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The Iron Mark

NyxoftheShadows

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Reads 132
Votes 2
Parts 6
Time 49m

NyxoftheShadows

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*ONC 2021 Round 2 Qualifier*
The Ironmarked were once a thing of legend. Sharing their bodies with demons in exchange for long life, enhanced senses and inhuman physical abilities. Queens and Emperors would spend fortunes to have even one Ironmark in their service.
But the world has changed a lot since then.
Talius Kavas is one of the last Ironmarked, living hand to mouth as a common mercenary, just trying to survive in a world that turned its back on his kind long ago. 
True, his demon gives him a deadly advantage, but she isn't always the easiest to keep in check.
So after a lapse in judgement leads to an appointment with the gallows, Talius is forced into helping a powerful noble in return for his life. The job? Escorting the noble's bastard daughter Cordessa Al Arisso to a convent of witches in the west.
Sounds simple. What could possibly go wrong?All Rights Reserved

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