Beyond the Veiled Stars

Previously

…As we turned to leave the clearing, the wooden bird in my hand pulsed with a faint, warm light, and the faintest of whispers seemed to brush against my consciousness, a promise of trials yet to come, and a hint of the power that lay buried within me, waiting to be unearthed. The wild, unknown world stretched before us, a daunting expanse, but for the first time since fleeing Eldoria, I didn’t feel entirely alone.