Chapter 1: The Book That Should Not Exist Elías Varela had spent most of his life among books, but he had never seen one like this. The library where he worked was old—so old that even the dust seemed to have settled in layers of forgotten history. It was the kind of place where time…
Chapter 1: The Ashen Walls The sky above Éndaris was a bruised canvas of purples and grays, thick with the scent of burning embers. The Ivory Tower loomed in the distance, its alabaster walls marred by the passage of time. Within its halls, knowledge was both safeguarded and twisted, used to maintain the empire’s iron…
Chapter 1: The City of Mirrors The three suns of Vëldanor hung in the sky like celestial sentinels, casting layered shadows upon the endless dunes. The Crimson Sun bled warmth into the sands, the Golden Sun bathed the land in a soft glow, and the Shadow Sun wove streaks of darkness into the fabric of…