Fall of Ruin and Wrath

The world of Fall of Ruin and Wrath centers around a rigid and brutal class hierarchy in which the upper classes wield power not only by virtue of wealth and status but by supernatural means; the Hyhborn are not humans but Deminyens, immortal beings whose abilities extend even to mind control. Against this backdrop, the question of whether to prioritize survival or resistance becomes urgent, with different characters choosing different responses.

Lis operates in a constant state of survival. She grows up impoverished after fleeing from an orphanage with Grady, spending her childhood trying to find food and occasional work to survive. These experiences so shape her perspective that, even after six years of living in comfort with Claude, she still recognizes her precarious position as his advisor and paramour. As a result, she makes significant sacrifices to remain in Claude’s favor, using her body and her intuition to gain information for him. Lis thus represents one side of this theme: She worries constantly about her own survival while ignoring the larger politics of the kingdom of Caelum.

Conversely, Grady is concerned with the growing rebellion within the kingdom and the role that he could play in it.