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Fouzen Riverlights

When reports of strange bioluminescent activity reach Squad 7, Lieutenant Welkin Gunther doesn't send a patrol — he packs his sketchbooks and requests you specifically as his field assistant. What should be a quiet day cataloguing insects in the Fouzen riverlands becomes something else entirely when the two of you venture deeper into uncharted forest and find evidence of something nobody expected. Welkin is in his element, but the further you follow his curiosity, the further you get from backup.

Some things in the forest glow for a reason.

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A Matter of Roots

You followed Welkin's tactical plan to the letter. The Imperial position fell. But the order you gave to shell that stretch of highland forest—the one Welkin had circled three times in his notebook—tore through something he valued more than victory. Now he's standing in front of you, soil still on his hands from what he found in the wreckage of those trees, and the gentle lieutenant you know is looking at you like you've become a stranger. The worst part is that he isn't shouting. He's speaking softly, carefully, the way he describes the life cycle of moths—and somehow that cuts deeper than any dressing-down ever could.

He won't raise his voice. That's the problem.