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<p>A revised version of a reverse-isekai idea I had years ago, following a relatively wholesome protagonist in a dark urban fantasy world, attempting to remain optimistic in the face of calamity.</p> <p>Ludo Edkeis, third-ring paladin of the Shining Goddess, was the last living human on Allara. Over centuries, mankind slowly lost their battle against their ancestral foes. Born near the end of the conflict as a dual high-affinity lightning and metal mage, Ludo was considered an unfortunate cripple: the metal reserves on his planet had been drained to nearly nothing by past generations, leaving him useless unless the Goddess blessed the battlefield with a thunderstorm. In such rare moments of glory, they called him Allara's Tear.</p> <p>When he is finally permitted to die, he expects to be reunited with his loved ones. Instead he finds his soul shoved into the body of a Bay Area socialite known as Johnny Parish, to continue the good fight in a completely new land. But this new, modern world brims with electricity. The people can harvest and refine metals of devastating quality, and forge them into even more devastating weapons. He is not alone either---the Goddess has reincarnated the lost souls of others from his homeland, though not all are pleased to learn their fealty must continue even after death.</p> <p>Once the danger passes, many cherished friends and loved ones have been been waiting a long time for him to walk amongst them in paradise. More than anything, he does not wish to keep them waiting much longer.</p>
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