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Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 86: Shadows Reborn
Fading away the echoes of the last battle in eerie silence. The wind howls through the ruined sanctuary, whispering through the cracks like ghosts.The fight against the Nightlord was over, but the war was just getting started. The warmth of dawn barely caressed the broken rubble of a sanctuary where Ethan and Lysara stood, battered and spent. The air was choked with the smell of burnt shadows and something far worse—a presence that hadn't left yet.Faint footsteps approach. A blade scrapes against stone. A faint growl echoes through the ruins.ETHAN"Lysara… We must go. Something else approaches."LYSARA"We hardly survived the Nightlord. And if something far worse exists beyond this, Ethan, you're injured."The earth groans, heavy, guttural laughter rips through the air. Shadows unfurl like sinuous things and creep towards them.???"Ah… the Nightlord was but a shard of the darkness. Did you think his defeat would be the end of it? No… you have merely cleared the path for something
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 87: Shadow's
The distant sound of wind howling through shattered ruins, faint embers crackling in the aftermath of the battle. A heavy silence lingers before a slow, rhythmic sound of footsteps echoes in the darkness."The dawn had barely broken when the echoes of their battle began to fade. The Nightlord was vanquished, but his demise had left an emptiness, a void that the darkness itself sought to reclaim. Ethan and Lysara barely stood amidst the wreckage, breathless, weary… unaware that something far worse was stirring beneath their feet."A low guttural growl throbs from beneath the broken sanctuary floor, and then the crack of stone moving as if its face cracks. The air's tense.Lysara (her voice trembles but steady determination): "Ethan… do you feel that? Something is.The ground splits apart violently with a thunderous crack. From the abyss, a monstrous entity rises a towering figure clad in obsidian armor, tendrils of shadow writhing like serpents. Its eyes burn with an unholy, crimson gl
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 88: Breathless
The echo of dripping water recedes into the distance. In the air hangs an unsettling charged feeling. Hums in silence.In a very ominous tone with grave"The morning after the night before, Ethan and Lysara arose from the dust of their triumph, the embers of Nightlord extinguished by the wind. But such glass that is forged by peace was not meant to shatter so easily. The abyss had other designs.Thudding footsteps. A monstrous, inhuman growling sound echoes within the hollow sanctuary.LYSARA"Ethan, don't tell me you're hearing that. Tell me it can't be"ETHAN"I hear it. And I feel it. Something's coming. Something worse."The ground shudders, splitting beneath them as black mist rises from the depths. Shadows coil like living serpents, twisting and writhing into form."From the fissures of reality, it emerged. Not a beast. Not a man. But a force, a sentient calamity older than time itself. The Abyssal Warden, harbinger of annihilation."A distorted, eldritch voice echoes, layered w
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) EPISODE 89: THE SHADOWED RECKONING
Darkness again falls over the broken world. The ripples of their last battle still shake the ruins, but peace is never more than an illusion. Ethan and Lysara stand at the precipice of another storm, unaware that an even greater threat lurks in the abyss, waiting… watching… ready to strike. The distant rumble of thunder. Ember crackles from the rubble. A cold wind whispers through shattered stone.) SCENE OPENS SHEPHERD'S FALL, A DESECRATED CITY Boots crunching through gravel. A distant, eerie hum fills the air.LYSARA"Ethan… we need to move. The air… it feels wrong. Like something's watching us." ETHAN"I know. But… I can barely stand." Ethan stumbles, barely catching himself. LYSARA"Then lean on me. We don't have time to rest. If we stay here, we're as good as dead." Lysara pulling Ethan up. The shuffling of feet. A distant screech echoes through the air. But even as they stagger forward, fate has already sealed their path. The night is not empty. And something no, someone s
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) EPISODE 90: THE SUMMONER'S AWAKENING
