The Iron Rose
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The city was built to protect the survivors of the Great War that took place hundreds of years ago. The class system was built to keep order and defend against the chaos that had once brought on the Great War. The council was built to govern the class system and enforce the laws. Me? I was built to take down the corrupted and flawed system to get revenge on those who had cast me out. I am a goddess, a cyborg and a pirate. This is my story.
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