Welcome to another silly prompt with a mind of its own, and this silly title has stuck. The inspiration for a standalone story with the same name is hereby rechristened as the Consumer. We will return to him, and his Dungeon Master first person voice, once I theoretically catch up to the vision he saw in the first link below. The rest are a few glimpses at drafts of the, uh, seven potential points of view I have unleashed upon myself, if not more. I like this path so far. Let’s see where the dice fall. The outline says pleasant novella.
Chapter 1 (~3900 words (in this edit); the Adversary ™ and most of the characters in the party are introduced, “many” by POV; the story is immediately weird; I am having fun)
The Consumer (1)
The Scholar (1)
The Archer and the Blacksmith (1)
The Ranger (1)
Chapter 2 (~3400 words (in this edit); A few more main party POVs finally introduced; we finally get out of the pub; I am still having fun, but this will likely be the last serialized chapter)
The One Best Ignored (1)
The Archer and the Blacksmith (2)
The Ranger (2)
The Fighter (1)