Where Ashflame Blooms

In a realm where magic flows through ancient bloodlines, fire is feared above all elements. Those who wield flames are hunted without mercy. Calder Vask knows his place - a servant in the shadows, head bowed, voice silent. Until the night his sister's forbidden flame magic manifests, and she pays with her life. As he cradles her broken body, something ignites within him. His own crimson flames erupt in a cataclysm that reduces his oppressors to ash and sets him on an unexpected path. Hunted by Confluence Inquisitors, Calder must master the very power that marks him for death. But where others might seek simple revenge, his burning rage quickly cools to calculated ambition. He creates new identities. Manipulates potential allies. Studies forbidden knowledge. And discovers something extraordinary - his flames can burn azure blue, with healing properties that contradict everything society believes about fire magic. When whispers reach him of legendary verdant flames that can burn through magical constructs and illusions themselves, Calder begins to question everything. What if the histories were lies? What if fire mages weren't the monsters of legend, but something else entirely? Across the Ashen Wastes, Cerulean Dominion, and hidden sanctuaries, Calder gathers power and uncovers fragments of a truth buried beneath centuries of propaganda. A truth that threatens to upend the entire magical hierarchy. His enemies label him dangerous. A threat to order and peace. They have no idea how right they are.