Elara's tower loomed over Finn, a jagged silhouette against the churning storm clouds. Inside, the air crackled with raw power. Elara, cloaked in swirling shadows, regarded Finn with unsettling intensity. Flick, usually fearless, cowered behind Finn's leg.
Elara revealed a shocking truth. A tear in the fabric of reality, caused by a powerful rogue mage, had opened the portal to Finn's world. His arrival wasn't random – he possessed a latent magical potential, a beacon that drew him to Aethel.