When smoke rises from the dreaded DoomSpire, Lord Bastian Stalwart—Warden of Ildenmark and Voice of the Clarion—prepares for war. To counter the suspected undead uprising, he dispatches his best: Sir Reginald Humperdinck Chesterfield, a knight hiding more than scars, and the Wizard, a tenured academic of arcane nonsense.
But 100 kilometers above, two very different operatives are already en route. Alyx de Lobos, a burned-out corporate DEI exec turned data mercenary, and Hamoni Ini'Im Ve'Ibrim Ravim Mitpatalim—"Ham," to those who ignore religious nuance—have insider knowledge: the smoke isn’t necromantic. It’s economic. The Shareholder Value 312, a hyper-capitalist starfreighter, has crash-landed square into the Lich's backyard.
With Elder Ephraim Young, a missionary as sincere as he is suspicious, the party must navigate undead wyverns, sentient caves, and laser-wielding barbarians in a collision of magic and market forces. As secrets unravel, one question remains:
What’s more powerful—a magic sword, a plasma rifle, or the truth?
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