Cityofash Stories

SYNOPSIS The Five Kings of Aethelgard gifted control over primordial Essences at birth once ruled in unstable harmony. But when Corvus poisons their father and frames Kaelen for regicide, Kaelen is hurled into the volcanic hell of Mount Doomscar. There, he merges with Pyras, the chaotic Essence of Fire and Entropy, emerging as a living cataclysm. As Kaelen carves a path of vengeance, he discovers: - Corvus serves The Hollow Court (reality-devouring entities). - Kiran has seized the northern realms, believing only his storm can "purify" the chaos. - Darian and Silas are torn ally with Kaelen or obey Kiran's brutal order? - Their lost mother's spirit is trapped in the Hollow, crying for salvation. Kaelen must unite his shattered brothers against Corvus and the Hollow-or watch the world burn twice over.

A teen named skylark (sky) Breny is a shadow hunter, she is friends with the lightwoods, and surprisingly her and Alec are close. She has no clue how powerful she really is, but she's under the impression that there is something the lightwoods aren't telling her...

The city breathes smoke, and Aren breathes it in. Released from the white halls of the hospital, he steps into the choking haze of Ember vein - a place both familiar and foreign. Shadows cling to alleys, and buried sigils. Every breath tastes like the past. But Aren doesn't have time to recover. Someone is watching him, and the city might know why. As he limps through rusted streets and flickering neon, he begins to peace together the fire he woke into - and the war quietly smouldering beneath it.