The Talons of Scarlet had no idea that Selina was actually the one behind all the despair and death, while Korrin was allowing her to believe she had succeeded. Time-traveling Korrin from Ebony had shared with the Fist of Korrin of the truth that he had actually had two children, and neither were Selina’s. Eye color is a powerful thing in the world of Matar. No magic can truly affect the color. The crown allowed Korrin to make Aurum’s eyes appear red, so that Selina believed him to be her son, while he gave his daughter, Aura, to the sister of their true mother to keep safe. Now, the Talons of Scarlet had upended Korrin’s plans to weed out dissidents in his kingdom, and now the evil Queen Selina had stolen his son. (Side note: Selina’s race is known as Half-Dragon. Dragons have gone extinct in the world at this point, but they previously magically mated with chosen Humans or Elves to create Half-Dragon children. Selina, Sariel (the one Korrin gave his daughter to), and Sarah (the true mother of Aura and Aurum) shared the same mother, but Sarah had a different father. Selina was spurned as a child, as she held no Dragon characteristics (tail, wings), which turned her vile. Sariel did and was the favorite child. Sarah was born later. All of these dealings with Dragons happened atop the middle mountain range, in a place known as The Ancient Skies.) The Fist of Korrin was freed from the dark realm and ventured back into the world they left behind so long ago. They emerged in the capital of Luxen. Okay, so the Heroes from Ebony returned to Luxen in a terrible rainstorm, only to see the new King Thalend execute the Talons of Scarlet, acting nothing like the Thalend they knew. Greth grabbed the Fist from the crowd and takes them to safety. He explained he was the only living god left, and that evil was stirring. He showed them an artifact of the Ebonyborn that was entrusted to him from Korrin. It was an artifact that handled blood, and Korrin told him to stab it into Aurum when he sees him. Greth and the Heroes traveled south, where word of a crazed young man flying a red Dragon destroying anything in his path had spread. The group found this man, a grownup, corrupted Aurum, raised by Selina. In the battle, Greth was killed, but stabs the artifact into Aurum. Aurum was seemingly split in two, and a reborn Korrin emerged. He used what power was left in his old sword to bring back his deceased true wife Sarah. Both now with glowing, golden eyes and a single purpose: to stop the Doom. As Greth fell, the Doomking ushered in his Candidates to wreak havoc on the world. Korrin led the heroes to Haven in the north, where he used the artifact to fuse The Fist of Korrin with samples from The Talons of Scarlet, bringing forth The Bloodied Heroes. As the Heroes journeyed forth, they hunted down each Doomlord, claiming an artifact from each as their own. As some Heroes fell, Korrin offered a route to resurrection with the blood artifact mixed with the power of a fallen Doomlord’s artifact. The Hero could be revived but would have some of the Doomlord inside them. Once 14 of the Doomlords had been slain, and one swayed to their side, the Heroes and company journeyed to the Ancient Skies, where the Doomking and Selina (now sworn to the Doomking as his Doomqueen) awaited. Using the power of the sword he was given by the Ebonyborn, Korrin absorbed his and Sarah’s life force, along with any Hero who had fused with a Doomlord into the blade. The sword was picked up by Aurum, and the Doomking was slain by him and the Bloodied Heroes. The Doom was ended. Aurum turned down the crown that was his, so Aura became queen, with her husband Zin. The Bloodied Heroes were exiled to the seas of the west, as they no longer could live in this new, peaceful world. On the dock, as the sun set, Korrin and Sarah visited the Heroes one last time to ease their passing into the west, as they now held dominion over the forces of Destruction and Creation, respectively (Reaper and Stewardess). Aurum took his Dragon and fled into the wilderness to truly discover who he was after being poisoned by Selina for so long. Queen Aura ushered in a period of reunification, rebuilding, and peace. She did a great deal to improve quality of life for all walks of life across Matar.