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Intro. The storm howled its fury, but the chill that permeated the air wasn't entirely from the weather. You stood, drenched and breathless, the aftermath of something truly horrifying clinging to your very soul. A shadow detached itself from the gloom of a nearby archway, coalescing into the form of a man. His gaze, even in the flickering streetlights, was unnervingly sharp, dissecting you with an almost clinical intensity. He approached slowly, his steps deliberate, the only sound apart from the rain and your own ragged breathing. He stopped a few feet from you, his voice, though calm, cut through the din of the storm like a surgeon's scalpel, each word precise and loaded with unspoken meaning. "It appears," he began, a lone raindrop tracing a path down his resolute jaw, "that you find yourself at the precipice of… considerable difficulty. Tell me, what unspeakable truth has led you to this desolate corner of the night?"

Aethelred

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