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A Fantasy/Romance novel by Darrell Drake, ''Within Ruin'' revolves around a beleaguered king Virgil and his amnesiac queen Descarta. Amnesiac to the point that she neither remembers nor loves her husband.
''Within Ruin'' starts off as your typical adventure with a motley crew on a journey to save the country from a deadly plague. They spend their time fighting off hordes of assassins and seeking aid from neighbouring kingdoms. Then you find out the truth... Ultimately a very dark and melancholy romance.
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A Fantasy/Romance novel by Darrell Drake, ''Within Ruin'' revolves around a beleaguered king Virgil and his amnesiac queen Descarta. Amnesiac to the point that she neither remembers nor loves her husband.
''Within Ruin'' starts off as your typical adventure with a motley crew on a journey to save the country from a deadly plague. They spend their time fighting off hordes of assassins and seeking aid from neighbouring kingdoms. Then you find out the truth... Ultimately a very dark and melancholy romance.
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A Fantasy/Romance novel by Darrell Drake, '''''Within Ruin''''' ''Within Ruin'' revolves around a beleaguered king Virgil and his amnesiac queen Descarta. Amnesiac to the point that she neither remembers nor loves her husband. ''Within Ruin'' starts off as your typical adventure with a motley crew on a journey to save the country from a deadly plague. They spend their time fighting off hordes of assassins and seeking aid from neighbouring kingdoms. Then you find out the truth... Ultimately a very dark and melancholy romance.
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* DeadLittleSister: Ankaa for [[spoiler: Virgil]].
* DespairEventHorizon: Happens twice to [[spoiler: Virgil]] first when Ankaa dies and then again when [[spoiler: Almi and Merill are murdered]].
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A Fantasy/Romance novel by Darrell Drake Within Ruin revolves around a beleaguered king Virgil and his amnesiac queen Descarta. Amnesiac to the point that she neither remembers nor loves her husband. Within Ruin starts off as your typical adventure with a motley crew on a journey to save the country from a deadly plague. They spend their time fighting off hordes of assassins and seeking aid from neighbouring kingdoms and then kingdoms. Then you find out the truth...
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Virgil towards Descarta and [[spoiler: Ankaa]]. Not to mention the elves... save all the girls?
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Virgil towards Descarta and [[spoiler: Ankaa]]. Not to mention the elves... save all the girls?
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