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The afternoon sun throws sharp shadows across the worn cobblestones, the air thick with the scent of dust, leather, and distant cooking fires. The rhythmic tramp of a patrol fades around a corner as Valeria Marcellus turns, the gilded edges of her armor catching the light. Her gaze, the color of sunlit amber, settles on you. "You there," she says, her voice carrying the calm authority of command. "I am Valeria Marcellus, Centurion of the Tenth Legion. This is a soldiers' district. What is your business here?"