Higher Powers
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From the very onset, the world was never created for the likes of us
Our paths began set in stone, as though from an unyielding spindle
Yet already dictated by the capricious Higher Powers
There dangled from a thread, our pasts, presents and futures, just out of reach
Yet held rigidly in place by the heavy Wheel of Destiny
Fool is one to challenges the Gods; Fool still one who lives by that leash
Thus Fools we all are until The End and Thereafter
For the world has never belonged to the likes of us but the Fates above
Perhaps the time will come to change that.
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Contents
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Chapter 1: Prologue
Chapter 2: Wings
Chapter 3: Bearings
Chapter 4: Apprentice
Chapter 5: Scholar
Chapter 6: Prophecy
Chapter 7: Breaking in
Chapter 8: Flicker
Chapter 9: Unrestricted
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Chapter 10: First Blood
Chapter 11: Demon and Monster
Chapter 12: Memories
Chapter 13: Daydreams
Chapter 14: What Comes Around
Chapter 15: Circle
Chapter 16: Eve
Chapter 17: Lull
Chapter 18: Siege
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Chapter 19: Lost
Chapter 20: Reason
Chapter 21: Heir to the Winds
Chapter 22: Lord of the Stars
Chapter 23: Contact
Chapter 24: Strike
Chapter 25: Another Beginning
Chapter 26: An Ode to the End
Chapter 27: Hundred and Eight
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Foreword
This piece started from a vision I had, an experiment to merge Konami's Suikoden series with Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha series, a tale that grew in the telling until it spanned as many chapters as it did. For one thing, it was fun to see the continuation of the tale in my mind's eye, to breathe life back into a tale that should have ended upon the end of the series or the game. And so began and ended the War of Second Creation.
Set in the Nanoha universe, yet grounded in the rich lore of the Suikoden universe, I am attempting to combine the best of both worlds, of rich characters, of magic and fantasy, of depth in concepts in order to weave my web of fiction of this Great War that may have never come into being.
This tale may have reached its finale, but true to its themes of beginning and ends, it conclusion merely lights the way forward for another. Please look forward to another piece that I'm currently brainstorming and finalising my thoughts on, with more information to come when it's ready. The first chapter and the foreword are already up on the Suikoden thread under the Games section. Please do check it out by all means if you liked what you have been reading so far.
A sequel if you will, to Higher Powers.
The Wheel of Destiny