Newcomer, The

Jason Love 2001

Language:: English
Authors:: Jason Love
Systems:: Inform
Platforms:: Z-Machine
Genres:: IF Comp 2001
Entered by:: iamaran, Mr Creosote
Added:: 13-12-2010
Edited:: 17-02-2025

Synopsis

This couldn't have come at a worse time. When the Oracle Trelia suggested that the Empire was going to fall soon, people believed her. All of her other predictions had been proven correct; between severe inland flooding and rebellion amongst a number of subjugated territories, nothing seemed impossible anymore. Now, a number of malcontents, rabble-rousers, and anarchists have taken the Oracle's prediction as a sign of their own upcoming triumph over the benevolent tyranny of the triumviracy, and the citizens simply accepted this. The violent deposition of the government seemed to be an inevitability...