Dexivdwyne Bloodstone had always been a man of intuition, and when news reached him that his cousin Dawrien Azurean had been missing for weeks, he knew something was terribly wrong.
The Bloodstone family had long cautioned Dawrien against traveling so far from their home planet of Sirius, but Dawrien, stubborn and reckless, had insisted on enrolling at Celestara's Academy as a civilian.
By taking his mother's surname, he had managed to escape the weight of the Bloodstone name, blending in among the commoners.
But now, he was gone.
Dexivdwyne wasted no time. He departed from Sirius immediately, traveling across the starways to reach Celestara.
The academy, once a beacon of wisdom and elite knowledge, now felt like a place filled with shadows and unanswered questions.
As he stepped onto its grounds, a strange chill ran down his spine.
The academy had seen better days, but the true decay was not in its physical form, it was in the secrets buried deep within its walls.
