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Hello my friends!

Since the posting of the original message of this chapter, an explanation has been presented to me in the form of the original HorusTheAvenger.

HorusTheAvenger and co are members of an Anti-Plagiarism team that have a considerable track record of helping our fellow Authors that have been victims of plagiarism, and as such they have gathered a considerable number of enemies on this site who were obviously trying to cause trouble by posting this review under their name. So five cheers to the real HorusTheAvenger for all their good work, and check out their forum - a link to which is on my profile - where you'll find not only a topic about this very issue, but you'll also find an awesome forum that I myself will be keeping an eye on for future 'attacks' such as this.

Now, I've got permission to reproduce their PM, but I don't believe it will be all that neccesary, so I'll merely be posting their own explanation of their forum below.

"[also] this is not the first time someone impersonated us in an attempt to stir trouble or tried to use our reputation to intimidate a writer.

Quick explanation: am the admin of the TAPIR anti-plagiarism forum over here on FFN. We have been operating for a few years now and have a considerable track record of helping authors who were plagiarized by others get the plagiarized stories removed from FFN. We do not make accusations without proof and our entire forum is all about about documenting and recording evidence of plagiarism on FFN. If you need further proof of what we say, you are welcome to check out our forum, which is open to all, to see how we work or speak to any of our other staff.

Unfortunately our activities makes enemies of the plagiarists we expose and some of them have been trying to get revenge by stirring up trouble. In this case, they are impersonating members of our staff in anon reviews while making false accusations. It is likely they targeting popular authors hoping to manipulate them and their fanbase into attacking us." (HorusTheAvenger - 12/08/2015)

I would also like to thank everyone who reviewed on this chapter with their supporting words. It means a lot to me to know I've got friends here.


Original Message

HorusTheAvenger (who is a guest, so I can't answer directly)

I find your accusation that this story is plagiarized to be rather amusing, namely because this isn't a story, and instead is a large collection of different ideas. If you are speaking about the fact that other authors also have 'dumping grounds' for their ideas like this, then the idea neither belongs to them nor myself, and your claim can easily be likened to accusing someone of plagiarism of others for writing anything in general.

If you're actually talking about Pandemonium being 'plagiarised' from a story called 'The Flames Shadow', then you should know that I was the one who had their story stolen in that situation, and the author who wrote it has already been reported and punished by the authorities.

I do hope you sign in next time so I can simply contact you directly, as I find this method to be largely inaccurate and round-about.

The Undercover Operative.