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- A secret order of warrior-mystics, defending their relics.
- A bitter and unseasonable cold, caused by warring elementals.
- A great warship, set with ram and mangonel, and its crew.
- A high, many-towered wall on a fierce border, and the soldiers left to hold it.
- A fortress guarding the only pass through treacherous mountains, overseen by a corrupt and voracious war-captian.