Meet Rana Celestia
Age: 18
Pronouns: They/Them
Sexuality: Asexual Aromantic Lesbian
Color: Turquoise
Goal: Reason
They are a prodigy and the crowning jewel of the Abyss Hollow Academy, the school’s youngest graduate and newly-crowned professor. The expectations set for them are high, and they have done everything to meet them their whole life.
“I’m bound to reach a breakthrough soon… I just need to keep pushing.”
However, their position has earned them the resentment of others, and soon enough, they begin to hate it too. All they have ever done has been for the sake of others, and they fear they have no autonomy beyond serving people. Feeling that their life is devoid of purpose, they set out on a journey to find a reason to live… Or a reason to die.
Focus Chapters
Book Two - Chapter Nine
Verity and Calamity
Rana Celestia is the star of the world-renowned Abyss Hollow Academy. They are the youngest student to ever graduate from the magical studies program, and their research has put their entire family on the map. Rana feels as if they should be happy, but they simply are not, unable to shake off traces of burnout. Their parents have high expectations for them, and Rana feels as if they can never quite live up to them.
When Rana learns of a plot to steal a valuable book from the academy’s archives, they sneak out to intercept the thieves. However, the battle reveals a few horrific truths about Rana’s life and their place at the Abyss Hollow Academy. In an attempt to create something new, they set out on a journey to learn the truth behind the theft… And ideally, find something to live for before their downward spiral kills them.
Book One - Chapter Five
Truth in Blood
Armed with Echoes of Ending, Rana sets a course for the northern town of Snowslight. The thieves who broke into the Abyss Hollow Library are supposedly there, planning out their next heist. Within the pages of the book, Rana has learned of a plan to resurrect the gods and end the world. The only way to see those dark desires do not come to pass is to stop the brigands once and for all by tracking them down and bringing them to justice.
Once in Snowslight, Rana meets two researchers that have also been ensnared in the tangled web of danger the thieves weave. The pair tells of greater jeopardy than the travelers ever could have imagined. Rana begins to bond with the scholars, Erinys and Sirius, as they devise a plan to strike back at their foes. However, corruption lurks around the corner, and their schemes to save Snowslight from danger do not go at all as they had hoped…
