Hycadia

Lucas enters his academy’s tournament expecting nothing more than competition and pride. Instead, he meets rivals who speak in warnings, teammates who will shape his fate, and shadows of a past no one dares to name. When Lucas and four companions are quietly declared dead and sent beyond the kingdom’s borders, their journey becomes a descent into the forgotten corners of the world. Ruined cities, silent villages, skyborne nations, and drowned realms all bear the same marks — traces of ancient beings who no longer walk upon this world… or so the stories claim. As Lucas follows the fading trail of the elves, he uncovers remnants of a history that was never taught, a war that was never recorded, and a truth the Council has buried for generations. Something is stirring beneath the continents, something that has waited through centuries of silence, and its shadow reaches farther than any kingdom realizes. The deeper Lucas travels, the more the world begins to unravel — allies falter, loyalties fracture, and the line between myth and memory blurs. Every answer leads to another question, every victory reveals another lie, and every step draws him closer to a force that has been watching him since the day he first touched magic. Those who have faded have not faded. They are only waiting. And Lucas is walking straight into their design.