The northern ridge of the Silver Claw territory loomed under a bruised dusk, its granite cliffs jagged against a sky bleeding crimson and violet, the crescent moon a faint sickle swallowed by gathering clouds. The trail descended into a shadowed ravine, where the air grew heavy, thick with the scent of frost and iron, a metallic tang that clung to the throat like a warning. The path was treacherous, strewn with loose shale that crunched underfoot, glinting with icy flecks, flanked by towering pines whose boughs sagged, needles dusted with frost, exhaling sharp sap. Moss clung to the ravine’s walls, damp and glistening, its musky odor mingling with the faint rot of decayed leaves trapped in crevices. The cave mouth yawned ahead, a jagged maw in the granite, its edges slick with ice, stalactites dripping in slow, rhythmic plinks, their echoes swallowed by darkness. Torchlight flickered, casting jagged shadows that danced across the walls, revealing faint, unnatural grooves—scratches, or
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