The Duty Of Moriaticas

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The Duty of Moriaticas is an upcoming Fantasy / Science Fiction novel by Zakariah.

## Synopsis

### Part One

The book begins after Venus Lylewind discovers her best friend, Dorian Teller, is returning home for a few days, after going through a training course for the Ravenyen Military. Venus had taken time off from the Military, after being injured a few months prior. This was the first time she had seen Dorian since then. Dorian tells Venus of his suspicions against Cornelius Vascer, the Commander-in-chief of the Ravenyen Military. Dorian suspects he is running a program that tortures prisoners of the war, as well as citizens and members of the military itself, all to fulfill some religious prophecy. Venus doesn't believe Dorian, and insists that he must be tired.

After a few days, Venus and Dorian are sent back out, to defend Vinder Valley from beast attacks. It is there they are introduced to Toro Vess, whom they are supposed to train. Toro however, didn't want to be part of the Military, and only joined due to familial pressure, so out of fear, he begs Venus and Dorian to stick by him and protect him. But his loud personality and extreme fears do nothing but annoy Venus and Dorian, so they leave him behind. Later that night, the town gets attacked by beasts, and the few military officers sent to the town are severely outmatched. Venus gets attacked and falls to the ground, not yet fully recovered from her injury, and through glimpses as she remains barely conscious, she sees two masked mysterious figures, capture Dorian.

When Venus wakes up, she is resting at the Vinder Valley Inn, being taken care of by Belle Adkins, the innkeeper. She hears the radio talking about the events, and it's suspected links to the newly reported disappearances of the Ravenyen President, who went missing just weeks after signing a treaty with Princess Eirene of Taelestra, whom Ravenyen had been at war with for years. She remembers what Dorian had been talking about that night in Crownstown, and immediately recalls what had happened to him. She gets up from her bed, and interrogates Belle for information she may have of what had happened to Dorian, but is unlucky to find any useful information. She leaves the Inn, still injured, and runs into Toro again, who overhears her suggestion to leave the town and go to the Ravenyen Government building in West Malidia, and asks if he could tag along, since they were some of the only lower tier Military Officers still in town, which had been overtaken by high ranks heavily guarding the place. Venus reluctantly agrees after Toro continuously begged her, and the two search for a way to leave the town.

After sneaking out of Vinder Valley, the two must navigate their way through the capitol city of West Malidia, to get to the Military Base, overcoming many beasts and challenges. Venus is aware of her injury, but doesn't take the time to let her weakness show to Toro. When they arrive at the Military Base, they sneak in and discover classified documents revealing some of Ravenyen's plans for their Military Experiments. Venus is still skeptical, but is willing to do anything in hopes of finding her friend, Dorian, who may still be alive somewhere. The two get caught by guards, and have to fight their way out. They hijack a boat, and sail on to the Northern Continent of Crestflynt, in hopes of finding another dock to West Malidia.

PLACEHOLDER

The two are ambushed by a large beast, that neither have any experience in fighting. It attacks, and they realize they are completely outmatched. Just when the beast is about to finish them, a mysterious arrow pierces into it's face, and it falls, dead to the ground. Venus and Toro look to it's source, and sees a strange elf man standing on a cliff near by. This man they will come to know as Jasper Amaadon, a noble protector of Crestflynt Village of Elves. He jumps down to their level, and helps them to the village. The people of the Village are kind, but appreciate privacy and lack trust for humans, but are willing to help anyone. Jasper helps Venus and Toro treat their wounds, and helps them to recover. He introduces them to the Mayor of Crestflynt, who listens to their wish to get to Ravenyen City in East Malidia. He offers to help them get there, with help of Jasper, who will guide them to the city. Together, they travel through the dangers of Crestflynt, until they reach a dock. This dock is reserved for Ravenyen Officers to import Crestflynt forestry, so they are forced to sneak in, and onto a freight ship leading to East Malidia.

The party successfully arrives in East Malidia, and decide it is best to sneak into the backstreets of Ravenyen instead of going through the proper entrances. They are forced to go through the underground tunnels from some place near the docks, until they reached the streets. When they reach Ravenyen, they are stopped by two motorcyclists, Kore Lensdar and Malrant Richi who interrogate them for why they are sneaking into the city. They spot the Ravenyen classified documents Venus had been carrying, and decide to fight the party. Before the fight ends, they steal the documents and run off, leaving the party without crucial information for what they are looking for. Jasper agrees to get them to safety before traveling back to Crestflynt, and offers to aid them in getting what they are looking for. They find shelter for the night and look for the documents, and those mysterious motorcyclists the next day.

PLACEHOLDER

The party run into two men fighting in the alleyway, mentioning Ravenyen experiments, and when they run off, they leave behind a concert flyer for a concert just up the street. They decide to investigate, and go to the small club. There, they recognize Kore Lensdar and Malrant Richi as part of the band, and try to get access to their backstage, through band manager, Madame Rose. Once they reach backstage, once the show is over, the band members are reluctant to talk to them. Malrant tries to calm the situation, but Venus wants the classified documents back, which Kore has hold of. Kore asks the party what is really going on, and they confess to wanting information on the Ravenyen Military Experiments. This interests the band, and they reveal they are part of a secret group that's mission is to expose and retaliate against the Ravenyen Governent. However, Venus and Toro's military involvement causes suspicion, especially for Kore. They agree to return the documents, if the party agree to help them in their plan to raid the Ravenyen Capitol building.

