Paul Castellucci

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“Champion of Light” by Paul Castellucci

Submitted to Contest #197

Under the rising sun, concealed by the moon, a child was born. The Champion of light that the ancient prophecies foretold of. Far to the west: whole forests were cleared, rivers dammed, and animals driven to near extinction. The Commonwealth of Estaria was responsible. Smoke and soot filled the air above their cities, as they ignited new steam engines and factories whirred to life. For each tree felled, each bird choked by the smog, and every fish poisoned in the rivers, the god Arcanis wept. A scholar of the old gods, and a student of prop...

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