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 Half of the united army of the New Lands gathered at the beach of a smallish island.
-While the other half still fought the Titan, we managed to get to the exterminators by stepping and mostly slipping on a reef just below the waters surface. And just like the titans before, we defeated them one by one. Cutting the others off from supporting our victim by forcing it to one of the smaller islands, while some brave few of us distracted the remaining beasts.
+While the other half still fought the titan, we managed to get to the exterminators by stepping and mostly slipping on a reef just below the waters surface. And just like the titans before, we defeated them one by one. Cutting the others off from supporting our victim by forcing it to one of the smaller islands, while some brave few of us distracted the remaining beasts.
 Finally, as the last of the titans fell and the last of the exterminators died, a huge cry of joy and relive came from the gathered homins.
 The threat to the Lakelands had been averted and the enemy had suffered heavy losses.

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 One by one, these bark-borers also fell victim to the swords and magic of homins.
-Yet, as the last of them of them struggled to stay upright under the homins relentless onslaught, four huge exterminator kipuckas suddenly burst from the waters surrounding us and rushed into the rear of our army. The Mages and Healers. Our backup was almost wiped out, if not for the quick reactions of a few, who managed to escape into deeper waters and as the monsters attention turned to easier prey, hurried to the aid of their comrades.
+Yet, as the last of them of them struggled to stay upright under the homins relentless onslaught, four huge exterminator kipuckas suddenly burst from the waters surrounding us and rushed into the rear of our army. The mages and healers. Our backup was almost wiped out, if not for the quick reactions of a few, who managed to escape into deeper waters and as the monsters attention turned to easier prey, hurried to the aid of their comrades.
 Half of the united army of the New Lands gathered at the beach of a smallish island.

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 Homins of all nations, splashing through the cool, blue waters of the lakes. Hurrying towards battle. Hundreds of us. Rushing to meet the alien creatures and prevent them from gaining a foothold in one of the New Lands. Homins who sometimes fought each other bitterly, united and helping each other.
-As I heard later, the humongous Kibain had risen out of the waters surrounding Fairhaven, while we were fighting in the “Dew Drops” Region. They had taken up positions in a rough triangle, on narrow, small islands in the middle of the archipelago.
+As I heard later, the humongous kiban had risen out of the waters surrounding Fairhaven, while we were fighting in the “Dew Drops” Region. They had taken up positions in a rough triangle, on narrow, small islands in the middle of the archipelago.
 The distraction had almost worked.
 The beasts were more cunning than we had anticipated.

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 Half of the united army of the New Lands gathered at the beach of a smallish island.
-While the other half still fought the Titan, we managed to get to the Exterminators by stepping and mostly slipping on a reef just below the waters surface. And just like the titans before, we defeated them one by one. Cutting the others off from supporting our victim by forcing it to one of the smaller islands, while some brave few of us distracted the remaining beasts.
+While the other half still fought the Titan, we managed to get to the exterminators by stepping and mostly slipping on a reef just below the waters surface. And just like the titans before, we defeated them one by one. Cutting the others off from supporting our victim by forcing it to one of the smaller islands, while some brave few of us distracted the remaining beasts.
-Finally, as the last of the titans fell and the last of the Exterminators died, a huge cry of joy and relive came from the gathered homins.
+Finally, as the last of the titans fell and the last of the exterminators died, a huge cry of joy and relive came from the gathered homins.
 The threat to the Lakelands had been averted and the enemy had suffered heavy losses.
 Exuberantly homins fell into each other's arms and until late into the night the Tryker Capital played host to celebrations. We sang, danced and praised each other's courage.

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 As we fought on, some homins had managed to slip through the ranks of the kitins and had found far more than he or she had accounted for.
 A massive figure loomed over one of the smaller islands that dotted the region.
-A titanic Kibain.
+A titanic kiban.
 This normally harmless worker drone of the kitins' nests had grown to unimaginable dimensions and seemed to work the bark with its huge trunk and front claws. Again and again it spat acid onto the ground and dug up the dissolved wood. It was trying to create an opening into the Prime Roots.
 We could not allow this and threw ourselves against the army of giant insects.