The ruins of Shepherd's Fall. Fires flicker in the distance, casting long shadows over shattered stone. The air is thick with ash and the distant sound of wailing wind."The battle against Malakar left Ethan and Lysara barely standing. But as they struggled forward, the darkness refused to grant them peace."Distant thunder rolls in. A bitter gust of wind howls through the rubble.LYSARA (weak, but urgent):"Ethan, something's coming."ETHAN (breathless, clenching his sword)"I know. I feel it too."Heavy footfalls shake through the ruins, slow and purposeful. The air fills with a deep hum, which intensifies.UNKNOWN VOICE (low, sneering)"Well, well. So, you are the survivor of Malakar. How fascinating.The wind stills. A shadowed figure steps forward, his form obscured by flowing black robes. A mask of bone covers his face, etched with ancient symbols. In his hand, a gnarled staff pulses with sickly green energy.“From the abyss stepped a new terror a man whose presence sent the ver
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) EPISODE 91: RISE OF THE SUMMONER
The battlefield is quiet. Smoke and dust remain suspended in the air. The final echoes of the Titan's last roar disappear into the darkness."The world trembled at the aftermath of the abyss. The Summoner stood at the very center of destruction, his staff pulsating with raw energy, his eyes set on the one who dared oppose him."Distant echoes of crumbling ruins, a faint hum of dark magic, low growls in the distance."Ethan could feel it power surging through his veins, an awakening unlike anything before. The flames that once danced along his sword now burned from within. But this was more than fire. This was something primal. Something ancient. Something. unstoppable."Slow, rhythmic heartbeat. Whispers of wind. Crackling embers. Energy surging through Ethan's body.LYSARA (breathing raggedly, frantic): "Ethan, whatever this is, you must master it. You can't let go and…"ETHAN (teeth clenched, voice roughened with power): "I won't let go. Of you. Of this battle. Not now."Low, burnin
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 92: The Growl
Darkness swirled in the air, the remnants of the explosive battle still crackling with unstable energy. The very ground trembled beneath Ethan's feet as he stood at the epicenter of the chaos, his breathing heavy, his sword still glowing with residual flames. The Summoner had vanished into the abyss, but the true battle had only just begun.A low growl echoed through the ruins.Ethan's pulse had accelerated. His eyes flitted to Lysara, standing beside him with her staff clasped tightly within her hand. Her golden power barely maintained a shield against her own damage—the wounds they'd taken the last time weren't fully closed, and now wasn't exactly the best moment to mend.A cold breeze blew through the battlefield, its voice whispering of ancient things and dark purpose.Then the earth cracked apart once more.From the depths, grotesque forms emerged distorted monstrosities with jagged limbs and hollow eyes aglow with sickly green fire. They moved unnaturally, their bodies stitched
Rise of the Tamer ( Bound by the Beast) Episode 93: The Broken Mask
It was far from over yet.Ethan stood among the wreckage of battle, his breathing coming in rough gasps. The gilded sigils below him were starting to flicker, their light dimming as exhaustion threatened to overcome him. Lysara clutched at his arm, steadying him, her own energy running perilously low. The Twin Serpents of Eternity wrapped protectively around them, their eyes scanning over the battlefield for any remaining threats.But something was wrong.A thick, unnatural fog seeped into the ruins, curling around the broken pillars and shattered ground. The temperature plummeted, and a cold dread clawed at Ethan's spine.Lysara tightened her grip on her staff. "Ethan… I don't like this."Neither did he.The leftovers of the abyssal creatures were gone, cleansed from their corrupted being by Ethan's invocation. But there was something that lingered—something unseen, lurking just beyond the edge of reality.Then came the whisper.Soft at first. A chorus of voices overlapping, speaking
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Episode 212: The Last War, The Last King
