Once upon a time, in a forgotten corner of the world, there was a village shrouded in mist and legend: Persel. No one knew exactly when it was founded, nor who its first settlers were. Its stone houses seemed to have risen from the forest itself, and time moved differently there… slower, as if the past refused to fade. Persel was a place where sunlight barely dared to enter, and the nights spoke in whispers. It was said that on its ancient lands—long before the first child was born beneath its dark-tiled roofs—a pact was made… one so powerful that even now, centuries later, its echo still lingers between the trees. A pact between light and shadow. And so begins this story—where forbidden love, betrayal, and fate weave their threads across the board of a long-forgotten war… remembered only by those who still believe in magic.