The unknown

Previously

…I was no longer just a curious apprentice. I was a hunted man, carrying a burden I didn't understand, pursued by an enemy I had only just learned existed. The whispers of the forgotten had become a roar, and the shadows of the arcane were closing in. I didn't know where Elara was, or if she was even safe. All I knew was that I had to keep moving, had to find a way to understand this power before it consumed me, or before Silas Vane could twist it into something truly terrible. The path ahead was shrouded in uncertainty, and the chilling realization settled upon me: my past, and the world's future, were inextricably bound to the echoes of the First Spell.