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Of Trample | Tower

She was not large, but she occupied space as a black hole occupies a galaxy. Valdris the Imperious. Her hair was a cascade of silver chains, her gown a simple, severe black dress. She wore no crown; her glare was coronation enough.

You closed your eyes.

You woke at the Gilded Gate, face-down in the cinders. The plague in your lungs was gone. In your hand was a smooth, warm stone—the Orb. But you did not remember the tower. You remembered only a feeling: the absolute, undeniable certainty that some forces are not to be fought, only survived. Tower Of Trample