In a world drowned in ruin and overrun by the dead, there lived a mechanic. The survivors around him knew his name, because his tech kept them breathing in a place designed to kill them. He didn't work alone. At his side was his apprentice - a kid with sharp hands, sharper instincts, and a knack for pulling miracles out of scrap. Between the two of them, Settlement 16 became legend. No horde could break it. No night was too dark. It was the safest pocket of life left. Until the storm. It wasn't rain. It was a sky-wide hammer that tore walls to splinters and ripped every defense apart. When it passed, it left a wide-open wound for the dead to pour through. By sunrise, Settlement 16 was a graveyard. One person walked back into that silence: the apprentice. He'd been gone, miles out, hunting scrap for the next invention that never got built. Now he carries the only things left - his master's knowledge, his own hands, and a debt. So he walks. Settlement to settlement, good or bad, he'll build what it takes to carve homes out of this dead world. One safe haven at a time.

✨In the world of Emotica, where emotions fuel magical manifestations of power known as expressions, it will take far more than one empath to keep the darkness at bay. As such, Stowe of Light is tasked by The Conclave to travel the lands of Emotica in search of empaths of great potential. ✨11 years after The Great Betrayal, The Five Great Nations are recovering from a war that ravaged the lands, but when Stowe's long time companion, the nearly 12,000 year old Last Fairy of Dancentiem warns him of mysterious energy in The Forbidden Ends, the peace of Emotica is thrown into question. ✨Jason Sunson of Joy, Blossom Heart of Love, and Saiboy Woe of Tears are orphans of war that join Stowe and Belle on their journey. ✨Join Team Stowe as they venture through a world fueled by The Nine Pillars of Emotion and learn to harness their power, protect what they hold dear, and navigate first feelings. ✨Feel What They Feel, Feel What You Feel

Lily explores the forest and its freaky wonders to pass the time with her new friends.

Depressed. Lost. Unseen. Lester never felt like he belonged in the world he was born into. Crushed dreams and numb routines defined his life-until fate granted his wildest, most impossible wish. Now, transported into a world of magic and infinite potential, Lerst awakens with a powerful skill: [Empath], the ability to copy the skills, mana, and even race of those he connects with through their souls. With supreme skills, a perfect body, and a loyal superior demon as his first friend, Lerst finds himself at the center of a kingdom on the brink of war-caught between the sins of the demon council, the looming threat of the angels, and the heavy weight of self-worth. Can someone who never felt happy truly find purpose in another world? Can empathy become the strength that changes everything?