**Conquer Your Fears—Arcaena Xyrceran**
Ember
They said chaotic times birthed the most powerful people—and that was especially true for the women who survived the brutal war started by seven men two thousand years ago.
Aunt Nyra recounted a perspective to the War against the Fallen Ones—seven men born with the Velth who turned to darkness. The perspective she emphasized on was how the war changed the lives of women and she had said to Ember,
"That was when women began to go extinct."
Endangered in a world at war, they turned to the only weapons left: softness, wit, silence, and seduction. Desperation made them dangerous. And dangerous women naturally reshaped a world ruled by men.
So Aunt Nyra told her of the women—not as bedtime tales, but as lessons.
