Divergence

Divergence is a highly stylistic historic work written about a hundred years after the reign of Dawentar and was the first historic book within the Archives of Parthe set after the institution's founding. Although there are actual narratives and factual details of the early reign of this king within the archives, this book brought it into a narrative, if warped and fictionalized. What was a small provincial revolt and petition, along with a bad year on the the Zarcasen border and demand for reinforcements was turned into a full blown civil war. This book is best known for its ambiguous ending, where King Dawentar and General Darjesne faced each other alone on the battle field, both badly wounded, and took a step towards each other, a determined look on their faces.
In a historical perspective this book dramatizes the very real tensions within the island kingdom at the time. Much effort was taken to detail people from every faction so deeply that even today the status of "Protagonist/Antagonist" and "Hero/Villain" are difficult to place. However, this work is also extremely anchronistic, transposing many innovations of the Third Founding and the Republic of Parthe into this earlier period. Some claim the anonymous writer or writers of Divergence also wrote the collection Integration. Others claim that it was simply the work of a bored scribe deciding to make the historic records he or she is recording more interesting.
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