The Black Raven: plot of the three swords
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Lord Alexander has just come to the throne of Portswater, a province in the west known for aurens in times of trade, but steel in times of war.
He thinks that being a lord isn't too complex, but what he doesn't know is that there are those cunning, mischievious, lying, disloyal, and backstabbing people who wait and watch his every move, waiting to attack and seize his power. And they go by the name: The order of the three swords.
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