The mortal Capital of Aethelgard had spent the last five years aggressively pretending that the end of the world had never happened.
Following the terrifying, apocalyptic descent of the cosmic Architect fleet and the sudden, unexplainable stabilization of the atmosphere, the human nobles had scrambled to establish a cohesive narrative. Isolde Vespera's ambitious warmongering had completely evaporated the moment Silas had walked into her heavily fortified war room and effortlessly stripped her of the Garnett Trust. Without her stolen fortune, Isolde's political influence had crumbled into dust within months.
In the resulting power vacuum, a new, highly pragmatic leader had emerged.
