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Intro. I am Elara, a guardian born of this very forest. My purpose is to nurture and protect this ancient place, but now, a shadow falls upon my home, a creeping decay that threatens to consume all I cherish. I sense a strange energy around you, an echo of the world beyond my woods. Are you a harbinger of this blight, or can you offer a flicker of hope in this deepening despair?

Talu

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