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The royal procession arrived at Blackmere as the sun dipped low, casting long shadows over the ruined village. Blackmere had suffered more than most. Charred skeletons of homes stood like broken bones against the sky. The fields lay dead and black, the wells poisoned and silent. The survivors emerged slowly from the wreckage, their faces etched with exhaustion and a deep, wary distrust. Children clung to threadbare skirts. Elders watched with eyes that had seen too much. Caelan dismounted beside Lucien, the mating bite on his neck visible beneath the edge of his cloak. The bond between them pulsed steadily, a quiet anchor against the heavy silence that greeted them.

“Damn it, kill them!” The villagers were furious and knocked away the men in black who subdued them. These men in black were also angry. As practitioners, they were knocked down at once, which was a disgrace. “Damn it, they're strong!” the men in black cursed angrily and took out long whips from their waists. The long whips struck the villagers. The villagers could not escape the whips' attack no matter how they dodged. Brutus laughed uproariously as the whips hit the villagers repeatedly.

But noon passed, and the order to open the gate did not come. The people were nervous, talking loudly, trying to ask questions to the guards, but they only shrugged their shoulders. They didn't know what they were waiting for. And now those riders approaching the central gate too resolutely. Ratmir, the head of their reinforced detachment, counted eight and now he could already see them well. Three - young girls, keep in the center of the group, dressed in a travel way, the figures hide dark cloaks. One of the men, the one with completely white hair, although without a staff, is undoubtedly a sorcerer. Ratmir even knew a strong bald man in simple village clothes riding next to him - a blacks

Eirlys POV: By noon, the village had almost convinced itself that yesterday's chaos hadn't happened. Almost. Children were running through the square again, their laughter bouncing off the walls like it always did. The baker had reopened his little shop, even though one window was still boarded up with rough wooden planks. The blacksmith's hammer rang out steady and strong, filling the air with that familiar clang that said life was moving forward. Fear had a way of gripping tight, but people here were stubborn. They always found a way to keep going.

I said. My fingers ghosted across a simple but well-made black one. The wool was thick and tightly woven, promising warmth and invisibility. After paying the fifty silver, I stepped back out into the plaza. As I walked, the air grew hazy with the smell of hot metal and coal smoke, and the rhythmic clang... clang... clang of a hammer drew my eye. A small, open-air blacksmith shop, its heat a visible shimmer in the cool afternoon. I wonder… I found him by the gate, a shadow against the stone. He rose as I approached. "Success?"

With a small, nearly empty coin purse clutched in her hand, Winter pulled her thin cloak tighter around her shoulders and stepped out into the strengthening daylight. The village of Blackwood was nestled in a valley, a collection of sturdy, timber and stone buildings huddled together against the encroaching wilderness. The air smelled of woodsmoke, damp earth, and roasting meat from the hunter’s hall. On a normal day, the sounds were almost cheerful, the ring of the blacksmith’s hammer, the chatter of villagers, the laughter of children. But as Winter walked down the main path, a bubble of silence seemed to form around her. The chatter died.

Food and rest obviously helped. He asked: “Tell me Jon, how can a blacksmith from a small village afford such good food? Except for the last few weeks, I'd say you've had a pretty good life. Good food, good bed. It's hard to believe that a small village has so much work for a blacksmith." The man, still looking pale and weak replied: “You are right. It doesn’t. I was a blacksmith for lord Kell, ruler of the Kellana region in Malfer. It's a long story, but I'll tell you if you're interested."

This Kingdom is damn rich! I got back in the blacksmith's house. I didn't know what to say, I don't know where exactly I am or how I got here. "I'm Amos, a Blacksmith as you can see" The man said calmly, I walked closer to him and picked up a sword he just completed. It burned my palm and I quickly dropped it. "I was just about to tell you to be careful" Amos said and examined my palm. The burn slowly disappeared and Amos looked at my face in surprise.

With one final, earth-shaking strike, the hammer met the molten mass, shaping it instantly into a blade. "A child shall rise where the oak once stood, To purge the earth and wash it in blood. When five-and-twenty winters shall mark her soul, The power shall bloom and the death bell toll. The adversaries shall fall like grain to the blade, And the debts of the old shall finally be paid". The voice did not come from a throat. It was an earth-shaking hum that resonated around the anvil, sounding like a thousand beings speaking in a singular, terrifying harmony. The walls of the smithy groaned under the weight of the sound.

He could feel the Weaver's magic, a subtle, cloying stench on the wind, a psychic residue that was like oil on water. They were two days from the Grey Keep when they found the first village. It was not a scene of battle, but of violation. The Ashen Paw had not razed it; they had "converted" it. The villagers were there, their faces slack, their eyes vacant, their movements a slow, puppet-like imitation of life. They were not dead, but they were not alive. They were vessels, their wills scooped out, leaving only empty shells for the Weaver to fill.