Elira raised her hands, channeling the song of the Weave. Threads of silver light wove through her fingers as the sky split above the battlefield. Her warriors, the last of the Dawnborn, clashed against the tide of molten fiends pouring from the Rift. <\/p>\n
The Phoenix Crown burned on her brow, its power thrumming in her veins. She had one chance. She knelt, pressing her hands to the earth, and golden runes flared across the ground. Magic surged outward, a tidal wave of light, sealing the Rift as the fiends shrieked and disintegrated.<\/p>\n
Silence fell. Then\u2014Elira staggered. The Phoenix Crown crumbled into ash. Without it, she would never summon magic again. But the world was safe. She turned to her people as the first rays of dawn broke over the ruined land, smiling despite the cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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