)
We have been playing the 3.5 edition.
All characters used in Captured Hearts are our own personal characters. Please refrain from using them anywhere. Our art is custom, their personalities are custom, and their stories are custom no matter the nods or links to the mentioned book series. We would appreciate it if the characters depicted in this story remain unused!
The Plot
Every being in Aeliorn has the ability to use magic. Every being - save for the Kheistan family, who long ago were cursed to bear no magic or arcane abilities. After his father, who had been in the Kingsguard of the King of Aeliorn was killed off for being different and cursed, Aven found himself on the streets struggling to survive.
He eventually found himself in the gladiatorial arena of Aeliorn where he made a name for himself, taking on a runt of a cub and caring for it and beating down every monster faced until he became known as the Beast Tamer. His infamy and notoriety attracted the attention of Prince Lucian Arceneaux who purchased him and brought him on as his slave.
Lucian is the son of Aimeric and Estelle Arceneaux. The two cherished royals were cut down and murdered on the road while the three were traveling to another province and Lucian was left the orphaned heir to Aeliorn. It’s currently in control of his uncle, Lord Darrien who - since Lucian was a young boy, has manipulated and used him in his vulnerability. Years of abuse and manipulation turned Lucian cold, arrogant and uncaring. Darrien’s plans to use him began to disintegrate due to the fact that Lucian no longer heeded the advice of anyone - including his uncle.
Soon after purchasing Aven, Darrien informed the young prince that he was to sail from Aeliorn on his first international diplomatic mission - to the city of Amn. Naive to his uncle’s murderous intention, he departed from Aeliorn and embarked to Amn. But no one had anticipated the strength and skill of the Prince’s new slave.
When the ship was attacked by Amn pirates who intended to capture the Prince and sell them off in a slave market, Lucian and Aven are forced to work together to free themselves, survive in this strange and foreign land and begin to build an army that can allow them to return to Aeliorn, take back their home and undo Darrien’s dark deeds. Little do they know - a threat far worse than Lord Darrien waits.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Beast Tamer
Chapter 2 - A Change in Scenery
Chapter 3 - Bedwhore
Chapter 4 - The Little Merman
Chapter 5 - The Regent (NSFW)
Chapter 6 - Mission of Diplomacy
Chapter 7 - Chains and Shackles
Chapter 8 - Humble Lodgings
Chapter 9 - The Merchant’s Domain
Chapter 10 - The Company of Null
Chapter 11 - The Mindulgulph Company
Chapter 12 - The City of Coin
Chapter 13 - The Pirate Cove
Chapter 14 - O’Captain, My Captain
Chapter 15 - A Barbarian, A Baby and a Boat
Chapter 16 - K’tall
Chapter 17 - Seeking Asylum
Chapter 18 - The Harrowing
Chapter 19 - The Fall
Chapter 20 - Without You
Chapter 21 - City of Slaves
Chapter 22 - Punishment
Chapter 23 - Gazelle Abound
Chapter 24 - Tears of Midnight
Chapter 25 - Halruaa
Chapter 26 - The Netyarch
Chapter 27 - Diplomatic Belligerence
Chapter 28 - The Trial of Kings
Chapter 29 - Training of the Mind
Chapter 30 - Plan of Attack
Chapter 31 - The East Wall
Chapter 32 - The Great Swamp
Chapter 33 - Tartarus
Chapter 34 - The River Styx
Chapter 35 - The Bay of Dancing Dolphins (NSFW)
Chapter 36 - People of the Wind (Coming Soon)
Chapter 37 - The Shadow Amazons (Coming Soon)
Chapter 38 - Stranger in the Night (Coming Soon)
Chapter 39 - A Spellthief’s Graveyard (Coming Soon)
Chapter 40 - Flushing the System (Coming Soon)
Misc Links
Captured Hearts Artwork
Glossary
Characters
About Captured Hearts
Magic in Aeliorn
