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You are walking. 

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Wherever you are, you have your reasons for being on the road. And so, you walk.

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As the sun slowly disappears behind the horizon, all of your reference points slowly melt away in its dying glow and the encroaching darkness: Another sunset, another twilight - like every other you’ve witnessed in your life.

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Suddenly , something strange catches your eye and disrupts the tranquility of the moment. A flash of brightness lights up the sky with an intensity that even daylight could not hope to imitate.  And then, just as suddenly as it came, it fades, and everything goes dark. You blink. The sky is back to normal, but you realise that you are no longer on that familiar road. Instead, you find yourself on a narrow, foreboding path in a dark, mysterious, and unfamiliar forest.

You're not alone anymore either:-other stray souls, as lost as you are, stand nearby.

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Torches and lamps  litter the ground all around you. You pick one up and look around, in the hopes of finding some way back to where you were - back to more familiar grounds, back to home - only for you to realize that you are hopelessly lost. No matter what you do, you can't find your way in the forest ; you simply don't know anything about this place. Left with no other choice, you follow the ominous trail that lays before you, until you finally arrive at a village. A village that is eerily deserted, abandoned but no sign of what pushed the previous occupants out. It stands there like a brand new grimoire, its blank pages , waiting for you to start your own story.

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 This event will forever change your perception of sunsets: no longer will you see the fading of the day as calm and relaxing. No more will you be able to tranquilly enjoy them. For when the night's darkness comes , the dangers prowling in those woods will evoke many things - but not peace. 

Still, the village is yours now, and it will need your help:. Protect it, and those there. Make sure children and families are safe. Build and expand the village so it can shelter more stray souls like you.

Because you're not alone in this situation.

It’s not all bleak: the night doesn’t last forever. A new day always comes, and you are not alone. Use the day to your advantage. Appreciate the little things. Spread a little joy amongst the poor, unfortunate souls that - like yourself - were snatched away by that mysterious event.

Maybe you will try to find a way to return home, to undo the event that brought you here in the first place. Unfortunately, nobody understands the nature of what happened, and the search to undo it will be difficult.

Maybe you will accept your fate, and start a new story in that blank grimoire you were handed.
Maybe you will try to solve the problems of this new world...
... and bring back peace to the dusk.