Although the Valor compound seemed the same on the surface — apart from the retainers and mundane workers employed by the clan being strangely subdued and on edge — the…
A bit later, Jest finished the call and put his communicator down, then stared at the wall with a dazed expression. Wake of Ruin was not mistaken. Very few people…
Anvil was fine, at least physically. However, his entire personality seemed to have changed — or have regressed, at least. He seemed not quite there, yet. He didn't look dazed…
Eventually, the five Awakened — Broken Sword, Smile of Heaven, Ki Song, Asterion, and Anvil of Valor — had left to challenge the Second Nightmare. Jest would lie if he…
"I don't get it. I just don't... what are you thinking?" Jest was dismayed. The kid, Asterion, had seemed strange from the very beginning. The mere fact that Anvil, who…
Cassie froze for a moment, having finally found what she had been looking for. "The king's Flaw..." And what a cruel Flaw it was. No wonder he seemed cold as…
It was on a rainy day two years later that Jest found young Anvil in the same underground hall, gazing at the same ominous mirror with bleak eyes. Beyond this…
Almost three years had passed since the Awakened Academy welcomed its first batch of the Second Generation Sleepers. The world had settled a little. Humanity was still besieged from all…