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King Varrin's Clockwork Heart I: The Heart of the King
reactivewriter
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  • Reads 106
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  • Parts 3
  • Time 16m
reactivewriter
Ongoing, First published Dec 21, 2016
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A steampunk adventure in second person - as in, you're the main character.

No one knows who killed Queen Celeste. The people are rioting over the militia's corrupt, fruitless attempts to catch her killer. Rebellion is brewing. But now there's a bigger problem - someone has stolen a vital piece of King Varrin's heart and made him into a puppet ruler. Who can save the king's life, and ultimately the kingdom? Why, you, of course!


If any of you follow me on Quotev, you may know that I have an ongoing quiz series called King Varrin's Clockwork Heart. This is the story version of that quiz series. It's extremely rough and somewhat different from the quizzes but it's basically the same storyline.
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