LilSisMae
From the Gutters to the Heavens: The Rise of the First Flame.
In the rain-slicked, oppressive city of Aethelgard, Miri is just another street stray-a small, orange-furred cat-girl living day-to-day on stolen bread and her own sharp wits. In a world ruled by the iron fist of the tyrant god Sol-Kael and his brutal Eclipse Order, hope is a myth, and survival is the only law.
But Miri's fate changes the night she plummets into the forgotten Vault of Sunken Stars. There, deep beneath the stone, she encounters the First Flame-the ancient, pure core of divine creation hidden away before Sol-Kael devoured the old gods. It chooses her.
Suddenly bound to a raw, explosive power that could save the world or burn her alive, Miri must flee the city with the help of a disgraced, weathered paladin named Sir Corvus. To master the spark, she must endure brutal training, unlock the mystical Aether-Step, and learn that true strength isn't found in magic, but in the resilience born of suffering.
When Sol-Kael launches a catastrophic divine purge to siphon the realm's life force, Miri can no longer run. Stripped of her magic and forced to rely strictly on her mortal grit, she gathers a ragtag army of fellow outcasts, beastkin, and rebels. To protect the only home she has ever known, the street thief must transform into a demigod, unite the realm, and climb the celestial ladder to extinguish the dark sun forever.
A tale of grit, growth, and the unbreakable will of a stray who refused to starve.