Perhaps one's talent is their curse. Things to expect: - a slow burn, character-focused story- an intricate fantasy world with magical rules - juggling of multiple main and side characters After twenty-five years of chaotic war, five of the seven Ashenborn submerged the universe into darkness. Within that darkness, they rebuilt the world, where only the territories bowing to their godly rule would flourish in peace. Now, over 3000 years later, with the Provinces of Aideyll nearing world unification, a group of unlikely friends find themselves at the end of a cycle, with a new age of war looming ever closer. Up-and-coming Chief Commander Szakarilis Drakon and orphan prodigy Iago Kylmis must decide on what they believe about Alea, the blue-haired girl with a story that keeps reshaping. But what starts as a small mystery about a single girl quickly unravels and pulls on strings holding together the other side of the world, where prohibited and once-abandoned talents threaten the destruction of Aideyll. These friends will have to choose which side of the edge to fall on, which of the seven Ashenborn to follow, which people they see and feel are real, and which have been a figment of their imagination all along. Things to not expect: - plot armor; I don't roll like that - harems; apparently they're popular on here- unedited chapters; I quite dislike unedited work - immediate action; this fantasy world needs to be built and grounded in about 40k words profanity tag: for dialogue from certain characters. gore tag: in later chapters, when describing memories and war. sexual tag: infrequent, practically nonexistent, but it will pop up to move the story forward. trauma tag: not exactly sure, but I click it anyway just in case; there may be some things that are gray area as you grow to learn more about the characters and their past in this paradise. I try to update as frequently as possible. I don't want to promise which days every week because I hate breaking promises. I aim for a minimum of three chapters a week. Some weeks there may be more.