METAMORPHOSIS
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METAMORPHOSIS: From Dretch to Demon Lord is a trilogy of novels published by EN Publishing. The three novels in the trilogy are: Death of Demon Lord, The Tides of Chaos and Ascension. The trilogy was penned by Aeryn "Blackdirge" Rudel, and is based on his popular EN World Story Hour.
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Death of a Demon Lord
Death is only the beginning…
The wicked archmage Hazergal Redfist is dead, slain by the traitorous hand of his closest friend and confidant. The world rejoices as the tyrant mage’s empire comes crumbling down, ending two centuries of brutal tyranny and war. But fate has only begun to weave the twisted skein of Hazergal’s destiny, and as the light and warmth of life slip away, the former archmage finds himself on the bleak, demon-haunted planes of the Abyss, his soul condemned for all eternity.
Now a petitioner - the feeble soul shell from which all planar life is created - Hazergal is a shadow of his former self, seemingly bereft of the awesome power he commanded in life. Alone, defenseless, and beset by the fell inhabitants of the Abyss, Hazergal faces countless eons of torment and humiliation, his eternal reward for a lifetime of wickedness. But Hazergal soon realizes that he is different from the other abyssal petitioners. Memories of his former life remain, and in the deepest recesses of Hazergal’s soul a terrible power grows, a power that will propel him along a course no mortal has ever undertaken, ultimately leading to the pinnacle of fiendish might.
But such power is a bright beacon of opportunity to the terrible abyssal rulers, and Hazergal soon finds himself embroiled in the lethal politics of the chaotic plane. Forced to emulate the demonic inhabitants of the Abyss in both body and mind, Hazergal must navigate a treacherous landscape of chaos and evil aided only by a curious rogue devil, and his own formidable intellect. And although destruction and damnation awaits him at every turn, the faint specter of ultimate power beckons Hazergal on, as he makes the arduous climb from dretch to demonlord.
The Tides of Chaos
Dark forces gather…
Now a powerful demon in his own right, the former archmage Hazergal Redfist has become immersed in the brutal politics of the Abyss. With each fiendish transformation wrought upon his body, he gains more power, yet loses another vital piece of his humanity. Allied with the rogue devil Gemnez and an infamous abyssal ruler, Hazergal continues to unlock the mystery of his destiny and harness the awesome power slumbering within him.
But now an ancient evil has been released from an eons-long imprisonment, and the lower planes are threatened with a power of godlike proportions. The battle lines are drawn, and Hazergal, along with a number of unlikely allies, must thwart the machination of an enemy as old as the multiverse itself.
As the threat of a plane-spanning war looms, a specter from Hazergal’s past appears, and he must choose between his thirst for vengeance and the familiar trappings of the life he left behind.
Ascension
Now in command of a massive daemonic army, Yaghur Hod invades the Abyss and seeks to reclaim the portion of his power still trapped within the sentient sword, Fiendbleeder. But the mighty daemon's allies include more than the teeming multitudes of Hades and Gehenna - he has awakened an ancient and terrible evil from an eons-long sleep, promising the souls of all who stand against him to the eldritch horror.
As Yaghur Hod battles his way through the realms of Abyssal lords foolish enough to oppose him, Hazergal and a motley alliance of archfiends race to gather an army of their own. In the face of this dire threat, the former archmage must hold together a tumultuous alliance of fiends, while struggling to retain his humanity in an ever-changing demonic body.
And, as Yahgur Hod and his army close in, Hazergal is forced to make a blasphemous choice: ascend to the pinnacle of demonic power and sacrifice what is left of his humanity or face utter destruction.
Versions
All versions of the METAMORPHOSIS novels are available in both paperback and PDF format. The first two novels, Death of a Demon Lord and The Tides of Chaos, are also available in Deluxe format (both paperback and PDF), which includes artwork and D&D game stats for the major protagonists, magical items, etc. There are no plans to publish a Deluxe version of Ascension.
