Ashes of the Forgotten

Previously

…A gust of wind swept through the trees, carrying with it a mournful sigh that seemed to wrap around them. Kael looked out into the encroaching darkness, the weight of his destiny – or lack thereof – settling upon him. He was not just a boy running from his past; he was a catalyst for a war that had been brewing for millennia. The Hollow King’s influence was a tangible, suffocating presence, and Kael knew, with a chilling certainty, that they were running out of time. The fate of Aranor, and perhaps the world, rested on his unmarked shoulders, and the path ahead was shrouded in a darkness far deeper than any he had ever known.