北望城不是一片适合少年生长的土地。

作为萨提尔混血开拓者，特里登和阿莉见过太多死亡，却从未见过如此诡异的景象：一个月前被当众刺杀的领主长子，如今在禁区迷雾中徘徊，向开拓者伸出援手。

当特里登试图揭露真相时，换来的是一根被魔物撞断的角，和一份来自领主家族无法拒绝的“嘉奖”；

当阿莉寻回昔日的挚友时，却发现她们早已被时代的浪潮卷走、吞噬，分食殆尽；

母亲尘封的真名，被禁区不死怪物嘶哑呼唤；而贵族书房中的密谋，将决定北望城是迎来下一个黎明，还是彻底滑入绝望的深渊。

在这片名为“翠鸟”的绝望之地，生存，即是反抗。

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Polaris is no place for children to grow up.

As half-Satyr Trailblazers, Triton and Ali have seen more death than most people ever will. Yet they have never witnessed anything quite so strange: the lord’s eldest son, publicly murdered just a month ago, now wandering through the mists of the Forbidden Zone.

When Triton tries to uncover the truth, he loses a horn to a monster—and receives a “reward” from the lord’s family that he cannot refuse.

When Ali finds her friend again, she discovers that they have already been swept away by the tides of their age, devoured and picked clean.

Their mother’s long-sealed true name is called out in the hoarse voice of an undead creature within the Forbidden Zone. And in the studies of the nobility, conspiracies are being woven that will decide whether the Northwatch sees another dawn—or slips forever into the abyss of despair.

In this desperate land called Halcyon, survival itself is an act of rebellion.