While the Gods of the Pantheon basked in the light of their leader's new blessings, the mortals under their care were facing trials of their own.
In the Realm of Advancement, the Kingdom of Solara was a testament to rapid, explosive growth. Twenty-four sprawling cities, connected by wide, stone-paved roads, now stood where there had once been only untamed wilderness.
The air hummed with the quiet, powerful thrum of mana-powered vehicles, gifts of engineering transported from Veridia.
Sturdy, oversized jeeps, perfect for the broad shoulders of the half-orcs, rumbled alongside the sleek, silent cars favored by the humans.
Only the spirit races remained on foot; the technology to create vehicles that could withstand the intense heat of a fire spirit or the gale-force winds of an air spirit was still a distant dream, but the engineers of Solara experimented tirelessly every day.
