The darkness spoke to them before they ever met. Five strangers. One vision. Kaelen, a haunted wizard. Duran, an exiled warrior. Elyra, an assassin who couldn't take the shot. Brin, a thief with secrets he won't share. Xalara, a storm-born Amazon with a fractured past. Bound by a shared vision of encroaching shadow, they are drawn together by fate-and forced into a pact none of them fully trust. But ancient forces stir beneath the surface of the world. A sigil long thought dead burns once more. In the forgotten corners of kingdoms, forbidden magic wakes, and the whispers of the Prime Evil slither through dreams. As monsters creep from the Blighted Woods and gods echo in broken ruins, the five must survive betrayal, bloodshed, and the burden of prophecy. Because the first seal is cracking. And once it's broken, there's no turning back.