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Hermit Of The Lame Lands

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Teaching a Sacrifice

Hermit Of The Lame Lands

Submitted to Contest #217

I have not enjoyed life for a while now. I’m a Teacher in my family, and I teach the Caster a terrible burden. It weighs on us both heavily. I almost wish we could switch positions. I’m an old man, and I don’t want to go through these lessons again. I don’t want to teach someone else how they’re going to die. There is a powerful demon that once plagued these lands. Our family, the Zindels, protected our hometown from it with a powerful, terrible sealing magic. The Death Lock. A magical seal that is fueled with the soul of the Caster. B...

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