An Easter Egg in REICH video game goes all wrong for Steffan. He plays a Soldier of the Steel Reich Faction with his buddies, when he is reincarnated as a golem-Assassin in the City of Steeples ruled by alchemy and seduction.
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It starts as a quest to fight a deathmatch with Death to save an impaled lover.
As Steffan's mind merges with his avatar's he realizes that the impaled woman is nobody he knows, let alone loves, but a dangerous sorceress.
Under her heel, Steffan becomes a lead golem, an assassin in the City of Steeples. She orders him to win Death's favor and an invitation to the Walpurgis Night Ball by committing a string of murders.
Steffan would rather win back his free will, but a lecherous homunculus warns him that this is impossible, save for experiencing a unique Moment of Transcendence. Too bad Steffan is not philosophically inclined.
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Of Lead and Steel | 32 | 32. Metaphysical Contradictions | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 31 | 31. A Golem in Black | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 30 | 30. Requiescat in Pace | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 29 | 29. Rigor Mortis | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 29 | 29. Rigor Mortis | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 28 | 28. Element of Heat | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 28 | 26. On Chicken Legs | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 27 | 27. Bitter Almonds | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 27 | 25. Cockatrice Antidote | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 26 | 26. On Chicken Legs | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 26 | 24. Aqua Ferrum | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 25 | 25. Cockatrice Antidote | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 25 | 23. The Bloodied Spike | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 24 | 24. Aqua Ferrum | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 24 | 22. A Bat Outta Hell | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 23 | 23. The Bloodied Spike | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 23 | 21. Hex Workers | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 22 | 22. A Bat Outta Hell | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 22 | 20. Wicked Thoughts | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 21 | 21. Hex Workers | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 21 | 19. Assassin's Cypher | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 20 | 20. Wicked Thoughts | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 20 | 18. Sulfur Mustard | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 19 | 19. Assassin's Cypher | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 19 | 17. Brass Knuckles | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 18 | 18. Sulfur Mustard | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 18 | 16. A Jar of Bookworms | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 17 | 17. Brass Knuckles | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 17 | 15. Core Animatum | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 16 | 16. A Jar of Bookworms | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 16 | 14. Oblivion Infusion | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 15 | 15. Core Animatum | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 15 | 13. Extract of Belladonna | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 14 | 14. Oblivion Infusion | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 14 | 12. A Newborn's Bones | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 13 | 13. Extract of Belladonna | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 13 | 11. Raven Feather | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 12 | 12. A Newborn's Bones | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 12 | 10. Prussian Blue Pigment (2 of 2) | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 11 | 11. Raven Feather | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 11 | 10. Prussian Blue Pigment (1 of 2) | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 10 | 10. Prussian Blue Pigment (2 of 2) | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 10 | 10. Prussian Blue Pigment (1 of 2) | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 10 | 9. Fresh Bleeding Livers | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 9 | 9. Fresh Bleeding Livers | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 9 | 8. A Shard of Volcanic Glass | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 8 | 8. A Shard of Volcanic Glass | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 8 | 7. Hairs of a Seductive Sable | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 7 | 7. Hairs of a Seductive Sable | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 7 | 6. A Tongue of Sulfurous Toad | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 6 | 6. A Tongue of Sulfurous Toad | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 6 | 5. Three Cockatrice Eggs, Four Cockatrice Eggs | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 5 | 5. Three Cockatrice Eggs, Four Cockatrice Eggs | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 5 | 4. Aqus Frigis (2 of 2) | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 4 | 4. Aqus Frigis (2 of 2) | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 4 | 4. Aqus Frigis (1 of 2) | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 3 | 3. Base Metals | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 2 | 2. Blood-and-tears | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | 1 | 1. Oblivion Poppy | RoyalRoadL | |
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Of Lead and Steel | Epilogue | RoyalRoadL | ||