Ash_Monarch

The Apocalypse is in full swing. 

Defiled - powerful creatures corrupted by the Great Collision - prowled the lands in search of prey. Unfortunately for them, the human race had long since retreated behind the secure walls of the Sanctuary of Everlast. 

During one of his regular excursions outside the Sanctuary, Alden is separated from Celeste. - his childhood friend and crush. In that moment, he came to regret never summoning the courage to confess. 

Somehow managing to survive thanks to some trickery, Alden awakens as a mage. 

Instead of receiving a normal power, he gains the ability to decay. What's more, during his ascension, he received a vision from his future self advising him not to trust the Asterons - celestial beings who had saved his race from inescapable doom.  

Normally... such a revelation wouldn’t faze Alden. 

However, there was only one major problem with the declaration, though. 

Celeste was bound with an Asteron. 

And not just any normal Asteron... 

She had made a pact with a Divine Sovereign.
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The Inner Odyssey

That was all the confirmation he needed. Alden struggled to control his expression, a tremor racking his body.

He took a deep breath and closed his good eye, composing himself.

'Of course the Asterons were involved…'

It was completely in line with their behaviour - Alden didn't know why he had expected something else. Why he had held out a small hope they weren't involved.

Grinding his teeth, the young man tried not to buckle under the immense pressure. An immeasurable distance separated him and the nebulous beings, both physical and metaphorical. Alden wanted to bridge that gap, but it was much too early for him to even think about such things.

Tiny Ember