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Awesome. Thanks everyone for the quick replies. The purpose for this post was just to ask a question, it wasn't to immediately accuse anyone of plagiarism. Thank you for answering my question. I also apparently owe an apology to Rick Spencer. He clearly had his acknowledgment page on the story website I just didn't see or read it. My mistake

OK. I don't know exactly what is going on or if there are any legal ramifications of this, however, I recently came to find two stories which share disturbingly similar contents. I first found The Kandric Saga, written by Kyle Aarons, two years ago and I absolutely LOVED the story. The author created a dynamic plot and very well rounded characters. Today I happened upon another story in the fantasy sategory on another website. The Chronicles of Kadin was written by Rick Spencer and while reading the prologue my mind snapped back to when I read the Kandric Saga. Let me explain the similarities I found after reading only 4 chapters of The Chronicles of Kadin. Everything in parenthesis are The Chronicle of Kadin counterparts that go with The Kandric Saga plot points, names, and ideas. 1. An ancient race named Mithling (Asrai) became evil and started a war with all other races. 2. The power of a being with Quarter Mithling (Quarter Asrai) blood was stronger than that of full blooded Mithling (Asrai) 3. The Quarter Milthling (Asrai) who defeated the Mithlings became gods. 4. The higher races of elves and dwarves, Alphar and Garm, retreat into themselves / The higher race of elves, Alvar, retreat into their own lands while the higher race of dwarves, Damarkk, stay involved with the world 5. The Goddess Vindayin is repeated in both stories ( not technically plagiarism if Vindayin was a god someone in the past believed in in our history. 6. Kandric trained under Master Shaman Glaster / Kadin trains under Master Shaman Alaric 7. The definition of at least Druids, Shaman, Mages, and Sorcerers is exactly the same for both stories. I saw reference to Warrior Adepts as well when reading The Chronicles so I estimate the same definitions are also correct for Warrior Adepts, Animal Adepts, and Swordsmen as well 8. In The Kandric Saga Aster, Kandric's half-brother, works in a metalworking shop under Master Lannet, a Garm Animal Adept MindMaster. Chapter 4 in The Chronicles introduces a new character Kail, who works in a metalworking shop under Master LANNETT with 2 T's. I have no idea what is going on, maybe the authors are 100% aware and are supportive of each other feeding off of their work and have an agreement to both create works in the same fantasy universe. I however, find that theory hard to believe because the one and only thing I have found to be completely different between these stories is the landmass they are happening on. The Chronicles of Kadin even have a map. Of which I searched for traces of Kandric's land. My question is this, if there wasn't a mutual sharing of information or ideas between these two authors, who plagiarized who? because both of these works are copyrighted. P.S. Sorry for writing a story of my own to start this thread but I wanted to present most of the similarities I have found between these 2 stories in just 4 chapters.