The Ember BladeEmpires rise, civilisations fall, and one culture comes to subsume another. It's the way of the world. Sometimes ways of life are improved, sometimes they are not. But the progression of change is huge andusuallyunstoppable. In this story, the Ossian way of life is fading and the Dachen way is taking its place, and Aren is comfortable with that. Even when his parents are accused of treason, he supports the establishment and maintains there's been some