> "Every vow carries a shadow.
Every promise, a fracture.
But only those who face their brokenness can mend the world."
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🌫️ Ashmarch – Aftermath of the Battle
The battlefield lay silent, but the echoes of war lingered.
False Liorens dissolved into mist, but their lies left scars.
Karna stood amidst the ruin, sword dripping with shadowfire.
> "The lies were strong," he murmured.
> "But not stronger than memory."
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🜃 Saelira's Awakening
Saelira knelt beside the shattered runes.
The Fragment in her hand pulsed wildly.
Visions flooded her mind—fragments of vows broken centuries ago.
> "We've been fighting for more than names," she said.
> "We're fighting for the truth in those vows."
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🌌 Aralyndra's Reckoning
Aralyndra wandered the ruins of the temple, haunted by a voice from her past.
It was Serynth—the blood-sister she once betrayed.
> "You broke our vow," the ghost whispered.
> "And now the world fractures because of it."
Aralyndra's hands clenched.
> "Then I'll mend it."
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🌑 The Usurper's Whisper
Far beyond, the Usurper smiled.
The broken vows, the fractured memories—they fed his power.
> "Let them fight ghosts," he said.
> "I will drown their world in silence."
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🔥 The Gathering Storm
But the army of memory was not finished.
With Lioren awakened, new fragments began to hum.
New voices rose in song.
And the true war—the war of voices and silence—was only beginning.