History forgot the beginning. But the silence remembered.
In the early 2100s, the world burned—not with fire, but with whispers.
A thousand small collapses—climate failure, data wars, biotech gone rogue—shattered nations into dust. Borders vanished. Governments fell in days.
From the ashes, one city stood.
Eredan.
Built not by politicians, but by engineers. Scientists. Billionaire survivors who believed they could code a better world. They raised the Magistrate High Council—logic-driven, data-pure, emotion-free.
People were starving for order. So they obeyed.
They gave up their votes, their freedoms, their privacy.
In return, they got peace.
Then came Project Ascendant—the fusion of flesh and machine. Cybernetic augmentation. Neural implants. Emotional filters. The Magistrate's elite soldiers became more than human.
That was the start of the High Guard.
Eredan flourished—on the surface.
But beneath the chrome towers and glowing skies, something rotted.
Freedom was outlawed.
Rebellion erased.
Silence became law.
Until he broke it.
Kael Vireon.
To some, a hero—the spark of hope against a cold, unyielding system.
To others, a villain—the traitor who betrayed the peace they'd sacrificed everything to build.
He is both.
Because in this city of shadows and neon, the line between hero and villain is written by the hand that holds the power.
Kael Vireon.
High Guard once.
Rebel forever.
The man they now call villain… or savior.