The Crown, the Mask, and the Mantle.
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What is a god? Is it something you read in a book? Do you think that book understands what a god is? Or the person who wrote it? Perhaps these things have their own truths and histories and agendas and natures, that we mortals know nothing of. In this tale, we will explore the unfolding events and machinations of beings that might be considered such. Follow Bartholomew Blackwater, and others caught up in the ripples and wake of the affairs of ancient, cosmic entities, and their own journeys.
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