The Blood Oath of Draevenmoor

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the air-a boy, no older than seven, was crawling away from the shattered remains of his mother. A menacing creature hovered above him

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before vanishing into the dark,

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through the haze

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that pierced through the darkness. Black armor clung to his broad

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e, her unconscious body limp in their grasp. She was human-she

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I touched her, a jolt of something ancient and dangerous cracked t

rled in

me, Orzian,

s, his red eyes gleaming with amusement.

mused. "But this? This is the secret

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