DARK CLAW
The World of Aethelgard
— World of Aethelgard —
A realm divided into three great planes.
The Celestial. The Surface. The Underworld.
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— The First Skeleton Master —
A Watcher cast from the heavens for a single act of arrogance.
He fell. And found only bone.
A Cursed Element Power that had never existed before.
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— Fifteen Years of Plague —
Every death fed the army.
Every fallen defender rose again on the wrong side.
The balance tilted slowly, then catastrophically.
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— Kaelen —
Seventeen years old. A small village.
Fifteen years untouched by the plague.
Until the night it wasn't.
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"I'd rather change with you. I'd rather be a Skeleton than be left alone in this world."
"You don't get to die, Kaelen. Not tonight. They need someone to save them. That someone is you."
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— The Fall of Emberbrook —
His father. His sister. His brother.
He did what his father asked.
Then walked back in and cleared what remained.
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"Kill Skeleton Monsters. Find the Guardians. Drive the plague from Aethelgard. Be careful, son."
— Now —
He stood at the edge of what had been his village.
Then he turned and walked forward.
Into a world that needed saving.
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— World of Aethelgard —
A realm divided into three great planes.
The Celestial. The Surface. The Underworld.
✦ ✦ ✦
— The First Skeleton Master —
A Watcher cast from the heavens for a single act of arrogance.
He fell. And found only bone.
A Cursed Element Power that had never existed before.
✦ ✦ ✦
— Fifteen Years of Plague —
Every death fed the army.
Every fallen defender rose again on the wrong side.
The balance tilted slowly, then catastrophically.
✦ ✦ ✦
— Kaelen —
Seventeen years old. A small village.
Fifteen years untouched by the plague.
Until the night it wasn't.
✦ ✦ ✦
"I'd rather change with you. I'd rather be a Skeleton than be left alone in this world."
"You don't get to die, Kaelen. Not tonight. They need someone to save them. That someone is you."
✦ ✦ ✦
— The Fall of Emberbrook —
His father. His sister. His brother.
He did what his father asked.
Then walked back in and cleared what remained.
✦ ✦ ✦
"Kill Skeleton Monsters. Find the Guardians. Drive the plague from Aethelgard. Be careful, son."
— Now —
He stood at the edge of what had been his village.
Then he turned and walked forward.
Into a world that needed saving.
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