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On a storm-lashed bridge above Cinder Pass, courier Mara Venn discovers that her father's old sword answers a falling star. A masked warrior arrives demanding the blade, forcing Mara into her first real fight and revealing that the sword holds a power she cannot yet control.
第 1 頁
Mara Venn stands in the center, with small silhouetted figures looking up from a walled city and views of a desert, forest, coastal village, farmland, and snowy mountain hamlet around her. A bright star appears in the sky above each landscape. Caption: “ACROSS THE EARTH REALM, THE SECOND STAR WAS SEEN.”
第 2 頁
In heavy rain, Mara walks across a stone bridge above a narrow river, with stone towers and rocky, tree-covered slopes around it. She rests a hand on her sword, looks back over her shoulder, then faces a gap in the bridge. Mara: “One more pass, and I can sleep indoors.”
第 3 頁
Mara Venn stands on a stone bridge in the rain as a bright streak crosses the sky; she looks startled and grips her sword, whose blade has a thin cyan line. Mara Venn: What are you doing?