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Kerrigan's reign has just ended. She is now under the control of Steven and his New Swarm. However, the sector is still far from achieving peace. The victorious Raiders now set off to launch an invasion to usurp and purge the Guild from the Queen of Blade's puppets. Will the transition of power go well? Or will the sector be engulfed by renewed turmoil brought by concealed threats lurking from the heroes' very midst?


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Dark clouds rolled over the busy New Augustgrad. It has been drizzling intermittently for a while now, and the capitol's masses are far from cheery. The Secretary of Defense was no exception. Walking inside his massive greenhouse, Blake's mood was reflecting the weather. He looked grimly at a nearby argent orchid. Not even its shiny petals could permeate the depressing air around it. Blake sighed and turned around. He was quite surprised to see his assistant.

"G-Good morning, Secretary."

Blake said nothing.

"I j-just thought you ought to know that the Secretary of Education has left for Mar Sara this morning. His office said he needed to check something about the government's funding in Sintley Point University. I was told the Secretary won't be returning for weeks, maybe months."

"Is that all?" Blake asked.

"Yes, sir. I'll take my leave now." The assistant bowed and trotted out of the greenhouse.

Blake sighed once more and ascended the steps to his office. As he made his way up, his thoughts began to snake around his head. Normally, the situation would have pleased him. The vacant positions make it easier for him to control the offices of the Guild by planting his own men, but the rate the Secretaries are leaving, each having their own problems and issues, is troubling him.

Blake pressed his palm into the sensor guarding the door to his office. "No," he thought. "I must focus on the task at hand. I must double my efforts to keep the Secretary-General in check."

Blake sat in his chair. His office was no warmer than the cold outside, but in there, Blake could think.

"Just imagine how things would be if the people found out the truth. We shall be legendary!"

"You think so?"

"Of course Blake. Now tell Jean to get in and take a look herself."

"Fine."

Blake jolted upright. He had fallen asleep. The dream he just had kept him awake.

"I will not fail. There is too much at stake," he said.

"Soon, all lies and injustices will be destroyed, and the Guild itself up heaved, for the true order is about to rise from the ashes of the old."

Thunder boomed outside. The angry sky opened its mouth and spewed forth the turmoil it has been brewing for a fortnight. The morning sky wept. And it wept hard.

Blake looked out from his window. People were fleeing the freezing rain. Some ran to the nearest shelters while others hailed the nearest transports. Within seconds, the muddy puddles in the streets turned into a network of raging streams.

"Fitting how even the sky is showing what the future holds for this Guild."

Is there more usually i'm not gripped by things with no action but this was good I enjoyed.
Man I suck at writing, but nobody can test me in an action scene.

Ps. You're pretty good for a mute!

Yes there is definitely more. This is just the prologue, and there will surely be more action soon.

Thanks for reading by the way. This has two prequels already, you might want to read them to grasp the story better.

I don't think your writing sucks. Besides, more practice will help a lot, so don't give up.

Yeah being mute does have its perks. Like having silence for contemplation.

Ah it is here at last the next book. Good opening to set the mood. Written well as usually although I felt the part he comes out of the dream a little rough(could just be me). Can not wait for this to get going.

@Golem72 do not worry if the last few books are any indication there is to be plenty of action ahead.

I just finished reading it now. It's perfect. Actually, it made me thinking of writing a fanfic myself.

By the way, there are some words in your story I didn't even know they exist

@Omega - Thanks. I'm glad you felt the depressing mood. I intended for the dream to be short and somewhat vague. I can't give away too much at the beginning of the book.

@DarkEagle - Thanks, as well, I hope you do well with your own fic, should you start one. I hope you don't mean that my prologue was too hard or cryptic to understand. Please tell me which words are those, and I'll see if I could change them.

No not at all!

I meant in a good way of course. Perfect vocabulary like yours obviously contributes to the general feeling of the story, which you couldn't describe better.

Wow! Short break. Very nicely written prologue. This book sounds like it will be the best of the trilogy.

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@DarkEagle -Thanks, as well, I hope you do well with your own fic, should you start one. I hope you don't mean that my prologue was too hard or cryptic to understand. Please tell me which words are those, and I'll see if I could change them.

Well, I'm pretty sure English isn't Dark Eagle's native language so that might be the reason for the words he didn't know. As a native English speaker I had no trouble reading it.

I'm wondering if the Jean mentioned in the dream is the Jean that is in Raynor's Raiders. If so, this can bode ill for the Raiders attempt to seize control.

So much for a long break ;P I was shocked to see this when I checked the fan-fics section this morning! It was a most welcome surprise I also noticed the depressing mood of the prologue; fits the "Lament" part of the title well.

@DL - Thanks. I'm trying really hard to make this as flawless as possible. I'm still stuck with finalizing the ending though. I have to make sure it is fine (can't use any other adjectives or you mightl get some hints). But the rest of the story is pretty much ironed-out.

@Knight - Why do you think it bodes ill to the Raiders' advance? Just asking.

@DM - I thought I'll be very busy with Tremors, turn out, we haven't started yet, so I might as well start the third book, and then take short breaks in between, rather than a long one.

By the way, the depressing mood was based on personal experience. My Ward Duty in the hospital last Thursday was gloomy. It was also drizzling then. So I used it as an inspiration for the prologue, which originally would have featured Martin's point of view.

Expect Chapter 1 to be up in a few days, today if I'm light.

Oh there's a new one. I better catch up with Warsong first.

Keep up the work man. So someone can see the writing on the wall eh?

I think it bodes ill for the Raiders, if Jean is a double agent, because the Guild will know everything that is going on and the Raiders will be left in the dark. Every move by the Raiders can be monitored and countered quickly and easily. Though, I could be mistaken and there being more than one Jean.

Oooh. I like where this might be headed. -grins- Nice!