Epilogue: Knighted in Flame

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Days later, in the courtyard broad, the faithful gathered near,

To see the squire, once thought lost, stand tall without a fear.

Relic armor, blessed by fire, shone bright upon his form,

He knelt before the gathered knights, who signaled a new dawn.

With Theodric’s blade upon his brow, they dubbed him “Paladin,”

A youth reborn through sacrifice, a servant born to win

Against the creeping dark, the lies that twisted faith to evil,

Against the State’s corruption deep, whose purges threatened upheaval.

And so a hush of hope spread wide, the watchers gently cheered,

For in his eyes they saw a flame that ne’er could be seared.

Eliwen lifted a trembling hand, Amelia bowed her head,

The crowd beheld the Paladin whose life back from the dead

Embraced the Phoenix’s hallowed cause: to guard all mortal breath,

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To stand for mercy, honor, truth, and vanquish gloom and death.

No longer bound by shipwreck’s stone, the kindly ghost had flown,

Redeemed to realms beyond the veil by grace so purely shown.

And still the memory lingered on, a parallel so stark:

What once was lost in watery grave or swamp’s unholy dark

Could yet be saved by faith’s bright core, by forging righteous bonds,

For as the Phoenix soared anew, so hope and life respond.

Thus ends the bard’s recounting here, yet echoes carry on,

Of how a village boy rose high to face the dreadful dawn.

His father’s forge, the distant marsh, the rescue of a shade,

All woven in a tapestry the Phoenix’s will conveyed.

If ever doubt should cloud your mind, recall this flame divine:

That even death might lose its sting where truth and courage shine.

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