The Ember Queen

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er. The old nobles had vanished, replaced by councils of scholars, mages, and farmers. Roads connected mou

is a fra

wood gates of Eldara's palace. It was obsidian black, hum

r comes for

e Veilborn, assassins and illusionists who had once served the old empires. Long ago, she'

rned in h

spered to her advisors, "an

d her phoenix circlet, donned her traveling leathers, and

lithered into ears and twisted minds. There, Serenya faced not swords, but doubt made flesh: ill

did no

hanged them both. Lysse, now the Whisper Queen, offered a choice: "Join

he eyes of the assass

she said. "I am here to light the

d in one stroke, its lig

unleashing a scream of flame that banished the Vei

She knew peace would never be a permanent crown

ssed her flame to a new queen, she was remembered not