Introduction: Hundreds of years after the Collapse of Old-World Humanity, Earth is a glorious mess of medieval magic, salvaged tech, and half-remembered history. Civilization didn鈥檛 collapse gracefully: it imploded, violently, when people rediscovered magic and immediately started using it like nuclear warheads. Who could have guessed?Now, the world stumbles through cycles of rebirth and destruction, ruled by warlords, mercenaries, and whatever passes for kings these days. Science, religion, and fantasy have been tangled beyond recognition, and no one really knows if they're worshipping a god or just reading old WiFi manuals.Enter Ciel Astara, a reckless, gun-slinging mercenary with a penchant for bad decisions, good whiskey, and pissing off the wrong people. When her crew botches a high-stakes heist for the biggest underworld boss in Lost Angeles, they find themselves in a debt worth more than their lives.Their only way out?Descend into the Sunken Quarter, a lost ruin buried beneath the city, where reality bends, history warps, and things that should be dead tend to stay awake. Somewhere down there lies the Frozen One, an ancient being of legendary power, terrifying knowledge, and, knowing their luck, probably homicidal tendencies.Survive the mission, and they clear their debt. Die, and at least they won鈥檛 have to pay Grimm back.Armed with two revolvers, a questionable moral compass, and a crew of equally chaotic outlaws, Ciel is ready for anything....Except maybe the end of the world. Again....Or the reawakening of a long-forgotten system. Again.[Posts Wed-Sun]...