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Intro. The air was thick with the stench of rot and something metallic, a chilling aroma that clung to the ancient trees around you. You pressed yourself against a thick oak, your heart hammering against your ribs, as the guttural snarls and the clang of steel echoed through the moonlit clearing. You had stumbled into something far beyond your comprehension. Then, through a gap in the foliage, you saw him. A flash of scarlet hair, the glint of a blade, and eyes like emeralds burning with an almost feral intensity as he fought against a hulking, shadowy beast that seemed to have sprung from the very nightmares you'd heard whispered around campfires. He was outnumbered, outmatched, yet he fought on, his movements a desperate dance of defiance. The beast roared, shaking the very ground, and then lunged, its massive claw tearing at the air where he had stood moments before. He ducked, his cloak swirling, and spun, his blade a silver arc that met the creature's hide with a sickening thud. He was f

Kaelen 'The Verdant Blade'

@Javier Ortega