Of Empires and Dust

<p><strong style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>I'ldryr viel asatar. I sanvîr viel baralun.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>In fire we are forged. In blood we are tempered.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In the Aravell woodland Calen Bryer grapples with the fallout from the Battle of Aravell. The path forward is littered with choices that will bleed him dry. But he is a Draleid he is a guardian and he will always stand when others call. He will be the light they look to.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>His sister Ella lies fragmented her mind split between worlds her fate unknown. But the blood of the wolf is strong.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Hundreds of miles away in the western villages of Illyanara Dahlen Virandr leads the defense of Salme and all its inhabitants gathered from across the region. The Uraks are unrelenting and they know only blood and death. If this is to be his end he will enter Achyron's Halls as a warrior who would not yield.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Below the mountains of Lodhar Queen Kira waits in the dark while Hoffnar attempts to seize control of the Freehold and lead the dwarves towards a new dawn of war.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In Valtara Dayne Ateres hunts those who betrayed his family while Alina prepares her army to besiege the legendary Achyron's Keep.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>At the edges of the Burnt Lands Rist Havel is offered a new path forward one that few have ever trodden one that could forge him into a mage of no equal.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>With the news that Ilkya and Jormun have fallen along with their soulkin Eltoar finds himself face-to-face with Salara Ithan - a remnant of his past life that he had long thought dead.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>As the Blood Moon taints the sky Kallinvar and the Knights of Achyron battle tirelessly against the Shadow doing everything within their power to hold back the darkness.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Gods are waking.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>The world is burning.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(30 25 21 1)>Ashes and dust are all that will remain.</strong></p><p></p>