The Twelve Factions Story

The Twelve Factions Story took place in a fictional universe in which your birth month determined you faction, and the job you'd be doing for the rest of your life. Your job would start at the age of fifteen, and you'd start your job on your fifteenth birthday by visiting a pathetic wooden building called the Hall of Job. The main character, who went by Ulric, was born in September and was a farmer. The story was all about Ulric's attempts to overthrow the king and stop the factions from continuing.

## Plot

The story started with Ulric visiting the Hall of Job and being told where to start his work as a potato farmer. However, before he could do that, he found a poster on the back of the building that was telling people to meet in that spot in the middle of the night to plot against the king. Ulric went to his living quarters and, that night, went to the spot behind the Hall of Job. When he arrived, three other people were there. Two of their names have been forgotten, but one of them went by the name Woodbreak. The three of them built a catapult to launch a rock at the Hall of Job. They did, and it worked, causing the whole building to collapse. However, Ulric then brutally murdered the three other people with a broken bottle, hid their bodies in the remains of the building, and returned to his living quarters. Once there, he recruited others to help him, including a man named Maxwell and a woman named Amy. After he had finished recruiting all of the other farmers, a worker from the castle arrived at the door, investigating the destruction of the Hall of Job. Ulric killed the man, gave the man's outfit to Maxwell and sent him to impersonate the worker at the king's castle. They continued recruiting the other potato farmers until being informed that Maxwell's impersonation had failed, and he was stuck in the castle jail. Ulric and the rest of his revolution traveled to the castle to free Maxwell. They were successful, but had to escape from a man named Jamie, who was the commander of the castle military and wore such strong armor that they didn't stand a chance at defeating him. After leaving the castle, they traveled to the living quarters of the ranchers to try to recruit them. Upon arrival, they discovered that the ranchers were also working on a revolution against the king, and were lead by a woman named Amanda. Amanda wanted to attack the castle right away without any preparation, but Ulric argued that this was a bad idea. The only other person that agreed with Ulric was Amy. Amanda shot Amy in the head with a crossbow, and Ulric had to flee so that he didn't get shot too. All of the people he recruited, including Maxwell, followed Amanda to the castle. Meanwhile, Ulric traveled to the mines, and recruited the miners, including a man named Jordan, who went by Snapple. They agreed that Amanda's rebellion didn't stand a chance, and decided to go to the castle to rescue as many of them as possible and escape. When they arrived at the castle, they discovered that Amanda had been lying, and she was secretly working for the castle. All of the recruits were captured and in chains. Ulric and the miners managed to save nearly all of them, but on their way out, Jamie found them and came after them. One of the people found some dynamite, lit it, and threw it at Jamie, blowing him up and allowing them to escape. After escaping, they eventually realized that some of the miners had gone missing while they were at the castle, and, after talking to some chefs, discovered that the people at the castle were up to something fishy. They took a trip to the kingdom's merchant, Mitch, but then decided to go back to the castle to see what was up. When they came to the castle, they saw Jamie standing outside despite having exploded just before. They managed to overpower him and kill him again, allowing them to get inside the castle. Once inside, they eventually found a secret chamber below. In the chamber, the workers of the castle were sacrificing other less important workers in rituals, allowing them to revive their own warriors. The group had to fight a large number of warriors, including a revived and brainwashed Amy. After this, they found their way into the throne room, where they killed the king and queen, as well as Amanda. They then disposed of the bodies so that they couldn't be revived. However, despite their victories, there were still a lot of castle workers and warriors left, who would've been able to overpower the small rebellion. They planned on leaving, but Maxwell betrayed them and lead them to the castle workers in exchange for his survival. The workers locked everyone up and decided to execute all of them. Ulric was executed first, and he never got to see what happened to everyone else. However, he woke up in the castle basement next to the corpse of Maxwell, a long with a note from him. The note explained that Maxwell's betrayal had all been an elaborate scheme to trick the worker's, get them to put their guard down, and allow the rebellion to defeat them. However, he couldn't act in time to save Ulric, and though the rebellion did succeed in defeating the workers, Maxwell felt bad and sacrificed himself in a ritual, just like the castle workers did, to bring Ulric back. The note also explained that Snapple had taken leadership over the rebellion, and told Ulric where they could be found. Ulric went to the place, and discovered that an entire city had been built, now a democracy instead of a monarchy. This new city also had no factions, but instead had normal jobs that actually paid the workers.

## Trivia

* Ulric's mother worked as a Law Enforcement Officer, though they never really met in the story.
* During his adventures, Ulric learned about the fifteen properties of a rotten potato. More information can be found here.