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With a deep rumble, the gate in front of you opens. Beyond is an area that is, on first glance, beautiful: glimmering ores line doorways and streak down walls, bioluminescent fungi carefully line the paths. Upon closer inspection, however, it is rather lacking. The metal is melted into place rather than inlaid into patterns, and the fungi wilt, barely surviving in the locations they’ve been placed.
Before you can take a single step inside, four winged figures block your path.
They are clearly Tark’ee, but not of a subspecies you’ve seen before. They hold themselves tall and proud, and large wings rest on their backs. Despite their regal presence, however, their fur is somewhat ragged and they are obviously thin and malnourished.
