Rotting Limbs
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A new race has appeared in the lands of Serakay. They swarm across worlds like rats, surviving like cockroaches. No one is safe from Their wrath. Before long, every land has its Kurdakrah (the vile stronghold that They build). Every day refugees flee faster and faster, and every day more are killed. They are still on their trail, and that is all the refugees ever think about: the horror of Them and how They stole their homes. 
Could such horrible, vile, beings be capable of such simple things like creation? Like feeling? Like love?
No one knows and no one dares to find out.
Or maybe I've miscounted.
Just maybe.
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In our world, there are two forces. One of darkness, and one of light. The forces of darkness dwell underground, in large caverns and ravines. The inhabitants of these spaces are demons, who are born of fear and anger, and thirst for it. These nightmarish creatures have one goal: slaughter the human race, and take over the world. Enter the forces of light. To them, genocide isn't that cool. They're like, "How about you NOT do that, 'k?" These shining paladins of hope (most of them, anyway) are trained to defend the world from these monsters. The guardians of the light are trained to protect at the 'Гэрэл Чапел' (The Chapel of Light). Jace, who came to the school expecting such, has spent years (one and a half) preparing himself to fight. However, he soon learns that the fight runs much deeper, and the stakes are much higher than he thought.
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