At long last, here is the beginning of War. A couple of admin issues before we get into the story-

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Previously, in Heaven

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The group of Kate, Daniel, their airship crew, and the new gods Barris, Fabrique and Gamma, had survived a battle with airship pirates. During the battle in the wasteland, known locally as the Dark, they discovered that their divine powers don’t work as well in the raw chaos energy that is the Wasteland, but also that the Wasteland is a path they can take to return to Heaven and Hell to free the places from the otherworldly beast’s siege.

They return to the temples in the floating city of Meridian (that floats above the mad city of Lathe) in order to make a battle plan. In this episode we learn something startling about Barris, the sun god, who is developing a little too much liking for the ideas sold below in Lathe…

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