My name is Elwin. Champion of Silvertree. Hero of the second Dark war.

“What hope do we have against a foe so powerful?”

It’s not a matter of if you can. It’s the consequence of choosing to do nothing and I die trying to stop it a second time.

The leader of the Xilyra tribe clapped her hands, silencing her advisors.

“Tishala, calm down. No one is asking the children to put themselves in danger. You have done a wonderful job caring for our young. If what they say is true and this new war reaches us. Who will protect them if we fall?”

She turned to the other elf and said, “Yrathea, you know our people better than anyone here. I trust your judgment, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a di...

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