"The clouds don't forgive. Neither do I."

Cassias was born in Rusthaven, where life was harsh and survival depended on ingenuity. His parents were mechanics who kept aging airships flying for anyone who could pay. When a corporate fleet from Neon Halo claimed ownership of Rusthaven's fuel reserves, they promised prosperity but delivered exploitation instead.

His parents refused to surrender their workshop to the occupying corporation. During the confrontation that followed, the workshop burned, his mother and father were killed, and Cassias lost his left arm while trying to save them.

An old pirate captain named Rowan Vale found the injured teenager among the wreckage and offered him a place aboard the Black Horizon. Rowan taught him navigation, engineering, swordsmanship, and the unwritten code that still guides