Gate Guardian Novels & Stories

​Standing before the door was a Grave-Guardian. ​It was a ten-foot-tall construct woven from living vines and the bleached, white bones of Northern wolves. It didn't have a face, only a hollow ribcage where a flickering, silver flame burned. As the group approached, the Guardian’s "voice" echoed through the clearing, a distorted, haunting harmony that sounded like Rowena Thorne. ​“The shadow has come home,” the Guardian intoned, the silver flame flaring. “But the house does not know you. You are touched by the Void. You are stained by the South. The uncorrupted may not pass.”

“You became the seal. The guardian between realms. Bound to the moon plane.” Seraphine felt hollow. “What does that mean?” she asked. The figure lifted a hand. More visions. She saw rifts tearing open between worlds. Monsters clawing their way through. Immortal tyrants rising. Civilizations burning. Then she saw herself standing alone at the boundary, sealing the tears, slaying horrors, preventing collapse. “You are now a gatekeeper,” the figure said. “An eternal watcher. Neither living nor dead. You cannot age. You cannot die. But you also cannot truly live.”

I didn’t care much about my own pain, but I kept looking at Drax, expecting him to shift very soon. I didn’t care anymore. I actually wanted him to shift, so he could deal with those fucking rogues. Sadly, he didn’t. He just grunted, trying his best to subvert the pain. “That’ll teach you to learn not to talk anyhow to boss’s girlfriend.” They added as they continued hitting us. “Enough!” Ryker, who stood at the entrance, ordered them. “We want them alive for the bargain.” “Chad, guard the cave. Keep an eye on them.” He told one of them. Then he turned around, and the rest of them followed him.

She quickly scooped some more into her mouth and she felt her energy coming back to her, she didn't notice it but damn she was exhausted. "Now that you've regained your energy, sit down and listen I'll tell you everything you need to know" Elle nodded and sat down "For starters, you are still on Earth but in a different realm. A realm that no one in the human realm really knows about. This realm and most of the creatures in it are as old as the first human to exist, it's called the guardian realm because it exists to guard and protect the world, especially humans, yes! Humans" the tree said, and Elle looked at her skeptically

“The day has not come when you need help. I will be watching from my quarters. I am casting the barrier spell from there. Asher, The Warrior Guardian, is a taker of lives. I don’t want mine to be next.” He pulled Marina close to him so he could see the truth in her eyes. “Coward! So that’s it then? Put the barrier up and hide in your quarters till it’s done?” She looked away from him. Legarde releases his grip. “Then, why agree to this?” “Those are my orders, my Lord commands it.” “Get the barrier up on my signal.” Legarde turned his back to her and stomped towards the cave, trying to think of the exact moment when he became a Guardian exterminator.

Xal'dar called out, his voice trembling slightly despite his resolve. The figure turned, its head tilting slightly towards them. Two glowing orbs of light, seemingly filled with galaxies and ancient knowledge, pierced through the mist where its eyes should be. "I am the Guardian," the voice boomed. "And you have unleashed a force that threatens to unravel the very fabric of existence." Liam and Xal'dar exchanged a shocked glance. This unexpected arrival, this enigmatic Guardian, could it be their salvation? Or was this merely another piece in a game they didn't understand?

Sitting behind her desk in the office she shared with Aaron, Cadence had been discussing some of the new weapons her dad was working on with her husband when she’d gotten a strange call from one of the Guardians at the front gate, the barrier visitors came to on the rare occasion they had any. An older “gentleman” was asking to see her--alone, without Aaron. He claimed to be a Hunter, but he didn’t have any identification, no IAC, and he wanted to talk to Cadence by herself, saying he had valuable information about, “her enemy.”

I said, watching his worry become dread. “Grandpa she knows about this place, how to get here. You're not safe here anymore” I said, but to my surprise, the worry melted away and his frown was replaced by a smirk. “You don't have to worry about that, she can't cross the gateway” he said, with a small shrug. “What?” I asked, the word whispered in disbelief. “The gateway is guarded by one of the Goddesses of creation, she'll never be allowed in” he said, making my mouth fall open.

"Stop it with your nonsense. We have sworn our lives to Heaven's Gate," one of the four Guardians spoke indifferently. They were still unwilling to back off even if they knew that they had zero chance of surviving this. "Stubborn. Watch as I kill all of them." An elderly person grunted. He wore green attire with a longsword behind his back and approached under the blizzard. "Then I'll have to trouble you." The old monk bowed slightly. "I am Adam Abernathy from Green City," Adam told the four Guardians grimly and then slowly unsheathed his longsword.

Blue and black energy collided above the gate. Like two storms fighting each other. Then Lily saw it. Standing directly before the gate. Waiting. Watching. The Final Guardian. Nobody spoke. Nobody breathed. Because it wasn't a monster. It wasn't a king. It wasn't even alive. It looked like a giant knight forged from crystal. Thirty feet tall. Blue armor. Blue sword. Blue eyes. Its body glowed with ancient power. Then the Guardian slowly opened its eyes. The chamber shook. Then a voice echoed everywhere.