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[WP] You have lived a good and virtuous life by any measurable standard of religion and society. But last night, you saw the Devil's cattle herd in the sky, and the riders condemned to pursue it eternally. And one of them warned about your life's course and where it will lead you.

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[WP] To us, it was an invasion that nearly rendered Earth lifeless. To them, it was a failed attempt at peaceful first contact. Centuries later, as human fleets are on the verge of exterminating what they see as a threat, a third species tries desperately to clarify the tragic misunderstanding.

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For years, humanity has had real-time contact with a distant alien race, but bandwidth limits have kept communication restricted to brief text only. When tech advances finally allow for pictures to be sent, each race is horrified to see the other's resemblance to creatures of their respective myths.

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[WP] After centuries spent trying to utterly destroy each other, both sides finally agree to peace. During the settlement, each side is shocked to realize that the other is comprised of nothing but sapient machines, with no humans among them. And neither side knows what happened to the humans.

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[WP] Humans know that they're part of a Civ-like game played by various gods, so no one is too surprised by a sudden announcement that some nations have been caught cheating. But there's one nation that nobody expected to see on that list, and nobody can figure out what they got from their cheating.

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[WP] For centuries, your realm has been beset by a succession of evil overlords, each stronger than the one before. Upon defeating the most recent, you learn that they were actually acting on plan meant to prepare your realm to face the real threat.

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[WP] You have lived a good and virtuous life by any measurable standard of religion and society. But last night, you saw the Devil's cattle herd in the sky, and the riders condemned to pursue it eternally. And one of them warned about your life's course and where it will lead you.	2
[WP] To us, it was an invasion that nearly rendered Earth lifeless. To them, it was a failed attempt at peaceful first contact. Centuries later, as human fleets are on the verge of exterminating what they see as a threat, a third species tries desperately to clarify the tragic misunderstanding.	1
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For years, humanity has had real-time contact with a distant alien race, but bandwidth limits have kept communication restricted to brief text only. When tech advances finally allow for pictures to be sent, each race is horrified to see the other's resemblance to creatures of their respective myths.	1
[WP] After centuries spent trying to utterly destroy each other, both sides finally agree to peace. During the settlement, each side is shocked to realize that the other is comprised of nothing but sapient machines, with no humans among them. And neither side knows what happened to the humans.	1
[WP] Humans know that they're part of a Civ-like game played by various gods, so no one is too surprised by a sudden announcement that some nations have been caught cheating. But there's one nation that nobody expected to see on that list, and nobody can figure out what they got from their cheating.	1
[WP] For centuries, your realm has been beset by a succession of evil overlords, each stronger than the one before. Upon defeating the most recent, you learn that they were actually acting on plan meant to prepare your realm to face the real threat.	1