Dragon Sanctum
In a canyon where technology meets the sacred and where failure costs more than blood, stands the Dragon Sanctum - a brutalist monastery dedicated to the worship of the ancient Dragons. With each cycle, only a select few are chosen to face trials that defy human logic, sacrificing senses, pride, and even their own inner light.
Dorian Tully never sought glory; he sought survival. But when he is dragged into the Cycle of the Claw - a tournament that eliminates the "superfluous" with surgical precision - he discovers that each competitor carries secrets that could bring down the Sanctum from within. Between fragile alliances, mechanized rivals, ancient traditions, and silent conspiracies, Dorian realizes that the true enemy may not be the Dragon... but those who interpret its will.
In the Inner Sanctum, every step could be the last - and every decision lights or extinguishes a light.
The Baptism of Scales is just the beginning.
Ignot_1494 · Fantasy