Novel 1

A work of fiction by someone named Kadyastar from the Super Mario World editing site SMWCentral. It is set Exty Years From Now into The Future, where the character wakes up with no memories whatsoever. Apparently his healing process was botched and it accidentally erased his memory. He learns of how safe it is inside the walls of the seven cities, and how the rest is controlled by the vicious and hateful Outlanders. He makes friends with Max, the son of an Administrator, Sanein. Slowly, flashbacks reveal his past to him in dark patches. He learns yet more from Sanein, who has proven to be kinder than one would think. Then he is unexpectedly set back to square one, going through a memory-wiping process... and yet he still remembers. Sanein whisks him and Max away to the Outlands, where the nameless child learns of his heritage and reputation... it all kinda spirals downhill from there.

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 * Easy Amnesia: They have amnesia machines that can give you this, although their effects can wear off.
 * Fantastic Racism: The Human/Sentiralite conflict devolves into this.
 * Faux Symbolism: The work contains an inordinate amount of references to SMWCentral's  hierarchy and staff, but this piece doesn't actually add up to anything.
 * Heel Realization: For Metris once he learns that he's Outlander, although he receives it quite dispassionately; a slightly milder one for Max once he realizes that he spent a year with the Outlanders in his childhood. His reaction is, ironically, much more violent. The heel and face are quickly ambiguated, however.
 * Hidden Badass: Metris, as he forgot that he knew Kung Fu due to Easy Amnesia.
 * I Am Who?: In spades. Metris wakes up with no memory whatsoever, and goes on go discover that he is an Outworlder war hero who hated the Sentiralites. He doesn't like this identity, however.
 * Identity Amnesia: Played realistically- having been among the Sentiralites, Metris no longer wishes to fight them.
 * Incredibly Lame Pun: The inhabitants of SMWCentral  are oft called Centralites.
 * The Scourge of God: The Sentiralites are this to the Humans.
 * The Scourge of God: The Sentiralites are this to the Humans.