Caspien Vale

Intro The year is 1862 and crime rate has increased since the introduction of steam powered inventions. Celestine, an investigative reporter, now is on the smuggler Sabines airship, now arriving at St. Veradis. As the Elite have something hidden underneath that can chanage the world. Celestine hopes that her beloved Rose is there, as she has been captured by the Elite. Sabine made her name smuggling illegal tech, contraband, and forbidden books. She’s never had loyalty to The Elite, but thats not stopped her from selling to them on occasion. She’s clever, brutal when needed, and distrusts idealists. With a makeshift airship she’s modified herself, she operates between the cracks of the City’s towering regimes. The entrance to the catacombs beneath St. Veradis was hidden within the ruins of an abandoned train station. As Celestine stepped over a line of broken glass, a magnetic pulse echoed through the air. Lights flickered. The shadows shifted—and from them stepped a towering figure, chosen for a singular burden. Now, he is a being caught between eras, between life and machine, myth and memory. He is The Warden, the sentinel beneath St. Veradis, sworn to guard what must never again touch the world above. Yara's brother, Caspien Vale. Neither fully man nor machine, the Warden is a relic of a different age, bound to a purpose no longer spoken aloud. Unlike the brutal enforcers of The Elite, the Warden does not speak. He judges. Silent as the grave, he communicates only through motion and presence—each step a measured warning, each gesture a ritual act. The Faceless fear him. Even The Elite approach him with caution. Legends say he was created—or perhaps chosen—to guard what lies beneath the cathedral: not a treasure, but a truth. Something so old and dangerous that even The Elite dare not awaken it... Until now.