Chapter 1: A Scavenger’s Fate The sun burned high over Dionis V, a barren wasteland of rock and sand where only the desperate survived. Kael Veyne pulled his tattered cloak tighter around his shoulders, shielding himself from the scorching winds. "Another dead ruin," he muttered. The temple ruins before him were like so many others—crumbling stone, half-buried under the shifting sands. Yet, something