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Elania has grown accustomed to life in the Underground City State of Neftasu, sharing a home with Yolani inside the refurbished Aetherhart's Artifice, a shop her friend inherited from her father.

But not all is as calm as appears on the surface. Events inside and out of the city have pushed the Magistry, the city’s council of powerful wizards, to enact a sweeping set of reforms. Some of which the duo is directly responsible for.

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Not all are pleased by the changes, and the iron fist of the Magistry and the City Guard is heavy.

The dark cult that summoned Elania to Eladu still runs free, and the Lightbringer order has been roused by the loss of one of their divine artifacts.

Yolani has had time to come to terms with her father's death but finds that her love for artifice can't replace the hole in her heart. Yet maybe there is someone for her that shall help mend it.

With unrest, rogue governmental agencies, and the threat of a looming crusade on the horizon hanging over them, there is only one way Elania and Yolani will manage to navigate the perils swirling around them.

By relying on each other...

…and pressing against boundaries of [Power] and Artifice never intended for the hands of mortals.