A Story of the Peace (short story)

A Story of the Peace was a 2011 short story written by Ian Potter and released in the anthology A Romance in Twelve Parts.

Summary
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Characters

 * Uncle Isaac
 * Godfather Morlock
 * Godfather Kobold
 * Godmother Quelch
 * Little Sister Alicia/Cousin Dysgenia
 * Negotiator Melmoufex
 * The Symbiotes
 * Negotiator Suroboruo
 * Father O'Connell

Worldbuilding

 * Faction Paradox initiations are idiosyncratic, with no formal structure, based on the whims of an acolyte's particular sponsor rather than any actual system. This is exacerbated by the fact that failed initiations naturally tend to end in the initiate's never having existed in the first place.
 * Cousin Dysgenia is told that ninjas are actually mythical and based on Noh theatre, but that that means they're the most powerful martial art practitioners, and that Zen Buddhism is actually an elaborate joke (not worth the setup) the punchline of which can only be seen from a single spatiotemporal location.
 * The Peace could potentially bring an end to the War.
 * Symbiotes are water-borne organisms with no individuality which are good at information transfer and useful for negotiation when ingested. They are/were created by the Great Houses and the enemy trying to rewrite them to be more favourable in their judgement of who is to be given the Peace.
 * As a teenager, Dysgenia possessed a hatred for the music of The Sisters of Mercy. She frequently visited the Banshee.

Continuity

 * Morlock and Quelch previously appeared in PROSE: The Book of the War and AUDIO: The Faction Paradox Protocols.