I was reborn

Previously

…He left the courtyard, the weight of the people’s suffering a heavy cloak upon his shoulders. Valerius’s influence was a serpent, its coils tightening around the city, suffocating the life out of its people. And Kael, armed with newfound resolve and the nascent whispers of his own power, knew he could no longer stand idly by. He had to find a way to fight, to protect, to unravel the serpent’s deadly embrace. The path ahead was fraught with peril, but for the first time since his rebirth, Kael felt a purpose burning within him, a fierce determination to not just survive, but to make a difference. The adventure had truly begun.