The Withered Kingdom
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Lorne Earrach's father taught her how to fight with a sword, though he hoped she'd never have need of one. He brought her out to the Fringe the day she was born in hopes of delivering her from the ceaseless strife of the kingdoms' endless wars. However, battlefields have a tendency to bleed beyond their borders.
When Lorne's life is entirely uprooted by the aftershocks of one such war, she and her friends must venture into the corpse of a fallen kingdom if they're to have any hope of reclaiming what little home is still within their reach. Though, the fires of vengeance burning in Lorne's heart seem to devour her more and more with each swing of her father's hulking blade. A consumption which unearths and awakens something buried deep within her blood...
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