«Dad, wake up! I finally turned twenty! What's that thing you were so eager to tell me about?» Vadim exclaims. He's a young man with hair as pale as milk and pale, glass-like eyes, waking Cassian at dawn with no hint of gentleness.
His voice betrays the impatience he can't quite hide.
After crossing the Vassisthar Desert, the natural border between the kingdoms of Elarval and Kristalia, Lilvyra leads Cassian to a remote and hidden place, hidden from the world's sight.
It is an ancient temple located deep within the Isilharan Mountains, carved deep into the rock. The temple, majestic and dark, is dedicated to the Primordial Shadow, Nyratalir, and at the center of that sanctuary an altar of polished black stone stands.
It is on that altar that Lilvyra gives birth to Vadim Thalukvar, just as she once did with Cassian and, before him, with their ancestors.
After giving birth to Cassian's son, Lilvyra built them a home identical to the one Cassian had grown up in.
