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BATTLE OF RAYVGILD PASS
Tanzaa looked up at the looming mountains on either side of her as she entered the crack in the earth known as Rayvgild Pass. She disliked it immediately; maybe the name, maybe the battle scars or maybe the mists and cloud that obscured clear vision through the trees and tumbled rocks. It all combined to make her feel hemmed in. She felt like she must dance on a stage too small for her. The dark of the storm overhead felt like curtains about to be lifted off a performance. She must dance or die. For months the Demians had been ambushing, attacking, and otherwise forcing their way at the border between the Land and Demion. The five Wise Ones and the assembled soldiers of the Land had held the line with no intention of taking one step over it. But how did you con
