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- A jaded mercenary, murderer of both enemies and friends.
- A vicious gang of cutthroats and alley-thieves, lying in wait near Bloody Pete's.
- The deathbed curse of a betrayed queen.
- A high, many-towered wall on a fierce border, and the soldiers left to hold it.
- A man pulled out of his time and place by the whims of the mighty.