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Saratek is a world formed around a holy place, transformed by creatures transformed by the elements, a place bordered by the lands of beasts to the north and the devastated lands of the river people's cousins to the south. A near-angelic aristocracy of the Runanese has ruled it for many years, while ordinary people dutifully served them. Until the Thracians, lizard-like mercenaries and merchants, arrived from another world and established a colony here. Their worldview and technology will transform this place.
The characters in this story include an unlucky ambassador serving his emperor, a wise traveler eager to learn the secrets of this world, a gravely ill margravine, a fanatically devoted seneschal, the despised daughter of a provincial ruler, a cheerful mercenary, and a fearsome warrior, among many others.
This is the first chapter of my first old novel, which I wrote many years ago. No one read it, so I abandoned the project, but for now I've decided to publish the existing chapters, and perhaps, if you like it, continue it.