Leya is said to be the last bloodline of the , an aristocratic family exiled centuries ago for their forbidden alchemy. The Oldje , a fertile but cursed valley, became their refuge—or prison. It is there that they honed the art of binding memories to the earth, weaving the past into the roots of trees and the breath of wind. Their greatest achievement (and tragedy) was Leya , born with the gift to commune with the Oldje’s soul , a living archive of all its sorrow and hope.