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 Only a few weeks later, reports came in that a vanguard of the pale monstrosities had again been sighted in the lagoons of Aeden Aqueous.
 Worried, I closely followed the reports from the Lake-Lands and finally the news came that large numbers of the beasts were indeed invading again.
-As quickly as possible, the Royal House mobilized all guilds willing to fight for the allied land and we teleported to the Karavan Shrine in the region of the archipelago known as "Dew Drop".
+As quickly as possible, the Royal House mobilized all guilds willing to fight for the allied land and we teleported to the Karavan Shrine in the region of the archipelago known as "Dew Drops".
 As we arrived we beheld a gruesome sight.

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 All managed well but in Zoraï, the fighting was heavy and the number of Homins who took up arms low. Their success was uncertain.
-Finally we manged to eradicate the last of the monsters. I don't know how long we fought. It felt like days and also, somehow like only minutes had passed. The battles had passed in a blur of motion and magical lights. Everyone giving all that he or she had got, to win the day. To endure once more and to safe the people of the Four Lands from annihilation.
+Finally we managed to eradicate the last of the monsters. I don't know how long we fought. It felt like days and also, somehow like only minutes had passed. The battles had passed in a blur of motion and magical lights. Everyone giving all that he or she had got, to win the day. To endure once more and to safe the people of the Four Lands from annihilation.
 As I later heard, some of us went to Zoraï, to fight at the sages side and save The Witherings too.
 Me, I admit to being too tired to be of any service to them.

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-The seasons had turned to winter and while the verdant Heights lay dreaming under a blanket of snow, the enemy of old still lurked in out lands and held some of our kingdoms outer regions in the firm, cruel grip of its claws.
+The seasons had turned to winter and while the verdant Heights lay dreaming under a blanket of snow, the enemy of old still lurked in out lands and held some of our kingdoms' outer regions in the firm, cruel grip of its claws.
 Once again forces of Homins would venture forth to fight the looming threat of the Kitin.
 Ranger-Scouts had brought information that was of particular importance.
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 Another group, consisting of experienced Homins, would penetrate into the heart of the “Grove of Confusion” to destroy the strongest of the monsters.
 Given the small number of experienced volunteers and the vast superiority of the Kitin, some expressed doubts about the success of these undertaking, but we had at least to try. Only if there were only about 30 of us, as opposed to the hundreds that had fought at the start of this war.
 Many were lost forever to the merciless and relentless attacks of the Kitin. Lost on lone foolish forays, never to be seen again or found slaughtered days after their vanishing. Their pride had been their downfall. That and their impatience.
 I admit to being angry at those who refused to heed the call to arms and stayed behind in the city. But many were just too exhausted and too scared to once more stride into battle. I myself had my doubts if I was to lay my fate into the hands of only these few Homins. But my conscience demanded that I gave my best, to protect those I loved and the country I had sworn to protect.
 I joined the task-force led by Sorum, the leader of the Guild "Disciples of Jena", who would leave for the dangerous Grove. Many of this guild were with us that day.
 Arriving there, our eyes fell on huge masses of pale, chitinous bodies scuttling through the snow and our hearts sank.
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 I had chosen the one handed sword and a heavy shield for combat.
 As I thought I would be able to strike with more precision and faster than with the long-sword.
-I regretted my decision the instant a huge Kipuka crashed against my shield and I inefficiently poked at it from behind. Heavily armored insects, almost three times my own size, … my weapon seemed like a needle, laughable.
+I regretted my decision the instant a huge Kipucka crashed against my shield and I inefficiently poked at it from behind. Heavily armored insects, almost three times my own size, … my weapon seemed like a needle, laughable.
 The monsters claws crashed into my shield, and only with the greatest effort was I able to prevent it from ripping it away from my arm. Not to mention my arm from its shoulder-joint.
 Then it screeched in pain and shuddered to a dead stop.