Shepherd's Gate
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Last published Thu, Aug 14, 2025
Long ago, the world was whole-one vast land of wonders and dangers. But then came a terrible calamity. The earth shook violently, great fissures ripped through the land, and the world was shattered into seven separate continents. Between them lie vast, bottomless chasms, filled with a dark, swirling miasma.
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Neris is chasing a myth. An ore said to be harder than dragon scales.
Rhea is chasing a memory. Her younger brother, lost to war.
But when they take a job to investigate a creeping sickness in the land, they stumble into something far older and far more dangerous. The miasma corrupts everything it touches. Flesh rots. Magic warps. The air chokes all that dare come close.
Now, the orbs are singing.
The cult is watching.
And somewhere deep in the world, a sealed door begins to stir.
Neris and Rhea never set out to be heroes, but if they can't find what was lost, the land of Varythra will vanish beneath the haze.
The flock is scattered.
The shepherd is gone.
And the gate is waiting.
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