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Key: "Speech" and 'Thoughts' - if there are any.

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Time - AD 1643

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Duo Maxwell was an unusual fifteen-year-old boy, who lived on the outskirts of the small village of Vordez, in a small wooden shack that was made of only two rooms. One was a kitchen and the other room was for sleeping and occupying yourself in (heeheehee! Not meant in that way!). He lived alone except for an elderly black cat named Shinigami, who served as his constant and only companion.

Although very beautiful, Duo was feared by the villagers of Vordez. For as long as Duo had lived in the village, rumours had been passing throughout it. Rumours of witchcraft and Satanic rituals. Once, Duo had shared the cottage with his Grandmother, who had been accused of being a witch and was hanged when Duo was six. From then on, Duo had lived alone and was steered clear of by all generations of Vordez' villagers.

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