The subterranean apothecary laboratory of the Fortress of Iron and Ash was a sacred repository of botanical wisdom dating back to the First Lupine Dynasty. Carved directly into the volcanic basalt beneath the fortress's eastern ramparts, the vast chamber was illuminated by hanging iron candelabras and glowing phosphor crystals set into the stonework. Colossal bookshelves of petrified black oak held hundreds of vellum codices and leather-bound journals written by ancient…
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