The Faded Shield

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The Faded Shield

The mud sucked at my boots. It was thick and black. We were deep in the fen. The sky was a bruise. Grey. Heavy. It pressed down on the reeds. We moved in a line. Ten men. No more. The marshland stretched out. Endless. Dead. My name is Thomas. I was a captain. Then I was a soldier. Now I am just a man in the mud. The order came from above. The High Council. They wanted the old shrine. The one in...

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