While others sought to master the universe, the Rulie chose to understand it — and in doing so, became part of it.
Robes: Silken layers woven from crystal threads and organic fibers; patterns ripple and shift near emotion or harmonic fields.
Staff of Resonance:
They are not enemies, but ideological opposites: Elias’s kind seeks mastery of energy and potential—even if it leads to manipulation. The Rulie seek resonance and surrender to pattern—even if it leads to obscurity.
“Where one shapes, the other tunes. Where one questions, the other listens.”
In Book 2, Vear’s choice to pursue the hidden Automaton beneath the ore mines of Nyra leads him far from the known tunnels and into abandoned shafts and forgotten corridors. Guided deeper still, he is brought into a sealed chamber buried within the planet’s crust. The space feels deliberate—constructed not for miners, but for memory. Its walls are covered in spiraling inscriptions, symbols layered upon symbols, depicting the intertwined histories of the Skybound and the Earthborn. Though Vear senses their importance, the language remains alien to him, shaped by minds that did not think in human terms.
When Vear admits he cannot decipher the inscriptions, the Automaton steps forward and begins to translate. What it reveals is a long-buried history: the arrival of the Crystal Wielders on Edson. They came not as conquerors, but as teachers and architects, shaping a new world and offering humanity tools, knowledge, and guidance meant to foster balance rather than control. For a time, humans thrived under this instruction. But the teachings were misappropriated—used to dominate rather than harmonize, to extract rather than preserve. In response, the Crystal Wielders withdrew from Edson entirely, vowing never again to share their wisdom with humanity. As the Automaton finishes reading, Vear understands that the path he has chosen has placed him at the edge of a truth humanity was never meant to reclaim—and that the consequences of rediscovering it may echo far beyond Nyra.