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Once a regular city, Arclight was a place that many people could call home. That was until the incident, that changed everything.
Raised in a world of loss and violence, Cassandra Remington sought to take down everyone that wronged her, along the way she met somebody that promised her there would be no more death and violence as long as Cassandra sheathed her sword for good. Cassandra did just that, retired at a young age and moved to a safe house by the beach. After years of being left in peace, anyone that Interrupts that will be in for one hell of a fight.
An orphan from birth, Amie Keller found it hard to fit in for the longest time, it was only after the safety of her teenage years were over that she realised she only needed to worry about herself. But time ran it's course, eventually Amie found herself open to letting people in her life and in doing so she created a family of her own, one that she promised would never feel the pain of being alone, because they had each other. Time takes all things. An asteroid that split into pieces before making contact rained down on Arclight, taking Amie's family from her and leaving her with a burning rage that she will never extinguish.
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