Asmara is a strictly segregated society; the crofters don't mix with the elites, the elites avoid the dispatchers and the dispatchers run from the law. Eryn Zhvikov thought she knew her standing in society and how it dictated who she was. But when s...
Asmara, the city of lights, terrifyingly beautiful place where souls come to seek a fortune. There's a natural hierarchy here, a neat way of classifying the purpose of this city's residents. It's quite simple. You have the Crofters, the bottom feeders who struggle to survive through every day. They belong at the bottom, used for the bodies and shallow minds. The Elites sit at the top, disinterested in the collapsing structure of their kingdom, living on the backs of those who suffer for their riches. And then there's people like Eryn Zhvikov - people who see opportunity. They call themselves dispatchers, an intricate society of assassins who do the dirty work Elites think they are above.
Eryn Zhvikov thought she knew her standing in society and how it dictated who she was. But when she is selected for a mission she has no choice but to accept, the carefully constructed world around her begins to crumble. The only option she has is to mold into the new role thrust upon her, or to watch everything she bleed for burn into ashes.
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Key
Crofter — Lowest social class, usually sex workers, manual laborers, thieves and street sweepers.
Inter — Middle class, usually owners of a business establishment, teachers, leaders of gangs, control the harbours
Elite — Highest social class, royals, government officials, police officers, professors at prestigious universities
Dispatchers — Assassins, usually of Inter class, hired most by Elites, often are indentured to a Vlasnik
Vlasnik — Top gang leaders or government officials, can be Inter or Elite. Buy slaves from Endow landing and sign them into indentures
Author's Note:
hi, it's klavdiya (claudia). no idea if anyone will even enjoy this but here's an idea i've had for a while now :) very much inspired by the six of crows duology! but a little different. thank you for clicking on this story 💞
