The Khaos Gates had never been simple sources of power.
Decades of accumulated understanding reveal their secrets.
Killgragah's Gate of Famine governed devouring, an absolute consumption, the secret behind Emery raise to power.
Chututlu's Gate of Pestilence held dominion over substances and transformation, one that allowed Emery to manipulate toxins, decay, and compound reactions. Forming the foundation of his prowess in apothecary and poison.
And then there was Daurgototh—the Gate of Death.
Death was not destruction; it was persistence after ending, the echo left behind when life was extinguished.
When he had been trapped within the World Beast's belly, there had been no corpses to experiment with. His understanding of death-law remained shallow, incomplete.
Of all the Gates, it was the one Emery understood the least.
Yet Daurgototh had always been the key.
