Far away from the chaos unfolding above ..the kind that could strike the universe at any moment ..
the planet Earth, home of humankind, rested quietly at one corner of the vast cosmos.
At least for now, it was relatively safe from the devastating consequences of the First High One's return.
Still, peace was an illusion. The situation across the stars was far from stable.
The war had reached its final stage, and everyone knew that the next battle would decide everything.
The Ultras had gathered every remaining force, retreating from all advanced fronts and abandoning territories they had once bled to defend.
That withdrawal allowed the Empire to advance deeper into their lands than ever before ..
until they stood only a few dozen miles away from Kaeld, the capital of the Ultras and the heart of their civilization.
The fall of Caelid would mark the official end of the Ultras.
Even if some of their resistance survived elsewhere,
