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The Forsaken Sovereign

"The veil of sanity is a lie we tell ourselves when we gaze at the night sky, hoping, in a stifled corner of our mind, that the stars aren't gazing back." — A nameless, insignificant, yet ambitious young man once attempted to rescue his family from poverty. But as he found hope, he also stumbled upon despair. After losing everything to the darkness of death, including himself, he woke up in another world, stuck in the body of an eleven-year-old boy with a peculiar appearance. He soon discovered that he was a Celestial Offering—a holy sacrifice, carefully groomed by the Temple of Stars to be given to the Gods Beyond. His fate had already been sealed, for his blood would spill under the seven-pointed star and consecrate the birth of a new era for his nation. Armed with nothing but his wit and the trail of good fortune, he would attempt to challenge this destiny, braving the countless hurdles that lay in waiting and the unfathomable horrors they harbored. In a realm of magecraft, occult rituals, madness, and prowling Eidolons, he could only count on himself to survive, as the threat of insanity loomed over everyone equally, and nothing could slow its ineluctable embrace. — Discord: Naphulae#1813

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Ode of a Taboo

"So, what do we have here? The daughter of Duchess Caecilia Aimenos—the Blood Consortium's leader and one of the Nobilitas' highest authorities, as well as a son of Celaeno with enough value to warrant an open conflict against the Neoteric Syndicate..." 

Syndic Lollia sat on a curule chair, its curved, ivory-sculpted legs crowned with a scarlet pillow. She calmly sized the two individuals facing her, their seats no less opulent than hers. 

The office surrounding them bore a stark contrast to the black-and-golden colors of Mursa's order, with vibrant tapestries of all shades of red, rose-adorned fluted shafts, and claret-colored furniture made of Shuen wood—the blood-hued export of Yura Nozerare's most infamous forest. 

Such a difference in tones felt almost intentional, as if mirroring the two captives' painstakingly-hidden past.