Naphulae

"The veil of sanity is a lie we tell ourselves when we gaze at the night sky, hoping, in a stifled corner of our mind, that the stars aren't gazing back."

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A nameless, insignificant, yet ambitious young man once attempted to rescue his family from poverty. But as he found hope, he also stumbled upon despair. After losing everything to the darkness of death, including himself, he woke up in another world, stuck in the body of an eleven-year-old boy with a peculiar appearance.

He soon discovered that he was a Celestial Offering—a holy sacrifice, carefully groomed by the Temple of Stars to be given to the Gods Beyond. 

His fate had already been sealed, for his blood would spill under the seven-pointed star and consecrate the birth of a new era for his nation.

Armed with nothing but his wit and the trail of good fortune, he would attempt to challenge this destiny, braving the countless hurdles that lay in waiting and the unfathomable horrors they harbored. 

In a realm of magecraft, occult rituals, madness, and prowling Eidolons, he could only count on himself to survive, as the threat of insanity loomed over everyone equally, and nothing could slow its ineluctable embrace.

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Discord: Naphulae#1813

The Forsaken Sovereign

Meilyr's group darted across the rocky plains after an hour of respite, their figures swift enough to blur.

Thanks to Lady Tsuji's magecraft, they managed to reach the northern forest's edges by noon the following morning.

The vegetation warped around its outermost wall of trees, rising in greenish dust across a glass-like, translucent dome that encircled the entirety of the selection's site. Ominous pulses traveled through the air from the condensed layer of Mana, alarming their mystical senses.

"A Theurgic Field," Tsuji mused aloud. "At least we're sure it's the right place."

"Are we supposed to go in?" Ando didn't seem thrilled by that prospect.

Meilyr cautiously approached the barrier, his silvery eyes peering beyond its glimmering surface.

Gathering Rivals