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Chapter 4: The Squire and the Ass

Kel must find a way to help Arak before it's too late!

  The night brought only restless sleep, when there was sleep to be had. He dreamed of a world devoid of humanity. In the place of his loved ones were jackals that tore the flesh from his bones, cackling all the while. The only respite was waking to stare at the ceiling of his room before plunging into the nightmare once more. At the sound of the rooster’s crow, Kel leapt from his straw mattress…

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Chapter 3: Stranger Danger

Chapter 3: Stranger Danger

Arak couldn’t help whistling as he thought of the pranks he was going to pull on his teacher the next day in school. Now that he could torment the old man without anyone holding him back, he was going to pull off the single most prank-filled day the school had ever seen. Thumb tacks on everyone’s chairs, whitewashed textbooks, lice in the coat rack… The next day was going to be huge. He knew he…

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Chapter 2: The Blue-haired Boy

"Chapter 2: The Blue-haired Boy" - Meet Arak, the hero of Chromaria.

“Surrender now, you janky-faced sub-human!” “Never! You and your fascist king can both suck it!” The soldier’s blade shot forward and skimmed the bandit’s ear. The bandit slapped the sword away with his own and regrouped. His foe roared in frustration. “You could have lost your crust-sucking life and you passed on the opportunity? Your brain must be as dumb as your face!” “You’ve really got to…

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Chapter 1: The Search is Over

"Chapter 1: The Search is Over" - Ruby finds what she's been looking for.

The village was torn straight from the pages of a fairy tale. Particularly a fairy tale where the village had been wrecked by a witch’s curse after she’d been denied the first born of some lowly shoemaker… or whatever nonsense takes place in those silly fantasies. From her perch on the school’s bell tower, Ruby could see nearly every nook and cranny of the dilapidated town. There was very little…

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Introduction

"Introduction" - Welcome to the world of Chromaria!

Many ages have passed since dragons have lived alongside the people of Chromaria. After humanity’s victory over them in The Drakkan Revolution, the few who survived retreated and have been living in hiding ever since. Over time, memories of the magnificent creatures faded, along with memories of the war, and humanity began to think of them as nothing but the fodder of fairy tales. The present day…

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