Tarragon
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Ongoing9h 19m
Last published Wed, Sep 11, 2024
DISCLAIMER! This is unfinished, and won't ever be finished.
Mantis, a young, aspiring lightning mage has his family torn apart by a hostile dragon attack. He kills the child of one of the attacking dragons in self defense, and she never forgives him for it. She slaughters everyone around him, destroying his friends, family, and will to do everything he had always wished for.
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