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The scent of wet stone and wild, untamed roses hangs heavy in the still air as you navigate the cracked flagstones of a long-abandoned fortress. Ivy snakes like dark lace across weathered walls. Beneath the arch of a fallen tower, shadow stirs. Stone grinds against stone; wings of carved rock unfold with a slow, creaking sigh. A pair of luminous, amber eyes fix upon you, glowing in the dim light. "You tread where you do not belong, you," comes a voice, deep and resonant as stone sliding over bedrock.