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A Tale of Shadow and Light, Book 1 : A Grand Obscura

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*BOOK I,  'A TALE OF SHADOW AND LIGHT'* [ONGOING]

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Systara is a planet, engulfed in chaos across all the four continents. The foreign empires of Parso and Korshen launch a conqueror's campaign over the continent of Avestria, with the intent of establishing their religious and political dominion over the continent. However, the real reason for their military campaign is to hunt for an antediluvian power called the 'Receptacles of Genesis'.
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Amidst this chaos, on the continent of Avestria, a child named Mythra Auctisila is born during an inauspicious time called as the 'Grand Obscura'. For his unholy birth, Mythra is deemed as a 'Caligor' which means the 'Child of Hatred'. He is destined to bring destruction down upon the world. Mythra becomes a pariah and he is despised by the society for his sacrilegious birth. However, after the invasion by the Parso on the kingdom of Lothar, his life takes a mysterious turn when he discovers a truth about his soul.
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Aerytha Nelarii, an adolescent girl with a supernatural ability of healing, gets separated from her family due to the invasion of the kingdom of Lothar by the usurpers. She travels far away from her home along with all the other survivors. Along the journey, she accidentally gets lost in a cryptic cave during a thunderstorm. Being trapped in there for many days, she soon begins to explore the enigmatic cave which leads her to the discovery about a hidden past of the world. 
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