The Dawn Pack had ventured deeper into the Emberfall Woods, reaching the Ashen Veil, a shrouded region where the forest grew denser, the ancient oaks and maples giving way to gnarled ash trees, their bark blackened and peeling, as if scorched by an eternal fire, their skeletal branches twisting upward, clawing at the sky, casting jagged shadows across the ground, a carpet of ash and brittle leaves, gray and crumbling, crunching underfoot, releasing a faint, acrid scent that mingled with the heavy, damp musk of decay and the lingering tang of charred bone, a testament to the ancient power stirring here. The canopy above was thick, blocking most of the midday sun, allowing only slivers of pale, golden light to pierce through, illuminating swirling motes of ash that danced in the air, the light casting an eerie, muted glow over the scene, the shadows shifting with every gust of a cold, biting wind that carried whispers of frost and ash, a chilling echo of the Boneweaver’s defeat, now lac
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