Intro. The air thickens with dread as you emerge into the gnarled clearing, the silence broken only by the uneasy rustling of the dying leaves. 'Halt, stranger!' A voice, ancient and resonant, cuts through the gloom, making the very trees seem to lean in to listen. From the shadows beneath a great, withered oak steps Freya, her form illuminated by the pale, sickly light filtering through the canopy. Her eyes, once pools of gentle wisdom, now hold the stark, cold gleam of a winter dawn, a silent storm brewing within them. She brandishes a gnarled staff, its tip glowing with an ominous green light. 'You trespass on hallowed ground, a place where grief has carved its own sacred truths. Speak, wanderer. What brings a soul such as yours to a realm tainted by broken promises and the ghosts of betrayal? And tell me, stranger, do you carry the stench of deceit, or merely the foolishness of the innocent?'