By virtue of war's nature, war itself is not moral or immoral.
Killing is killing.
But if you want to make yourself feel better about it, remember these two things.
If you can kill the enemy to rescue a friend, kill the enemy. If you have a reason to fight, go to any lengths to achieve it.
That is all I can say, Iris. That is fundamentally all I have to teach you.
In a world where Spirits and Humans are fundamentally divided, Iris finds herself balancing along that thin line. She holds the intelligence and understanding of a human, while toying with the magic of Spirits. And she isn't the only one. She joins a scattered and secretive league of mercenaries under the wings of Evalyn Hardridge, the strongest being on the planet. Terrorists, war and espionage threaten to kick down the cage of society they are tasked with guarding, while a collective will of the people yearn for a world less cruel.
Within her is an absolute power that few can have, and only one can rival. As she struggles to understand the power that defines her, and attempts to bring her own meaning to the name 'Iris', the world around her tugs at her strings, manipulating her for their own means. While she travels across the continent, from autocracy to dictatorship to anarchist state, the nations sneer at each other, ready to clash Aether against Diesel, and Iris stands in the center, on the cusp of a new era.
What to Expect:
Something new and refreshing. Character, story, theme and philosophy come before magic systems and world building. This is a story that questions characters, their world, our world, and you. Minor gore, nothing more than gunshot wounds, strong lovable characters and intricate politics.
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New chapters every five days, and plenty of Interludes in between. Additional tags: Fictional Geo-Politics, Dieselpunk
Art by (Instagram) @_adorabelle_art_
© S.nuffles 2022
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To Your New Era | 20-4 | Chapter 20 Part 4: Tetrica | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 20-3 | Chapter 20 Part 3: Object of Intrigue | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 20-2 | Chapter 20 Part 2: To Be A Witch | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 20-1 | Chapter 20 Part 1: Silent Words | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 19-5 | Chapter 19 Part 5: Dead Man Walking | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 19-4 | Chapter 19 Part 4: Code of Ethics | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 19-3 | Chapter 19 Part 3: Evidence | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 19-2 | Chapter 19 Part 2: Clay Pigeon | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 19-1 | Chapter 19 Part 1: Is it worth it? | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 18-5 | Chapter 18 Part 5: The Sigil Comes Closer | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 18-4 | Chapter 18 Part 4: Differences | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 18-3 | Chapter 18 Part 3: Ash in Snow | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 18-2 | Chapter 18 Part 2: For a Uniform Pass | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 18-1 | Chapter 18 part 1: Black Sheep | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 17-6 | Chapter 17 Part 6: Ms Mallorine Needs her Drink | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 17-5 | Chapter 17 Part 5: Fly-like Payphone and Frog-like Statue | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 17-4 | Chapter 17 Part 4: A Monument to Her Torment | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 17-3 | Chapter 17 Part 3: A Familiar Dream | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 17-2 | Chapter 17 Part 2: Sound the Sirens | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 17-1 | Chapter 17 Part 1: Mark, Set, Ready | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 16-2 | Chapter 16 Part 2: A Letter a Month | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 16-1 | Chapter 16 Part 1: Don't Let Anything Stop You | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 15-5 | Chapter 15 Part 5: Better Than Anything | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 15-4 | Chapter 15 Part 4: They Will Eat You Too | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 15-3 | Chapter 15 Part 3: My Turn To Live | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 15-2 | Chapter 15 Part 2: Trust Me | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 15-1 | Chapter 15 Part 1: What The World Has Come To | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 14-4 | Chapter 14 Part 4: The View She Fell in Love With | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 14-3 | Chapter 14 Part 3: Drawing the Line | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 14-2 | Chapter 14 Part 2: To Eat Your Own Tail | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 14-1 | Chapter 14 Part 1: Only Gods Can | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 13-4 | Chapter 13 Part 4: For What it's Worth | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 13-3 | Chapter 13 Part 3: Knocking at the Border | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 13-2 | Chapter 13 Part 2: A Fake of a Fake | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 13-1 | Chapter 13 Part 1: None the Wiser | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 12-4 | Chapter 12 Part 4: One Hundred and Four | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 12-3 | Chapter 12 Part 3: The East EGL | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 12-2 | Chapter 12 Part 2: Furnace Eyes | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 12-1 | Chapter 12 Part 1: Unknown Variable | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 11-5 | Chapter 11 Part 5: Alis, the Live Grenade | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 11-4 | Chapter 11 Part 4: I need a Drink | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 11-3 | Chapter 11 Part 3: Fleeing Suspect | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 11-2 | Chapter 11 Part 2: New Memories | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 11-1 | Chapter 11 Part 1: His Brass Knucles | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 10-4 | Chapter 10 Part 4: The Currency of the World | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 10-3 | Chapter 10 Part 3: The Small God | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 10-2 | Chapter 10 Part 2: Kurael's Final Day | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 10-1 | Chapter 10 Part 1: Permission Granted | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 9-4 | Chapter 9 Part 4: Welcome to Workar Tower | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 9-3 | Chapter 9 Part 3: Until the Day Utopia Begins | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 9-2 | Chapter 9 Part 2: Agent Maxwell | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 9-1 | Chapter 9 Part 1: Desert Heat or Aerilian Fire | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 8-6 | Chapter 8 Part 6: Wishful Thinking | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 8-5 | Chapter 8 Part 5: City Drifter | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 8-4 | Chapter 8 Part 4: Lost Things in the Desert | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 8-3 | Chapter 8 Part 3: Mind Palace | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 8-2 | Chapter 8 Part 2: The Ash Man | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 8-1 | Chapter 8 Part 1: Dance Shoes off the Stage | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 7-5 | Chapter 7 Part 5: Floating Ballrooms, Dancing on Thin Lines | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 7-4 | Chapter 7 Part 4: For the Crown | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 7-3 | Chapter 7 Part 3: Bring Your Wife to Work Day | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 7-2 | Chapter 7 Part 2: Keep it a Secret | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 7-1 | Chapter 7 Part 1: Humour | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 6 | Chapter 6: The Laws of the Woman Named Evalyn Hardridge | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 5-5 | Chapter 5 Part 5: What Could Have Been | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 5-4 | Chapter 5 Part 4: The Court of the Beast | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 5-3 | Chapter 5 Part 3: Conviction and Combustion | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 5-2 | Chapter 5 Part 2: The Siege of Salan Court | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 5-1 | Chapter 5 Part 1: Home for a Moment | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-6 | Chapter 4 Part 6: Memories in Martial Law | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-5.5 | Chapter 4 Part 5.5: Marital contract | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-5 | Chapter 4 Part 5: Memories in Martial Law | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-5 | Chapter 4 Part 5: State your Purpose | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-4 | Chapter 4 Part 4: State your purpose | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-4 | Chapter 4 Part 4: Autocracy and Truck Theft | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-3 | Chapter 4 Part 3: Autocracy and truck theft | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-3 | Chapter 4 Part 3: Warzone | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-2 | Chapter 4 Part 2: Warzone | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-2 | Chapter 4 Part 2: Mountains or Dandelions | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-1 | Chapter 4 Part 1: Rivalry | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 4-1 | Chapter 4 Part 1: Mountains or Dandelions | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-7 | Chapter 3 Part 7: S.S.T.U.D | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-6 | Chapter 3 Part 6: Those are Orders | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-6 | Chapter 3 Part 6: S.S.T.U.D | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-5 | Chapter 3 Part 5: At Her Mercy | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-4 | Chapter 3 Part 4: When the City has Eyes | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-3 | Chapter 3 Part 3: The Men in the Gray Coats | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-3 | Chapter 3 Part 3: The Men in the Grey Coats | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-2 | Chapter 3 Part 2: Purple Gas | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-1.5 | Chapter 3 Part 1.5: Their place on the throne | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 3-1 | Chapter 3 Part 1: When Leaving the Nest | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-6 | Chapter 2 Part 6: King of the Skies | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-5 | Chapter 2 Part 5: The Steel Whale | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-4 | Chapter 2 Part 4: Lost things in the desert | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-4 | Chapter 2 Part 4: This is a Gun | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-3 | Chapter 2 Part 3: Intruder | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-3 | Chapter 2 Part 3: Mind Palace | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-2 | Chapter 2 Part 2: International Incident | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-2 | Chapter 2 Part 2: The Ash Man | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-1 | Chapter 2 Part 1: Dance shoes off the stage | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2-1 | Chapter 2 Part 1: Coming Home to Roost | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 2 | Interlude: Escape 2 | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-5 | Chapter 1 Part 5: Floating ballrooms, dancing on thin lines | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-4 | Chapter 1 Part 4: For the Crown | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-3 | Chapter 1 Part 3: Bring your wife to work day | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-3 | Chapter 1 Part 3: The Thing in Her Ear | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-2.5 | Chapter 1 Part 2.5: The Fortress Nation | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-2 | Chapter 1 Part 2: A City to Stave Off the Night | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-2 | Chapter 1 Part 2: Keep it a secret | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-1 | Chapter 1 Part 1: Iris | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-1 | Chapter 1 Part 1: Humour | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | 1-1 | Chapter 1 Part 1: Keep it a secret | RoyalRoadL | |
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Senior Captain Elliot Maxwell | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Bluey | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Meat Eaters | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Hell and Back | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Major Elliot Maxwell | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Rememberance | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Epilogue | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Prologue | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Escape | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: SNB News Seven o'clock | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Business as Usual | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Words That Don't Make Sense | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: The last of Percy Hardridge | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Bluey II | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Wonder Duo | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Compression Engines | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Prologue | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: The Fortress Nation | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Returning home | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Next Journey | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Twenty Bullets | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Lt. Gen and the Beautiful Woman | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Iris Remembers II | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Iris Remembers I | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Their Place on the Throne | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Marital Contract | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: That Voice Inside my Head | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Rebellions have Armies | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: All Our Spies are Dead | RoyalRoadL | ||
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To Your New Era | Interlude: Iris Remembers III | RoyalRoadL | ||