With the Victoriad approaching…
An event akin to the World Cup, where the strongest and most gifted warriors clashed before a massive audience.
Now more than ever, the Empire needed such a spectacle.
With the recent upheavals and the looming specter of war, the Victoriad was essential—a chance to make the people forget, even if only for a while.
But this time…
This Victoriad carried a weight unlike any before.
It would change everything.
It would never be forgotten.
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Far from the Starlight Estate, beyond the eastern borders of the Empire…
If one ventured southward, past the Empire's natural boundaries, they would find themselves before a fearsome sea, teeming with creatures as horrifying as those lurking within the Nightmare Lands.
And yet, in the midst of those cursed waters, there lay a single island.
A place revered as Paradise on Earth.
The Holy Island—Sicilia.
The heart of the Church of Purification, home to the worshipers of the Lord of Light.
