
by Hinsgardene
Choose: Freedom or Freedom (wink wink) After a failed attempt at escaping the Penitentiary of Villains and Whatnots with her adopted sister, Vaura was given a chance to atone for her mistakes by signing an agreement to go on a mission. Should the results of the mission prove satisfactory, she would be acquitted and set free. But she didn't expect to be embroiled in a conspiracy spanning two worlds with factions trying their possible best to stop the materialisation of the Totemic of Abundance by the Owl Defiance, while having their own agendas -- or meet her former friend turned betrayer who got her in prison the first place. Would Vaura ever stop the manifestation of a being with the power of a deity, or would she sit back and watch it all go to the ground? Let's hope so, because the other side of doing nothing would be a fate worse than death. Updates: 2-3 times weekly. What to Expect; - Weak to Less Weak to Mildly Strong arc. She'd need it if she wants to survive the horrors about to befall her. -Secrets and Mysteries galore -A bit of potion crafting (in later chapters) -Light stats. I don't feel like writing an entire stat sheet every chapter because its boring and I'm lazy.
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