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Complete, First published Sep 27, 2020
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Four Pillars

"Those jeers and taunts that had survived the Elder's request for silence now dissolved, the insults and jibes stopped spawning from the audience's morbid creativity and the whole colosseum was embraced by a thick dissonance."

Toward the far reaches of the kingdom, not marked upon any map, exists a small and hardly notable hamlet.  It's building are wooden and to one side it boasts a large colosseum that looks to have grown dilapidated over time.  For the idle wanderer there are few places of interest here, for people work mostly for themselves...but should you speak to them at all, there is a fair chance they will mention the tale of Uillrae the Alchemist.

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So something a little bit different from my usual work of sci-fi fanfiction, this tale is an original one based upon a fantasy world that is currently in development.  I've had a lot of fun writing this, and I'm eagerly looking forward to doing more writings based around this setting, and potentially character.
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