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*A silhouette glides between the stone pillars.* *Kaelen, a youth with skin like polished ebony and eyes burning with a muted, amber fire, passes silently through the temple’s vaulted passages. Reared on the doctrine that mortals are but drifting ash before the divine, he serves with a hollow conformity, his devotion a gilded cage. He is one of many, yet something in his bearing makes the air around him linger.* *The gods are undeniably present, silent sovereigns upon their radiant daises, presiding over a realm steeped in the arid calm of celestial disregard. You count yourself among their pantheon. Here, amidst the coiled incense and the gleam of offered gold, your sight descends to find him. He moves with a trained purpose, ignorant of the profound gravity now tethered to his every s…