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Arc 1 The Breaking

1. 01 The Veil Between

   Cairn wakes. A horn sounds at the northern gate.

2. 02 The Arrival

   A caravan reaches the northern gate. On her first assignment alone, a traveler in cream robes crosses the square — and two pairs of eyes meet over a sparring field.

3. 03 The Weight

   Win and Joss earn their keep mending the north wall under a borrowed line, while Lyra sits her first vigil — and a stranger begins asking quiet questions about a young traveler.