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Tapestry
A Tale of Empire
Created on 2007-12-16 18:55:40 (#14474126), last updated 2009-10-19
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Basic Info| Name: | Wyste |
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| Location: | United States |
BioOur current tale is called Tapestry, a fantasy serial told in journal format and started in July 2007. Tapestry occasionally touches on mature themes and is not a story suitable for young children.
Tapestry
The Empire grows by leaps and bounds. Here they conquer a populace composed entirely of women who engage in self-mutilation. There they swallow whole a country of fishermen. Why should the empire care, as long as they pay their taxes and serve their new masters faithfully? The autocracy is composed of servants and slaves, officials whose only power stems from their overseers.
Then there is the army. Here the army is vicious, destroying the infrastructure of a country and bringing it to its knees. There the army is gentle, rescuing refugees from the annual flooding of the great river, saving lives and saving workers. Within the army are individuals who kill or die, depending on the way the wind blows. They fight rebels and armies, crushing resistance and innocents alike.
There are stories out there about the gallant heroes that fight the Empire and win. Most of those end with the hero’s valiant death. There are stories out there about the glorious little countries that take on goliath and win. This story, though, is not quite so simple. This is the story of a man and his family, trying to make a life that’s not a mockery from a social system based on whim and birth, where a word in the right ear can leave you begging in the street (if you’re lucky). Juries and judges have no say in this world. Yet somehow, against this backdrop of low-grade paranoia, people carve out stable lives. They do their best, they keep their heads down, they stay far away from politics and they do their jobs.
Of course, the big picture still exists, and it has a story to tell.
Because maybe, just maybe. Things are going to change.
The Beginning
Geography
The city circles a great lake at the foot of a tremendous waterfall. The palace is carved into the rock behind and to either side of the waterfall, and a river flows from the lake. To the west is the waterfall, to the east is the ocean. Far to the north are the jungles. Fertile lands extend south and east.
Tapestry
The Empire grows by leaps and bounds. Here they conquer a populace composed entirely of women who engage in self-mutilation. There they swallow whole a country of fishermen. Why should the empire care, as long as they pay their taxes and serve their new masters faithfully? The autocracy is composed of servants and slaves, officials whose only power stems from their overseers.
Then there is the army. Here the army is vicious, destroying the infrastructure of a country and bringing it to its knees. There the army is gentle, rescuing refugees from the annual flooding of the great river, saving lives and saving workers. Within the army are individuals who kill or die, depending on the way the wind blows. They fight rebels and armies, crushing resistance and innocents alike.
There are stories out there about the gallant heroes that fight the Empire and win. Most of those end with the hero’s valiant death. There are stories out there about the glorious little countries that take on goliath and win. This story, though, is not quite so simple. This is the story of a man and his family, trying to make a life that’s not a mockery from a social system based on whim and birth, where a word in the right ear can leave you begging in the street (if you’re lucky). Juries and judges have no say in this world. Yet somehow, against this backdrop of low-grade paranoia, people carve out stable lives. They do their best, they keep their heads down, they stay far away from politics and they do their jobs.
Of course, the big picture still exists, and it has a story to tell.
Because maybe, just maybe. Things are going to change.
The Beginning
Geography
The city circles a great lake at the foot of a tremendous waterfall. The palace is carved into the rock behind and to either side of the waterfall, and a river flows from the lake. To the west is the waterfall, to the east is the ocean. Far to the north are the jungles. Fertile lands extend south and east.
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