Veins of the Earth

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Corvus Albinus sees the world differently than his fellow apprentices at the Imperial Cartography Guild. While they meticulously chart roads and borders, Corvus senses the whispered song of the land beneath – the invisible currents that course through mountains and rivers, the ancient memories etched into the very stone. He believes it's merely a peculiar quirk, an overactive imagination fueled by old legends his grandmother used to tell. But when an ambitious Imperial Legate tasks the Guild with mapping the treacherous, earthquake-prone Eastern Marches, Corvus finds his unusual sensitivity growing dangerously sharp. He begins to uncover unsettling truths: that the Empire's sprawling dominion is built upon a delicate network of forgotten energies, and that his own quiet, watchful existence might be the key to understanding, or perhaps disrupting, the delicate balance of a continent. As the true nature of his lineage stirs within him, Corvus must decide whether to continue blending into the shadows or risk exposing his extraordinary connection to the Earth's very pulse, a power that could either save his world from impending cataclysm or ignite a conflict that reshapes it entirely.