AURONA: Section 1 – The Rise - 1. The Forgotten Land

 

AURONA: Section 1 – The Rise

1. The Forgotten Land

Once upon a time, hidden between the folds of mountains and the calm stretch of the Eastern Ocean, there lay a small country called Aurona. It was not marked in bold letters on maps, nor did it appear in news or statistics that shaped the modern world. To many, it was merely a name whispered in old geography books — a forgotten patch of land where the rains came too late, and hope came too little.

Aurona was once blessed with natural beauty — emerald hills, golden rice plains, and rivers that sang through valleys. But decades of droughts, civil unrest, and neglect had drained it of its color. Factories stood abandoned, villages half empty, and the youth wandered to foreign shores, seeking a future denied at home.

The elders of Aurona often spoke of a curse — that the land had once been rich in spirit but poor in unity. “The earth is fertile,” they said, “but the hearts have become barren.” In the capital city of Serya, one could see towering billboards advertising imported goods, while in the outskirts, farmers still plowed with wooden tools. The divide between wealth and poverty was not just economic — it was spiritual.

And yet, in the silence of its forgotten fields, Aurona still breathed — quietly, painfully, but alive.

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