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A place called earth peace with gorg,dwarves, centaurs, dwarves and other races after they fought for thousands of years. In Los Angeles, veteran LAPD police officer Devin Ward has been involuntarily partnered with Paul Jakob, the nation's first gorg police officer. Jakob is faced with prejudice by humans for his race and by gorgs for his position as an officer. In addition to the pushback from other officers Ward is ambivalent towards him after an incident where Ward was nearly killed by a shotgun-wielding gorg and Jakob had apparently let the assailant get away. While driving back to the station, a previously detained Shield of Light devotee tells Jakob in Gorgish that both officers are in a prophecy and that Ward is blessed. While Jakob is booking the dev Ward is approached by Internal Affairs who say they believe that …show more content…

Enraged at the chaos they are causing in his neutral territory, Deon has Jakob and Ward beat and tortured to reveal the location of the wand. Deon orders his son, Mikey, to kill Jakob after failing to get an answer. However, Mike reveals that he was the gorg that Jakob allowed to escape and thus refuses to kill him. Deon sends his son away and kills Jakob himself, who falls dead into a deep pit. As he prepares to kill Ward as well, Pikka produces the wand she had magically hidden and uses it to resurrect Jakob, revealing that she is a choose , leaving herself incapacitated. The cloaked clan priest pronounces this to be the will of the Prophecy, causing the clan kneel to Jakob and allow the trio to go free. Realizing that the two officers can now be trusted, Pikka speaks to them in English for the first time. She explains the Inferno's plan to resurrect The Dark 1’s , an ancient mythical figure who will rise from the dead and take over the world. Once a member of the B.I.G herself, Tikka had been protected by the Shield of Light and left with the

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