Enter the Cleansing Chambers
- Armani Salado
- Aug 6
- 2 min read
Written by Originator, Sci-Fi/Fantasy and horror author, Luke Geldmacher, Ascension: Cleansing the Bloodline is OUT NOW.
600,000 years before the birth of Corrin, El, an orphaned hunter scorned by his tribe, enters the Cleansing Chambers to earn his name and prove his worth.
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The Characters
EL
El was born cursed and ostracized by his tribe. When his mother died during childbirth, his grandmother, Mah'ja, became his primary caregiver. She raised him harshly, but nothing compared to the ostracization and scorn he received from his tribe. His only friend is an older hunter by the name of En'yur, who took El under his wing.
Aram'ra
Brutal, cunning, and sadistic, Aram'ra is the chief of Those Who Dwell Under the Mountain. Hailing from the outlands, Aram'ra was welcomed into the tribe, only to challenge the former chief to a duel and kill him. After ascending to leadership, Aram'ra changed the tribe's ways to reflect his mentality that only the worthy will thrive.
The World
Jargun-Ba
Around 410,590 DTLS C5 (During The Long Sleep, Cycle 5), one of Jargun-Ba's moons fell out of orbit and crash-landed into the planet, launching parts of the planet into space and creating a massive ash cloud that covered the planet in darkness for centuries. Itarian scribes estimated that more than half the population of Jargun-Ba was lost in the initial impact, and over the next few hundred years, millions more died due to freezing conditions and lack of food.
The Scribes of Noplia added in their findings that life on Jargun-Ba was completely transformed after the ash cloud from the impact had cleared. Toxic fumes from the planet's core had terraformed the planet into a seemingly uninhabitable world. Plant life, animals, and people alike were vicious and deformed. The planet was almost designated a dead planet until the Itarians discovered inhabitants unaffected by the toxic fumes.
Cleansing the Bloodline
A broken world. A forgotten hero. A bloodline that changed everything.
600,000 years before the rise of Corrin and his battle against the All Father, the planet Jargun-Ba was shattered by a falling moon. Now, toxic storms sweep the wastelands and mutated beasts roam the wilds—where glory is earned in blood.
El, an orphan and outcast, enters the Cleansing Chambers to prove his strength, spirit, and worth. But within those ancient halls, he uncovers more than monsters. Dark secrets, buried truths, and treachery lie at the heart of his tribe—and El must survive them all.
To rise, he must defy a system built to break him. To lead, he must challenge the tyrant Aram’ra. To triumph, he must fight for more than just survival.
Before the legend, he was simply El.
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