The Radiant Core
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Last published Fri, Jul 4, 2025
In a world divided by elemental dominions, magic flows from the hearts of each kingdom, ancient crystals hidden deep at their cores. Ironroot thrives on metal and stone, Thalmyr pulses beneath the sea, Cindralis burns with flame, and Nocthollow broods in the dark below. Each crystal is sacred. Each kingdom is bound to it.
When six strangers wake up in the depths of a prison each with different reasons as to why they're there and faint idea to why they deserve to be, there escape becomes their only option. But freedom comes with a price.
Each of them carries a secret.
Each of them is tied to something bigger.
And the crystals? They're starting to hum.
Thrown together by fate, hunted by powers beyond reckoning, and haunted by their own pasts, this unlikely crew must decide whether to run from the chaos, or step into it.
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