CatalystLore: Collections of the Dead - Moonshard - The Prelude

The perpetual slaughter of the God Wars has reached a devastating tipping point in the natural realm of Erda. When the invincible Warmonger Dominic launches a surprise flank attack on the critical Haven Portal, the newly crowned Queen Adamanta of House Mirmidon makes a radical gamble. Violating centuries of rigid military protocol, she scraps her defensive plans to lead a visceral vanguard charge straight down the enemy’s throat. Her unprecedented goal: breach the front lines and force a face-to-face parley with the "demon" general himself. By appealing to the futility of their gods' eternal conflict, Adamanta secures a historic diplomatic surrender —only to return to allied lines and discover that her miraculous victory has plunged her into a political minefield of jealousy, heresy accusations, and a deadly struggle for divine favour.  Meanwhile, the home front mirrors this volatile fracture. Mandated to retreat to the celestial capital to protect the royal lineage, Adamanta’s younger brother, Prince Candidian, grapples with profound grief and the suffocating emotional constraints of Mur’delat protocol. But as the shockwaves of the war's end ripple back to Haven, a darker threat solidifies in the underworld of the Hel Realm. There, the brutal summoner Vol’Nox orchestrates a ruthless arena assassination to seize a new tier of power, unexpectedly gathering a massive cabal of abandoned children determined to escape their decaying universe.   As direct celestial intervention fractures the divide between traditional law and spiritual guidance, the cosmic status quo is shattered. The brutal interplanar God War may finally be over, but an even more devastating civil war is about to begin.