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Chapter 257: Council Deliberations and Rowan’s Journey

Author: Anala
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Part I – The Council Debates

The vaulted chamber in Venara was draped in shadow and candlelight, casting long, wavering shapes across the marble floor where Council members settled into curved benches. Governor Marisol stood at the head, her eyes scanning each face while Brynn's Night Report lay open before her.

“With two villages completed, one mid-process and tensions high, we must decide: extend the Charter as piloted, revise its scope, or halt before further damage,” Marisol began, voice steady and measured.

Councilor Tarek rose first. “The trials in Brine’s Hollow were emotional. We saw both healing and fractures. But now that Tulen and Miri head toward Ashwood, where orphaned histories collide with recent trauma—it’s riskier.” His tone betrayed caution. “We cannot gamble lives merely to test a process.”

Councilor Avena, head archivist, interjected: “The Charter’s point is to let memory surface, even where painful. We cannot declare a wound too deep to treat. Tulen and Miri a
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