Character backstory

Origin

Kael was born on Veyra’s Reach, a small island that drifted far beyond the established skyways. Its people measured time by cloud migrations and trusted memory more than maps. Kael’s mother piloted messenger skiffs, while his father charted the shifting currents that kept the island connected to the wider world.

When Kael was fourteen, Veyra’s Reach passed through an unnatural storm. By dawn, every familiar star had vanished behind a veil of luminous clouds, and the island’s guiding beacons no longer answered. Kael’s father departed to find a safe current and never returned. Weeks…