Duskborne

They call our world blessed. I call it cursed. Five hundred years ago, the skies tore open in light, and humanity changed forever. Fire, storm, stone, water—the Awakened wield powers that reshape nations, while the rest of us, the powerless, live in their shadow. I thought I was one of them—the forgotten, the invisible, the Norm who never mattered. But the shadows never forgot me. They whispered when no one else could hear. They moved when no light touched them. They grew restless inside me, waiting for the day I’d realize the truth: I was never powerless. I was something else entirely. Now the world trembles, because what stirs inside me isn’t just another gift of the Awakened. It’s older. Darker. A power not meant for human hands. And me? I’m not a hero. I’m not even sure I’m the good guy. But I know this much—when the shadows rise, the world will either fall into darkness… or be remade in it. My name is Kurohiko Sato, and this is the story of how a nobody became the catalyst for a new dawn. Or maybe… the final dusk.