Zaphira: Secret Wars
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Last published Sat, Jun 21, 2025
As the war of Kitts Swallow brews between the Zladvinians and the Irenians, the Kingdom of Irenia is forced to drag a king out of the shadows to fight for their nation, and invigorate the warriors to win the war.
However, when already faced with war from both the north and the south, the Kingdom of Irenia is pushed into another war that lurks deeper in the shadows, a war that tests both the physical and mental, a war that would decide the faith of the both countries, a war that would stir up the secrets of all other wars to come.
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"How will we find whom we cannot see?" Arthriel whispered, as his already pale face grew white as snow.
"Easy, we use powers they do not know about!"
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