The Ashen Heart

In which Itani learns the true meaning of strength.

"...Her Ikran felt the visceral fear in her rider's chest and shrieked, launching into the sky. They flew like a streak of blue and grey against the ashlands, fleeing for their lives. Thunder rumbled deep in Itani's bones, lightning flashed, illuminating the heavy, gray clouds.

Itani was to afraid to notice the fat drops falling, soaking the barren ash-lands for the first time in generations. This was a deluge of reckoning, a mother reminding her children she had not forgotten them..."

"Text written by Aurelia Na'Vi. Concept imagery generated using Google Gemini."

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