Lumu of Kalagi: The Ascendant Leader

Previously

…Lumu looked out at the vast expanse of the ocean, its surface shimmering under the setting sun. He felt a frisson of unease, a premonition that Kael’s words held more truth than either of them could possibly imagine. The shadow of Kalagi, he thought, was not just the political machinations of men like Borin. It was something larger, something more elemental, something that threatened to engulf them all. And he, Lumu Sulayiman, untested and perhaps naive, was to stand against it. The weight of that realization settled upon his broad shoulders, a burden he knew he would have to carry, alone if need be. The island, with all its beauty and its hidden dangers, was waiting.