The name echoed through the cosmic substrate like a crack in reality.
Kael'thar.
Lord's gold eyes were fixed on the distant void, his small form trembling. Uru gripped his shoulder, her green-gold aura flaring as she tried to stabilize him.
"Lord, talk to me. What did you see?"
"The creator." His voice was barely a whisper. "The one who built the tier system. They're not dead. They were never dead. They've been waiting."
"Waiting for what?"
"For someone to break their cage."
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The war council convened within the hour.
Keris Vorn arrived through the dimensional gate, her face pale. Gorvax stood at the map table, his ancient fingers tracing patterns that hadn't been used in millennia. The five juvenile dragons lined the walls, their scales reflecting the urgency in the air.
"The creator of the tier system is a being called Kael'thar," Gorvax said. "They were the original Architect. The one who designed the cage that the Noble Races built upon."
