Crimsonheart Chronicles

Can those who keep secrets be trusted? Aboard the floating city of Sylphicus secrets abound. It's one year after the Battle of the Prismwood and Althea Crimsonheart-future Empress of Endellion and esteemed hero of the southern war-is on a journey to learn about the wider world alongside her companions: Gorn a scholar of Arivolli; Kamil an outcast of the Kingdom of Ormilla; Zianna daughter of the ousted House Aghamora; and Dzarò Althea's bonded companion a hybrid spiròt desperate to understand his place among Spiròt-kind.<br /><br />While travelling through the skies the group begins to uncover a clandestine plot that connects Gorn's family with the Arivollish black market and a horrifying series of experiments that if allowed to continue will lead to the creation of an invincible army of chimeras. Upon receiving a sacred task from the primordial spiròt Itl Althea and her companions must decide who they can trust: the enigmatic hermit or the secretive primordial dragon. <br /><br />Their quest places them in the middle of yet another conflict this time in Zianna's homeland of Uayat a nation divided by desire and ideology. Dark secrets and betrayals continue to unfold as Althea stands resolute in her convictions following her own path just as she did a year ago. However she soon realizes that the will of others has just as much of a role to play in her destiny as her own choices and she and her allies are pushed to accept all that they cannot control. <br /><br />When many forces collide those caught in between must understand the consequences of their choices or risk being swallowed by the turbulent tides of destiny.