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A Shadow Queen seeks a fated foe,
but in truth she seeks a kindred spirit.

But if she would look within then she would know,
nobody can match her insatiability; they wouldn't even be able to come near it.

That is a vampire's curse coming home to roost,
and we know Edhain is no vampire--

For while Dhar's Executioner often attacks like many arrows loosed,
he has come to realize there is more than Wyvern's fire.

You dare to begrudge him for turning instead to serenity,
and not falling to the same pointless hopelessness you did.

If you truly care for him enough to write with solemn enmity,
and you seek your opponent keen, sharp and fervid,

You will congratulate him for his Growth in Her name,
And you will dance with him the dance of blades all the same.

Penned by my hand on Falsday, the 21st of Sapiarch, in the year 18 AC.