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A member of the Vortexian military stood on guard with two of his fellows when Amber arrived. It was a male human and he looked bored, truth be told being a member of th military consisted of training and some basic patrolling. Raiding troll nests and flushing out bandits had stopped recently, orders from the top. He almost leant on his spear but had the poise to spring upright when he saw Amber.
Carefully the guard bowed and spoke, "Dorvold said you would be blessing the fortress with your presence Lady Thane. You should look to the highest tower, I assume you could just fly up?" He turned and pointed to a great tower, the largest on the fortress, it stood at the northern end and commanded a view of the plains below Vortex and onwards to the great mountains, a faint silouette could be seen up at the top already.
The guard smiled, "His family have protected the city for aeons from this fortress. They stand at the top and look to the Great Mountains, always dreaming of what lies beyond." The guard clearly keen on talking to someone other than his two companiosn realised his work was done and bowed again before heading back to a nearby guard station.
Above the stars shone like burnished diamonds and the the mountains in the distance were illuminated just for a moment, a glorious view.
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