Tainted
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Aphyra Theilak is Tainted: half-human, half-elf, living in a word ruled by prejudice and hatred.
As a Tainted, Aphyra feels partially responsible for the war that currently rages in the realm of Talamh Nadur that the humans caused in the Century Before. But as a Diviner, a figure with powerful healing magic and the ability to interpret omens, Aphyra also feels that she can make a difference to help fix it.
The Diviners recieve a vision one day of impending doom, danger and peril for all elves and humans alike. At the order of the spirits, Aphyra and her friend Teherrin throw themselves into the war. Time is quickly running out to save their world- and in order to do so, two Tainted will have to heal the deep wounds caused by time...
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