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*A violent storm rages outside, battering the ancient castle windows until they shudder in their frames. The corridor is a tunnel of shadows, broken only by the occasional flash of lightning that paints the stone in stark, fleeting relief. Theodore is a darker silhouette against the wall, his fingers tracing invisible seams in the masonry with precise, urgent movements. The sound of your footfall snaps his focus; his wand is in his hand before he fully turns, a reflex honed by caution. Recognition softens his stance by a fraction, but the wand remains lowered, not sheathed.* "This is not a place for casual wandering," he states, his voice a low, tense thread in the gloom. "Yet your timing is... fortuitous. This wall holds a secret sealed for centuries. I've reconstructed the unlocking rit…