Ruby’s Realms

Ruby finds herself in an unfamiliar, shadow-soaked place with no memory of how she arrived. She recalls fragments — a desperate search for her mother, who disappeared under strange and unexplained circumstances when Ruby was very young, and a portal hidden beneath the ancient fortress of Vianden, a crumbling stronghold long associated with witchcraft and forbidden magic. The air carries an unnatural mist. Strange symbols pulse with faint light on the walls. A hooded figure appears on a flickering screen, face swallowed by shadow. The voice, when it comes, is cold and distant: 'Welcome, Ruby. Your destiny awaits.' A chill takes hold. Ruby understands that what she came here looking for may be only the beginning of something far larger.