THE STRANGE CELEBRATION

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I was sweeping the inn when the stranger stumbled in through the door. Bleary-eyed and dazed, he was clearly coming off a long night drinking. With the fear of God on his face, the man looked at me. Against my better judgement I asked him if he was all right and in a shaking voice, he told me his story.

Last evening he had been walking alone in the valley as dusk began to settle.

Weary from his travels and still far from shelter, he knew he had better hurry through the mountainous paths if he were to have any chance of sleeping in a town that night. As he made his way through the curving path that was when he first noticed the castle. Towering and magnificent, the man spoke of staring in awe at the palace, glowing with a sparkling light that illuminated the dark valley.

Drawn to the warmth of the laughter and music emitting from the building, the Traveler cautiously walked towards the gorgeous spires.

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