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Sundered Query: New Directions

July 16, 2011
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I think… this just might be it.

Aakesh, king of the alien Sundered Ones, has struggled for centuries to free his people from human enslavement. Now, humanity’s greatest weapon – ironically called the “Hope” – is about to be turned on the Sundered in an act of genocide, putting Aakesh’s subtle manipulation and hobbled powers to the final test.

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The Sundered: Query (new)

January 23, 2011
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Harry Iskinder has no future, but it doesn’t matter. Nobody else on Earth has one, either.

Black water that kills on contact covers the entire planet. Humanity survives because of the Sundered Ones, creatures with amazing powers and broken minds. Invulnerable to the black water but incapable of disobeying human beings, the Sundered provide food and shelter, manipulating matter with finite but effective skill.

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Sundered Query: Revision!

January 22, 2011
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Tried a completely different direction. Here we go!Harry Iskinder is searching for the Hope of Humanity, and if he doesn’t find it, everyone on earth will die.

The world is flooded with black water that kills on contact. Powerful but mentally damaged creatures called the Sundered provide food and shelter, but under duress — they are incapable of disobeying human beings. Harry’s family has watched Sundered numbers dwindle, and raised Harry to know the score: once the Sundered are extinct, humans will follow. The Hope, if it even exists, is supposed to counter both the deadly water and Sundered-dependency, and Harry has dedicated his life to finding it.

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The Sundered Query

January 22, 2011
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Thoughts, questions, suggestions are all welcome!Harry Iskinder has no future, but it doesn’t matter. Nobody else on Earth has one, either.

Black water that kills on contact covers the entire planet. Humanity survives because of the Sundered Ones, creatures unaffected by the black water but incapable of disobeying human beings. The Sundered provide food and shelter, manipulating matter with effective but finite skill. They’re also dying out.

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