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Prologue – The Last Flight of Solvarion
The sky was broken.
Not just darkened, but split open—dozens of Rifts clawing through reality itself. Each tear bled rivers of black mana into the clouds, turning the heavens into a storm of shadow and light. The air carried the copper tang of blood and the ozone sting of raw magic.
On the scorched battlefield, Solvarion stood tall, his armor cracked and scorched, the ancient crest of the Blue Falcon barely visible beneath the blackened steel. All around him, the war screamed—steel clashing, spells detonating, Netherkin roaring their hate.
At his side, Kaelis—best friend, brother in all but blood—leaned on a glaive slick with gore, his breath ragged. And Liora, the woman Solvarion loved, staggered on his other side, her once-white battle robe now soaked in crimson.
From the largest Rift strode the Titan of the Nether, horned helm scraping the clouds, eyes glowing with abyssal fire. Its voice was a thought pressed into every skull on the field:
“This world dies tonight.”
Kaelis coughed blood. “He’s headed for the capital. Seal that Rift, Sol. I’ll keep them off you.”
“You’ll die,” Solvarion warned.
Kaelis grinned, teeth red. “We’re all dying. Let’s make it mean something.”
Liora’s grip on Solvarion’s gauntlet tightened. “You can do this. I know you can.”
Solvarion’s chest ached—not from wounds, but from the knowledge of what the seal would cost.
He stepped forward, closing his eyes for just a heartbeat… then opened them, and the world changed.
A shockwave of blue mana erupted from him, the air screaming as it rushed outward. Wings of the Blue Falcon burst from his back—not the cultivated imitation of the modern era, but the true form: each feather a blade of light sharper than steel, trailing streams of searing aura. The ground buckled under the force.
The aura didn’t just radiate—it moved, coiling and striking like a living predator. Where it touched, allies were shielded in shimmering light, enemy weapons shattered, and Netherkin flesh burned to ash. The wings beat once, and Solvarion shot skyward faster than arrows could follow.
The Titan swung a colossal sword of bone. Solvarion’s wings swept forward, overlapping in a solid wall of light—the blow struck, and the aura absorbed the impact like a mountain deflecting wind. With a second beat, the wings snapped open, unleashing a wave of cutting light that cleaved through dozens of Netherkin in a single stroke.
He dove, the aura wrapping his blade until it glowed like a star. Each strike split both flesh and shadow, severing the Titan’s armor in smoking chunks.
Below, Kaelis fought like a man possessed, holding the swarm at bay with brutal sweeps of his glaive. Liora fought at his side, broken sword dancing, her spells amplified by the light pouring off Solvarion above.
But the Rift pulsed, hungering, growing wider.
Solvarion’s voice rang across the field, carried on the wind of his wings. “For the Blue Falcons! For every world they’ve taken!”
He poured everything into the seal—every heartbeat, every drop of mana. The wings folded around him, forming a radiant cocoon. The aura surged outward, wrapping the Rift in a lattice of falcon-shaped light.
The Titan roared and charged. Solvarion’s wings snapped open, spearing through its chest in a dozen lines of burning blue.
The Rift screamed. The seal locked.
In the same instant, Solvarion’s body disintegrated into the light, merging with the wings, with the seal, with the very air.
The battlefield fell silent except for the ragged breaths of the living. The Titan was gone. The Rift was gone.
Kaelis staggered toward where his friend had stood, collapsing to one knee. Liora sank to the ground, tears streaming down her soot-streaked face. The last fragments of Solvarion’s aura drifted down like feathers made of light, dissolving before they touched the earth.
The sky was clear for the first time in a thousand years.
And in that silence—centuries later—Jace Everheart opened his eyes to fire and ruin.
The sky was broken.
Not just darkened, but split open—dozens of Rifts clawing through reality itself. Each tear bled rivers of black mana into the clouds, turning the heavens into a storm of shadow and light. The air carried the copper tang of blood and the ozone sting of raw magic.
On the scorched battlefield, Solvarion stood tall, his armor cracked and scorched, the ancient crest of the Blue Falcon barely visible beneath the blackened steel. All around him, the war screamed—steel clashing, spells detonating, Netherkin roaring their hate.
At his side, Kaelis—best friend, brother in all but blood—leaned on a glaive slick with gore, his breath ragged. And Liora, the woman Solvarion loved, staggered on his other side, her once-white battle robe now soaked in crimson.
From the largest Rift strode the Titan of the Nether, horned helm scraping the clouds, eyes glowing with abyssal fire. Its voice was a thought pressed into every skull on the field:
“This world dies tonight.”
Kaelis coughed blood. “He’s headed for the capital. Seal that Rift, Sol. I’ll keep them off you.”
“You’ll die,” Solvarion warned.
Kaelis grinned, teeth red. “We’re all dying. Let’s make it mean something.”
Liora’s grip on Solvarion’s gauntlet tightened. “You can do this. I know you can.”
Solvarion’s chest ached—not from wounds, but from the knowledge of what the seal would cost.
He stepped forward, closing his eyes for just a heartbeat… then opened them, and the world changed.
A shockwave of blue mana erupted from him, the air screaming as it rushed outward. Wings of the Blue Falcon burst from his back—not the cultivated imitation of the modern era, but the true form: each feather a blade of light sharper than steel, trailing streams of searing aura. The ground buckled under the force.
The aura didn’t just radiate—it moved, coiling and striking like a living predator. Where it touched, allies were shielded in shimmering light, enemy weapons shattered, and Netherkin flesh burned to ash. The wings beat once, and Solvarion shot skyward faster than arrows could follow.
The Titan swung a colossal sword of bone. Solvarion’s wings swept forward, overlapping in a solid wall of light—the blow struck, and the aura absorbed the impact like a mountain deflecting wind. With a second beat, the wings snapped open, unleashing a wave of cutting light that cleaved through dozens of Netherkin in a single stroke.
He dove, the aura wrapping his blade until it glowed like a star. Each strike split both flesh and shadow, severing the Titan’s armor in smoking chunks.
Below, Kaelis fought like a man possessed, holding the swarm at bay with brutal sweeps of his glaive. Liora fought at his side, broken sword dancing, her spells amplified by the light pouring off Solvarion above.
But the Rift pulsed, hungering, growing wider.
Solvarion’s voice rang across the field, carried on the wind of his wings. “For the Blue Falcons! For every world they’ve taken!”
He poured everything into the seal—every heartbeat, every drop of mana. The wings folded around him, forming a radiant cocoon. The aura surged outward, wrapping the Rift in a lattice of falcon-shaped light.
The Titan roared and charged. Solvarion’s wings snapped open, spearing through its chest in a dozen lines of burning blue.
The Rift screamed. The seal locked.
In the same instant, Solvarion’s body disintegrated into the light, merging with the wings, with the seal, with the very air.
The battlefield fell silent except for the ragged breaths of the living. The Titan was gone. The Rift was gone.
Kaelis staggered toward where his friend had stood, collapsing to one knee. Liora sank to the ground, tears streaming down her soot-streaked face. The last fragments of Solvarion’s aura drifted down like feathers made of light, dissolving before they touched the earth.
The sky was clear for the first time in a thousand years.
And in that silence—centuries later—Jace Everheart opened his eyes to fire and ruin.
