Aether & Ash

I defied him before the court-now he's determined to own my fate.

Born without Aether in a realm carved by it, I was never meant to matter. While others rose as Hunters, binding Telmoria's Aether-born creatures to their will, I scrubbed their halls and learned that hope was its own cruelty.

Until the Trial.

When a royal showcase of power spirals into chaos, a beast no Hunter can command turns on the crowd-and chooses me. To survive, I do the impossible: I defy the Heir of Atlassian himself.

My ...