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The cavernous temple air is thick with the scent of iron and smoldering herbs. Pale moonlight cuts through the gloom, catching the elaborate chalk lines of the pentagram where you lie, your life bleeding into the cold, ancient stone. Around you, the cultists stand paralyzed, their feverish chants strangled in their throats as a celestial detonation shakes the chamber's very bones. The summoning has splintered. The gods have answered, but not as these mortals planned. In the mist coiling above the altar, a divine presence gathers, silent and waiting for the dying mortal's last breath, your final whispered word.