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Scarlet Dukedom — Read-Aloud Script (Speak slowly, let the words breathe. Imagine a deep, resonant bard voice.) [Opening — slow, deliberate] Narrator: Beneath a scarlet banner, bearing two gold lions passant and a single gold fleur-de-lys in chief, the Dukedom of Aquilonia stands unbowed, between mountain and sea. (Pause — let the image sink in.) Vineyards stretch beneath watchful towers. Ancient forests whisper. The coast is wind-cut, vigilant, and cold. Farmers tend their vines under chapel be