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JoinmydiscordformoreHearthsoulChroniclesinfo:Discord.Aworldofceaselessrain,wheresteamrisesfromthelandinaslowexhalation,asiftheplanetitselfbreathesintorment.Thedarkheavensweep,thegroundsmolders,andamiditall,aboysellshimselftochains.MerrinAshmanwalksintoslavery—notforsurvival,norprofit,butoutoffear.Outofshame.Hishandsarestainedwithhisbrother’sblood,andtheweightofthatsincrusheshim.Hedoesnotweep.Hedoesnotrage.Heistoomuchofacowardtotakehisownlife,yettoohollowtolivewithoutpurpose.Hedoesnotseekredemption.Notyet.Butheyearnsforsomething—sometask,somemeaning,somedistantthingtojustifytheruinhehaswrought.Andfate,evercruel,answers.Bychanceordivinewill,hesnapsatthecruciform.Inthatshattering,somethingawakens.Apower,terribleandvast.Hebecomesacaster,onewhomovesthesymbols.Andwithit,revelation:adestinysoughtthroughtime.El’Shadie.Thetitlelingerslikeaquestion.Asaviororascourge?Aharbingerofruinortheworld’slasthope?Hedoesnotknow.Butthepathisbeforehim.Apaththroughaworldofshadowedfaiths,churches,andwarringclans,ofcasterswieldingforcesbeyondreckoning,ofmonstrousfallenthingsclawingfromskies.Andthistime,theEl’Shadiemustchoosewhathewillbe.