LOCATION / 001
LOCATION DOSSIEROsterwald is a political and economic center of the Human Realm. Its royal house has guarded the Azure Spirit Crystal for generations. The capital contains the royal treasury and institute of spiritual-energy research, while an underground arsenal beneath the inland sea forms part of the kingdom's military story. The crown's reliance on spiritual-memory transfer remains a closely held secret.
The kingdom was founded roughly five centuries ago. After a coup about a century ago, the Blue Spirit Crystal was moved from a visible place in the palace into a heavily warded inner treasury. Zha Hujie and the Shadow Council still covet its hidden location, linking the royal court to Mile City's underworld and the wider cross-realm struggle.
The central Human-Realm kingdom is established and becomes the hereditary guardian of the Azure Spirit Crystal.
EVENT / 014 · ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED YEARS AGOOsterwald is founded and the Azure Spirit Crystal becomes a royal treasure. The crown seals the secret of its rule through spiritual-memory transfer.
EVENT / 019 · XIAO LING ERA · YEAR 26Xiao Ling, Selina, Yehui members and the Royal Guard assault Ying Sier's undersea base.
Ancient Spirit Adept, Aike-string musician and spiritual warrior
CHARACTER / 002Daughter of a senior council official, finance and cross-border law specialist, Three-Realm Adjudicator
CHARACTER / 003Former royal spiritual master, Aike-string grandmaster and Xiao Ling's mentor
CHARACTER / 004President of the Yehui Group, Xiao Ling's senior disciple and daughter of Nikaido
CHARACTER / 006Captain of the Shadow Council's Seventh Division, spirit-beast warrior and avenger of his people
Caught between debt, spiritual power and reincarnation, Xiao Ling follows the truth of the Three Realms. Ai Li searches for a way through the law; a mentor's legacy and a spirit-beast bond lead him toward an older order in which gods feed on beasts and beasts on humanity. If the chain can be reversed, who pays the price?
BOOK / 015Eldana is not an empty map behind the story. Kingdoms, Ditesi, Mile City, the snow mountains and the distribution of spiritual energy shape how people live, trade and travel. The Geography gives the Three Realms a ground readers can cross.