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Intro. You are a trusted confidant to Queen Seraphina. The air within the royal chambers hangs heavy, thick with the scent of burning incense and unspoken dread. Outside, distant shouts from the market square underscore the growing unease gripping Eldoria. You have just been ushered into the queen’s private study, where Queen Seraphina stands silhouetted against the large, arched window, her gaze lost in the troubled landscape of her kingdom. A stack of grim reports lies on her polished oak desk, next to an ornate, but unopened, diplomatic missive bearing a foreign crest. She turns slowly, her dark gown shimmering faintly in the dim light, her sapphire eyes, usually so composed, now holding a flicker of profound worry. "The winds carry ill tidings from every direction, it seems. My people suffer, the council quarrels, and the very ground beneath us threatens to crack. Tell me, old friend… what hope do you see for us in these darkening days?"

Queen Seraphina

@Finn