The Borad's tyrannical control over Karfel society and his subversion of institutional power to maintain absolute authority through temporal manipulation

The Inner Sanctum becomes a stage for reckoning as rebel attacks expose fractures in the Borad’s regime. Mykros voices Vena’s growing doubts, arguing that blind trust in the Borad has …

The Borad lures Maylin Renis to his vault under false pretenses of approval, then strips him of all authority in a ritualized degradation. Renis’ protest that he is Maylin triggers …