https://tapas.io/series/Echoes-before-the-reset-/info
In 2100, humanity reached Type I status and built the Solis Halo with four allied racesâthe angelic Seraphim, graceful Elkins elves, ingenious Darv dwarves, and mystical Therion beastkin.
Then the Aetherbornâancient watchers who once shaped humanity as weaponsâdeemed the experiment a failure. The Halo shattered. The Reset turned Earth into a wasteland where tech decayed and magic bled through the seams.
Centuries later, blacksmith Gregor and purifier Lyra find a child in the ruinsâa boy with one red eye, one violet, and a power that shouldnât exist. They name him Victor and build a life worth protecting.
When slavers come, they lose everything but each other. From ash and grief, a family tempers itself like steel. Yet Victorâs awakening draws eyes older and darker than any raider. In a world where children are commodities and power paints targets, love becomes rebellionâand the spark that could mend a broken worldâŚor burn it down.
Themes: found family, magical awakening, forgecraft & hard-science myth, post-cataclysm survival.
Updates: Fridays (bonus drops when buffer allows).
