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    Angelos Odyssey Archives: The History of the Citadel: I
    Angelos Odyssey Archives: The History of the Citadel: I
    Angelos Odyssey Archives: The History of the Citadel: I
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    Angelos Odyssey Archives: The History of the Citadel: I

    By J. B. M. Patrick

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    Drawing inspiration from The Silmarillion, the Angelos Odyssey Archives are intended as an episodic series of literature centered around the world of the primary book series, Angelos Odyssey.

    The Archives tell the story of human civilization’s struggle to survive in a world made hostile after the advent of a nuclear war. Through the eyes of one driven insane by the curse of immortality, the reader is told the epic tale of the battle against demons and different monstrous species as future nations start to flourish. The reader witnesses multiple political upheavals as the Age of Shoguns begins, and the accounts of those who built the Citadel to escape from permanent darkness is revealed.

    The Archives are the beginnings of something much greater. They establish a true background of the world of Angelos Odyssey and contain roots in the Ramayana, certain biblical stories, and the writings of Confucius.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJ. B. M. Patrick
    Release dateSep 26, 2017
    ISBN9781370290284
    Angelos Odyssey Archives: The History of the Citadel: I
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    J. B. M. Patrick

    J. B. M. Patrick was previously an Emergency Medical Technician before enlisting in the United States Army as part of its Infantry. He was stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and became certified in Air Assault Operations (involved rappelling from helicopters, inspecting sling loads, and coordinating aircraft landings), Biometrics, Robotics, and joined his company’s Intelligence Support Team. As part of CoIST, he integrated link diagram analyses and a working knowledge of signalling technology to prepare himself and others to combat insurgency operations.Following the completion of his contract, J. B. M. Patrick discovered that his passion resided in both writing and lifting. He is now the author of Angelos Odyssey, a futuristic epic he believes will span at least eight volumes. He plans on making his dream of a post-apocalyptic series containing authentic and realistic character development a reality.You can find Angelos Odyssey on multiple platforms: Ingram, Kindle, CreateSpace, and Smashwords.To see J. B. M. Patrick's regular posts, follow him on Instagram at weightsteaandpublishing and on Blogger at jbmpatrick.blogspot.com.

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      Angelos Odyssey Archives - J. B. M. Patrick

      ANGELOS ODYSSEY ARCHIVES

      THE HISTORY OF THE CITADEL

      I

      BY

      J. B. M. PATRICK

      SHINGEN BLUE PUBLISHING

      INDIANA

      Copyright © 2017 by Joshua Brian McCabe Patrick

      Cover Art © 2017 by Shingen Blue Publishing

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

      Edited by J. S. Beverly

      Published in the United States of America

      First Edition

      Shingen Blue Publishing

      Indiana

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      Table of Contents

      INTRODUCTION

      3065

      The Four

      3066

      The Shogun

      The God King

      The God King's Demands

      Betrayal

      Haem's Strategies

      3067

      The Trial of Haem

      Lak's Resistance

      Shogun Vursk's Tempting

      The Blessing

      Division

      3068

      Dogolin

      The Affliction

      A City Out Of Time

      Dogolin's Speech

      Uras The Rotted

      The Hayashi God

      The Fall Of The Xatists

      The Fate Of The Algoans

      3069

      The Coming Alliance

      3070

      Isolakandi's Resolve

      Deanshe And Kelphuren

      The Fall

      3071

      The Citadel

      3072

      The Conclusion Of The Duel

      3073

      The Law And The Way

      3074

      The Rise Of Shaman Cheranis

      The Divine Pantheon

      3075

      The Corruption Of Cheranis

      3076

      The Uprising

      Furtherance Of The Way

      3077

      Deanshe And Elia'ah

      The Erring Of Shogun Vati

      The Hayashi Rebellion

      Dismay

      The Elders' Mockery

      The Decision

      3078

      The Passion Of Deanshe

      Vati's Last Stand

      The Great Disorder

      3079

      The Aftermath

      3080

      The Western Continent

      3081

      Discarding Traditions

      A Potential Revelation

      3082

      The Journey Underground

      Gorin's Vision

      3083

      The Lio Khanate

      The Shern Khanate

      The Reik Khanate

      The Kao Dai

      3084

      Kaoism/Daism

      Persecution

      The Darkened Gods

      The Reik And The Mulungu

      The General King

      A Seed Of Doubt

      Guanzai

      Wushuni

      3085

      Sho

      3086

      The Xamillion Republic

      3087

      The Wu-Guan Alliance

      Geono And The God

      3088

      3089

      3090

      The Eight Tribes

      CONCLUSION

      INTRODUCTION

      I am the Madman:

      The Old Man;

      I’m the Man far too wise,

      And the Man exposed much too soon to God’s lies.

