Chronicles of the Aetherium Age

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…He would have to evade Rostova, to face the disapproval of Silas Croft, to explain a discovery that would undoubtedly be met with skepticism and greed. But he would return not with riches or a revolutionary new energy source to exploit, but with a story. A story of a city that lived in harmony, a story of Aetherium as a partner, not a prisoner. He would return with a compass that pointed not towards personal glory, but towards a more profound understanding of what true progress truly meant. The Iron Serpent, his magnificent creation, would carry him home, not as a conqueror, but as a messenger, bearing the quiet wisdom of Xylos.