This is a solid mcguffin tale gone wrong concept mixed with the Battle of Five Armies level of involvement which is super hard to pull off in the limited word count, but if you had more space I think this could be really developed further (maybe in a sequel/prequel for next jam if the themes line up?)
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There are ideas for longer stories floating around, mostly from the point of view of some Havoc Change guys snatching knowledge wherever they can, but that's not really for 1k jams I think. I like participating in these jams, but the word limit does get to me, as was probably apparent in this attempt again. Which just means my premise wasn't entirely optimal for the word count, I guess.
Thanks for reading~