Gears of Fate
"Fate is not a choice, but a cage we build for ourselves."
In the colliding tides of iron foundries, advanced steam machinery, fantasy blend with steam machinery, and ancient elemental laws, what truly lies ahead? Shrouded in the smog of empires and the dense fog of the wild, what is the creeping inner madness that ticks relentlessly in our body?
Terrified of the weight of emotional connection and the crushing responsibility of protecting a family, Aster chose a lonely, gray, and isolated modern existence.
Waking up to a sudden spike of agonizing cardiac pressure, Aster Dior finds himself as Gideon Vance in a world where industrial steam empires violently clash against legendary fantasy domains. It is a world filled with roaring coal locomotives, spell-infused firearms, and clockwork mechanism, as well as the high-pressure circulatory fluid of Vigor, secret Catalyst Elixirs, Crucible, hidden Aberrations, Enchantments, Charms... ; rare, reality-breaking individuals.
Armed with an unstable, rule-breaking power that allows him to return in a mere few seconds at the cost of his own physical and mental sanity.
Will fate bend to the absolute path laid out by the gods, or can a man rewrite his own destiny?