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Ember of Invention

Name: Ember of Invention
Rating: 4.65 (286 reviews)
Author: Dexel

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Synopsis

Lindle is determined to be as unlike his father as possible.

Unfortunately, being a half-giant is hard to ignore, and the system seems determined to force him to take a giant-exclusive class.

Seizing what very well be his last chance before his path is determined in three months, Lindle takes a job guiding an adventuring party out of his snowy village and into the sunless tundra.

Down in the dungeon, he finds his chance, but no one’s ever heard of an Artificer class before.

Fortunately, Lindle loves to craft, setting the spark to reignite a destiny long since buried under the snows of his frozen world.

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