When forbidden shadow fragments resurface as an uncontrollable force, they infiltrate Asterion’s leadership and destabilize its systems—forcing a desperate search for knowledge long erased from history before the world collapses from within.

SYNOPSIS:

Shadow was banned to prevent catastrophe.

But the shards were never destroyed.

When Solan crosses into Asterion carrying Astasis-tainted shadow fragments, he does not revive ancient medicine — he unleashes unrefined power beyond Golden Era control.

The raw shadow spreads quickly:

Through political elites. Through ambitious Houses. Through military divisions seeking advantage.

As Grand Council members begin exhibiting unstable transformations, corrupted sigil systems, and fractured cognition, Asterion’s regulatory order collapses.

The Veil — once a stabilizing force — begins to decay.

Nova uncovers archived Golden Era alchemy proving shadow was once safely refined.

But no one alive seems to remember how to purify it.

Dawn of Shadows becomes the story not of rebellion…

…but infiltration.