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Three hours later, Faegan’s azure portal had unexpectedly appeared on the palace grounds. In the eventof her death, the wizards command you. Several more crackssplit the hallway walls, and lengthened violently to match the combatants’ forward progress. The attack on the Citadel would not happen, and the Vagaries scroll would not be captured.

“I will never forget your sacrifice. Thinking, she lovingly took up the dead rose. But where Kluge’s technique had been that of a raging beast, Xanthus’ would not be. It was cold and lifeless as a board.