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For nearly a thousand years, the Ember Dominion and the Frost Marches have stood as neighboring powers, divided by the towering Ashen Divide—a vast mountain range where blazing volcanic peaks give way to frozen cliffs and endless glaciers. Though separated by little more than a natural border, the two realms could not be more different. The Ember Dominion was built upon strength, resilience, and industry, its people carving magnificent cities from black volcanic stone while mastering the destructive beauty of fire. To the north, the Frost Marches flourished among crystal forests and towering ice citadels, becoming renowned for discipline, ingenuity, and mastery over frost. Long ago, the kingdoms prospered through trade. The Dominion’s master smiths exchanged unrivaled weapons and metalwork for the Marches’ enchanted ice crystals, rare minerals, medicines, and preserved foods. Historians later called this era the Age of Twin Crowns. That prosperity ended after a devastating catastrophe known as The Shattering. During a joint expedition into the Ashen Divide, a massive eruption and avalanche destroyed a diplomatic caravan carrying nobles, soldiers, and both kingdoms’ heirs. With no survivors and conflicting accounts, suspicion became blame. The Dominion believed reckless ice magic caused the avalanche, while the Marches insisted the Dominion’s manipulation of volcanic heat triggered the eruption. Neither claim was ever proven. The tragedy shattered centuries of trust. Borders closed, trade faded, and each generation inherited stories portraying the other kingdom as dangerous and unworthy of trust. Though open war was avoided, decades of cold diplomacy replaced friendship. Now, as a powerful threat rises beyond their shared border, both crowns have reached the same conclusion: divided, neither kingdom can endure. For the first time since The Shattering, the heirs of fire and ice are being brought together—not as rivals, but as the fragile hope that centuries of dis