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  1. Public Bookmark 11

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    The Institute didn’t fall quietly.

    Nate gave the underground residents a chance to flee before the walls came down; there's no telling who all listened or who all stayed. Shaun was already fading— worn thin by time, sickness. Nate stayed until the end, watch his last thread to this world die... then walked away and blew the place to Kingdom Come. The Commonwealth lived.

    The monster in the dark was gone.
    Life continued on.
    They called him a hero.

    Nate only felt the weight of it all. Of the choices made, the family he lost, of a fight that never really ended for him.

    He kept moving, fixing things, doing what people expected. It was easier than stopping. Easier than asking what came next. Sometimes another set of footsteps matched his own. Eyes that saw too much. They never said what it was, too afraid to push.

    Then the attacks began.

    Progress undone overnight. A new hand pulling strings, possibly from the Institute’s ashes. And whoever it is, they have their eyes set on the Commonwealth's beloved Vault Dweller.

    War never changes. It just waits for the right moment to begin again.

    And Nate has no idea how many are willing to go to war— for him this time.

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    30 Nov 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 16

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    Nate Matthews awakens in a shattered world, driven by grief and a promise to his lost family. As he navigates the chaos of the Commonwealth, he forges unexpected alliances, including an unlikely bond with the steadfast Paladin Danse. Together, they face the dangers of the wasteland and the moral dilemmas that come with survival.

    Trust, they will learn, is fragile and betrayal cuts deep. When Nate's decisions and loyalties come into question, and Danse's own identity comes to light, their bond is tested in ways neither could have anticipated. Admist the ashes of a broken world, they must find a way to reconcile their pasts, confront their fears, and forge a future for all of the Commonwealth.

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    29 Nov 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 59

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    Kai Trevelyan had gone from privileged child to reluctant resident of the Ostwick Circle to an uncertain future before fate spun his life into mad new directions that brought him not only power and complications, but Dorian Pavus, the Tevinter mage who soon became partner and lover.

    They'll survive the challenges of the Inquisition, but more lies ahead in the contours of shadows...

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    18 Apr 2018