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Freedom
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It is done, after years of hard work Gisilfrid is finally free. He may not be in his native homeland anymore, but atleast he has friends, made from prisoners and slaves alike. Settling in the southern area of the colony a new life of freedom begins, a new life separated from his old life back in mainland Venusia. It is hard to build a village in the desert, but after the work done in factual slavery, this isn't really something he and the others are not accustomed to. This settlement which is build is a rather unique one.

Normally the Publectians and Venusians, if they even live in the same settlement, live separated from each other in their own parts, only meeting on the marketplace or the entrance of the settlement. But as the Venusians in this settlement were former enslaved prisoners and the Publectians were former slaves, over all these years a kind of new community has been build between them. The venusian prisoners got more advantages as the publectian slaves, but free were none of them, until now. To survive the life of being enslaved, not only physically but mentally, the Venusians and Publectians needed to work together. This unity between the people didn't stop when they were, after years of hard work, finally freed and allowed to pursue their own destiny.

Only very few of the former enslaved ones, decided to return back to the mainland. Mainly because of the reason that many don't have enough to pay for a travel back to the mainland. Some Venusians don't go back out of fear for being shunned by society as former criminals and some Publectians don't go back out of fear of being treated unequal, compared to the colonies where the work and help of every free man is appreciated.

Now that Gisilfrid is free, he can begin his life anew. He already constructed his house and his farm outside of it. Just like the life he lived as a child and a teen before he began sinking into crime. Was it his fault that his family was poor? Was it his fault his parents were killed in one of the dead man Alaric's Campaign before he could grow up to an adult? No, no it wasn't. He felt as if criminality was forced upon him.

But atleast, even thought forced into it, it was his own choice. Different to the Publectians, whose crime was only to fight for their country. They only did their duty for which they were punished. Should they have been cowards and not fight at all? That the Publectians were enslaved is is not only the fault of the old king Alaric, but also of the current queen Adelina. It's an open secret that she want to change Venusia into a “better version”. But why didn't she forbid that Publectians who did their job to defend their land become slaves? Was it fine for her to punish other people for something the Venusians themselve value alot? Punished with the loss of freedom for honor and loyalty. Was it fine for her that way?
But nonetheless life goes on, the men here are free and didn't she implemented the rule to become free as a slave or prisoner after all?

Did she take or gave freedom?