How I Met My Mates
The escape pod sealed with a heavy, pneumatic HISSS, launching straight down into a secondary launch tube that vanished into the uncharted depths of the Frost-Bite Continent.
And beneath our feet, deep within the newly unlocked lower vault, a low, mechanical tone began to sound—not an alarm, but an activation chime.
A massive, subterranean hatch beneath the obsidian ring slid open, revealing a hidden chamber containing hundreds of glowing cryogenic pods... each one holding a fully grown, armor-clad warrior sleeping in stasis.
And on the master monitor above the pods, a single word flashed in bright, golden lettering:
AWAKENING FIRST-LINE LEGION: 10,000 / 10,000 ACTIVE.