The Fortress - A Short Story for the weekly writing contest #ZapFicMonday - Promt: "Valley"

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This post is an entry to the #ZapFicMonday "Valley"!

The #ZapFicMonday is a literary initiative from the Freewriters Community in which writers have to create a story, using the prompt provided, with 240 characters or less.

The Fortress

Hidden among the mountains, the Fortress is humanity's last bastion against the forces of the Underdark.
While the valley and the river feed its people, the knights fiercely defend its borders.
DUM
The drums are beating.
DUM DUM
They are coming.

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