Echoes of the Fallen: Volume I
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They were sent to investigate a forgotten fire.
They may have uncovered the start of a war.
Channelor Isrra Vanan was raised to serve the balance-soul-bound to magic, sworn to the old oaths, and trained to stand against the darkness that once nearly destroyed the world. When strange rumors rise from the elven kingdom of Westwood-whispers of demons, a ruined church, and a survivor no one believes-Isrra is sent with a small, untested team to find the truth.
But what begins as a routine investigation quickly unearths buried secrets, both magical and personal. A priest dead under suspicious circumstances. A fire that avoided only one child. And something beneath the ruin-waiting.
Their group is unsteady at best: a stoic Warder with a soldier's code, a fiery rogue haunted by ash, a barbarian who speaks to beasts, and a captain who may know more than he admits. Bound together by duty, they must navigate a land that does not welcome them and a mystery older than the war they trained to fight.
Because the demons aren't just returning.
They're evolving.
And something once sealed may be stirring again.
(As a warning this is written off of my D&D campaign so if there are elements from books you've read that is why.)
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