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35. Strike Before the Shadows
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2025-07-08 06:00:38Dawn greeted us with a biting chill and air so heavy it felt like it hung with unsaid warnings. Fog still clung to the cliffs of Umbra, loyal and thick—but somewhere within that frozen mist, our resolve began to burn.
We sat around the dying remains of last night’s fire. No one spoke for several minutes. Then Halvar broke the silence, his voice deep and steady.
“Waiting isn’t a strategy,” he said. “Last night, they sent a resurrected former Al
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