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The Citadel of Stairs
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The Citadel of Stairs

14 Chapters
Author:Porter Alban
Status:hiatus
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Synopsis

Ever wanted to drag a chosen one through miles of mud, broken glass and dead yaks just to take a dump in their plot armor? Meet the Armory: Dagger, Pitch, Powder, Saber and Vice.These five mercenaries serve a dead god's broken afterlife, killing to keep the machines of the heavens running and trying to earn enough gold to retire one day.In their future is The Citadel of Stairs, a tower outside time and understanding, and in its shadow is a town that only wants to live free of the citadel's experiments. The Armory isn't the first the townsfolk have hired, but no hero has ever gone inside the tower and returned. Good thing the Armory aren't heroes (man, this trope sucks). Along the way they'll put down a strike at a factory town and clear out an infested mine.Sure, it's grimdark, but that doesn't mean it can't be funny. Call it grindark, it chugs along like a butcher's freight train.They're totally gonna die. Often.Worth it? Maybe.CW: foul language, violence, gore, substance abuse and a mild disrespect for the genre.