Academy of Celestial Arcana
Chapter 2: A Gathering of Storms
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Dawn broke over the fractured battlements like molten copper spilled across gray granite.
Every envoy from the frontier provinces had gathered in the grand hall. Whispers of betrayal coiled like serpents along the gilded columns. High on the dais, the regent sat motionless, fingers clenched tight around his ivory seal.
"Let the records be opened," the herald declared, his voice echoing under the vaulted ceilings.
The massive brass gates groaned upon their hinges. From the shadow stepped the one figure no lord expected to see alive—eyes unyielding, head held proud, carrying the seal of the forgotten dynasty.
"I believe this belongs to the true sovereign," he said, setting the signet ring upon the polished marble altar. A collective gasp swept across the assembly.
Every envoy from the frontier provinces had gathered in the grand hall. Whispers of betrayal coiled like serpents along the gilded columns. High on the dais, the regent sat motionless, fingers clenched tight around his ivory seal.
"Let the records be opened," the herald declared, his voice echoing under the vaulted ceilings.
The massive brass gates groaned upon their hinges. From the shadow stepped the one figure no lord expected to see alive—eyes unyielding, head held proud, carrying the seal of the forgotten dynasty.
"I believe this belongs to the true sovereign," he said, setting the signet ring upon the polished marble altar. A collective gasp swept across the assembly.
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