《ASTRAL: Awakening of the Saffron Sky-Tamer》Chapter 0: "Epoch"
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In an era long past, the scattered realms of today were once united into one magnificent world: Panregalia, an enormous kingdom brimming with all manner of life. It was presided over by Seven mysterious beings known as Celestials, the Progenitors of Magic, and Guardians of the Aspects that ruled existence. Though they rarely revealed themselves, on occasion they would choose devout subjects from the Tribes of Humanity to become conduits for the Gift of Light.
Life was peaceful and harmonious until the Helians, members of a powerful and fearsome tribe, committed the especially egregious Sin of twisting their Gift into a weapon against their Holy Overseers. Angered at the betrayal, The Seven unleashed legions of lesser beings upon all humanity. In the midst of the chaos, the Helians disappeared, hiding their realm by means of unknown magic and leaving the remaining Tribes to bear the brunt of the punishment. When they would not acquiesce, The Radiant Mother, Chief among the Celestials, personally engaged them.
At an immeasurable cost, they overcame the Great Celestial, though She was met by Her counterparts as She fell. Conferring Their energies to Her in ancient ritual, They united to bestow a punishment in the form of a threefold curse: Severance of all humanity from The Light, birth of the ravenous creatures known as the Fractured, and the splitting of Panregalia into separate realms. The Seven swiftly vanished, leaving the Tribes to reap the reward for their transgressions.
Without the Seven’s Mercy, they were ill-equipped to combat the Fractured, and so sank into a maelstrom of despair. It was at the bottom of this darkness when humanity learned to harness the Light from other sources. Thus, they emerged to push back the Fractured and reclaim their realms, paving the foundations for the future. Leading at the head was Mindanon, a realm of technologically-oriented peoples who guided the humanoids into the future.
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Now centuries later are the beginnings of a stir. Alongside the resurgence of the Fractured, stone monoliths have emerged in the long-abandoned Guardian Temples, bearing upon them strange writings composed of symbols from an archaic language. Many have postulated that the occurrence is a foreboding prelude to dark times ahead. Others consider the possibility of the Guardians' return, to either destroy mankind once and for all or end the curse and reunite the world that has been torn asunder.
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The American Dream: An Alternate, Time-Travel Timeline
Due to a mysterious transcendent being, United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant Samuel Kim from the year 2016 is thrown back in time to the year 1775. To make matters worse, he wakes up near Bunker Hill, mere hours before the famed Battle of Bunker Hill is set to begin. Realizing the unique situation he finds himself in, the lieutenant takes the opportunity to change the fate of the battle and ensure an overwhelming American victory. Guided by his "patronizing" "God" and the American revolutionaries, Lieutenant Kim embarks on a journey to help America gain its independence and to ensure the nation uphold its "most promising" ideals from the very beginning. Author's Warning: The story is very rough in the first few chapters (and as some readers pointed out, some parts are laughable, such as "American idealism"). However, the pace and quality of the story improves from chapter four and onwards. You will enjoy the story if you have some interest in history, worldbuilding, and the butterfly effect (along with a few badass characters). So even if you are a bit turned off in the beginning, I promise that the story improves quickly.
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Pain. Lies. Betrayal. Deceit. Struggles. Sufferings. Humans are an Embodiment of Sin. They Lie, Cheat, Steal, Kill, Threaten, Rape, Betray, and Blackmail. All of this in order to sate their Greed, their Lust, their Envy, their Wrath, their Laziness, their Gluttony and their Pride. As such, Humans go to incredible lengths to achieve their goals. This reaches the point where it can be called "Inhumane". But if Humans are an Embodiment of Sin, is there really such a thing called "Inhumane"? They say "God created us all equal." and "We are equal in God's eyes." yet why are there many people who are poor, sickly and deformed. Did they do something to be punished as such? Even before they were born? Is there really such a thing called "Equality"? Is there really such a thing called "Peace"? Is there really such a thing called "God"? This is a story about the pain, struggles and sufferings of a man bound in a loop of never ending hatred and betrayal. Will he break the loop and end his ordeals? Or will he accept his fate and accept the loop? Light and Dark; Good and Bad; Angels and Demons; Abyss or Utopia. What will the man choose? Succumb to Darkness or reach out towards the Light. Now his story begins... This story is pretty grim and depressing with vivid violence (gore on the later part). Sexual content is included but I don't plan on making this an ero-novel so it will just involve rape and (not-so)normal intercourse. MC starts normal and simple then turns anti-hero but... well, let's just say he won't stay that way but he also won't be a "good guy". Just a HEADS UP, I am not into satanism or cults or anti-christ but some themes and dialogues here are related to demons and stuff like that so to those who will read this, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. This story is a fictional novel by which is created by the author's own words and thoughts. Any person, circumstances or happenings that are written here is purely fictional and does not relate to anything that might coincide with the plot settings and characters of this story. This story is the manifestation of the author's (my) own understanding of pain, deceit, struggles, betrayal and suffering but it does not represent the author's (my) own experiences in life.
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