The Infinus Maledus is Given to the Sun-Ward

Diplomatic action

For centuries, the Empire of the Celestial Dragon had grappled with the cursed legacy of the Infinus Maledus—a tome of dark power whose influence wove threads of corruption, tragedy, and calamity through the empire’s long history. Though the empire itself did not fall, the devastation wrought by the book’s malevolent knowledge left scars too deep to ignore. From cursed dynasties to plagues that devoured cities, every attempt to harness its secrets ended in ruin. Its very existence had become a blight—a relic too dangerous to destroy, yet too perilous to keep.   Seeking to break free from its shadow, the empire’s emissaries traveled to Nioba, a land revered for its unyielding faith in the light of Amnut and its legendary guardians, the Sun Ward. These warriors, bound by divine oaths and wielding blades blessed by the sun itself, were seen as incorruptible—an order beyond the reach of mortal ambition and dark temptation. In a solemn ceremony held within the sacred halls of Imbali City, the tome was handed over. High priests, dignitaries, and the Sun Ward’s champions gathered beneath towering sun-forged obelisks as the cursed book was sealed within a vault of sunstone, bound by runes etched with prayers to Amnut.   Though the Sun Ward accepted this grim responsibility with stoic resolve, unease lingered. The Infinus Maledus pulsed with a quiet, insidious hunger even behind enchanted barriers—a relic that had survived empires, outlasted kings, and whose dark whispers would one day reach beyond its prison walls.