      I am the Madman:

      In numerous fashions I’ve been,

      In endless days I have gone,

      And always come again.

      I am the Madman:

      My Book spans Time;

      My Instrument once played Its rhyme,

      And my Madness reaches those in kind.

      Those kindred spirits.

      Oh, but you’re one, too. They all want to know—ahead of their time, which itself may be never. There are some secrets not worth knowing, not worth keeping.

      I am the Old Man. The one who weeps without cease, for it is my curse.

      I am the First Musician. I turned my back on Apothé, and She on the world—nay, on all life itself. I ended the world once; I ended it in my fervor… it was a moment I thought beautiful, until the horrid So-Ene came. I contaminated the world with a new song and retreated to discover the Old. Apothé’s Voice I had changed and so with it, Fate’s.

      I was cursed to live forever. Such a bloody-bloody curse, I say. A rotten filth fit for the First Musician—the First Sinner, rather! Yes, reader, I was made to wonder… Earth, but not just Earth! I was MADE to walk the boundaries of existence with a cello that no longer produces a sound.

      I know not why I continue to weep, why my tears have not dried of their own accord. It’s been many millennia since this all began, and time tends to seep into itself. It extends forever, it extends my torture as I keep trying to play a note. Just one note that will never come…

      The Second Musician brought Restoration. When I believed I’d be doomed to watch the world decay around me as the living turned afflicted, turned to So-Ene, He came. He, with a saxophone of all things! A pathetic instrument, which he used to kill Apothé. He reset the world and prolonged my torment further. The universe was renewed, and I was left alone once more. As So-Ene, they could see me. Cured of their affliction, I vanished from their sight.

      I spend my days on the highest mountain the Earth had left. All that I can recall is some foolish war brought on by the pride of humans. They allowed demons and other sorts into a place in which they never belonged. And when THEY came, I watched the people of Earth destroy themselves in a bitter war. Misshapen clouds abounded, the atmosphere shifted and grew tainted with poison. They brought on a Second Decay without the help of their gods, and the cycle continued as it always does.

      On and on, you. You’ve got to be listening—oh god, please don’t… d-don’t go from here, if you are anywhere! Someone has to be out there; not all should swim in the abyss alone, don’t you think? If you are God, would you listen?

      Listen to what, you ask—o-or did I hear you ask? Do you know when I will finally be granted Death? I watched them cover the world like dark angels spreading through the skies; they held souls in their arms as wings pierced the azure canvases above and guided them toward an Ascension I’m not promised.

      In my solitude, I’ve Seen everything; perhaps this is the very reason why I weep without end. I’ve seen all the way to both the beginning and the end, and they both meet on the other side. You’ll see it, too, God, friend, listener… whoever.

      I’ve prepared the Annals accordingly. I’ve written every detail I can remember of how it all happened. I know of Tavon and of the Solace watching over him. Janelle, a treacherous angel, would you believe it? A Solace committing treason? Again and AGAIN! What god commands their actions—who is to be responsible for recording history?

      It must be me. It HAS to be me. The Old Man Who Weeps, weeps for what was and what shall be. Verily, let us begin with something with which you may already be familiar: the origins of the Citadel, of one of the self-proclaimed first world nations following the First Rift. This a tale of the entanglement of humans and demons in the quest for power. A tale of darkness, pleasant in its realization.

      3065

      (745 P. R.)

      Before the United Clans of Wanre, before Gaspul gained its first settlements, and before Oloranto fought for control of what would later become the Dawn Federation, there was the dream of the Citadel.

      THE FOUR

      It started with the rule of Shogun Vursk, who would bring four

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