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Darkness loomed over Clarion even more than everywhere else in the kingdom. Dark grey clouds swirled over the city, and all the trees and plants had died from a disease which festered in the very earth.
The streets crawled with vampires, even in the daytime which was no different now to the night. They drifted past the many houses, and if they could break their way into one, then they would feast on the blood of the inhabitants.
Such was the evil which had befallen them since Lord Cole left to attend the King’s funeral. He never returned, and only the monstrous creatures came in his stead. They tore through the many houses and destroyed everything in their path. Many took to the forest, only to be ambushed by the vampires as they poured from the East. They were cut off on both fro
