Gatestone

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Book 6 · Ch. 10

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Gatestone first appears in Underlord as a rare spatial-transport mineral, initially wielded by Meira and Kiro to move instantly across the Blackflame Empire. Its introduction signals the Empire’s growing reliance on ancient artifacts as the Uncrowned King tournament draws near. Across subsequent books the stone’s scarcity and power become central to political maneuvering, with factions racing to secure enough fragments to reposition entire armies or stage surprise raids. By the later volumes, Gatestone fragments are treated as strategic treasures whose control can tip the balance between rising monarchs and the dreadgod cults.