Introduction: A world where magic is free to use, without draining one's magical power or energy, seems like a dream. Such is the reality of Aetheros, a world where magic accumulates as an unseen debt. However, the Eclipse of Remembrance resets the balance鈥攖ipping the scales back to equilibrium by wiping away excessive magical debt, at a terrible cost. Those who surpass their limits are erased, their bodies twisted into something no longer human.Elias Vael, a young mage with a promising future, watches in horror as his childhood friend Lior succumbs to the reset, their body unraveling into something monstrous. Miraculously, Elias survives鈥攂ut not without consequence.Seeking answers, Elias falls into the shadows of warring factions, thrust into a growing war between science and magic. Amid brewing tensions, hidden truths begin to surface鈥攖he origins of the Eclipse, the reason the world resets, and the terrifying reality of what lies beyond the final depths of Pelagia Rift and Mt. Cloudpiercer. With the weight of the past clawing at him, and an uncertain future teetering on the brink of destruction, Elias stands at a crossroad. Will he defy fate? Or will he become its next casualty?...