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The Horde

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  Ricmo pulled the goggles firmly down over his eyes and gunned the engine of the massive infernal machine on which he rode. From up here in the drivers cupola he had a great view, as his massive red-iron monstrosity tore over the hellish wasteland. The beast belched black smoke and hot steam, huge treads crushing anything unfortunate enough to get in its way, bushes, spindly trees, even solid rock giving way before it. The thing ROARED. Ricmo smiled and gunned the engine some more.  "This is awesome!" he thought to himself.  Ricmo had figured out the yoke and throttle, with some help, but had zero idea what most of the gauges, buttons and levers in front of him did. He was totally making this up as he went along. From somewhere below him, through the hatch that led to the secondary driving compartment, their new ally, Max Zombie was desperately yelling instructions at him, but between the creature's thick accent and the roar of the wind and engine, Ricmo could only make

Into the Hells

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  As Whisperleaf stared down the huge, steam belching, red metal monstrosity that was barreling toward him at an impossible speed across the dusty red plain, his panicked brain momentarily took a step back and reflected on his situation, in that strange, calm way that panicked brains sometimes have. "How did it come to this exactly?" he thought. For a moment he locked eyes with the poor unfortunate that was chained and bound to the front of the infernal machine. They shared in the momentary communion of the utterly fucked. He thought he saw sympathy in those eyes. And then the Infernal Machine was on him. Whisperleaf tried to dodge out of the way at the last possible instant, but got the timing wrong. He didn't exactly even feel the metal beast strike him, just a momentary shock, and a transient feeling of flying through the air at great speed. And then there was darkness. Just before the darkness set in one final thought lazily crossed his dying mind "I probably sho

The Last Stand of Mr. Clay

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  From a young age, Montero took delight in only one thing. Inflicting pain. A freakishly large child, but still a child, his ministrations were mostly reserved for animals or his fellow children, but as he matured, and grew into a huge hulk of a man, no one was safe from his brutality. Originally a guard at the Vetrini compound in Haven Towne, he quickly came to the attention of Lucius Montero, who saw a potential role the hulking terror could potentially play in the Cerro Rico mines. Lucius always had quite the eye for talent. Chief Enforcer for Cerro Rico was a dream come true for Montero. Here his brutality was not only sanctioned, it was encouraged.  " Make them fear us " Lucius had instructed him. " No methods are off the table my dear Montero, as long as those methods instill fear. Fear is the essence of control ." Thus he stalked the halls of  Cerro Rico  brandishing his long cat of nine tails, using it brutally on the miners, with little excuse required and