Marie'n

Previously

…He turned, gesturing towards a barely visible fissure in the cavern wall. "Come. Your destiny awaits, whether you are ready for it or not." I took a deep breath, the scent of ancient stone filling my lungs. The fear was still present, a constant companion, but it was no longer paralyzing. It was a challenge. I placed my hand, the one bearing the strange, glowing mark, on the rough stone of the fissure, and stepped into the unknown, the hermit’s silhouette a dark, enigmatic guide before me. The Thirteenth Realm. It was a name, a history, a fate, and somehow, it was mine.