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            story= _ "Two days had passed since our bittersweet victory in the Valley. Mal Hekuba and his creations were gone, and the blast was mostly absorbed into the collapsing portal. For a moment I had hoped none of what happened was more than just a bad dream, a nightmare.

It could not be more real.

Anya and Durvan found me after an entire day of searching in the nearby hills. I had been badly injured by the fight with the lich, and my staff was gone. Elyssa’s appearance after my narrow escape was most certainly not a dream.

Elorran was right in his previous assessment of the situation. We should have destroyed the Ruby before embarking upon this pointless quest. This has all been my fault. Even before Uria centered her attention on Irdya... I had the opportunity to avoid all this."
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            story= _ "Many of our men simply did not survive our underground struggle. Anya exhausted herself teleporting as many of them back to a safe location as she could within that minuscule window of time; naturally, that wasn’t enough to save them all.

The girl remains as optimistic as usual, all in spite of the grim circumstances. I don’t think I can understand how she manages to do this after all we’ve been through, together.

She said that we should go back with the outcast Demon Lord in the Far North to decide what to do next. Elorran has many informants throughout Uria’s domain, and even Irdya."
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            story= _ "I know I need to recover Argan’s journal more than anything, but the Grand Council has not spoken a word about it yet, and it’s possible our demon allies have gathered vital information about Uria and Elyssa’s plans by now. That is, assuming they are even working together. Both that woman and Mal Hekuba’s statements on the matter were too vague to conclude anything from them."
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            story= _ "Anya can easily determine Elorran and Tara’s current location with her necklace. When she last communicated with them, they were seeking a place to hide in the Eryan region, not too far northeast from Raelthyn. That’s most likely were we are going now."
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