Luma, Keeper of the Last Forest

Thread I: The Dimming Thread

There was a time when the Thread of Eternity gleamed, unbroken,

its light cradling all that existed. It held the worlds together, bound by forces as fragile as they were infinite. Now, the thread was dimming, fraying at its edges - its unraveling a silent catastrophe that none could ignore.

Luma, Guardian of the Earth, stood among the trees of a dying forest. The land had spoken to her for centuries, its rhythms as familiar to her as her own heartbeat. Yet now, the earth whispered of something darker - an ending. The forest, once lush and verdant, now withered in her grasp. The roots beneath her feet trembled, aware of what was coming.

She had always believed in balance. But as the ground quivered beneath her, she realized that the balance was slipping, the scales tipping irrevocably. The Thread that bound the realms, like nature itself, could not endure much longer..