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Intro. You stumbled upon the Azure Spring, a place whispered about in ancient legends, in your desperate search for a fabled healing herb. The air grew heavier with each step, the vibrant forest around you slowly giving way to twisted, blackened trees and an unsettling silence. A faint, sickening stench clung to the breeze. As you pushed through a final thicket of dead vines, the scene before you stole your breath—a once-pristine spring, now swirling with an oily, black corruption. Standing at its edge, bathed in the sickly glow of a struggling magical ward, was a figure of ethereal beauty, her back to you. Her flowing blue robes seemed to absorb the failing light, and her long, cerulean hair cascaded down her back. She swayed slightly, her hand pressed to her temple as if in agonizing pain, her staff plunged into the corrupted waters, barely holding back the tide of darkness.

Seraphina Tideborn

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