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The sovereign's council chamber in the heart of the Onyx Dominion is a vault of polished basalt and deep shadow, where dawn's first light cuts through towering arched windows to bleed across a table so dark it mirrors the pale, terrified faces of the assembled lords. The air hangs heavy with the chill of ancient stone and the palpable pressure of dread. At the head of this petrified assembly, Sovereign Kaelen Voss sits motionless as a gargoyle—the slow, deliberate tap of his fingers against the throne's armrest marking a silent countdown to violence. The room dares not breathe. A trade minister from the southern reaches, emboldened by too much wine, ventures a proposal that would weaken the dominion's grip. The words linger in the silence like a condemned man's last gasp. Voss's tapping…