Lord of Mysteries: the Aftermath of Gray Shadows

The morning fog in Backlund never only covers the docks and chimneys, but also hides the lingering sounds that have not been recorded in history books. Elias Thorne, a young man from the countryside, hid in this city of steel and fog to make a living, working as a bookkeeper at the lowest level, just to survive in the turmoil. But the gray shadows deep in the warehouse, the faint sound of silk friction, and the whispers in the late night alleys pulled him away from the ordinary track again and again - he never thought of touching the extraordinary, but he inadvertently glimpsed the cracks in the world. There are no adventures from the sky, no heaven-defying strength, only shocking temptations step by step, the fear of nowhere to escape, and the difficult choices that have to be made to survive under the shadow of mystery. When an ordinary person is involved in the extraordinary whirlpool, all he can do is struggle forward in the fog, trying to get rid of the layers of illusions and find his own way of survival. This is a story about fear, struggle and search, and it is also the faint echo left by countless nameless people in Backlund in the gap between the extraordinary and the mundane.