Starwood
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Last published Sat, Oct 1, 2016
Hundreds of years ago an ambitious high priestess made a decision that still resonates in this day and age. She called upon the name of a vengeful goddess without realizing she doomed her own people.
In the present day everybody knows that the ruins of the once mighty city Eldarith are still haunted by the thousands that died during the battle against the forces of the night. Some say the ruling King was changed in something dark that still haunts the area and the Queen was turned into a statue and can only be released by the tears of a wolf. But everybody knows those are just fairy tales to scare of the little ones, right?
One day Norah and her father are hunting a stag in the woods and to their dismay they find the prints of wolves. When they finally caught up with the stag, they find it dead. Around the animal are the prints of wolves, but as far as Norah knows, wolves don't cut out the hearts of other animals.
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