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In Brannland, terrifying beasts called Umbrae roam freely once the sun sets, so venomous that a single bite will kill a full-grown adult—and lately, with each day that passes, their population seems to double. The only people who can destroy them are immune children like Nora, who are recruited at the age of seven to leave their families behind and begin training at a retrofitted castle called Noye’s Hill. But despite her immunity, Nora’s father refused to let her go. Now, years after his death by Umbra attack, Nora is twelve, and sees her mother almost killed by the monsters too. That’s when Nora decides it’s time for her to join the battle. Once she arrives at Noye’s Hill, though, she and her new friends are left with more questions than answers: Where are the Umbrae coming from? Could the government be covering up the true reason their population has whirled out of control? And was Nora’s father, the peaceful, big-hearted man who refused to let Nora fight, in on the treacherous secret?
swirling mists wrap, engulfing all, shrouded in secrecy with hidden call, binding forces unseen, all in thrall. Enveloped by the mist, I'm carried away, to a world where time, stands still and gray, and the only colors are, shades of day. Tumbling through the fog, I search and seek, for a glimpse of light, or a truth to speak. But in the end, all I find is bleak
and dreams are dreams and life is life and the thing itself of the principle of truth, whose root is unchangeable and eternal. You offer to me a cup, large and deep, and it is filled to the brim with the knowledge of my own ignorance. So I drink from my cup nine times (reflecting the nine muses of the arts and the nine orders of the angels who move in the spheres and the nine gates of the body which admit the nine influences) and drain my cup dry that it may be filled.
hidden deep within the depths below lies smyrinad: a crystal glowing brightly, hidden from all who seek to find its power. Within crystal walls it glows, like the sun that warms, shining bright like a star in the night sky. The smyrinad holds great power, but with power comes great responsibility and it must be used wisely. The crystal key will guide you to smyrinad's light, but beware the darkness that lurks in its shadow.