This is a short story (that I suppose could get much longer) written back in the beta for DAoC, the lore of which was the primary influence. I had thought it lost for all time as the website it had been posted to disappeared some years ago. The computer I originally wrote it on died the hard death not too long after I wrote the story. There were a couple of hard copies floating around that couldn't be recovered. Lo and behold, when packing up to move, a manila folder was discovered nestled among some long forgotten maps of the Middle East which I was using as source material for other (and related) writing. Here is the short story (part one) complete with cliffhanger. Enjoy.

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