This was one of two birthday presents generously gifted to me by  ClaraBread this year. The attention to detail, composition and execution here is as glorious as ever, but much more than that, having a friend willing to sacrifice so much time and work for me is an irreplaceable gift. I can't begin to thank him enough for all that he's done, but that won't stop me from trying!

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Earth's calendar would have recorded the date as October the seventh. Still egregiously ignorant to Nadeya's native civilizations, however, this specific day in the war meant very little to the Astrenoxian invaders, who marched forward unaware that they had just destroyed the last surviving village of the old Sky Society. As heartless drones and mindless war machines encroach on the ever-shrinking perimeter of Nadeya's last standing defenders, the battle becomes vicious. Fighting for the survival of his people and the future of their world, Valkiro stands his ground and hopes for a miracle, castles falling from a burning sky.