In the golden kingdom of Magala, peace was the only law-until the rain came.For nine days, a relentless storm has battered the Palace of Echoes. On the tenth night, a mysterious woman named Raathi walks out of the downpour and into the royal court. Clad in a gown of stitched crow feathers and smelling of ozone, she brings no army, only a terrifying prophecy: The Silencing is coming.To save his people from a plague that devours minds, King makes a shocking choice that shatters the kingdom's peace forever.The Lion falls. The Cub wakes.Prince Atharva returns from the frozen North to find his father dead and his city paralyzed by suspicion. Grief-stricken and hungry for answers, he descends into the Black Cells to confront the only witness: the woman in the feathers.She claims she is the only thing standing between Magala and extinction. She offers Atharva a target-a hidden threat lurking behind the roar of the Ancient Falls. But to strike it, the young King must do the unthinkable: strip his city of its defenses and march his army into a southern wasteland that appears on no map.Is Raathi a savior guiding them to salvation?The army marches. The silence waits.