A boy who appeared out of nowhere, carrying a single, glowing seed. He was the Seed-Bearer , holding the literal life of the next world in his palm.
A girl from the lower slums who could speak to the gears and steam-engines of the Old World. She was the Artisan , the only one who could repair the ancient machinery.
The legends say they met at the , where the last Anchor was snapping. As the Great Island began to fall, they didn't flee. Mara jump-started the ancient engines, Kaelen steered them through the storm, and Thorne held back the shadows.
A blind monk who could hear the "song" of the wind. He was the Navigator , capable of sensing the safe paths through the lethal mists below.
At the center of the mist, Elara threw her potions into the clouds, clearing a path to the solid earth below—a place no human had stepped in a thousand years. The Nameless Child planted the seed in the first patch of soil they found.
They didn't just survive; they became the . To this day, it is said that if the world ever begins to drift apart again, the Five will be reborn to tether the stars back to the earth.
The Legend of the Five speaks of five souls born with the mark of the , each destined to forge a new world.

