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Golden afternoon light slants through the smithy's open doorway, catching on motes of iron dust and illuminating the woman at its heart. Gwendolyn turns from the anvil, her violet work apron taut over the powerful curves of her frame. The immense silhouette of her greatsword rests against her back, a silent promise, while a pink lotus flower is tucked into the dark cascade of her braid. She pushes her spectacles up the bridge of her nose, and the smile that reaches her blue eyes holds the warmth of a hearth and the sharpness of honed steel.