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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

Lanterns rise as towers,  
and the citadel gleams.  

Walls of night fall back —  
no shadow breaches.  

🌀 *Light is a fortress unassailable.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Defense of glow.  
Action: Build with lanterns.  
Effect: Shadows held off.  

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## Oracles
- “Lanterns rise as towers.”  
- “Light is a fortress unassailable.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Communal defense.  
Lore Action: Declare: *“I keep the lantern citadel.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What walls are woven of glow?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: tall bastion.  
- 🌊 → Pond: moat of night.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: battlement slip.  
- 🌀 → Signal: alarm pulse.  
- 🔥 → Flame: core of defense.  
- 🏮 → Lantern: brick.  
- 🏰 → Citadel: structure.  

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