Authors Notes: This will be the only authors note in the book, but this is an important point before going into the series. This may be one of the most unusual stories you read, not do to creativity (I would like to think its creative but certainly not most creative) but rather in how it is written. You probably won't even notice when reading, but I feel it must be said. This story essentially has 3 ½ authors, not counting the authors of Fallout. Let me explain.

The story I am writing is the novel form of a roleplay I am in, as a wedding gift to my DM who is also my fiancé. For those who don't know, roleplay is basically interactive story telling where the DM (dungeon master) or GM (game master) tells the story and the players tell how their one character interacts with it. You are playing the role of your character while the DM plays the world and other people. Generally this is done in groups, but this roleplay is only the DM and myself. So the events are written by my DM (who starts out relying on the Fallout story and gets more brave with originality as time goes on; its his first time DMing) while the main character's interactions are written by me. While partially, that's the ½. As Aurora fleshed out, she really began to write herself to the point where I hated what she was doing at times.

The last author, and probably strangest to most viewers, is my dice. In roleplay you use dice to simulate random chance, but this helps write the story. Things can change if I win a battle I wasn't meant to or lose where I was expected to succeed, and other numerous examples. As I said, you probably won't even notice, it may even be more exciting because anything can happen!

Where this affects you; I don't want you not to comment if you don't like a certain event. By all means, say so. But as this is a gift to my DM, I want to keep his story in it and will not be changing any of it. I might change how something is written if it does not flow well but not the event itself. Sorry. Feel free to comment anyway and enjoy the story, the first in a series!

The War-torn Chronicles

Book 1 - Allies

War. War never changes.

In all of his days, man has found war at his every turn. He fights for food and land, freedom and justice, strength and, sometimes, the simple joy of killing. In all these things, he fights for himself or for those around him, and in all he must kill or be killed.

War can scale from the mass of humanity, all fighting against one another, to two men in the streets of nowhere. At times man fights alone, but often Allies are forged to assist in the fray. Friends, family, lovers, these Allies can be man's greatest asset in war. But this is man and man will always find war where he doesn't want it. Sometimes the hardest battles are fought, not against an enemy, but against those we love. Neither side wants to do damage, nor are they willing to receive it. In the end, despite best efforts, someone is going to lose. Even among Allies it is kill or be killed. Now he must prepare to fight.