The Ascelan Vessel
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Missing six years of memory since birth, Zen started his life with a very peculiar and incoherent first memory. But as he answers the callings of his soul, as instructed by his master, he is to soon find out that the circumstances behind his birth were not as simple as he first thought and that his elven friend is not the only one always by his side.
Though a boy of few words, he has a destiny. A destiny that forced his existence.
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