The Writers of Fate
In the world of Althera, destiny itself seemed to have chosen its main actors.
The Heroes received the blessings of the gods, gaining powers that surpassed the limits of humanity. The Regressors returned from the future carrying memories of the world's coming destruction. The Reincarnators brought knowledge from their previous lives, creating miracles that should never have existed in that era. Even the Novel Readers who had been drawn into this world possessed knowledge of its secrets, its key figures, and the storyline that would determine the fate of the continent.
Each of them had something that made them extraordinary.
Something that gave them an advantage over everyone else.
Yet there was one existence that possessed none of those things.
His name was Alunaris.
He was not a Hero chosen by the gods. Not a Regressor who knew the future. Not a Reincarnator carrying knowledge from another world. Nor was he a Novel Reader who knew the story of this world.
Alunaris was the very first being ever born in Althera.
Long before the gods created their kingdoms. Long before dragons ruled the skies. Even long before the concepts of magic and destiny were known to the world.
While everyone else relied on blessings, systems, knowledge of the future, and hidden information, Alunaris possessed nothing but himself.
However, there was one secret that no one knew.
If the gods were the creators of the world...
Then Alunaris was the witness who had watched that world come into existence.
And as the countless individuals blessed by destiny began to fight for the future of Althera, they slowly came to realize a terrifying truth.
The being they had considered the most ordinary of all...
Was, in fact, the oldest existence, the greatest mystery, and perhaps the one closest to the very origin of the world itself.