Chapter 156: Volume 2: House of Fire and Wings
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What is happening on the other side of the world?
In the Castle Stone- now named Saint Witch Island remembrance of Nimoieth.
On this island, Azrael could only inspect the city of witches and their temples. But there was one place that would never permit his entry, and he avoided it without question. Castle Stone. A place embraced with the high sorcerer’s barrier to distinguish every holy existence. Even the death Saint.
This is an ancient fortress swallowed by ceaseless storms, it stood in a land where the sun was a rare stranger. This island lay on the western edge of the Ice Land, far beyond where any sane seafarer would dare to sail, not even the arrogant fools who chased mermaid myths and drunken legends.
The castle itself crouched like a beast atop the mountain’s jagged peak, dark and weathered as if carved from shadow. Three stone bridges, narrow and treacherous, connected it to the cliffs from three opposing directions.
And why had this place been forsaken? Because of the storms? The wrathful, ravenous waves?
No.
Once, this place had been the stronghold of a legendary sea monster tamer, the first human king to pledge allegiance to Nimoieth. But after his death, his heirs waged bloody battles for power, slaughtering one another in their greed. In their madness, they lost control of their beasts, and with them, the kingdom crumbled.