MushyNShrooms
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Oleandra has spent her entire life in the marshes of Terrene Basin.
As a Beast Hunter working for the Bestiary Consortium, her days are filled with field journals, creature sightings, and research assignments. While others dream of glory, Oleandra dreams of discovery. She wants her name attached to discoveries that will outlive her. New species. New behaviours. New truths hidden within the wild places of the world.
When riders from the capital arrive seeking hunters experienced with aquatic creatures, Oleandra sees an opportunity she cannot ignore. Reports from the distant land of Brackenfjord speak of unusually aggressive kelpies, and experienced hunters are needed to help capture them for study.
Eager to prove herself, Oleandra volunteers.
After all, how dangerous can a few wild horses really be?
Brackenfjord quickly proves her wrong.
Its forests are darker, its creatures deadlier, and whispers of war follow travellers from beyond the horizon. Alongside a hunter named Corvin, whose views on creatures clash with her own at every turn, Oleandra finds herself drawn into a mystery far larger than a simple kelpie investigation.
The creatures aren't becoming aggressive.
They're fleeing.
When Oleandra's role in the Brackenfjord expedition earns her an invitation to the prestigious Games and Trials, she believes her future has finally arrived. The greatest Beast Hunters from across Arellia will compete for recognition, status, and the ultimate prize:
A dragon.
To Oleandra, a dragon means freedom. The chance to explore lands no one has ever reached, discover beasts no one has ever documented, and leave her name written in the pages of history forever.
But as the Games draw closer, the rumours of war that once seemed distant begin to feel inevitable.
Creatures are behaving strangely.
Powerful people are hiding secrets.
And the deeper Oleandra digs, the more she begins to suspect that neither the Games nor the world around her are quite what they appear to be.