/lit/ - Literature

>>9664137
Thanks for the tip, anon. I'll definitely look into that. May not be ready by this month but I'll certainly try. Glad to see others still believe in the genre too.
>>9664077
Thanks for the interest, anon.
Unfortunately my computer is borked at the moment (hence the mobilefagging) so I won't be able to share till I get it fixed in a day or two. I'll post some of my less rough stuff here (or the next sffg) then.

For now I'll share the (very) basic thrust:
>aged warrior from Early Iron Age society loses everything (in large part due to his own poor choices/character faults)
>manages to even fuck up mercenary work despite being a skilled killer because he self-sabotages constantly
>about to jump off a cliff into the sea
>remembers a story he heard of a mountain with a shrine to the Dreaming God
>some stupid oracle bs that promises anyone who reaches the peak can ask the god to change their fate
>society is 50/50 on whether it's actually a way to commune with the gods or a stupid deathtrap
>nobody_ever_reaches_the_top.waxtablet
>our hero assumes its a crock of shit (seen a lot of oracles turn out to be con artists), but decides he'll at least see it for himself.
>Figures he can always just off himself after if this little quest doesn't play out.

So he climbs the mountain, which grows more and more surreal as he nears the top. Due to the sacred rites none of the pilgrims are allowed to climb after sunset lest they risk the wrath of the gods - a stupid law he nevertheless obeys on the off chance that maybe this particular sacred mountain is the real deal. He of course meets some fellow pilgrims. Then every night he reflects on some of the key moments (good & bad) that landed him where he is. The days/climb serves as frame while the nights are each a short story.

Ends with him reaching the top and confronting the Dreaming God. Won't say more here, but it turns out both the skeptics and the legends themselves are both wrong about the nature of the mountain and what lies at the top.

Drawing a lot of inspiration from Purgatorio and Anabasis as well as the Conan stories. Looking forward to feedback once I can actually post some excerpts.