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And power always comes at a price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bellator\u2019s battle with Draakul is equally personal\u2014two immortals with centuries of history, fighting not just for victory, but for absolution. These aren\u2019t fights that can be won with brute strength alone. They are intimate. Devastating. Layered with emotion and memory. And as the dust settles, it becomes clear: no one truly wins this war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet out of the wreckage, something stirs. In the stillness that follows destruction, there is <strong>resurrection<\/strong>. And not the kind tied to bloodlines or prophecy\u2014but to choice. A new Dragonguard rises. Not perfect. Not whole. But determined to carry forward what remains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The climax of Blood Fury doesn\u2019t end with triumph\u2014it ends with silence. 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