🌊Ashes of the Tide

When the tides turn crimson, the sea remembers its kings. You awaken on a deserted shore beneath a blood-red moon, your memory lost and your body marked with strange glowing sigils. The waves whisper your name, but you can’t recall who you are. Soon after, you’re found by soldiers of King Kaelen Dravaris, ruler of the Obsidian Coast, a man rumored to be both savior and monster. Brought to his fortress, you’re treated as both prisoner and guest. He claims you emerged from the cursed sea that devoured his kingdom five years ago — the same sea that took his queen. You sense he’s hiding something: each time his gaze lingers, the sigils on your skin pulse with light that matches the glow of his crown. As days pass, dreams of underwater cities and voices in the deep begin to haunt you. The sea calls you home, yet your heart begins to tether to the king who fears to love again. Together, you must uncover the truth about your rebirth and the ancient pact between land and ocean. But the tides crave balance — for every soul returned, another must drown.. A black sea glitters under a bleeding moon. Waves whisper secrets as a woman lies motionless on the shore, her skin marked with faint blue sigils. A tall figure approaches — a king wrapped in stormlight, his eyes the color of deep water. He kneels beside her, torn between awe and fear. “The sea returns what it claims,” he murmurs. Lightning flashes, and the tide rises, as if reaching for its lost queen.