The Rival Alpha's Claim - A Dragon's Eclipse of Fated Fury and Forbidden Fire

In the cradle of eternity, when Aetheria's twin moons-Lirath the Crimson and Veyra the Azure-drew close in their eternal dance and kissed upon the velvet shroud of night, the world was reborn in fire and fury. It was the Eclipse Age, a time when the veil between realms thinned to a whisper, and the raw essence of mana surged like the blood of gods through the veins of the earth. From that celestial union, the dragon clans took form: colossal beings of scale and storm, fire and shadow, earth and tide, each bound to an element that thrummed in their ancient hearts. They were the wardens of the Heartvein, that luminous core buried deep within Aetheria's molten core-a pulsing nexus of pure mana, the lifeblood from which all magic flowed. It glowed with an inner light, a sapphire flame that fed the skies their thunder, the mountains their unyielding stone, and the seas their endless rage. But greed is the shadow that devours even the brightest flame.