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Pack Healing

Author: Sydnee Rose
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-07 08:09:53

The packhouse stood as an unbreakable bastion in the heart of Emberfall Woods, its cedar walls absorbing the first rays of dawn that pierced the canopy outside, casting a soft, golden hue through the tall, narrow windows framed in heavy curtains. The great hall, the communal soul of the structure, sprawled wide and inviting, its high-beamed ceilings echoing with the faint creaks of settling wood and the distant rustle of leaves against the exterior. Long oak tables, scarred from countless feasts and councils, now served as makeshift beds for the wounded, draped in clean linens stained with fresh blood and herbal poultices. The massive stone hearth at the far end crackled with a low fire, its flames licking at fresh logs, filling the air with the comforting scent of burning oak and pine resin that battled the sharper, metallic tang of blood and the earthy aroma of crushed herbs—sage, yarrow, and lavender—scattered across the floor in preparation for healing. Fur rugs covered the polish
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    The crimson stream wound through the poisoned heart of Emberfall Woods like a vein of corrupted life, its once-clear waters now tainted with an unnatural red hue that shimmered under the waning moon, bubbling with the marrow god’s insidious curse. The banks were lined with withered lupines, their purple petals drooping and browned as if scorched by an invisible flame, the floral sweetness they once released now twisted into a cloying rot that hung heavy in the air, mingling with the metallic tang of tainted water and the sharp, acrid scent of dying foliage. Towering pines loomed overhead, their needles yellowing at the tips, branches sagging under the weight of the affliction, casting long, jagged shadows that danced across the stream’s surface like grasping fingers. The woods here felt alive with malevolence, the mist rising from the water carrying a chill that seeped into bones, whispering of decay and despair. Distant howls echoed through the trees—faint, weakened cries from the pa

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    The packhouse stood as an unbreakable bastion in the heart of Emberfall Woods, its cedar walls absorbing the first rays of dawn that pierced the canopy outside, casting a soft, golden hue through the tall, narrow windows framed in heavy curtains. The great hall, the communal soul of the structure, sprawled wide and inviting, its high-beamed ceilings echoing with the faint creaks of settling wood and the distant rustle of leaves against the exterior. Long oak tables, scarred from countless feasts and councils, now served as makeshift beds for the wounded, draped in clean linens stained with fresh blood and herbal poultices. The massive stone hearth at the far end crackled with a low fire, its flames licking at fresh logs, filling the air with the comforting scent of burning oak and pine resin that battled the sharper, metallic tang of blood and the earthy aroma of crushed herbs—sage, yarrow, and lavender—scattered across the floor in preparation for healing. Fur rugs covered the polish

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