
The Silence of the Automaton
The Machine That Broke Purity Two days earlier, Ysara had been in the upper echelons…

The Ghost Circuit
A Scream in Neon A scream—the sound of warped metal and splintering glass—ripped through the…

The Iron Hearts of New Carthage
From the Fire The city was engulfed in smoke now, digital boards overhead flickering with…

The Harbinger of Fire
Inferno Rising The creature emerged first as a shadow, rippling in the infernal glow of…

The Shatterproof Legacy
The Catalyst On what seemed like an ordinary afternoon, Arik stood beneath Aureon’s gargantuan Biosphere…

The Wanderer of White Sands
The Journey South For weeks—no, moons—he had traveled with his kin. They were a nomadic…

The Moondust Nomad
The desert sang at night. Long after the twin suns of Jasara set, their heat…

The Shadow Beneath the Oasis
The wind screamed through the jagged canyons of basalt, tossing grains of crimson sand high…

The Sapphire Signal
The year was 2265. Humanity’s golden-edge towers scraped skies of orbital blue while the earth…

The Fire Beneath the Waves
The Chaos at Scarborough Reef Minutes earlier, the battle had erupted near the Chaldean Reefs—a…

The Obsidian Harmonium
The Heist That Started It All Weeks earlier—though it felt like lifetimes—Kain had reluctantly agreed…

The Clockwork Mirage
The Genius of Glass and Sand Years earlier, Raffia had been part of the expedition…

The Celestial Pilgrim
The blackness of the void was absolute, broken only by the chaotic bursts of light…

The Starlight Emissary
A World on the Edge Kyrrith’s sands might have been beautiful, but its people were…