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Episode One: Eye of the Storm

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  Manifest: A Shattered Future                 Episode One: Eye of the Storm                “This city is an insult to the true brutality of our world. Aegea stands at the edge of the sea as if it has the strength to hold this position, but its people are fragile. They do not deserve the illusion of peace.”                The cloaked man grimaced as he stood upon the quiet road which led to the city. Electrical lights scattered the buildings and pierced the night, illuminating banks of low clouds as they drifted overhead. The breeze carried in moisture from the nearby ocean, and the moonlight forced tiny droplets to shimmer. No walls or structures protected the city. Vulnerable people wandered through the quiet streets. Houses stood at the city’s edge, practically taunting the darkness to rear its ugly head.                “This fragile peace is no more stable than a house of cards. The balance only appears real, but the slightest push will return it to its natural state. They’re clin

Interitus 3: Playthrough Part 6 (End of Archipelago 1)

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      I have uploaded the 6th playthrough of Interitus 3: The Ocean Has Her Reasons.  The Ocean Has Her Reasons playthrough (part 6) (youtube.com) I3A1P6 -- Interitus 3, Archipelago 1, Playthrough 6. Information about Interitus 3 is available  here .

The Island War(s)

     In the archipelagic region central to the  Interitus 3  universe, a war was fought long ago (four decades before the series begins). It was a war meant to end all wars--one which would forever establish the hierarchy in the region. Those who fought in the war believed they were fighting for peace. This war involved the following archipelagos: Port of Dorhill, Bellona, The Brimstone Isles, the Cinder Islands, Cape Kearhill, The Elswell Islands, the Stilhed Mountains, and Polyantra. When Cape Kearhill and the Elswell Islands won the war, the terms of their victory included a marginal transfer of food and resources from the losing archipelagos.     But as time passed, the people of Kearhill and Elswell found themselves cold and hungry. Their desolate islands could not sustain their people, even with the shipments of food from other archipelagos. With some instigation from an outside faction, these two archipelagos broke out in a civil war which lasted four years. The winning faction