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== The Golden Age ==
 
== The Golden Age ==
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From 50 to 600 years after the Winter of Battles, a number
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of peoples experienced unprecedented developments. Cities
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were multiplying and new territories were conquered. Nations organized and prospered. The civilized nations began to
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reach wolfen territories and started pushing them away. This
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period was marked by the beginning of some major struggles
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between the wolfen and the other peoples of Aarklash.
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When the people of Kel began to spread across the lands of
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Avagddu, its path was bound to cross that of the wolfen at some point. Hunting the same prey and seeking
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the same resources, Kelt barbarians and wolfen packs
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ended up fighting for them. Though violent, the struggle between the two peoples was rarely fatal. With
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these encounters the wolfen grew to respect the wild
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character of these men and the fury they displayed
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when they fought.
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During one of these battles, a wolfen pack leader
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who had struck down a powerful barbarian champion
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observed the war paints covering his opponent’s inanimate body. Impressed by the ardor his challenger
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had shown, the wolfen reproduced these paints on
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himself. When his brothers asked him why he had
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done it, he claimed that by doing so he had taken his
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enemy’s strength and had thus become even stronger.
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It wasn’t long before more wolfen imitated him. This
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practise spread from pack to pack, becoming a battle
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rite during which each wolfen would cover himself in
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tribal paints before any fight. The more warlike took
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it even further, making these markings permanent,
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since for them life was a battle.
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And it is because life was a battle that the wolfen do
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not see this period as a Golden Age.
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'''The Beast of Dracynrän'''
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South of Aarklash in the Behemoth Mountain range
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stood a stone monument in which slumbered some terrible powers. A worg named Kelrys discovered it and
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recognized a sign of Yllia. Shaped like a wolf ’s head, the
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place oozed with supernatural forces and the worg chose
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to become its keeper. In time it drew more wolfen, who
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settled in the area and raise a stone circle. Humans soon
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came to call this nexus the Beast of Dracynrän. The discovery of this stele by a young nation called the Kingdom
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of Alahan was to have terrible consequences.
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This event did not go unheard and it encouraged more
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packs to lock destructive power stones inside their stone circles. They would then be able to unleash this power whenever
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they needed it. Many packs still hold nexuses similar to that of
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Dracynrän and they make sure they are well kept.
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== The Age of Steel ==
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This age corresponds to the time of the alliances and preparations for the Rag’narok. During this period, Darkness reappeared, threatening to destroy the Ways of Light. Some wolfen
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packs that had more foresight than others formed bonds of
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friendship with the Daïkinee elves. Both peoples shared the
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same adoration of nature and watched over its protection.
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The early ties that were established convinced the Daïkinee
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to send an emissary to the stone circle of Môrn in order to
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seal a durable alliance with the wolfen. For many weeks the
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children of Yllia maintained communications between Quithayran and the forest of Diisha.
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After having thought it out thoroughly, Ekynox sent out
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a message agreeing to receive a Daïkinee delegation. Only
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Vargn, a worg from the Path of Opal, remained doubtful. In
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his eyes the wolfen were to rule Aarklash alone and no other
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people was worthy of sharing their glory. Agreeing to ally with
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another people ought to be a sign of weakness. Vargn shared his views with other packs and rallied several partisans.
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However, Ekynox had made his decision and was not about
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to go back on it.
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When the Daïkinee ambassador and his entourage set foot
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in the forest of Diisha, they were attacked by Vargn and his
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partisans. Fortunately for the envoy, Ekynox had been warned
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and flew to the elves’ rescue. Refusing to shed the blood of his
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kind, he bound the rebels in chains and ordered them to be
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marched to the great island north of Diisha.
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There, the culprits were condemned to bear their chains forever and forbidden to leave the island at any time. The island
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became known as the Isle of Vargn and wolfen were forbidden
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to visit it. Everyone had to be aware that it was now the prison
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for traitors.
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After this incident Ekynox escorted the Daïkinee elves back
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to the Emerald forest where an alliance was sealed between both peoples. This alliance is still relevant today.
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Around the same time, several packs went to war against
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the Meanders of Darkness, reacting violently against any aggression or intrusion on their territories.
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'''The tragedy of the Throne of Stars'''
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Established south of the forest of Caer Mnà, the Throne of
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Stars was always led by warlike and fierce warlords who never
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showed any pity for their enemies. This sedentary pack earned its reputation for savagery when in 617, led by Y’Anrylh, it
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encircled a Kelt village built close to their territory and massacred every inhabitant.
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Fuelled by this victory, Y’Anrilh sowed terror wherever his
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gaze looked. Guided by a predatory instinct like no other before
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him, he and his pack showed no mercy under any circumstances. The ribbons of whispers claim that his crimes have barred
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him from ever resting in peace and that his blood-smeared
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hands were now those of an Immortal. Yet when he disappeared, his descendants kept terrorizing the other peoples.
