C430 Helenore

As evening fell, the temple fair dispersed, leaving the mountainside eerily quiet. A group swiftly began their preparations in the clearing.

At the center of the clearing, a two-meter-high platform was marked out, encircled by several rows of chairs that had been hauled up from the base of the hill.

With the break of dawn and the sky just lightening, the hillside buzzed with activity once more