The Chaos Guard
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Lacthin Kuroki Shikara is the disgraced son of the world's most powerful mage, and is in desperate need of direction in his life. Direction that has come by way of his friend Anneth offering him a job with substantial pay aiding the town of Alderbrook in identifying some mysterious ruins that have appeared after a violent earthquake, as well as a seemingly virulent plague that has begun to spread throughout it.
At the center of this plague is some artifact of ancient origin, a relic from a god war that split a continent in two that Lacthin and his friends must take somewhere so it wouldn't be used for evil. Yet it seems at every turn, more and more want to take the artifact for their own means. What is this artifact's true nature and will they be able to take it to their destination or will it be taken to begin what is sure to be a cascade of chaos?
There's only one way to find out. He must gather the Guard
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