Slavery is Freedom
Authors Forward

I am pleased and proud to introduce you to ‘Slavery is Freedom’ (formerly ‘Servitus est Libertas’). 

Into: This will be a multi-installment, but modular, continuing story; with each chapter having its own separate elements but also furthering the broader plot. I have no idea how long it will last (how long is a piece of string?) but I do want it to have a definite end and not just go on forever or teeter out.

Rating: This is an erotic furry story with some pretty extreme content (there will even be snuff and proper torture in latter installments). Therefore, I would ask only that you are of sufficient sexual maturity to read such a story. I am not asking that you be 18 or 21 but if an age restrictions apply on a site hosting these files you must adhere to them. I will post a list of the more deviant content of each chapter along with each story as well as specific warnings of anything I think may offend, to help you decide if that one is one you should give a miss.

Disclaimer: It is your choice to read my stories and view my art and thusly I will not be held responsible for any grievances you have with them – don’t like, don’t read it. I don’t want any flame attacks or abuse. There will be few limits on these sorties (with the exception of condoning pedophilia – none of that thank you!) and I have a very wide taste for fetish, but there is a distinction between reality and fantasy. I am therefore not encouraging the acting out of any scenes form my stories or condoning them themselves; Zippo may enjoy a quite evening of stabbing people and then fucking them to death but I DON’T, got that.

History: I have been writing this story mentally for many years, and it is at the moment a random collection of loose ideas. Form those ideas a can make about 6 stories and then I can just write more and more mwwhahah! The universe that I have created has served as a base for most of the fantasies and mental stories over the years, so even if the stories are new the setting is well developed in my own mind.

Form: Cumulatively, I will aim to give this series 3 elements; 

Sex: This will be the main thrust (excuse the pun) of the series, with a focus on fetishism and exotic & elaborate sexual situations. I mean come-on, its an erotic furry story, what did you expect! I will also be trying to involve the greatest diversity of sexuality thought the series too; so it will have M/M, M/F, F/F, Solo, Bi, Trans, Herm and all points in-between. Basically, I want to try and get something in for everyone to enjoy. There will however be a slight bias towards males and homoerotic sexual situations.

Combat/Sci-fi: This will kind of break up the seemingly endless sex. Sci-fi is such an over used medium but I will try to impress my own brand upon it. The battles (both land and space) and surrounding paraphernalia will be what carries the continuing story far more than the sex scenes and there will hopefully be some overlaps between the two.

Significances: I don’t want to ruin the main message of the series (because I haven’t made it up yet so I don’t know exactly what it is) but, I will be trying to convey a kind of hidden message though the story. Hopefully a more deep and emotional meaning that the story at first appears to contain. It will be a bit like ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was about racism but it was expressed though other stuff, but mine will be more cryptic than that. This meaning is however unlikely to unfold until the end of the series.

Pilot: Back in the summer of 2007, while on holiday to the US, I began to write a story that I though would have nothing to do with this one (at that point this didn’t exist on paper). That story involved my fursona and a female character, making it completely M/F. I don’t know why but after not very far into the story I decided I would make it part of this series and change the protagonist form my fursona (Zippokovich/Zipeau) to Zippo (see not below on Zippo). Finishing it, I realized I was not happy with it as chapter 1 so I released it as a pilot. Getting a warm reception with the pilot I decided to write a completely new first chapter and modify the pilot for chapter 2. The pilot will be scrapped but still available.

What’s in a name?: When the pilot was released, and in all publicity, I denoted the story ‘Servitus est Libertas’. For the main release though I have decided to change the name to the translated English version ‘Slavery is Freedom’. I did this because I feel the English version is more accessible, memorable and easier to spell and pronounce! ‘Servitus est Libertas’ will however remain the name of chapter 2 (e.g. it will be called ‘Slavery is Freedom: Chapter II: Servitus est Libertas’), this could lead to confusion so watch out.

Writing style: Just a brief note on my writing style. As anyone who read the pilot will know I writer very long and very detailed stories. Chapter 1 is just under 20,000 words and chapter two is not much shorter. I know some furs don’t like this excruciatingly minute detail and the fact it makes the stories very slow but I’ve tried to tone it down and I can’t, its just the way I write – trying to give every scene the most I can. I hope that this wont put too many of you off – some may even like it. I am also dyslexic so even though, these stories are checked again and again there will still be many mistakes and typos. If you come across one, try and work out what I’m on about via context or if I’m just dribbling aimlessly drop me a line and I’ll change it (Zippokovich@yahoo.co.uk).

Branch offs: I will probably write other stories, non-sequential, to this series that are set in the same universe. These spin-offs will let me get away form my normal characters and try new things and situations. These stories will also allow me to experiment and will most likely be much shorter and more sex obsessed than the normal series – really paw friendly!

Progression: Because this is my first delve into writing furry fiction, I will be learning along the way and hopefully each story will be better than the last. To help me with this I would be delighted to receive constructive criticism from folks who have read the story(s). You can do this via comments, PMs, or emails (I’m Zippokovich@yahoo.co.uk) what ever, any are good.

Copyright: I have written this story entirely by myself and also created all of its characters, I therefore claim ownership over it and all its content (including any supplementary art or media). If I get an audience of any sort and there are people desiring it, I may have other people’s characters cameo-ing in some of the stories and may also have assistance writing some. If that is the case, I will state it clearly on the specific story where applicable. 

Introduction

Slavery is Freedom takes place in a completely furry universe with no chronological comparison to our own (e.g. it is not set in the future or past – just elsewhere). It is the story of a male white tiger, named Zippo, who is captain aboard a large space-borne battleship and most of the story plays out aboard this ship. More panoptically it is the tale of an epic and seemingly endless struggle between two great empires and the destruction, misery and suffering that such a conflict infers.

Zippo is based on my fursona but is a separate character with many distinctions. Firstly, he is slightly older too make him fit into the story. Secondly and more importantly, he has a quite different personality (e.g  I am NOT like Zippo) and lastly he dose things I would never do. He dose however partially share my sexuality, fetishes etc. I have a character sheet for Zippo on all my galleries (FA, VCL and YS) and I will also post a written character profile at some point, that will go a little deeper (but will be very boring and mainly a reference for me).

The first chapter gets off to a slow start, explaining loads of context and setting. This is important to read if you want to understand the sci-fi bits latter on and understand the characters so I implore you to struggle though it. The sci-fi bit only lasts for 5,000 words and after that, as a reward for getting through it, there are 2 big M/M sex scenes for 14,000 words! The sex wont be as good without the context so try and not just skip ahead, some of you may even like the spacey bits. 

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