Only Destiny Remembered - As Told by the Fire

They say every empire begins with fire. Before banners. Before crowns. Before gods were named aloud. This is not the story of a chosen hero.It is the story of a boy no one chose. Cassor Varian was born in a city that forged warriors from children and discarded anything that failed to burn bright enough. When his Gift never came, neither did mercy. Cast out, forgotten, and left to die, Cassor did the one thing no one expected of him. He climbed. He climbed a mountain meant to devour men and screamed his defiance into the sky itself. The gods heard him. What followed was not salvation, but something far older than kindness. A shaping. A watching. A fire that does not blaze, but endures. This is a tale told the old way.Of suffering before strength.Of gods who give without mercy for the cost.Of a boy who survives long enough to be remembered. Gather close.The fire is lit.This is how the world began to change.