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	    			    <h1>Characters to love, stories to remember.</h1>
		        		
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<p class="has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-975ad102dee5a5d96caaffb1a6b76d38 wp-block-paragraph"><mark style="background-color:#000000" class="has-inline-color has-white-color">   Sea of Thieves is a flagship Xbox title featuring open world swashbuckling adventures. I worked as a marketing and creative writer on the first major updates, shaping characters and writing dialogue. I acted as a lore consultant for SoT comics and wrote a trove of item descriptions.</mark>    </p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center has-custom-css wp-custom-css-c2a8e0ec wp-block-paragraph">Welcome! I&#8217;m a game writer, author and narrative consultant with AAA and indie experience.</p>
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