United We Stand

Description: Located in the center of a great river that flows from the mountains of New Xexoria is the small mining village of Grikafa. Almost every person who lives here is in debt to the Algeaz Mineral Company, who owns the entire town. Cautious of racking up more debt and thankfully devoid of crime, the workers of Grikafa are more than willing to share their resources with one another. This necessity for dependency on others has strengthened trust within the community. However, mining is dangerous and risky work. Accidents happen,but work needs to continue. One morning, after an particularly devastating cave-in, the company held a lottery to draft several townsfolk into the labor force. Among the chosen were the kindly village sheriff, the misanthropic village doctor, and the rebellious teenage daughter of the local general store. These three unlikely heroes will stumble upon a buried secret which will change the fate of the village, as well as their own lives, forever.

Description: As the sun rises on the village of Grikafa, so does a new leader to a position of power. Agnes Mikhail finds strange men in red suspenders knocking on her front door, and when she lets them in, she finds them led by a man known only as Hassim. He asks for a number of foodstuffs and her store’s only hunting rifle. She resists, stating that none of this makes any sense right now, but Hassim claims that they will need to share all of their resources and eventually parts with the food and weapon. Agnes leaves her house in frustration, walking around the shoreline and throwing rocks to alleviate her rage at this man who barged into her house and took her things, claiming that they will be needed by the rest of the town. After tossing the first stone, a strange sight on the other shore catches her eye. A group of men, armed with clubs and guns, stand ready with barges. As they begin yelling demands across the river, Agnes realizes her life is going to be much less simple from now on.

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