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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <recentchanges rccontinue="20240331090735|43850" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <recentchanges>
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant demon" pageid="485" revid="43074" old_revid="42161" rcid="43860" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:21:39Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant dragon" pageid="489" revid="43073" old_revid="42150" rcid="43859" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:19:48Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant knight" pageid="488" revid="43072" old_revid="42151" rcid="43858" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:19:07Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant dark beast" pageid="487" revid="43071" old_revid="42118" rcid="43857" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:17:57Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant ork" pageid="486" revid="43070" old_revid="42162" rcid="43856" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:16:07Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant hellhound" pageid="484" revid="43069" old_revid="42160" rcid="43855" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:14:43Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant cyclops" pageid="483" revid="43068" old_revid="42159" rcid="43854" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:13:06Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant werewolf" pageid="482" revid="43067" old_revid="42158" rcid="43853" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:12:21Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant vampyre" pageid="481" revid="43066" old_revid="42157" rcid="43852" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:10:09Z" />
      <rc type="edit" ns="0" title="Revenant hobgoblin" pageid="8323" revid="43065" old_revid="42156" rcid="43851" timestamp="2024-03-31T09:09:16Z" />
    </recentchanges>
  </query>
</api>