Marked From Birth
in the North finding peace in the warmth of the new bronze cities.
But the cost was high. As the Loom reached its apex, the Guardian’s armor shattered, revealing the withered, ancient man inside who had been keeping the world divided for a thousand years. He turned to dust as the first "True Sun"—a sun of gold, violet, and amber—rose over the West.
The chapter ends with the Great Engine emerging from the Cathedral, no longer a soot-stained crawler, but a Vessel of the Union. It was beautiful, terrifying, and new.