With the Crescent Pearl silent and lifeless around them, the companions turned to the question of survival.
It was only when the chaos passed that they realised the true cost. Time itself had slipped from their grasp. At a minimum, seven long months lost inside the Seal. However the environment of the Crescent Pearl suggested it may have been considerably longer.
In a moment that bent time and identity, Slate reached out to take a familiar hand—his own, though from another life entirely. As the two selves merged, memory and presence became one.
Amaedrianna found herself in her journey within the pages of this book. Sprinting across the rooftops of Vurduar, the city’s edges shrouded in familiar shadows. She wasn’t alone—Bantun, her childhood friend from long-forgotten escapades, ran beside her.
The group arrived in the grove just as the evening shadows began to stretch across the earth. One by one, they stepped into a memory that didn’t quite belong to them—but was painfully real to one among them.
This chapter began in motion—rooftops, memory, and a city cloaked in lawless shadows. What started as a simple chase turned out to be anything but, as one member of the group confronted long-buried truths from her past… and the pieces of herself she thought she had left behind.
This chapter began in motion—rooftops, memory, and a city cloaked in lawless shadows. What started as a simple chase turned out to be anything but, as one member of the group confronted long-buried truths from her past… and the pieces of herself she thought she had left behind.
The group arrived in a quiet grove just as the day gave way to dusk. What started as a peaceful moment quickly became something stranger, something layered and personal.
This episode unfolded like a whispered secret in the dark. Tensions flared, loyalties were tested, and long-buried truths came to light—some in words, others in dreams.
The party’s journey brought them to the edge of disaster, forcing a desperate escape that left them shaken and uncertain of how much they had truly lost.