Forsburn rivals of aether
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The two decide to head off together in search of the shadows' real source. Though the battle is cut short when Maypul demands to know Forsburn's connection to the purple shadows, which causes Forsburn to be taken aback, as he explains his own encounter with the the purple shadows, as well as the disappearance of his brother. Forsburn encounters Maypul, believing her to be one of the attackers, while Maypul witnesses Forsburn's smoke abilities and believes him to be related with the purple shadows in the forest, leading to the two of them fighting. Forsburn uses his new smoke abilities to defeat the imposter, soon noticing the Smoke Clan is under attack by the Fire Army, causing him to quickly return to assist his friends. Instead of finding Zetterburn, Forsburn finds a shadowy imposter of Zetterburn. Meanwhile, Forsburn, Zetterburn's framed and exiled brother, learns of his sibling's disappearance and returns to the Fire Capital to search for him. After putting out the flames and learning what happened, Orcane tracks Zetterburn's scent, following it to the west.
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After fighting Wrastor and recovering the WTC's goods, Orcane returns home to find Merchant Port set ablaze. Inside he witnessed a strange deal between the Air Armada's commander and a mysterious shadowy figure.
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Zetterburn finds the shadow and defeats it, but filled with doubt, instead of returning home, Zetterburn instead investigates a purple glow and large plume of smoke in the distance.Īround the same time, the real Orcane had been tasked with infiltrating the Air Armada on behalf of the Water Trade Company. Zetterburn is ordered to follow the shadow and retrieve the flame, heading to Orcane's home of Merchant Port, setting everything ablaze as he searches for his target. In the Fire Empire, after a successful ploy to set himself up as the new emperor, Loxodont, is about to be crowned, when a shadowy version of Orcane suddenly appears and steals The Flame Imperium before jumping into a puddle and disappearing. Mayreed leaves Maypul's plant companion, Lily, with Kragg, as he intends to find the source as well to keep the forest and wall safe, as soon as he finishes repairing wall. Kragg defeats the shadow, and soon after, Mayreed arrives, handing him Maypul's letter and explaining to him and the still present onlookers how the shadow couldn't have been Maypul, as she left months ago in search of the shadow's source. Kragg defends himself and fights back, with residents of the forest only seeing Kragg attacking one of their own, swear vengeance on him. Fearing something may have gotten into the forest, he quickly steps off the wall and begins repairing it as fast as he can, only to be interrupted by a shadowy version of Maypul, who attacks him. Meanwhile, Kragg, one of the Wall Runners, comes across a breach in the Rock Wall. Maypul believes the source of this corruption lies beyond the forest and Rock Wall, writing a letter detailing her discoveries on the shadows and handing it to her sister, Mayreed, to give to other forest dwellers to help fight the shadows, before Maypul leaves herself, journeying for months across the continent seeking the source of the shadows. The Abyss first makes its presence known when Maypul senses something underground corrupting the Aetherian Forest, which soon makes itself known as mysterious purple shadows that corrupt and twist anything they touch. The creatures of the Abyss seemingly originate from the Endless Abyss located within the Aethereal Gates located in a vast crater to the west. Little is known for certain about the Abyss, even its actual name, as it's been referred to by many different titles.