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In a realm shattered by the Bannerfall war, the ruins of the Blue and Red Kingdoms cling to a fragile ceasefire. Scott Springwell, a hesitant 21-year-old half-elf from the peaceful village of Barrowhill, is summoned to the Blue Kingdom to serve as their "High Mage." But Scott is no war-hero; he is a gardener by heart, burdened by "glitchy" magic that triggers only when he’s afraid, and a deep-seated fear that he is a fraud playing dress-up in a graveyard.
As Scott struggles to find his place among a ragtag group of survivors—stoic knights, mischievous rogues, and rival mages—a darker shadow begins to stretch across the valley. With the sudden appearance of a cursed dungeon and its ancient inhabitant, the Creaking King, a mysterious plague begins to seep into the land.
While the sickness takes a standard toll on others, it finds a unique, hungry home in Scott. The vibrant life-magic of the Springwell lineage begins to sour, mutating into something ancient and wooden. As the "Ode" plays on, Scott must face a terrifying reality: he isn't just fighting to save a kingdom; he is fighting a countdown as his own body slowly turns into the very nightmare he was summoned to defeat.