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Before the world broke, it was perfect.
In this Shardbound short story, The Lost Kingdom of Eltar reveals the golden age that existed before catastrophe—when Fire, Water, Earth, and Air were held in flawless balance, and the Mirrored Spire stood as proof that power, when restrained, could build a lasting world.
Eltar ended hunger, erased war, and mastered harmony itself. But perfection demanded vigilance, and subtle failures went unnoticed—until a devastating drought forced the Kingdom to choose between restraint and survival. When Fire Archon Kaelith unleashes forbidden power to save millions, his victory shatters unity, ignites civil war, and sets in motion the unthinkable decision to destroy the Shards themselves.
The salvation is real.
So is the cost.
The Lost Kingdom of Eltar is a standalone short prequel to The Shardbound—an epic fantasy tragedy of hubris, sacrifice, and the moment a perfect world chose action over restraint, and paid the price forever.
Three hundred years ago, the world broke.
The Lost Kingdom of Eltar fell when the elemental Shards—Fire, Water, Earth, and Air—were pushed beyond restraint, shattering the balance that once held the world together. The Shards were sealed away, their truth buried with history.
Now they are waking.
Kael Rho, a miner who never sought power, becomes bound to the Fire Shard and is forced into flight as rival factions hunt him to control—or exploit—what he carries. Along his path, he is joined by Aelri Venn, a Water bearer guided by ancient songs and memory, Duran Gorveth, who carries the weight of Earth and its unyielding consequence, and Aeris Valen, an Air bearer who sees patterns others cannot.
Together, the four are drawn toward Ardent, a hidden mountain city that holds the truth behind the world’s collapse. As war looms and old mistakes threaten to repeat, the Shardbound must decide whether elemental power will divide them again—or whether restraint, unity, and choice can forge a new future.
The Shardbound is an epic fantasy of elemental magic, sacrifice, and the courage to remain human in the face of overwhelming power.
The Guardian is gone—and the Veil is learning.
Without its ancient cage, reality begins to strain as elemental power presses against the world like a rising tide. Fire, Water, Earth, and Air are no longer enemies—but harmony itself has become dangerous. Every moment of balance risks teaching the Veil how to break free.
Bound by their own choice, the Shardbearers are hunted by the Order of Luminary Tael and the Shadow Dominion, factions willing to sacrifice cities, children, and truth itself in the name of salvation. With their power wrapped and restrained, the Shardbound must face an unthinkable truth: the world cannot be saved by force without dooming it later.
At the heart of the conflict stands Mira—a child survivor carrying a battered stuffed bear and the weight of every life lost to unchecked power. Her survival becomes the measure of the Shardbound’s worth, and the fault line along which alliances fracture.
As the Veil surges and ancient seals begin to fall, full power beckons—promising victory, annihilation, and the end of choice itself.
The final question is not whether the Shardbound can reshape the world—
but whether they can endure the cost of not doing so.
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