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The Fierce Reclaimed

The morning sun filtered through the grimy window of Balder Jagerson’s rented room above the Broken Shield tavern, painting bars of golden light across his scarred hands as he set down the quill with deliberate finality. The parchment before him bore a single sentence written in the precise, angular script learned during twenty-three years of Continue reading
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The Echo of Names

Aldwin Thornwright paused in the doorway of the Chronicle Tower’s genealogy chamber, his breath catching as he read the inscription carved into the stone lintel above: Here lie the names that echo through time, each one a thread in the tapestry of memory. The morning light filtered through crystalline windows, casting prismatic patterns across rows Continue reading
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The Five-Year-Old’s Compass
Orlen Fairhaven adjusted the leather straps of his merchant’s wagon as the first golden rays of dawn pierced through the forest canopy. The dew-dampened road ahead wound between ancient oaks whose gnarled branches formed a natural archway, beckoning travelers toward promises unknown. His painted wagon—festooned with colorful banners announcing “Fairhaven’s Curios & Wonders”—creaked in familiar Continue reading
