City of Light (The Traveler's Gate Trilogy Book 3)

Kai

years?” To keep her reaction blank, Leah

It was such a classic move that Indirial almost wanted to let him land it, but that would remove the spirit of the game, so right when he sensed he was about to be

Very

The Unnamed World. It was the oldest title of the outside world, what some called the 'real world': the place beyond the Territories. The ancient scholars had feared that to name

His boots were dark and practical, his pants black, his shirt crisp white and missing the sleeves. The chains that spiraled up his tanned arms glistened in the sun, reflecting light like a steel mirror. An otherworldly cloak, woven from what looked like solid shadows, rose from the ground behind him. It flowed like a cape, untouched by the breeze,

The Eldest was waiting for him in the forge, so he tossed the Ragnarus heart at the Nye. “Cast this into the void. Let it drift away from existence for all time.” He bowed, his sleeves folded together. “It shall be done.”

Leah's tutors had been of the opinion that these original scholars had simply been afraid to name their world, because that would make it seem more like a Territory. The idea that they were all living in the largest Territory instead of a whole, unique world was too terrifying for them to consider.

“This Territory...it began as dozens of empty shards, splinters of a world that came before. Perhaps all Territories begin this way. In our case, Valin was the man who bound our splinters together into one new Territory. He was, and is, our Founder.”