It was no longer their battlefield.What had once been a sky became a dirty mirror of a world that had died before history itself.The ground shook under Ethan and Asha’s feet, not from ruination, but from something attempting to rewrite existence itself.And at the center of the whole thingThe light belonged not to this world, and it now burned behind their eyes, at last uncovered from the shattered mask.The End.They weren’t human.They weren’t divine.They had been something before those things.And as they walked closer, the mere act of them distorted the air nearby.“You have tread too far, Hollow King.”“You’ve broken too many chains.“And now you will see what was meant to be forgotten.”Ethan’s hands made fists.Asha took a slow, deep breath.They had no time to think.Because the First King moved.And the final battle began.Ethan had little time to even react before he found the First King in front of him.Their movement flouted space itself—not teleportation, not speed, ju
Episode 210: The Beast That Devours Fate
Ethan felt nothing.No pain.No weight.No time.Just… absence.As if he had entered the void of creation itself.As if he never existed at all.But somewhere through the deafening silence.He could still hear Asha calling his name.Still feel the tug of who he was.What he had been.What he refused to lose.Because this wasn’t merely an enemy.This was something worse.Something beyond the throne.Farther than he had ever ventured beyond the kings and wars that had shaped his life.And if he didn’t stop it.There would have been nothing left to save.Not this world.Not Asha.Not himself.Nothing.Asha was losing him.She saw it.Felt it.Ethan was fading, his form wavering between real and unreal, his shadow bending, extending—being consumed.The Nameless Horror stood in front of them, a shape that had shape, a thing that had life, but nonetheless the presence of hunger.It had no eyes.No mouth.And yet.She could hear it laughing.Not a sound.Not a voice.A feeling.A whisper in
Episode 209: The Breaking of the Seal
Ethan and Asha fell through the floor.Not from an explosion.Not from an attack.But because something below it had stirred.A being older than the Hollow Throne.Something that had been locked away since the beginning of this world.And they had just released it into the wild.Or the very ground they fought upon, as Asha staggered backward, as wide-eyed as the battlefield ripping itself asunder, huge stone slabs rising into the air like broken sheets of a long-lost history.Ethan breathed slowly, steadily.But his shadow is his power.Trembled.For whatever was coming out of the cracks.It wasn’t a monster.It wasn’t a ruler.It was more than those things.That should have never come back to life.The tyrant coughed violently, blood leaking from between their lips, but they were smiling.Smiling as they knew exactly what was in store."You thought you won."Their voice was raw, not much more than a whisper.“You thought you could kill me and end this war.Their half-broken gaze sett
Episode 208: The Hollow King’s Last Breath
The battlefield had long been a maelstrom of destruction.But when the tyrant came down.Everything changed.The atmosphere twisted, warped by the mere gravity of their existence.Reddish-golden light poured off their form, writhing into physical might, bending the battlefield as if the very fabric of reality was willing itself to conform to their will.Ethan and Asha knew it immediately.The pressure.The difference.The monsters they’d fought before Vaelros, the tainted Tamers, the Eclipse Titan.They had been powerful.But this?This was a god entering the fray.Asha’s pulse pounded.She gripped her sword more tightly, but her fingers were numb.Ethan’s shadow trembled wildly.His power, which had always been bound to the throne, was now battling against him.Because the throne no longer belonged to him.And there before him stood its new ruler.The tyrant’s voice was calm. Smooth.Amused."Tell me, Hollow King…"“It’s like being powerless. How does that feel?The War Begins Again
Episode 207: The Tyrant Descends
The battlefield had long been a maelstrom of destruction.But when the tyrant came down.Everything changed.The atmosphere twisted, warped by the mere gravity of their existence.Reddish-golden light poured off their form, writhing into physical might, bending the battlefield as if the very fabric of reality was willing itself to conform to their will.Ethan and Asha knew it immediately.The pressure.The difference.The monsters they’d fought before Vaelros, the tainted Tamers, the Eclipse Titan.They had been powerful.But this?This was a god entering the fray.Asha’s pulse pounded.She gripped her sword more tightly, but her fingers were numb.Ethan’s shadow trembled wildly.His power, which had always been bound to the throne, was now battling against him.Because the throne no longer belonged to him.And there before him stood its new ruler.The tyrant’s voice was calm. Smooth.Amused."Tell me, Hollow King…"“It’s like being powerless. How does that feel?Ethan moved first.He
