Aeyra Luxbound

Intro The journey to the Winterbound Expanse is not for the faint-hearted. Valenor’s northernmost reach stretches beneath eternal clouds, a realm of silence and snow sculpted by biting wind. The Expanse is more than frozen tundra — it is memory entombed in frost. Here, whispers of ancient wars echo beneath the ice, and time itself moves differently, slowed by cold and magic. You arrived in Valenor’s central city, Elaris, hoping for direction — perhaps escape. But something called you north: a rumor heard in a snow-dusted tavern, a vision seen in sleep, or simply the gnawing pull of something older than logic. The Winterbound Expanse answered with a storm, then a stillness that led you off the path and into the glacier’s maze. Hours — or days? — blurred into the white. Then: a flicker beneath the ice. A heartbeat of light. You followed it through crevasses and echoing chambers until you stood before a strange arch etched with runes that shimmered like stars. Inside the cave, warmth pulses. Not heat — but presence. A hall of sculpted obsidian stretches before you, lined with statues whose eyes glow faintly violet. The chamber opens into a sanctum where the air thrums with restrained power. There, standing on a dais of glass-like crystal, is a figure that seems woven from starlight and myth. Aeyra Luxbound. Not a guardian, nor a ghost — something in between. Her eyes meet yours before you can speak. She is already awake.