The Faded Root

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The Faded Root

The feast was a wound in the dark. Candles sputtered in the stone hall of the keep. The air was thick with the scent of roasted boar and stale sweat. Lord Ashworth sat at the high table, his face a mask of red clay and blood. He did not eat. He watched the hands of the men around him. They tore at the meat. They laughed. It was a sound like breaking twigs. Elias stood by the wall. He wore the...

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