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Passage of Ashes, Road to Armex Keep

from Aurora Divide by Danny Morris

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Far to the south of Brookdell, across an ocean and a continent lives the fire blesssed people. In the lands known as Dramchea, these militant like people have adapted to the flame bathed lands, living among the many active and dangerous volcanoes of the continent.

In the heart of the land lies Armex Keep, a vigilant and stoic castle town hewn from volcanic rock and brick. This castle lies between two semi-dormant volcanoes which haven't spewed lava for centuries, but mist a constant silver ash. A 35-foot high wall protects the keep, dotted with archer posts and lookout towers. A copse of trees surrounds the wall and acts as a barrier between the militant city's walls and the volcanic mountainside.

Armex Keep is the center of melee combat training for all of the surrounding lands, and it's said that any outside man or woman who is able to complete the training that all Armexian soldier goes through each morning would be granted a shield blessed by Djiinni, the war-goddess of Flame. Presently, the Armexian army has only seen one shield leave it's walls in the hands of an outsider.

The only practical way into the highly fortified keep is through the Passage of Ashes, an upward-winding paved road that swings through the western most dormant volcano and leads into the city by the use of a drawbridge. Even with Armexian foot soldiers acting as escorts for merchants and overconfident fighters hoping to earn a shield of Djiinni, the road is still a treacherous one, as it is riddled with creatures who are adapt at striking from the ashes as if they were shadows, as well as many places where a miscalculation in step would send an unfortunate traveler off the side of the volcano and to his or her doom.

The road is nicknamed "The Road of Grim Rain" by travelers, as the incessant fall of gray ash dims the sun and dampens the spirits of those not used to the burning lands of Dramchea

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from Aurora Divide, released November 7, 2009

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Danny Morris Bellevue, Washington

Sometimes I roll my face on the keyboard while I'm in Fruity Loops, and if I get lucky, pretty sounds come out of my computer :o

No but seriously, hi :3 My name is Danny, and I'm a guy that writes music that hails from Washington. I primarily write Videogame/Film Score , but I dabble in electric music and experiment in other genres frequently. ... more

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