Where Magic Sleeps, My Father Stands

Once, the Empire of Varryn flourished beneath the light of Vaelmir, a primordial magic said to flow from the very soul of the world. But five centuries ago, a terrible cataclysm shattered that golden age. The skies darkened with the arrival of the Noctherion, devourers of magic. To stop them, the ancient mages known as the Vaelari made an unthinkable choice.

They sealed Vaelmir itself.

Magic did not vanish, but it was forever changed, fractured, and unstable. And in the silence that followed, the empire limped on, scarred and hollow.

Now, in the twilight of a kingdom, a runaway prince cradles an infant in his arms... and something long forgotten begins to stir.