Introduction
The Waters of Time
The Year is 2048...
Time is not a river. It does not flow in one direction, nor does it adhere to the rules we so desperately cling to. It is a sea—vast, deep, and endless—where only those with the knowledge to navigate its tides can hope to understand its true nature. But understanding is not mastery, and mastery is not control.
Beyond the veil of the waking world lies Aevonir, the realm of dreams, where the past lingers and the future whispers through the void. It is a place where fate is not written in ink but in shifting sands, where the echoes of forgotten histories take shape as cities of light and shadow. And yet, even Aevonir is but a fragment of a much older secret—a secret buried deep within the universe of Noireland, where two ancient forces wage an unending war over the very fabric of existence.
At the heart of this conflict stands Valorous, the resplendent palace of Queen Veridame Mirevane, a ruler whose wisdom stretches beyond mortal understanding. Her kingdom is unlike any other, a sanctuary of light in a world veiled in mystery. But Valorous is not without opposition. Across the cold, snowbound peaks of Noireland, in the abyss where time and reality fracture, looms Anaktoron—the domain of Lord Yvessia Drachme Beaumont. A warrior born from the bloodlines of Valkirion, he is both a guardian of forgotten knowledge and the architect of a war that has stretched across ages.
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Yet, for all their power, neither The Queen of Worth nor The Lord of Fear are the architects of the final battle. That role falls upon a single life—one unaware of the storm that gathers around him.
In the heart of Velroux, a city humming with the weight of history and the pulse of the unknown, there exists a secret locked within the fabric of existence itself. It is neither prophecy nor predestination but something far more elusive—a pattern woven into the waters of time, visible only to those whose souls are bound to its currents.
Zachariah "Zach" Veyne does not know that he is the key. He does not know that his very existence is an anomaly—a convergence of forces both ancient and new, birthed from a love that once bridged realms but now fuels a war that threatens to consume them all. He was born in Velroux, the realm of the living, where history is written in stone and time obeys its fragile laws. He was born of human parents, yet his blood carries the essence of something far greater. A child of two warring factions, he alone walks between worlds, unshackled by the limitations that bind others.
But freedom comes at a price. Time bends for him, but it does not yield. He can step through its doors, dance along its ripples, and reach into its depths—but only for fleeting moments. He can never move forward, only backwards, only sideways, only into echoes of what once was. And while others seek to control time, he alone is pursued for the crime of existing outside its grasp.
In this city of shifting fates, where allies and enemies wear the same face, Zach is both the hunted and the hunter. Yet, he is not alone. Marianne—the lock to his key—sees what he cannot. She, bound to the whispers of fate, holds glimpses of his future. And together, they must rewrite the ending that has already been set in motion.
The battle for time has begun, and the waters are rising.
Welcome to Inceptisense: The Waters of Time.