The party follows their new friends to a secret passage way in the alleyway, which leads down into the mostly abandoned sections of the subway stations. This is the HQ of The Crows, the resistance group that they are part of. Madame Rose is revealed to not only be the manager of the band, but the head of the group altogether, and Kore and Malrant are some of the most respected members as well. Toro, is gaining more and more nervousness helping the group, and suggests that maybe he isn't cut out for the job, after all, but Venus insists he must stay and help them, considering she brought Toro to the city, much to her dismay.

The party decide to gather clues around the city, and run into the familiar Belle Adkins, who is visiting the city to ask for more supplies for Vinder Valley, and more security, as all of Guards have already left just days after the original Vinder Valley attack. Jasper takes fondness to Belle, and offers for the party to help her get to the Capitol building, where the party are going to as well, as Belle hadn't been to the city for many years. When they reach the capitol, Kore and Malrant decide to wait outside, as they are surely to be recognized by the workers there. Belle learns that the government is reluctant to send any more supplies, or any guard as they are busy elsewhere. Outside, Kore and Malrant learned that there is a second, planned attack at Vinder Valley, arranged by the government in order to create fear and cause remaining citizens to move to the capitol. The Government want to create terror, to justify their actions in regards to some religious prophecy.

Belle and Jasper decide to head back to Vinder Valley immediately, in hopes of stopping the attack. Venus, however, is doubtful of Kore and Malrant's conspiracy, and feels that they are trying to trick them into turning against the Government, especially as seeing as neither of them are in any sort of rush to help the citizens of Vinder Valley, claiming that they are no match for whatever the government had planned. After arguing, the rest of the party agree to check it out, and head on their way. However, once reaching the village, it seems as though it is already too late. Even Belle and Jasper, seemed to have perished in the attack, as the entire town is in ruin and burning to the ground. It is unlikely there are many survivors. The party must accept that their friends have more than likely not made it out alive.

There is a gloominess as the party head back the Ravenyen, but there is no time to waste, as the raid on The Capitol Building was underway in just a matter of days. They had no choice but to move on, and begin preparations for the dangerous activity. Madame Rose directs Kore and Toro to gather intel at the local Casino, as the owners have connections to the Elite of Ravenyen. Malrant and Venus, are ordered to go talk to the respected weapon dealer who has ties to The Crows.

Toro and Kore make their way to the casino, where they meet the couple who owns the casino. They inform them that they are there with The Crows, and that Madame Rose had directed them to speak with them. Kore seems to have already met the two before, and it is revealed that Toro had been a regular to the Casino, even though have never meeting the couple before. The quirky couple bring Toro and Kore to a conference room, and discuss the on goings of the Ravenyen Government, and how they too, believe that they are doing experiments behind the scenes, even going as far to suggest that they are trying to create some sort of anti-hero, to bring fear and death to the world, and to speed up their prophecy. They offer the guys a key to a secret entrance to the building, and offer their best advice to getting access without getting caught by guards or any other official.

Malrant leads Venus to the Weapons Dealer through secret tunnels linked to the Subway underground, as it is the simplest way to not be noticed by police, as Malrant is notorious and they could be questioned in the highly guarded, richer sectors of Ravenyen. The Weapons Dealer lives in a large apartment building, and is known as a rich socialite amongst Ravenyen. He notices something strange about Venus, and wonders if she has had any strange experiences being in the military, as she seems to have a dark aura, almost as if the government had experimented their anti-hero projects on her. The two have a tense altercation, and Malrant intervenes, and suggests that they best take their weapons and leave. They are notices by Ravenyen police on their way out, and do their best to fight and sneak away back to the Crows HQ.

When they return back, Kore and Toro have returned as well. They have a meeting between The Crows, and discuss the break in, laying out the plan and exchanging their experiences with the Casino Couple and Weapon Dealer. The next night, they break in to the Ravenyen Capitol, through the secret entrance Kore and Toro had learned about. They separate into two groups, Venus and Malrant, and Toro and Kore, as they investigate different parts of the overwhelmingly large building. Venus and Malrant end up running into Kore's long lost lover, Onyx Gastow, who claims he is the Omen, and tries to kill them. Venus fights him until Kore and Toro rush in, and Kore screams at Venus to stop. Kore tries to calm Onyx down, and Onyx seems to gain some more control over himself, but quickly dashes onto the rooftop, and flies away. The party go up to try to stop him, but are unsuccessful. Venus tries to ask Kore about who it was, but he refuses to talk about it.

Alarms sound in the building, and the party rush to leave the Capitol. They run into many guards, and are forced to fight their way out. They decide it would be unsafe to lead them back to the Crows HQ, so they quickly plan on leaving East Malidia altogether, and are chased on their motorbikes to the docks Venus, Toro and Jasper had arrives on. They hijack a ship and plan to sail to the Eastern continent of Taelestra, which is where Kore is originally from. However, due to a severe storm, the ship is caught in huge tidal waves, and the ship begins to crash.