[Honkai: Star Rail fan fiction + the past of the High-Cloud Quintet + derived from official lore + plot-driven]
It was once the Xianzhou's most brilliant golden age.
Jingliu, the Sword Champion, could cleave stars with her blade;
Dan Feng, the High Elder, could summon tides with a sweep of his sleeve;
Yingxing, the master craftsman, forged legendary weapons;
Baiheng, the Cloud Knight, shot arrows that streaked through the night like meteors.
And trailing behind them was a boy who would one day become the Divine General, Jing Yuan.
They were the High-Cloud Quintet, the pride of the Xianzhou, and comrades who trusted one another above all.
They once believed their glorious legend would last forever.
Then a shooting star suddenly fell, and a dear friend's laughter became a cold tombstone.
Their immense grief gave rise to a crazed obsession, and a forbidden ritual began in the depths of the sea.
When the undying High Elder and a mortal craftsman joined forces to defy life and death, what they awakened was a cataclysm that would destroy the Xianzhou!
Heroes of the past became sinners.
One succumbed to mara and turned his blade against his former comrades;
One became an evil dragon and brought endless slaughter;
One bore an immortal curse and lost himself in an endless cycle of resurrection;
One was stripped of her powers and made to endure the suffering of rebirth;
Only one remained, burying everyone's past with his own hands and bearing the sins and names of all five alone as he protected the Xianzhou until eternity.
This book takes you back to the age when heroes stood shoulder to shoulder, so you can witness for yourself how a great legend met its fated downfall.
Very pretty,