Episode 206: The Colossus That Eats Light
The Nightmare GrowsThings were coming apart at the scene of the battle.The colossus towered, hovering over Ethan and Asha, contorting, warping, and turning into something worse.Its shape contorted, once a lump of shadow and machination and now remolding itself in the heat of battle.Razor-sharp spines of obsidian jutted from its back. Its arms stretched, transforming into monstrous blades of pure void.And worse, it was learning.Ethan clenched his fists.Asha swallowed hard. “Tell me we have a plan.”Ethan exhaled. “We destroy it before it’s fully developed.”A pause.Then Asha grinned. “Good. That, I can do.”And then.They attacked.So, The Hollow King and the Tamer Strike BackAsha was first.She darted ahead, her knife glinting in the fractured light, stitching her way through the maelstrom of sorcery pulsing from the colossus.The air itself struggled against her, the raw force of the beast’s power stretching time like chewing gum around it.But Asha was faster.She ducked be
Episode 205: The War of Beasts and Kings
The battlefield ceased to be a desolation.It was a slaughterhouse.Asha’s boots skidded on the cracked earth, her blade shining as she plunged it into the chest of a monstrous soldier. The creature screeched, but it did not fall.It had no blood to spill.No flesh to break.It was a manifestation of the throne’s will, a life that was never meant to be extinguished.And it was multiplying.For each one she felled, two more crawled from their cracks, skeletal eyes fixated on her with unbowed faithfulness.Asha gritted her teeth.They were trapped.And Ethan.Ethan was fighting in another way.The Final Fighter: A King Without A Throne, A Fighter Without ChainsEthan had stopped using his shadow.The energy of the throne, his old throne, was throwing him out, and now the power of himself was turning against him.So instead he had been battling with his fists.With pure, relentless force.He slammed his heel into the earth, pushing himself forward, his body running faster than the though
Episode 204: The First War of the New King
The Rising StormThe wind was wrong.Not just heavy hostility.It contained something other than natural, something that made Asha’s skin prickle with unease.Standing with Ethan at the edge of the battlefield, she stared across the devastation of their greatest fight.But this was no victory here.Only loss.The throne was gone.Taken.And the world was already writhing under its new monarch.Ethan’s hands balled at his sides. His shadow, which he used to wield with ease, was still thrashing.Still smarting from being spurned by the throne that had once been his.Asha took a slow breath.“So,” she said, looking at him, willing to steady the weight at her chest. “Where do we start? ”Ethan didn’t respond right away.His eyes were fixed on the horizon.For the long walk back in the far distance past the shattered ruins, past the crumbling ashes of the old world.A new kingdom was forming.And it was spreading faster than they could contain it.The New King’s DomainThe sky was splittin
Episode 203: The New Tyrant
The throne was gone.The battlefield was wreckage, but it wasn’t the desolation that made Ethan’s chest a hollow place.It was the absence.He had spent every moment of his life struggling with the past, against it, trying to only be defined by what he could make of himself and his family rather than that throne.And now, someone else was in possession of it.Now, the world was breaking in ways he couldn’t control.Ethan blew out, trying to keep his breaths even.But Asha noticed the tension in his shoulders.She felt it too.The shift in the air.The change in, really, the world itself.Whatever this masked ruler had done, it had not simply been to take the throne.They had redefined something basic.And now, the reckoning was at hand.Fast.A First Indication of the New OrderThe ground quivered.Not from a battle, not an attack, but from something deeper.Asha’s instincts screamed.She grabbed Ethan’s arm.“Move.”Before he could ask it, the ground opened beneath them.An enormous
