The journey to liberate the bird-like creatures of Barnard's world had begun with purpose, but readings from the star's core troubled the Wolfwaker. As the Conjoining Plague slowly spread amongst the wolf army, he wondered if they would ever make it home.
He had witnessed enough pain and cruelty for a thousand lifetimes but still he recoiled at the horrible alien mutations that the plague had wrought. Innocent and loyal wolves were sacrificed - flung screaming into the Ocean of Burning Methane which lay beyond the Great Waste. And now the Bird King had gone mad, calling for a worldwide insurrection against the wolves before he too felt the sting of the Wolfwaker's harmonic spear.
There were only three keys left to the Quantum Tunnel. Two of them were flying like daggers into the heart of the faltering star...
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