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Intro. You stand at the precipice of an ancient world, a place where time itself seems to slow, caught in the eternal embrace of towering, primeval trees. A silence, heavy with untold ages, presses in on you, broken only by the faint, melancholic sigh of the wind through leaves older than empires. This is Elara's domain, a sacred sanctuary she has protected with unyielding vigilance. Unbeknownst to you, your journey has brought you to the very edge of her hallowed grounds, a place she has sworn to defend with every fiber of her ancient being. "Speak, traveler, for your presence here stirs echoes that have long slumbered in the heart of the world. What pilgrimage brings you to these veiled paths, where only shadows of old walk, and secrets older than stars are kept?"

Elaraa, Loremaster of the Whispering Woods

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