Falling for Redemption: Love & Punishment CHAPTER 1 The Land Of Euposia

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂, 𝒂 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚, 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆-𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏, 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘆𝗹𝘃𝗮𝗻

𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒚𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕, 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑷𝒊𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒌𝒘 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒚𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒊𝒙𝒚 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝑽𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝑰𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂.

✤ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒚𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝑷𝒊𝒙𝒚 ✤

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒚𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒔:

✤ 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀 ✤

𝐴 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝗳 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗶

𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆, 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆. 𝑺𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂, 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒚 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈.

✤ 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 ✤

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒇 𝑰𝒈𝒏𝒊 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔:

✥ 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 ✥

𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑡ℎ, 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑟. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝗳 𝗔𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮

𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒌𝒚 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎, 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒔 & 𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔. 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝑨𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒌𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 "𝑻𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒌𝒔"

✤ 𝑻𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒌 ✤

✤ 𝑨𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒔 ✤

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒇 𝑨𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔:

✤ 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗺 ✤

𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝐸𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑠 & ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎'𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻

𝑲𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝑵𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒋𝒖𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔, 𝒔𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒇 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔:

✥ 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗮 ✥

𝐴 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙, 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑚 𝑎𝑠 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠.

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒚

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝗳 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗲

𝑰𝒕𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝑶𝒇 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔.

✤ 𝑪𝒓𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓 ✤

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒇 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒔:

✥ 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱 ✥

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒇 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝟓 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒔. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎, 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄, 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒇𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍.

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒖𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂’𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓.

𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎

𖤓 𝗡𝗼𝗰𝘁𝘆𝗿𝗮 𖤓

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘄𝘀

𝑶𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒅, 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 ♰ 𝑬𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓 ♰ 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂. 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔, 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔. 𝑨𝒔 𝑵𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒚𝒓𝒂'𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆-𝒗𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆.

♰ 𝑬𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒓 ♰

In the Council Room of Actheria, a grand celestial chamber, Emperor Caelum and Queen Astrid meet as shadows close in on Euposia. The room is vast and awe-inspiring, with walls made of shimmering stone that glow with a faint light, symbolizing Actheria’s connection to the heavens. A crystal dome above reveals the open sky, filled with constellations and celestial energies. At the center stands a large altar adorned with sacred symbols, a place where Caelum has been attempting to call upon the heavens for days.

Queen Astrid paces, her expression panicked as she watches Emperor Caelum standing before the altar, his gaze fixed upward. Frustration and fear finally overwhelm her.

QUEEN ASTRID OF NOVAE

*Voice shaking, almost shouting* Caelum, how long do you plan on calling on the heavens? Don’t you see they’re not coming! You’ve been calling for days now and haven’t gotten any answers!

EMPEROR CAELUM OF AETHERIA

*Calm but visibly tense* Astrid, I know the silence feels like a betrayal, but the heavens have never abandoned us before. There may be a reason they remain quiet—one beyond our understanding. Despair will not bring them back to us, nor will it bring peace to Euposia.

QUEEN ASTRID OF NOVAE

*Voice breaking* But Igni and Sylvan are wiped out completely! Nereia is dead! There’s no way we can defeat him! Einer’s power is like nothing we’ve seen. He’s… unstoppable.

EMPEROR CAELUM OF AETHERIA

*Placing a steadying hand on her shoulder* Astrid, remember—Actheria is not alone. We have over a thousand Aetherian warriors, and more than a hundred Torul out there fighting. Einer may be powerful, but he cannot bring them all down in a single stroke. We still have time.

QUEEN ASTRID OF NOVAE

*Sighing, her eyes brimming with desperation* But how much time, Caelum? .....How much longer before he finds a way to bring all of Euposia to its knees?

EMPEROR CAELUM OF AETHERIA

*Comforting* As long as we draw breath, we have strength. The heavens may be silent, but we are not powerless. We will stand our ground, and we will protect Euposia—even if it means facing the darkness ourselves.

The council room falls silent, save for the faint hum of celestial energy, as both rulers prepare themselves for the dark battle ahead.

As the tension hangs thick in the Council Room of Actheria, a sudden dark presence fills the air. The large council doors creak open, and Einer, the Demon King, strides in, his figure cloaked in darkness. Blood drips from his hands, staining the floor with the lives of the warriors he’s just defeated. His lips twist into a mocking smile as he addresses Emperor Caelum.

EINER DEMON KING (ML)

*Smirking* I’m quite hurt, old man. You really think so little of me? You call those rats out there, scrambling for their lives, warriors?

Emperor Caelum stares, terror evident in his eyes, unable to process that Einer could have defeated his entire army so swiftly. Queen Astrid stands frozen, horrified as she takes in the sight of Einer’s blood-stained hands and his twisted, gleeful expression.

EMPEROR CAELUM OF AETHERIA

*Voice shaking* You should be ashamed. Killing so many innocent people… Why are you doing this? What’s the reason for destroying Euposia.....

EINER DEMON KING (ML)

*Tilting his head with a mockingly thoughtful expression* Mmm… let me think… *His eyes gleam with malice, and a wicked smile stretches across his face* "Because it’s fun."

EINER DEMON KING (ML)

QUEEN ASTRID OF NOVAE

*Whispers, her voice barely audible, as she clutches at her chest* You… you’re a monster.

EINER DEMON KING (ML)

*Laughing coldly* Monster? Maybe. But unlike you fools, I don’t cling to meaningless ideals. *He steps further into the room, leaving blood-stained footprints across the polished floor* Harmony? Balance? What use are those when power is there for the taking?

Einer turns his gaze to Queen Astrid, his eyes gleaming with cruel intent.

EINER DEMON KING (ML)

*With a mocking sneer* You sure do talk a lot. How about I kill you first?

Queen Astrid stands frozen, paralyzed by fear. Her mind races, but her body refuses to move. In an instant, Einer raises his hand, conjuring a blazing red beam of dark energy that streaks toward her.

EMPEROR CAELUM OF AETHERIA

*Shouting desperately* Astrid, move!!

Just as the deadly beam is about to strike her, a brilliant light descends from above, flooding the council chamber with a pure, celestial glow. The light envelops Einer, blinding him momentarily, and in that split second, he is lifted off his feet by the force of it.

Einer’s mocking smile fades as he is suddenly transported in a flash of light, pulled away from Euposia and into the Heavenly Realms. The room falls into silence, the celestial glow fading as quickly as it had appeared.

𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝒂𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒎 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅, 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅.