Orson_Phoenix

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In a distant future, Earth is long gone, and humanity’s last survivors have found refuge on the desolate planet of Selora. Genetically engineered and raised to serve, Kael Duskborne arrives in a world where memories are erased, free will is a distant memory, and every movement is dictated by an unyielding, unknown force. His mission: to harvest obsidian from the planet's cursed mines.
But Selora is no ordinary world. The land itself seems to pulse with a strange, sinister energy, and its creatures—ancient, primal, and deadly—lurk in the shadows. As he journeys through this harsh world, Kael begins to question everything he’s been told. Why is he here? What is the truth behind the planet’s dark past?
Silent whispers haunt the air, and warnings of an ancient, omnipotent force—the Silence—demand his attention. With his very life at stake, Kael must choose whether to accept the unspoken order of his existence or fight against the oppressive force that seeks to control him—and the planet itself.
In a world where nothing is as it seems, survival means navigating a web of lies, dark powers, and dangerous allies.

Fragments of a Fallen Star

The world before the Veil had been warm.

Solvi remembered warmth not as a feeling, but as a concept. It was a word that her mind drifted back too often. A feeling of comfort.

She remembered sunlight on stone walls, the call of wind through alpine spires, and her mother's voice; soft, stern, always humming half a lullaby.

They had lived in the high reaches of Myrthal, where the sky pressed against the mountains, and clouds rested on the ground.

Her home was behind a waterfall, whose great power gave energy for her home, brought life to their crops, and gave them fresh water and a place to bathe.

She had been a scholar then. Or perhaps an exile pretending to be one.

Solvi's true talent had not been knowledge, but already knowing.

Knowledge (Part 1)