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Echoes of the Tempest

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In a dystopian city shrouded by corruption and neon storms, an exiled warrior named Reeds roams the shadows with dual swords crackling with lightning. Gifted—or cursed—with the power of the storm, he hides from the tyrannical organization known as the Convergence, who once tried to turn him into a weapon. When Reeds rescues a mysterious girl named Taya, who possesses uncontrollable wind abilities, he’s thrust back into a war he tried to forget. Together with allies old and new—a hacker, a defector soldier, and a child survivor—they uncover a chilling conspiracy: the Convergence is harvesting elemental bloodlines to control the forces of nature itself. Haunted by a betrayal from his past and hunted by his frost-wielding rival Cyon, Reeds must confront the legacy he abandoned and rise as a beacon of rebellion. The storm is no longer just within him. It’s rising in all of them.
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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1: The Alley

"They say the storm never asks permission to strike. It just... does. I used to be the same."

A girl runs — maybe 14, bruised and scared — down the alley. She crashes into a dead end. Behind her, four thugs 

Thug #1

"Nowhere left to run, sweet thing."

Girl

"P-please… don't—"

Thug #2

"You scream, and I break your jaw first."

Suddenly, the air shifts. The hairs on their arms rise. A pressure builds — not from fear, but from electricity.

CRACK.

Lightning flashes behind them. A shadow drops from above.

Boots splash silently as Kaelion lands between them and the girl. He's calm, blades still sheathed.

Kaelion

"You picked the wrong alley."

Thug #3

"Who the hell—?"

SHHHK!

Kaelion draws both swords — silver, humming with a soft blue glow.

Kaelion

"I won't say it again."

They attack.

Kaelion moves like lightning.

One blade parries. The other cuts. Sparks fly. The first thug convulses, twitching on the wet pavement