Chapter 17
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The fall of the Iron Duchy sent a shockwave through the continent that mana-scryers couldn't ignore. In a single week, the "Gears of the North" had stopped grinding for the profit of the elite and started churning for a single, dark master.

Two weeks had passed since the destruction of Project Zero. Jaxen sat in the Duke's private study, though it looked more like a war room now. Holographic maps of the five remaining Spires—Titan, Lunar, Glacial, Verdant, and Storm—floated in the air, glowing
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