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Dynasty Lost

Lyric of Remembrance

Chapter One: Glass Cage
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."
—T. S. Eliot, "Four Quartets"
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved."
—William Jennings Bryan
MARCH 26, 3076, AD PS HEADQUARTERS, TOKYO
"They say Jaegar launched an attack on one of the cities in the Americas yesterday." Rye ran a hand over a support column, face unreadable, narrowed eyes trained on the stone. "Has your mother said anything?"
"No, but something's got he

Chapter Four: Partners, Part 2

TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 6118 AD, V.E.O. ACADEMY, NEO TOKYO, JAPAN
The next day was only slightly better. Jerik ate with her again, ignoring Ander's darkling looks from where he ate by himself, and Sakfas only directly insulted her in front of the entire class two or three times. Professor Tanek was pleased with the studying she'd put in—she'd taken about two more hours to go over all of her subjects after the detention and gone to bed by eleven—and told her that, at the rate she was going, she would be far enough along to take the midterm test in two weeks. After that, another three weeks and she'd probably be caught up with the class. Lethya sile

Chapter Four: Partners, Part 1

Chapter Four: Partners
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
—Buddha
"I wish they would only take me as I am."
—Vincent Van Gogh, Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 6118 AD V.E.O ACADEMY, NEO TOKYO, JAPAN
"I'm telling you, you do this and you sign the death warrant for every person in this school!" Maientra insisted angrily. "If Jaegar finds out about Lethya, nothing will keep him from unleashing every force he has on this school to destroy her!"
"He may have heard about it by now, Maia," Principal Emelath said wearily. "Many of the boys could have alrea

Chapter 7: Decisions, part 1

Chapter Seven: Decisions
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have."
—Margaret Mead
"To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man."
—Golda Meir
For his very first battle, he actually wasn't doing so badly. He'd been fifteen for a matter of days, and technically he shouldn't be allowed in an aerial battle until he'd passed the permit exam, but it had been an emergency. So far, he'd managed not to maim anyone or anything that he wasn't supposed to, even with the unprecedented addition of a female psymancer working from below. He'd been too busy to do more than

Chapter Five: Cracking Open

Chapter Five: Cracking Open
"Nothing happens by itself…it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions."
—Ben Stein
"The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together."
—Saadi
9:36 AM, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 6118 AD, V.E.O. ACADEMY, NEO TOKYO, JAPAN
Ander stood in Lethya's living room, arms folded, as homework and books were shoved off the table and into a pile at his feet. The bag she'd pulled from the rubble, on the other hand, was set on the now clear tabletop with something almost like reverence. "Lethya, if you don't explain soon I'm leaving."
"Jaegar's going to go

Chapter 7: Decisions, part 2

6:20 PM, THURSDAY, MAY 13
At dinner, Lethya sat with Lawrence again. This time the discussion was something she could weigh in on: exactly all the differences between a Dragonship and a DA. Sakfas was having the most advanced Mechanics and Engineering class work on repairing Ander's DA-002, and while the work was going slow, at least it was getting done. Simultaneously, the first DA's were being mass-produced for the older and more experienced pilots, but the first production round wouldn't be available for another three weeks.
"There's an extra set of boosters under the wings," she said, frowning in concentration as she attempted to sketch i

Chapter 8: Learning to Fly, p2

11:03 AM, MONDAY 17
"You will be flying DT's," Maia said briskly. "That stands for Dragonship Transport Model. Ander and Lethya, you'll be flying DAT's so you don't have to go back to the single steering handle. No matter what make you've got, it'll fly like whatever you're used to, just bigger, slower and with less maneuverability. Also, you'll have ten to fifteen people on board, so no monkey business. With a little over a hundred pilots taking at least ten each, we should have the refugees staying here shuttled down in no time—one trip each. Some of you may be assigned Orientation Duty, which means you show them around. Also no screwing ar

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~Adran06 Mar 14, 2010

I'm not sure if you'll ever get this and respond, but why is his Race listed as Deimon here, but he's called a Levitator in the stories?

~Adran06 Mar 14, 2010

Nevermind. Just found the new Dynasty Lost version of Transcending A Dynasty here. I see you changed the term. Still, he looks awesome.

~peter-riku-axel Jun 26, 2007

i feel really retarded, but... what does psymantic mean?

~anigym6 Feb 19, 2007

Ahhh! A gemini! That explains everything!!! (Well, at least his period-like mood swings) Damn, that boy has some huge-ass pockets! Kinda reminds me of Sora's... which = HOT!

Great design, I like how he has hard eyes; shows how he's been forced to grow up really quickly. I love!

~SilverPeachBlossom Feb 15, 2007 Writer

Woaaaah. Ander is hawt. And I LOVE his coat! Squee!

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Ooooh, this is very pretty~ =O I love the colors. :3 I really like the character design too. o.o Great job!

~EvanStone Feb 15, 2007

I have a friend Andy, we call him Anders, and he's just like that. It's almost scary...

~belldandy-aeris Feb 14, 2007

w00t. June fourth is my birthday too.

~bingo-wings Feb 14, 2007 Photographer

You are prehaps one of the most impressive mordern artists on deviantart.

~SorryImCrazyX8 Feb 14, 2007

Wow! ^w^ This looks so awesome! If he likes answers, I suppose he hates questions then, right?

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