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## Narrative (EN)
Traveler,  

Here, coal is king.  
Vaulted, guarded,  
ready to feed any faint fire.  

🌀 *Stored heat is stored hope.*  

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## Key Marks
Principle: Reserve fuel.  
Action: Guard the keep.  
Effect: Fires renewed.  

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## Oracles
- “Coal is king.”  
- “Stored heat is stored hope.”  

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## Operations
Epoch Function: Reserve of power.  
Lore Action: Declare: *“I guard the coal keep.”*  
Encrypted Riddle: ⌧ *What castle burns from within?*  

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## Cryptic Symbol Table
- 🪞 → Mirror: shows reserves.  
- 🌊 → Pond: cools vault.  
- 🍃 → Leaf: coal slip.  
- 🌀 → Signal: reserve pulse.  
- 🔥 → Fire: latent.  
- ⚫ → Coal: store.  
- 🏰 → Keep: hold.  

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## Lore Anchors
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