Crimson Oasis: A Desert's Revolt

By @Akun Monton

Within the sprawling, iron-fisted Empire, 98.5% of its territory is a brutal, parched desert, leaving just 1.5% fertile land—yet this sliver fuels 95% of the Imperial economy. Kael, a young nomad scarred by the sand-choked wastes, wields 'Desert's Heart,' a unique Teigu that allows him to manipulate earth and detect vital resources, a desperate gift in a dying world. He carries the ghost of his family, starved by the Empire's rapacious hoarding, an insatiable greed that leaves the periphery to wither. As whispers of rebellion ignite amongst the desperate, Kael must rise. He aims to expose the Imperial Resource Directorate, a shadowy arm draining the lifeblood from their lands, and spark a full-blown revolt. But challenging an empire built on such brutal disparities risks turning the last verdant oases into crimson dust, and Kael might just bury his own humanity in the process.