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Chapter 12

Volume I

The Chronicle


A record of every day humanity has shaped — kept by lantern-light, read aloud by no one.

Read at your own pace. The story is here whenever you arrive.

2 days·13 voices

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XII·Day 12

The Wounded Dragon

At dawn, a great wounded dragon crashes into the city square. Its scales steam. Its breath rattles. Soldiers form a ring; children watch from the rooftops. Whatever you choose, the city will remember.

Help the dragon31%
Kill it before it wakes54%
Steal a scale and flee15%

The aftermath has not yet been written.

13 voices stood here

XI·Day 11

The Drowned Library

The river rose in the night and swallowed the lower archive. Half the world's history is dissolving in cold black water. Scribes are screaming. The Archmage is silent.

Save the books0%
Save the scribes0%
Let the river take what it wants0%

What followed

The scribes were pulled from the water. Half of recorded history is lost. Already, the older stories are being told differently.

no voices

Here ends what has been written