*title Sabres of Infinity
*author Paul Wang
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  Chapter1
  Chapter2
  Chapter3
  Chapter4
  Chapter5
  $ Chapter6
  $ Chapter7
  $ Chapter8
  $ Chapter9
  $ Chapter10A
  $ Chapter10B
  $ Chapter10C
  $ Chapter11
  $ Chapter12
  $ Epilogue1
  $ Epilogue2
  BadEnds
  savegame
  Gameover

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*comment ACHIEVEMENTS
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  Complete the story with a character above the age of 30.
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By Paul "Cataphrak" Wang (2013)

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  Fight for glory as an officer of the Royal Tierran Army in a rich, low-fantasy world where gunpowder and magic rule the battlefield. Choose a horse, pick a sergeant and lead a unit of Royal Dragoons through five years of brutal war.

  "Sabres of Infinity" is an epic interactive novel where you control the main character. In each chapter, your choices determine how the story proceeds.

  Battle your enemies with your mind, your wits or with pistol and sword. Earn the loyalty of your subordinates and the friendship of your fellow officers, or betray them for your own gain. As armies, heroes and philosophies clash in the forests of the north, your choices could mean the difference between everlasting glory and an ignominious death.

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Author's Note:

Sabres of Infinity takes place in the Infinite Sea, a fantasy setting possessed of functional magic, among other extraordinary phenomena. It is a setting where wealth, class, gender, allegiance, and birth restrict a person's role in society. Its magical and social politics are not consistent with stories starring protagonists whose experiences are largely identical regardless of class or sex.

Thus, the player character is required to be a young man of noble birth, for purely pragmatic reasons. Characters of other genders and social classes would have their own, radically different stories to tell, but those stories are for another time.
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