The sea heaved like a dying beast, waves thrashing against the crumbling limestone walls of Athyria, a city older than empires. Salt spray s...

The sea heaved like a dying beast, waves thrashing against the crumbling limestone walls of Athyria, a city older than empires. Salt spray stung the air, and the sky bruised purple with storm-light. Then—**silence**. The bay fell unnaturally still, a polished obsidian mirror reflecting the skeletal towers ...