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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The Forsaken Sovereign

In the tower-shaped False Domain, amidst the forest of Constanta.

The heavy, black-painted walls of the Iron Gate slowly parted, letting in the eleven magi awaiting on the other side.

Phaedro found himself in a poorly lit, medium-sized room with two ferrous doors on opposite walls. The same timekeeping contraption shone with greenish light on the low ceiling, indicating that the final phase had already begun.

"Welcome to the first floor," Warden Sidonia's voice echoed as the gate closed behind them. "As previously explained, in here, your orbs are keys. They can be used to open one of two doors within."

The mentioned doors had a similar design, if not for a slight difference—the right one sported two spherical depressions the size of a small stone, while the left only displayed one.

Conflicting Egos