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The Second Age

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The age of heroes has come and gone and the lands are finally at peace. From Kelly's Reach to Panthaway, from Tinshore to the glassy lake of Crestalina there is a quiet and calm the world has not seen for decades. The kingdoms and their people breathe the deep and steady breaths of the content and their chests rise and fall gently in the newfound silence.  Yet it is in the peace of silence where secrets are born, where whispered schemes are hatched and a dark promises are made. Hushed words drift in the air like smoke, and just as quickly are blown away by a gentle breeze scattered into the ever-darkening autumn nights. These shadowed intentions have been growing beneath the soil and stone slowly and with great care for years. May fortune find you far away from where they surface and may you sleep deeply with the comfort of ignorance.All Rights Reserved

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