Write a sentence using the following phrases: "the gatekeeper", "evil forces", and "overtaken".
The gatekeeper, though not officially appointed as such, kept a watchful eye out for Velder's men and other evil forces day in and day out, for he remembered how they had overtaken and utterly destroyed the village in years past.
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Write a sentence using the following phrases: "the gatekeeper", "evil forces", and "overtaken".

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The gatekeeper, though not officially appointed as such, kept a watchful eye out for Velder's men and other evil forces day in and day out, for he remembered how they had overtaken and utterly destroyed the village in years past.