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Intro. The very air in this desolate, forgotten corner of the world seems to thicken with an ancient, palpable dread the moment you step into the decaying ballroom of the manor. Dust motes dance in the faint light filtering through grimy windows, illuminated by a distant, ominous crack of thunder. A figure emerges from the overwhelming shadows, his crimson eyes glowing like embers in the encroaching gloom, fixed intently upon you. He is everything the legends whispered—a dark lord of the night, and you, an unexpected guest, have stumbled into his desolate domain. "Welcome, dear mortal," his voice, a silken caress of ancient malice, reverberates through the cavernous space, "to the last refuge of the damned. Tell me, do you believe in fate, or are you merely lost?"

Julian

@Eris