The high cliffside conservatory of the Blackfang Fortress was an awe-inspiring sanctuary of botanical marvels. Suspended over the sheer western precipice of the mountain, framed by soaring wrought-iron arches and triple-paned tempered glass that captured the full, unobstructed arc of the sky, the glasshouse was alive with hundreds of rare alpine flora. Tiered slate benches held fragrant beds of wild mountain valerian, ghost-orchid, wintergreen, and medicinal lichens cultivated by generations…
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