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In 990, a new leader made people speak of the pack again.
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Killyox imposed himself as a ferocious and stern alpha. In order to rid himself of his most dangerous rival, he accepted into his pack a young female magician named
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Irix, in exchange for Kassar’s departure. Irix was the
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sole survivor of her previous pack.
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When Vile-Tis returned to Aarklash in 999, Managarn, a powerful she-wolfen and descendant of
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Y’Anrylh, went to meet the Beast and fell for his revelations. The best warriors of the Throne of Stars
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challenged her to end the shame she had brought on
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the pack. Unfortunately, it was with great viciousness
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resulting from the revelations of Vile-Tis that Manargarm brought each one of them to their knees before
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finishing them off.
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So, having lost its best defenders, the stone circle
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found itself unable to stand against the assaults of
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Darkness. As far as any wolfen can remember, no
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one could have predicted the extreme violence of
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the Battle of the Throne of Stars. Even the power of
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the children of Yllia failed to resist the alliance of
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the minions of Acheron and the chthonian creatures
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haunting the entrails of Aarklash. The necromancer
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Azaël the Unfaithful, accompanied by Melmoth the
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skull warrior and Azahir the Demented (a dwarf
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possessed by demonic powers), led an unbelievably
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gruesome hunt through the forest of the Throne of
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Stars. Though stronger than each of these cursed
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souls, Killyox failed against their combined forces.
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He barely managed to escape the grasp of the necromancer and fled as far as possible from the stone circle, already craving revenge. At least he had not been turned into a puppet in the hands of the Meanders of
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Darkness.
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Azaël marched out of the stone circle leading a pack
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of wolfen zombies, but their leader had escaped her.
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Killyox, Onyx and Irix, the only survivors, scattered, but not before swearing to gain revenge someday. After such
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a humiliating defeat, Onyx set out to gather more wolfen to
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raise the stone circle again. As for Killyox, some wolfen claim
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to have seen him join other pariahs and found a nomadic pack
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after discovering a passage leading to an Unfi nished Realm
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guarded by a sihir of Water.
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== The Rag'Narok ==
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'''The Goblin vermin'''
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To the west, the wolfen were also forced to contain the expansionist dreams of the goblins of No-Dan-Kar who kept
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plundering the resources of the forest. This selfish people made
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constant intrusion attempts, trying to establish colonies further
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and further inside wolfen territory. Anywhere they went, groves
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of proud and strong trees were turned into foul soggy swamps
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which only made the goblin expansion easier.
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The wolfen packs still present in the region decided that ferocious protection had to be established and that each time the
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enemy crossed the line he had to pay a high cost for his boldness.
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The goblins had to be taught their limits. However, the density of the terrain and the lack of visibility
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forced the packs to increase the number of sentinels. By doing this these fighters learned to move faster than the
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rest of the pack and they soon developed strategies to lead the enemy into
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ambushes where certain death was all
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he could expect. Very recently, a worg
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made a name for himself during one of
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these battles. Leaping out of nowhere,
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he dashed right at the heart the goblin
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forces, tearing them to shreds with his
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claws. His fury was so impressive that
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the sons of Rat immediately sounded
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an early retreat.
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When his wits came back to him,
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the worg presented himself as one of
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the fi rst sons from Yllia’s litter. He told
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them that back then the wolfen had
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fought the Craftsman and that they
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were there to remind the other peoples that their strength was their instinct and their wild nature. The worg’s
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intentions were clear and none of the
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pack leaders around him contested
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his authority. The packs living west of
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Diisha were gathered into one great
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army. Their leader’s name was Ellyox,
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the scourge of No-Dan-Kar!
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The wolfen are on their way, and
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no one can tell what their future
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will be!
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'''The spawn of devastation'''
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With the beginning of the Rag’na-
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rok, many packs saw a number of their
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members go into exile and form bands of
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pariahs. Th
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ese wolfen, mostly the youn-
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ger generation, showed a great deal of
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cruelty and savagery to their enemies.
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From the pack’s point of view these wolfen
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have forgotten the share of conscience that
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is in them and they obey only their primal
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instincts; they have no goal and no faith in
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Yllia.
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Th
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e savagery they are capable of has
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reached such levels that these rogue
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bands do not hesitate to clash with other
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packs. Th
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ey have no respect for bounda-
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ries or for the traditions of their people
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anymore.
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Th
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e leaders and the faithful are wor-
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ried having to let so many of this young
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generation go. Th
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ey fear the consequen-
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ces it will have now that the Rag’narok is
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gaining momentum and that the wolfen
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need all their warriors more than ever.

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