The fifty-fourth dawn painted Kael El's Ashen Empire in hues of ash and gold, a sprawling 10,906 square kilometers now swallowing Zara's fallen domain. The major city pulsed, 130 buildings of bone steel and Mist Core glowing as 2,688,000 subjects bent gold and bone to his will. Kael lounged in the Lord's Estate, Stormforged Blade across his lap, EX: Dragonflame Reaver simmering beside him, Stormhide Armor polished with golden streaks. His flirty smirk played on his lips, a cool dominance radiating as he flexed EX: Gold Dominion, golden veins threading the walls. Zara's citadel was his anvil, and Kael burned to hammer it into power.