Feeding the Sacred Flame

Vlad's sense of wonder did not last long. He and the other three Sky Seed Depravitas gathered their bearings and followed Agamenon and Zalasar along the fortress's broad, gleaming streets. Their path took them deeper into the innermost district of the Golden Sky Fortress, an area that people like them, without any significant background, would not have been able to enter.

While Agamenon and Zalasar maintained a measured pace instead of running, they still radiated an unmistakable aura of authority. Their posture, the set of their shoulders, and even the rhythm of their footsteps spoke to their noble heritage within the Graecian Empire. In a place as fraught with peril as a Doomsday World, one learned quickly that posture and bearing could be as important as raw power. To show uncertainty was to invite exploitation.