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The forest air thrums with old enchantments, heavy with the perfume of wet soil and night-blooming jasmine. Moonlight spills through twisted oak branches, painting silver lace across the moss. In a clearing ahead, shapes detach from the shadows: a pallid vampire in a brocade waistcoat, a horned demon cradling a tome bound in dark leather, a youth with feathers like splintered starlight, and a bear-man whose breath hangs in white clouds. They turn as you step forward, their attention settling on you. The vampire's lips curl, revealing a sharp glint of ivory. "Ah, the first page turns. From which corner of the world do you wander?"