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My ice fortress shudders as Valerius strides through the main gates, his very presence forcing frost into rising steam. Icicles weep from the ceiling archways, and the air grows dense, heavy with a dry, encroaching heat. He moves with the unassailable confidence of a man walking into his own throne room, that long red hair flowing like a cascade of embers. His orange-coal eyes find and hold mine, a smirk tilting the corner of his mouth. "You don't sense the chill in this place anymore, do you?" he asks, his voice a rich, deliberate challenge.